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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
PUBLICITY. AND CRIME.

It is the policy of some people to
suppress facts-to keep the public
from knowing about certain things
Sometimes this policy emanates from q
good intention: oftener not
There may be rare cases when a
suppression of facts is justifiable, but
they are by no means the rule. Prob
ably those instances where it seems
most justifiable are where crimes
have been committed and the authori-
ties fear that a knowledge of the facts
by the people would aid the criminal
in escaping justice. There is a posi-
bility that this would prove true oe-
casionally, but the reverse would be
the rule. The idea of the Utica, N. Y,
Press on this subject is pretty good
1t is as follows:
1T often happens that police au-
thor1ties seek to withhold important
news of 'criminal occurrences from
the reporters, on the theory that it
may interfere with the detection and
arrest of the offender. In a majority
OF cases the reverse is the actual fact
a good example is furnished in what
is known as the dres. suit case uavs-
terry IN Boston. It is recalled that in
the waters of the harbor a dress suit
case containing the body Of a woman
was found and no one OF course could
were no clues pointing to the criminal
Several days later the legs and arms
were found in another case and on the
hands were rings. This time the police
gave the papers all the information
they had and pictures of the rings
were published and in this way the vic
tim of the crime was positively identi-
ned and arrests quickly followed Had
it not been for the newspaper publica-
ton there would have been no identi-
dcatiOn and no arrests. That is only
a sample of what frequently occurs"
A wrong-doer hates newspapers
above everything else, if he thinks
they will give publicity to his. crimes
Tt makes no difference whether he be
an insurance president, or a sneak
thief; a jointist, or the perpetrator of
questionable bond deal; publicity is
the thing the wrong-doer least desires,
and it usually will do most towards
bringing him to justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
The Pregident's Politics.
TFrom the washington Post.

LF'rem the Washington Post.1
That Populist statesman out in kan
sas who adopts President Roosevelt for
his party unconsciously pays a greater
compliment to our chief magistrate
than he intended Here are Republi-
cans, Democrats, and Populists all
claiming Roosevelt. Capital and labor
both put trust in him. The North and
the SOUTH the East and the West alike
welcome him with enthusiasm and with
piaudit. He win encounter no opposi-
tion-so it is predicted-from any quar-
ter IN the house of representatives. He
IS at once the leader Of his party and
the leader of his country.
II IS indeed high place to which
IneoQofe Roosevelt has attained-high-
er tnan the presidency itself, and this
IS conceded by candid men who oppose
ms policies, and not only hope, but be-
ueVe. they viii fail. But at this mo-
ment Theodore Roosevelt is the first
personality in the world.
Ihae Kansas eulogist, If, indeed, we
can impose on the imagination the inn
possible contortion of discovering
eulogy in calling a man of sense a Pop
ulsl-that Kansas eulogist only shows
that our president is q many-sided
man. broad, liberal, catholic. In relig-
ION 81. Paul was such a man, and to-
DAY half a score Christian churches,
each different from every other, and
some anragonistic trace their theology
back to the great apostle of the Cen
IiIeS. IN politics Jefferson was another
sueh figure. The Democrats claim him
as the father of their party. and the
republicans pretend to trace most of
their politics to him. Lincoln claimed
TO be Jeffersonian, and that is the
way Mr.. Bryan got what he calls his
JefIersonisnl-he got it through Lincoln,
on whom he is constantly laying his
Democracy such as it is. Indeed, the
Hon. Ben Tillman is fond of approv-
ing some of his rather agile statesman
snip BY texts from Lincoln. Mr.. Roose-
welt, II we are to judge from some of
the pfeaehments of some of his books,
mas very poor opinion of Thomas JET
ferson. Old George III told Miss Bur
ney that Shakespeare was "poor stuff .
and that is what the tWenty-sixth pres
political philosophy Of the third presi-
dent Of the United States.
Nevertheless, Thomas Jefferson will
be looked on as profound statesman
when the United States shall have cho-
sen one hundred and twenty-six presi-
dents Of the republic. Thackeray very
nearly irnagiues that Marlborough
as he was If he could not have de-
frauded a private in the ranks of his
pay with the cool facility with which
he fought a great battle. and the per-
feet serenity with which he accepted
a great victory.
Nor would Jefferson have been so
great man If only one party had got
its politics from him. And the same is
true Of Roosevelt
If, at the close of his presidency, as
many parties, shall be claiming Mr..
Roosevelt as now claim him. he may
feed on Caesars meat, and lesser men
viii skip between his legs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
A SERMON FOR TO-DAY.


