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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
THE SMITH INDICTMENT.

No Kansas event in many months
has called forth so much newspaper.
comment in this state as the indict.
ment Of Senator Fred Dumont Smith
on the charge of conspiring to defraud
the government. Senator Smith s.
prominence. not only in the Repubn-
can party, but as a leader in state leg.
islation, makes him a notable figure
and an accusation against few men
prominent in Kansas politics would
have made a greater stir than this.
There is a. wide degree of difference
in the newspaper comments on the
Smith case. They vary from jumping
at the conclusion that Senator Smith
is guilty beyond the shadow of a
doubt, to the positive belief that he Is
not guilty because he is too smart to
be caught at such a thing.
1t is generally recognized that the
company Senator Smith keeps is
against him. He, with Senator w.
Fitzpatrick, has been the close personal
friend of T. T. Kelly ever since Kelly
has been state treasurer, and he has
guarded Kelly's interests in legislation
It is recalled that it was Senator
Smith who kept the Francis amend
ment out of the tax bill in the legisla.
ture of 1903, even after the joint tax
committee of thirty members had or.
dered it in. After his brilliant fight
over the tax bill, Senator Smith, with
B. P. Waggener and Charles N. Peck,
was appointed to put the amendments
decided on by the joint committee into
proper shape. They did so. but when
the printed report appeared it was dis
covered that the Francis amendment,
the important provision which would
keep the state treasurer from accumu-
lating a large amount of state money
was missing. Smith acknowledged
keeping it out of his own motion.
When asked why, he is quoted as say
ing he didn't believe in interfering with
the perquisites of the state treasurer.
It is recalled that Senator Smith has
been for long time the paid attorney
for the American Book company, al
though he IS also a state senator; that
he has not only represented the com
pany in court, but he has also lobbiee
for it in the matter of book contracts
It is for an action of this kind that
Senator Burton has been convicted ir.
the federal courts, but Senator Smith S
action is not prohibited by the state
laws. however questionable it may
seem in state officer.
It is recalled that Senator Smith took
a leading part in the boss buster
movement, and that he was chosen to
make the speech nominating Governor
Koch.
1t is recalled that he made himself
one of the leaders in the oil agitation
last year by the sheer force Of his per.
sonahty. and the oil belt people point
with grief to the fact that two of the
oil measures which Senator. Smith
helped frame have turned out to be
/ invalid. On the other hand, it should
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
EDWARD WILDER.

