The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-17
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court room in an injunction suit
brought to restrain him from doing
something he never intended to do
and to also restrain him from eharg-
ing to carriers more money for seven
papers than we have charged for six.
a preposterous proposition.
We have never sold a carriers route
and have never. intended to do SO un-
less driven to it, and we doubt if we
could be driven TO it for the reason
that when it came to the point we do
not believe we would do it any way;
it isn't necessary; we have strong con-
victtons on the principle of any news
paper selling paper routes The State
Journal is the only daily newspaper
i'm Topeka which has never sold
routes. 1t has a larger circulation in
Topeka than tire combined circulation
of all the other dailfes. It's circula-
ton ON Sunday in Topeka is larger
than that CT any other Sunday paper
and yet it has printed only three
of the Sunday editioni
The Sunday edition of the State
Journal has been received with
storm Of approval from over the town
and over tire state and over the coun-
try. 1t has demonstrated some things
that have not before been shown, 50
far as the writer knows, in newspaper
circles.
Have you. gentle reader, noticed
that there was not patent mealicine
advertisement in the edition of the
State Journal for Sunday? Have you
noticed that the advertising was abso-
luteiy confined to Topeka-that the
Sunday State Journal is Topeka ana
Kansas institution. pure and simple?
we do not say that we viii not take
anything but Topeka advertising, but so
far. up to date. FOR the three numbers
we have printed. the Topeka merchants
have taken all the space we cared to
give up TO advertising. This does not
mean that the Sunday State Journal is
yet paying proposition. but we an
nounced at the beginning that we wish
ed to cOnfine the number Of pages to
twenty In doing that we must limit
the advertising so that there shall be
all the reading matter the average reader
can easily diges or cares for on Sunday,
not forgetting of course to cover every
piece OF important local. state and gen
erai Geographic news.
But this is not exactly what We
started out to write.
There are several lawyers in this
town that are continually stirring up
strife against this paper. -Four of these
lawyers are W. H. Rossington, Charles
Blood Smith, James A. Troutman, and
Robert Stone. We do not know exact
~ why they are doing this unless they
do it for pay. Lawyers can do things
for pay that would kill newspaper to
do and which decent newspapers will
got do.
Mr. James A Troutnan has proba-
bly, received more ieeu1plime no
tees in this paper during the last
twenty years. when # has been under
the present management, than any
other one man in Topeka, and he new
er paid a dollar for any one of them.
We printed them when he was rum
ming for lieutenant governor. and for
governor, and we don't know what all,
because he seemed to be a pretty de-
cent sort OF man and he was a To-
peka man.
We work for Topeka first. last. and
all the time. This man Troutman was
attorney in the case when one AfcCul-
iom wanted S37. 600 damages against
this paper because we exposed some of
his questionable nieEho6s. ana 1rstt-
man did his best 70 get the ss7 900
from US; but he never got 81 cents and
a few days ago the case was ignon7-
iniously dismissed by McCullom and
his attorneys at the cost of McCullom.
When this carrier trouble came IN.
Troutman went into the matter and Is
now stirring up strife between the
State Journal and its carriers. In
closing his argument for the carriers
In the court room Monday, Troutrnan
abused the editor and proprietor of
this paper like pirate. He misrep-
resented him and his motives. He
said some things while we were out of
the court room to telephone to the
office about the time the paper should
have gone to press. We did, however.
hear him make few remarks. We
heard him say this: MIR. MacIennan
has fabulous wealth. and he tells these
poor carriers that the banks are
bursting with his money. He is try
Ing to scare them"
This is plain, unvarnished. un-
adulterated falsehood from beginning
20 END, every word of it. There is an
other word that expresses the matter.
but we will not use It in these columns.
If Mr. MaeLennan has saved anv
money. he has saved it honestly. we
have been in the newspaper business.
as an editor, publisher and proprietor.
for IS years, ana more than that time
as reporter, doing mechanical work
in printing office. and as a newspa-
per carrier. We do not know that
there is any crime in saving money.
We are not impugning any of Mr..
Troutman's motives except in this. one
case Of stirring up strife between
people who can get along amicabIe
probably, if the busybodies will let us
alone.
When the State Journal buys a piece