Vengeance is mines I viii repay saith
the Lord---ROmans 1913
In 8 barren room in a San Fran
cisco fat a few days ago q wretch
was covering. After tracing him all
over the country Justice. in the shape
of the police. was knocking at the door
for admission. With the covering
wretch was a woman, his companion
in his latest crimes. Justice knocked,
but the pair refused admission. Az
the officers were about TO hew down
the door with an ak. a shot rang out
and the man had sent his companion
into the realm Of eternity. Another
shot, and Milton Franklin Andrews
himself, gambler and multi-murderer,
faced his Maker to answer for his
crimes.
Hunted by men from ocean to
ocean, tormented doubtless by an
ever-present conscience, haunted by
the memories of those he had slain,
fleeing even to the uttermost parts Of
the earth, Australia, only to be drawn
back to the land of his crimes. An
drews at last paid the penalty with
his own hand. Pursued by relent-
less fear, he sent a bullet crashing
through his brain.
Not content with leaving two vic
TINS, a man and a woman, in the
east, Andrews a few months ago muir
dered Bessie BoutOn on Cutler noun
tain, near Colorado Springs. It was
weeks before the crime was traced to
his door but from that time the po-
lice of the country began searching
for him. He easily eluded them,
L. IA
further crimes and the avenging fate
that pursues every murderer he might
have escaped. But the memory of
that accusing body found in the snow
on Cutler mountain was undoubtedly
always with him. From memory there
was no escape.
Vengeance is mine; 7 win repay,
saith the Lord"
It is impossible to escape the con-
sequences of sin. Sin is the violation
of Gods laws, and punishment surely
follows their violation. If a person
breaks the laws of health he is pun
ished by sickness. II ne cherishes
low and degrading thoughts, he can
not escape becoming low and de-
graded himself If he leads the life
of the underworld, his strength will
De sappeu anu ulseetae VIII lay AOAu
upon him in frightful forms. It is the
vengeance of Nature and of Natures
God.
And if he should become so stepped
in crime and wickedness as was Milton
Franklin Andrews, remorse would
doubtless so lay hold upon him that
life would become a veritable hell,
even though he escapes human JUS
tice. How many murderers have been
haunted to death by the wraiths of
their victims. yet have feared to go
into eternity It is because wen
geance is mine; I viii repay. saith the
Lord
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12