Topeka, as well as the Santa Fe
railway company, suffered a great loss
last night when the life of Edward
Wilder came to a close. For thirty
four years an official of the great rail-
road system. almost from its begin
ming in fact, he has also been a citi-
zen of the state capital during all
those years.
As a high-minded, philosophical
citizen his death will be mourned by
Topeka. AS a business man of the
strictest integrity. a genial companion,
and a gentleman of high culture, he
will be missed by his associates of the
Santa Fe railway company.
No one man has exerted a greater
influence for civic Improvement in
Topeka than Mr.. Wilder. Many years
ago his efforts founded the Topeka
public library, and the splendid library
building on the northeast corner Of
the state house square stands as
personal monument to him. It was
through his personal efforts that the
Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroads
contributed $12,5O0 each to this mag
nifcent building. He it was who in
augurated the park system, and to his
work as a member of the board Of
education Topeka largely owes It's
splendid system of school buildings A
man of culture and refinement himself
Mr.. Wilder ever had in mind the up
lifting of others by means Of aesthetic
surroundings. This influence of Mr.
Wilder has never been fully appre-
eiated by Topeka as a whole, but it
will become more evident in future
years.
AS q. business man of high ability
and the strictest Integrity Mr.. Wilder
had few equals. For thirty years he
occupied the extremely responsible po-
sition of treasurer Of the Santa t'e'
following four years as assistant trea-
surer. Arrangements changed; there
were receiverships and organizations;
the road grew from few miles Of I'M
important track to be the longest rail-
way system in the country; but through
it all MI Wilder remained at the head
of its treasury. This included, too, the
great number of subsidiary companies of
the Santa Fe, in all of which Mr.. Wilder
has usually been secretary or treasurer,
or both. And it was in addition to this
great work that Mr. Wilder found time
to work for the civic Improvement of
Topcka, the upbuilding of its edueati
al system and the promotion Of nee led
business enterprises at a time wae1 it
was by no means easy to organize such
enterprises on a sound basis-and Mr..
Wilder would have nothing to do with
any other kind.
This strict probity in all his deal
ings, his delicate sense of honor, his
successful interest in civic development
have made his name a rich legacy to
the surviving members of his family.
AS a man Mr.. Wilder was kindly,
genial, honorable. He was in the high
est sense of the term a Christian gentle
man. What more could be said?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
QUAKER REFLEcTToNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The penguin is mightier than the
swordfsh.
The culture OF some people begins
and ends with talking about it.
The self-made man generally for
gets to give his wife any of the credit.
The anarchist may deny that this is
a free country. but he is free to leave
1t If he doesn't like it.
The most successful hunter often
comes home empty-handed when he
goes out to look for a cook.
A girls first proposal always con-
vinces her that it will be necessary for
her to establish q waiting list.
Nell-"Maud says she gets her good
looks from her mother" BelEe-ssT
had no idea her mother was so stingy"
Blobbs-''How much does your wife
generally spend on your Christmas
PRESENT." Slobbs="About three times
as much as can afford
It is true that a woman promises to
love, honor and, obey but a man prom
ises to endow her with all his earthly
goods, 50 it's an even break.
First Chorus Girl-"You amt such
a much" Second Chorus Girl-ssyveII.
I don't see no millionaire steel mag
mates picture on your bureau"
Mrs. Wigwag-"Did your husband
have any opposition in running for
governor Of his club 2'' Mrs. MalaDron
NO, not a bit. In fact he was elect
ed by an anonymous vote"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

also be remembered that the anti-dis-
elimination law, which Senator Smith
forced through the house over a strong
opposition, is in good working order
It IS recalled that Smith was the al
legged leader of the railroad forces in
the last legislature, but if he slipped a
weak point into the railroad law it has
not yet been brought out.
But while some of these things are
to his discredit, and while his connec-
ton with the Kelly-Burton crowd is
particularly so, it does not necessarily
follow that he viii be convicted of the
present indictment against him. This
charge remains to be proven. Senator
Smith is an untiring worker. He has
doubtless aided in securing some bene-
fetal legislation. He is a smart lawyer,
and he does not seem to doubt his
ability to defeat the Indictment against
him.
Perhaps this experience viii be
warning to Senator Smith TO avoid the
appearance of evil in the future. It
would certainly be a calamity if his
brilliant talents and active mind should
be turned to purposes of fraud and
corruption instead of to the welfare Of
the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
PoINTED PARAGRAPHs.
IFrom the chicago News.l

From the Chicago News.1
Virtue that is born of necessity is a
poor self-I eward.
It takes a woman to get enjoyment out
of her own misery.
A silver dollar is so heavy that it's
hard for some men to raise.
No woman can hope to remain young
forever-unless she is an actress.
A wise man knows that his wife knows
that he doesn't know much.
It is true that the prodigaI son won
out but it was tough on the fatted calf
A man has no right to have opinions
of the things of which he knows moth
ing.
If women were permitted to do the
counting there would De fewer male ego
lists.
If called a servants exchange" in
stead of an Intelligence office" it would
be much better described.
But the thorns on the roses adjoining
a woman's hat are apparent to the man
who pays the freight.
Did it ever appear to you that the
winter hotels are invariably located in
the land of perpetual summer?
There is absolutely nothing in the the
ory that unkissed kisses are the sweet
est-as almost any spinster win tell you.
What a sociable world this would be
If mans neighbors were half as glad
to see him on his return from month s
trip as he thinks they ought to bel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
AYHAWKER J0ES

