The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-26
OLE OWN VICTOR.

Acting on the publicity given to his
feat in rescuing two California women
from a watery grave in the Pacific, the
Washington Post comes forward with
boom for Congressman Murdoch of
Kansas for president. Here is the way
it introduces the subject:
For long time the Post has had its
eye upon the Hon. Victor Murdoch, of
Kansas, representative in congress
from the Seventh district. First, he is
from Kansas; second, he halls from
Wichita, the quintessence of Kansas,
and the metropolis of the Arkansaw;
third, he is in the heyday of a glorious
youth, and, fourth, last, and best of
all, he is the red-headedest man in
either branch of congress-
After brief but eloquent sketch OF
the brilliant young congressman
youthful career. the Washington paper
takes up the subject Of red hair in
congress. It says:
"Other men and statesmen in con-
gress boast of the alleged redness of
their hair, and popular error ascribes
to some of them undeserved pre-emin-
ence in this regard. In the senate are
several heads which, if they were
adorned with hair at all, would incline
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ample, as the shapely top of the Hon.
Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, and
his new colleague, the Hon. George S.
Nixon. But thievish Time has gathered
into his wallet all their golden fleece.
The Hon William A. Clark, Of Mon
tana, has been spared, probably be
cause his opulent locks are not red, but
a peculiar copperish hue. The Hon.
"a T.-s f.T, nP Hi
nois. is endowed with red hair, beyond
question; but it, too. is vanishing like
the dying rays of sunset. The last re-
naming senator with forid curls is the
Hon Edward W. Carmack, Of Tennes-
see. On ordinary occasions his hair is
a dull auburn rather than the authen-
tic red. but it is true that when the
specter Of Imperialism rises to daunt
him, his hair rises, also, and assumes
a vermillion hue, Frightening to the
vivid scarlet of the famingo's breast"
Other illustrious examples Of ''ru
bicund domes" in the halls of congress
are cited, but ''they pale their ineffect-
Ual fires. however" says the Post,
when the real thing enters the gloomy
chamber. When the Hon. Victor Muir
dock appears, the galleries blink, and
tor has turned on the lights. His null
titudinous hair encarnadined is the true
rose of youth, the firebrand of genius,
the aurora borealis of promise.
Representative Murdoch is spending
the summer in California, and has
there performed the first act Of his i'm
perial theme. While strolling along
Ozone avenue, Ocean Park. he heard
the cries of ladies in distress. They
We're being carried to sea by the
treacherous undertow. Dropping his
law book. he 1eaped into the surf He
battled with the rude surge. his fam
ing head alternately extinguished and
reached the drowning females, and
while they chung frantically to his red
beacon he conquered the undertow and
towed them to shore.
There is fame ahead of this modest
young life-saver and statesman It was
a happy thought Of the red-headed
voters of his district when they united
and made him their ambassador to
Washington. Why should not all the
red-heads of the country join in hon
oring the apotheosis of their kind? It
is time that a red-headed man should
be elected president. We have the hon
or to nominate the Hon. Victor Muir
dock, of the United States"
And it might be added that the Hon
Victor Murdoch of the United States
always makes good.