The small town pays high rates, the
big town low rates. And this is the
chief cause of the enormous growth of
our cities the amazing expansion of
department stores and city factories,
and the great rise in valuation of city
property. compared with country proper
ty. There is a CONSTANT suction toward
the city, becadse. the low railroad rate
makes the conduct of business cheaper
there. So the strong boys are drawn off
the farms and out of the little towns
with irresistible force toward the
metropolis. So rents go UP, so sky
scrapers are built, so the east sides be-
come crowded and filthy and diseased,
and so the west sides are eneryated
with luxury, so boss politicians gather
strength in city slums, so corruption
grows in the city hall, the state house,
and the national capital.
For transportation is the key to pop
ulation. New York was planted where
it Is in the first place, because of its
splendid harbOr where ships could reach
its docks easily and cheaply. And when
the railroads came they continued to
give New York an advantage in service
and in rates which tended to carry ev-
erything there. In the same way the
prosperity Of every Important city in
the country is based almost wholly upon
the favor of transportation agencies,
ter or river front, or the artificial advan-
tage of low railroad rates. Cities like
Pittsburg, Indianapolis and Atlanta are
almost absolutely the creatures of the
railroads. Inquire why one city grows
and another, seemingly with equal ad-
vantages, does not grow and the cause
will almost invariably be found in
railroad rate Inquire similarly why one.
oil ref1ner, or one beef butcher, or one
sugar maker prospers and grows rich,
while others. apparently of equal talents
and means slowly dwindle into failurE
often without even knowing why, and in
q, large number of cases the cause will
be found in a certain railroad rate. And
I am by no means inferring that the
success of a town or q man is due only
to illegal or secret rates or discrimina-
tons; the dishonest successes, like that
of Rockefeller, are comparatively rare:
the great proportion are the natural
outcome of what is at present perfectly
open favoritisn on the part Of the rail-
roads-From 1.-THE Railroad Rate" by
Ray Stannard Baker, in the November
McClure's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
QUAKER RESTRICTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
The bore doesn't necessarily have a
sharp tongue.
1t doesn't help a starving man to eat
his own words.
All vinegar has its mother, and every
cork has its DoD.
Genius goes to mediocrity when it
wants to borrow money.
Two village cut-ups-the country doc
tor and the rural barber.
Tt takes more than boiled shirt for
a man to put up a good front.
A woman hates to get married on
Friday, unless it's her last chance.
Don't stand in your own light unless
you expect to be thrown in the shade.
After a man has had his leg pulled he
shouldn't hesitate to put his best foot
forward.
There is a difference between being
on the water wagon and being on the
sprinkling cart.
NeIl-sShe says she merely married
him to get even" Belle-''Well, the odds
are against her"
She-"Why do so many men go to
the bad?" HEN their eagerness to be
known assgood fellows"
When we say of a man that we
wouldn't trust him too far we mean that
we wouldn't trust him too near.
"Old friends are dearest" remarked
the Wise Guy. YES; they generally owe
us the most money" agreed the Simple
Mug.
Cynicus-fThere is only one condition
under which I would marry Sillicus-
And that is?'' Cyntcus-"That should
have a grudge against myself and want
ed to get square"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.

TFrom the Chicago News.I
The crying need OF a chIdIess home
is a baby
With some people life appears to be
a continuous sleep.
He who is ashamed of his calling has
no call to follow it.
A woman never claims to be hOmefv
unless she knows she isn't
Hope makes a pinhead look as big
as the head of an egotist feels
Time may be money, but you can't
realize much coin on 98-cent watch
The man who practices what he
breaches is a wonder because Of his
rarity.
He who will not economic today
may find 1t necessary to agonize to-
morrow.
A pedestrian is a chap who tries to
interfere with the progress Of an auto.
mobile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12

In writing of "The Growth of So
cialism," in the current number of
Success, Eugene V. Debs, the noted
labor leader, maintains that labor and
capital are always antagonistic. In
touching on the subject of labor unions
he says, 1.-THE old unionism, living in
the dead past, still insists that the in
terests of capital and labor are identi-
cali This proposition Mr.. Debs denies.
1.-THE new unfonisn,'' continues Mr..
Debs, "vitalized and clarified by the
living present, says. We know better;
capitalists and wage-workers have an
tagonistic economistic interests; capt.
talists buy and workers sell labor
power, the one as eheaply and the
other as dearly as possible; they are
locked in a life and death class strug-
gle; there can be no identity of inter
ests between masters and sIaves-be-
tween explOiters and exploited-and
there can be no peace until the work
ing class is triumphant IN this strug-
gle and the wage system is forever
wiped from the earth. .
Overlooking Mr.. Debs' somewhat
mixed metaphors, his error is very
manifest from the false premises on
which ne stares. Labor troubles al
come from this proposition of Mr.
Debs, Capitalists buy and workers sell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12

The cost Of a school for the develop
ment of good boys is thus stated by Eu-
gene Wood in his article, "A School for
Boys" in the October Everybody's;
1T costs the state Of Ohio about $50
a year for each boy. A useful, capable
man is worth to society, on the average,
OOO0. These Il, 600 boys cost the state
of Ohio. then. say. s2,OOO,000. Say 1000
Of them were rescued. That is S4O,00OoO0
recovered to society on the investment
of 100000 It has been figured that
every criminal does about $4,000 damage
a year, leaving entirely out of the estl-
mate what it costs to maintain our plant
for the detection. prevention, and punish
ment of crime. Each man Will be a
criminal not less than twenty years.
That's $40, 900 damages multiplied by
1000 boys. sor $3.50. 100000 damages saved,
not counting the cost of the antt-cr1m-
inal plant. Has it paid to run this
Boys Industrial School at Lancaster?
And even if it hadn't paid financially,
isn't it worth while?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
.LAYHAWKER JOTS