The automobile has reached Colby to
stay. At least Colby man has bought
one.
All sorts of Christmas editions are
coming out of the Kansas newspaper
offices this Christmas season.
Bill White insists that what people
most wish to know doesn't appear in
Billy Morgan's European book, and
that is Mrs. Morgan's inside story of the
trip and how she kept Bill from being
stolen in Paris.
Will Davis of the Dodge City Globe
Republican gives this advice to home
seekers: Heaven is not reached at a
single bound but if you make Dodge
City at the first jump you will be will
ing to delay the rest Of the trip as long
as possible.
Over at Atchison the directors of the
public library concluded to run opposi-
ton to the Sunday evening theater by
keeping the library open Sunday even
ings, but thus far the patronage of the
library has been distressingly small at
those times.
Sa1fna Journal: The editor of the
Stockton Record, who was once post
master at that place, declares that
Congressman Reeder makes his post
masters pay his campaign expenses.
Well, what's a postmaster for? Most
anybody could hand out mail.
Down at Ottawa one Of the boys in
the university has been wearing a
green shirt for so long that some of
his classmates thought he was over
working it. So they stole 1t one night
and hung it on a high wire on the
campus labeled, "Of on a Furlough. %
Emporia Gazette: D. A. Ellsworth
says h e would like to be a knight Tenn
plar if for no other reason than to have
the band play ChOpin's funeral march
at his funeral. The editor of the Ga
zette has a photograph with this piece
in its repertoire, and he has agreed to
walk ahead of the hearse with the ma
chine If Mr.. Ellsworth fails to get this
far UP in Masonry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Query: Is Prof. Olaf Valley, who
will sing at the State Teachers asso-
citation, relative Of Kaw Valley, who
sometimes gets considerable space in
the newspapers
Very likely If the coal smoke in
Pittsburg could vote it would demand
that the millionaire nuisance there be
aoated SO as to have a clean town.
What the country wants to know is.
has the apostolic successor of John
alexander DOwie got as good apostolic
whiskers as those that grace the coun-
tenance of John Alexander.
The politicians will forgive Santa
Claus any other Oversights if his reIa.
tive, Santa Fe, does not forget to put
the customary ANNALS in their stock.
ings-
When in doubt give handkerchiefs
The lazy man who write it Xmas
doesn't seem to be as numerous as
usual this year.
This is the time of year when the
small boy and his sister together re.
solve to stay awake and catch Santa
Claus in the act.
The fool isn't the only person who
is soon parted from his money the,
third week in December.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

Germany did not enter into the game
of grab for colonial possessions in Afri-
ca until all the best lands had been pre-
empted, consequently, while she has
vast domain of more than $4,000 square
miles. a large part of 1t is barren desert
and there are few white settlers in the
country. These latter, however, have
OCCUPIED the. best grazing and farming
sections, and it was this grievance that
gave the chief excuse to the Hottentot
natives for the present uprising, which
dates from the fall of 1903. Originally
a war for food, the Hierero tribesnen
have made it a war of revenge It's out
break followed a severe famine, the sight
of the families of the whites living in
security and comfort, while their own
were literally dying of starvation, hav-
ing inspired the belief that the whites
were the source of all their woes.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
Iron the Atehison GIo