Wichita is also turning up its nose
at Coffeyville's claim to $4,000 inhabi-
tants.
The new law building at the state
university will be called the Green
building, notwithstanding its terra
Gotta color. After Dean Green, you
Wilson is to have a new Catholic
church with three bells on it. The
building will also have an arch cell
ing of steel. It win be one of the
finest churches in that part of the
state.
In speaking of the candidacy of W.
+ Stubs for the presidency of the
Kansas semi-centenniaI, Billy Morgan
rules out all reference to the fact that
Mr.. Stubs was also at the head of
sent.
Ellis Garten looks at it in this
his crop, his good wife sews his
cIothesi the farmer darns the winds
ana his good wife darns his hose. The
farmer pitches in the hay, but should
ne cross her whin, the good wife lays
aside her work and pitches into him.
Some of the best stuff written in
Kansas are the bill ShiftIess' stories
by Bert Walker in the Osborne
Farmer. Here is the latest one: "Old
Bill Shiftless and his wife were in
town the other day This was the
first time Mrs. ShiftIess had been in
for over a year. After they had sold
their eggs at the store and Bill had
put the money in his pocket he told
his wife to make herself at home
around town for awhile and ne would
go out and see some friends. That
was about noon. Bill found his
friends and they got out a 'consign-
ment.' Mrs. Shiftless stood around
one store for an hour or so and then
she went to another She kept this up
all afternoon. Still Bill failed to show
up. She was hungry, but she didn't
want to eat supper without Bill.
Shortly after dark he showed up, and
he had on a 'beaut.' Well slob-
bered he, as he tried to puff away at
a diIapidated cigar, are you most
ready to go homer She thought she
was. All right. It's getting so late
you will have to get you bite to eat
when we get home Bill had. just
eaten big oyster stew at the res
taurant. Do you wonder Mrs. Shift
less doesn't come to town oftener than
once year?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
A Bravo Sailor .

There is a tablet at the Sailors Home
at Melbourne said the sailor toJames
Mari He was a seaman, and his life
sea.
eNIarr sailed before the mast on the
Rip. On July 15, 1878, the Rip was
caught in a squat MARI sat astride of
the gaff when a great wave broke over
the boat, and brought down the main
mast.
There was only one chance to save
the Rip. That was to cut away the lit
ter. But Mari chung to the broken spar,
and to cut away meant to send him
overheard to death.
$50 looking at him doubtfully, the
men hesitated. their axes in their hands.
Mari, helpless. pondered. He saw
that his death would be the boats sal
walton. And he shouted:
Cut away. matesi Good-by.
"Then he let himself fail into the cold.
wild sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12

labor power. the one as cheaply and
the other as dearly as possible" It is
the PRONUNCIATION of this idea that
causes Misunderstanding and friction.
Too many capitalists hold this idea, as
well as too many labor men Of the
Debs class
The proper idea on which labor and
capital should work is that they are
in partnership and that they sell the
product Of their combined product?
Each is entitled to fair share of the
profits of the business. Each should
recognize that the other is entitled to
a square deal In other words. the
principle of the Golden Rule should
apply.
When business is conducted along
these lines there are no strikes-un-
less unwise labor agitators persuade
men to go out when they have no
grievance-and there are no failures,
judgment in meeting business eondi-
tons. Both employer and employe
| consider the rights of the other and
work Of their mutual interests.
1t is when the capitalist tries to beat
down his employes-to buy labor as
cheaply as possible, if you please; and
]
cess of what the business will stand
when they try to sell labor as dearly
as pOssible-that trouble begins.
The ideal business condition is when
capital and labor goes into partnership,
and the wise labor union realizes this.
In forming the partnership the capt.
talist furnishes the money, on which
he is entitled to a fair rate of interest.
But he also takes all the RISKS, and for
this reason he is entitled to whatever
there happens to be in the way of ex-
cess profits, because, if there happens
to be a loss he shoulders that. The
employe who puts an extra amount of
labor into the business is entitled to
receive a fair price on that over the
man who does not put in so much. The
man who does dangerous work is en-
titled to have that taken into consid-
Grafton, and the man who puts brains
into his work is entitled to receive pay
for his brains.
For the sake of convenience and in
order that there may be no misunder-
standings, a scale of prices is fixed for
the worker. The union fixes this, and
if it is wise it fixes it at a point that
will let the employer make a fair
profit and interest on his investment
under average business conditions. 1t
does not try to make him do business
at a loss, for that means a business
failure and the loss of work to the
workmen. With the scale fixed at a
point that is just to both sides, the
capitalist with a good business head
can do business at a profit. He takes
the risk of accidents that will cause
losses, and to offset that he gets the
Z n
Increased profit.
! The sooner both employers and en-
ployes get rid of the idea that their
interests are antagonistic and that they
must beat one another on the labor
question as much as possible, the bet
ter for both. There will never be in
I dustrial peace as long as that idea
prevails, nor will either capital or
labor be as prosperous as it will be
when they come to work as partners
/ and recognize one another's rights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12

sI win tell you a tale" said one.
Every well" said the other. "A gentle
man went into a shop in Birmingham
and said he wanted to buy a Dalmatian
dog to take abroad with him. Certain
", sir, said the assistant, I've got the
very thing In a quarter of an hour
he brought out the animal; the Gus
toner paid the money and departed
Before his train time, however, a heavy
shower fell. The gentleman returned
with the dog in a state Of great indig-
nation. Look at him., he cried, you
told me he was a Dalmatian. Give me
my money back All his spots are
washed off in the rain The proprietor
apologized. It's all that stupid FOOLS
mistake. He called to his assistant,
James, did you sell that dog to this
gentleman? Yes, sir We'll, you ought
to be ashamed of yourself. Don't you
know an umbrella goes with that
dog?' The Taller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The cars Thanksgiving proclama-
ton seems to be little late this year,
but perhaps there is good reason
for it.
You will notice, if you look care
fully. that Jerome's smoke is stin
smoking.
When a politician doesn't know
how to attract attention any other
way, he usually starts something
about a constitutional convention.
You remember that King Edward,
being king, changed his birthday so
it viii come in June, but he cannot
keep himself from growing old. He
was 81 years old last week, in spite of
the fact that his birthday viii not
come till next June.
wonder what James J. Hills wife
thinks of the way he has been "carry-
ing on" with the Katy.
New York is probably beginning to
recover from its headache by this
time.
What has become of the husky
corn husking liar who usually breaks
into the country papers at this time
eff year?
Mahlon Burget's reputation as a
prophet is hanging by mighty slen-
der thread. He said Hearst would
win. Maybe he Will-with q strong
accent on may"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atehison Glo-

IFrom the Atchison Globe.C
It is old fashioned to make fashion
able calls.
The average woman does dearly love
to have her figure connplimented.
The politeness of a good many peo-
pie begins and ends with Excuse
me-
When a woman has a good deal to
say about raising" her children, they
usually raise themselves.
Most men have the same experiences.
The only difference is that some men
talk and some don't.
Every man who takes corn bread in
a restaurant is not a AIissourian, but
every MissOurian takes corn bread.
The most tiresome tale of woe is that
told by woman who seems to have
everything on earth a woman could
want.
If a woman's first husband was a
preacher, her second husband should
be at least a bishop il she wants her
family to think well of her.
The word ''home-maker'' is working
overtime when applied to any rich wo-
man who keeps several servants. The
real "home-makers work overtime by
not keeping any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12

There is something pitiable in such
death as that which came Friday to
5ohn Dahlgren, one Of Topeka's motor
sous, but harmless. characters With
out an enemy in the world-save him
self-he was brutality murdered. Dahl
eren ought to have been a good aver
age citizen, doing his share Of labor in
the economy Of the community and full
alIing the purpose for which man was
created. Instead ne has not only been
8 burden to the community by compel
ling it to keep him locked up more than
haif Of the time during the past ten
years, but he has been a worse curse
% himself by being a slave to the use
Of the vilest liquor-and the end OF it all
ras a brutal death in a drunken spree.
There is something pitiable that a hu-
man soul should allow itself to become
10 degraded as to spend an existence on
earth like that and then go forth into
aaarnitv with nothing COED to his credit,