LFrom the Atchison Globe.I
Apologies are like tears: They
should be suppressed.
Never mind worrying about the man
who tells you he is worked to death.
No man likes it when callers tell his
wife that she is working too hard.
We have never seen anyone who
had a form to which the addition of
angels wings would be becoming.
A poor man always smiles when a
railroad train pulls out and leaves a
rich man who failed to get there on
time.
''she." all the woman say of every
woman not present. must have a
closet full Of clothes that she never
wears"
A whisky without a headache is be-
ing advertised. It is dangerous if true.
The headache is what saves most men.
The only claim to superiority over
the women men can possibly have, is
that they don't read the society news
in a paper.
An Atchison woman says that when
she gees visiting she does not want to
be treated like one of the family. She
wants the rocking chair.
When a woman who formerly lived
in a town comes back to visit she
hears" enough to write a biog-
raphicaI sketch of every one in town.
The trouble with the boomerang
you send out against an enemy is that
it win fly back and hit you at a time
when you are most defenseless to
meet it.
In keeping a woman at home, and
away from gossip centers, statisticians
will find that a house of six rooms
with hard wood floors win furnish
more occupation than twelve children,
and are more ehectual than the chill
dren because she can't take the hard
wood floor along with her.
Lysander John Appleton had a bed
room suit sent up to the house this
morning as a Christmas gift to his
daughter, Daysey Mayme. It was
sent up earlier than he liked, but Mrs.
Appleton insisted. She wants to
wrap the three pieces in white tissue
paper, tied around with holly colored
ribbon, and says she couldn't possibly
do it If it were sent up later. She
has figured that it win take ninety
six yards of ribbon and seven dozen
quires Of tissue paper, but it must be
done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

A boy who had been working in
baker shop for some time was just about
to finish his trade One night when the
boss was gone he broke the marble slab
he moulded his loaves on, SO he went
to the marble yard to secure another,
but could not find one. On the way
back. he passed a graveyard and as
was very dark he jumped over and pull
ed up q small maidstone about the right
size and took it back and finished his
Job. The next day, after the bread had
been delivered, nearly all Of it was sent
back. The baker looko7 Of it and broke
several loaves open. but found nothing
wrong. Then he happened to turn one
Of the Ioaves over and found on the I'M
der side of every loaf the inscription:
Here lies the body Of Mrs. -. Born
A D. 1882. died A. D., 1740."-The
Rams Horn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
Ham Too old for Blessing.

Deacon s., a resident of one of the
South Shore villages, was blessed with
a wife who was very thrifty. One of
her rules was that no fresh meat
could be bought until all that was al
ready in the house was eaten. The
deacon. did not exactly like this and
one day he rebelled.
The pastor of his church came home
to dinner with him one Sunday and it
SO happened that there was only the
remains of a ham in the cupboard. It
was put on the table. His wife waited
for the usual blessing to be asked and
was greatly astonished to see the dea-
con proceed to serve the ham.
srWhv. father" she said. you have
not asked a blessing yet"
mo he answered, land I'm not
going to ask God to bless that old ham
any more. Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

sense by quietly but firmly putting his
foot on his boom. In achieving a ca
reer as wen as in others, it is well to
make haste slowly. Mr.. Wagstaff is
still young. He can well afford to wait
for higher honors until he has thor.
oughly accomplished the work he now
has in hand A few contests such as
he is now going through will make him
all the stronger for bigger tasks later
on. and viii make him all the more
capable Of serving the public. The
citizen. like the oak, grows slowly but
steadily by battling with the elements
opposing him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR
rFrom the New York Prees1

EFrom the New York Press
A woman could love any man that
other women envted her for HAVING.
A girl has an idea that II she 1vs~a
a princess her hair Just couldn't he'll.
curling.
It a pe-elieloI nad al the money he
lls.s ~ on tseqolng presents he
couA0 almost atAoEa 70 get married.
- y .a nay s slrl NY9ula ike to do would
49, ~ nave eNerybody talk
49, ,,s. u eeA come back and
80 We "d1ihs 20 get the pres
~, rs $500 51a mas you can't tell
5a s4fIi 49, 80 u q man whether
~, s.+I,.o,- - -. - E Aoppln8 to do or
iarsfiS5S vIsg+ las zen tOoping the eol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
STATEHOOD.

According 20 latest Information,
probably a majority Of Arizona sentf-
for another fifty years to compulsory
statehood in union with New Mexico
now. The proper thing to do. it would
seem, would be to so formulate the
statehood measure as to grant sepa-
rately to the inhabitants of New Mex
leo and Arizona a referendum on the
joint stateho God question before the
statehood law went into effect. Then
if either should reject this solution, let
both remain out of the Union until
they are Mt candidates for admission
as separate nWealths.-Leaven
worth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

The Pennsylvania railroad seems to
be getting extremely good. 1t not only
led in the abolition of passes in the
east, but its president, A. J. Cassatt
recently held a conference with Sena.
tor Penrose, who is credited with being.
a Pennsylvania senator in more thar
one sense, and Immediately afterwards
Senator Penrose announced that he is
in favor of President Roosevelt's plan
of rate regulation and that he will dc
all ia his power to help 1t along. Pos.
sibly President Cassatt is now con.
WINGED that rate regulation would be
Eetter than government ownership.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
"A ESTTON.

Governor Hoch should have his So
cialistic state oil refinery scheme all
ready to launch when his predicted
wave Of Socialism sweeps over the land.
While his scheme was sailing into
operation on the crest of the wave. the
governor could be squirting some of
the crude on the troubled political
waters.-Chanute Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
EROM OTHER PENS
A COINCIDENCE.

It is rather an interesting coin
cidence that Senator Burton's salary
for the next six months will pay the
fine imposed upon him for willful vio-
lation of the laws he was sworn to
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

Oranges are now hauled entirely
across the United States. loaded from
the cars onto q ship, taken across the
Atlantic, and laid down in London for
one cent a pound freight. DO you sup.
pose the transportation companies do
that business at a loss? Yet If the
same oranges were stopped in Topeka
the dealers here would be charged II
cents a pound freight just from Cali.
fornia here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

wore it at the Gordons, bali last win
ter That was the frst time I knew
that I loved you. Ny love made me g
coward. I could no more ask for the
glove than I could have asked for your
heart"
yet you might have had both Tor the
asking she said tenderly-
Copyright. 1905, by Beatrix Reade-5
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

The description Of President Roose~
velt's message by the Farmers Voice.
an old time Populist paper at Clyde, is
somewhat significant. It says the mes
sage "is just such a document as Judge
Parker should have. but would not
have, written had he been elected
president"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

Washington is almost unanimous in
favoring the proposition to change the
date for the Inauguration to April 80.
The dissenters are the doctors. The
present date makes the doctor business
good in Washington for some time af.
ter each Inauguration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

We seem to be exporting consider
able money as well as other things. It
it stated that in the first half of Dee
cember over four million dollars in
cash was sent by immigrants from
Europe to "the folks in the old coun-
try as Christmas presents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

TT is sometimes worth while to be
q Jayhawlzer,' remarks the st. Joseph
Gazette in commenting on the fact
that Kansas farms produced S264 fol
every person in the state this year.
The Gazette doesn't go far enough. It
Is always worth while to be Jay
hawker- One of the great privileges
for which Kansans are always devout.
ly thankful is that of being Jayhawk-
nva
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

If Mr.. Lawson's predictions come
true the STANDARD Oil crowd" may
argue that ''the Crime Of Amalga-
mated" is on the other foot-if that
isn't mixing metaphors too much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

Chicago says it doesn't wish all the
big conventions during 1906. Per
haps, for instance, it will try to worry
along without the great annual meet
ing Of the Sons Of Rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
MoMENToIIs ouEsTIoN.

In wondering if Lawson is really out
of cash or if old Leopold of Belgium is
to wed, the busy man should not ever
look the fact that it is time to buy his
wifes Christmas present.-Leavenwort
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

The spirit of reform seems to have
'caught on in England also. Sir
Henry Campo -Bannerman, the new
prime minister, has given out the hint
that all his ministers will be expected
to resign as directors of any corpora
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

Russia is very liable to wake up and
find a general strike in its stocking
one with a strong spring that will not
run down Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21

The discussion about the horrible con-
dition of the paving on Kansas avenue,
in Topeka, is getting about in the same
status as the ever burning question in
Atchison concerning the Doniphan road.
-Concordia Kansan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
THE STRAP HANGERS FUN.

Reform has struck Chicago IN a
brand new place The corporation
counsel is going to prosecute the trac-
ton companies for overcrowding their
cars. If he succeeds where are the
strap hangers going to get their fun
Philadelphia Press.