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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
THEATRE TRUST AND CRITICS

The Theatrical Trust methods are
exemplifed in the case Of the barring
Of Mr.. NIetcalfe, the critic of New York
Life. from the AZ theaters belonging to
the members of the New York City
Theater Managers association.
Mr. Metcalfe is known as one of the
ablest and most competent critics in
the United States. Because he has seen
fit to tell the truth about the produc-
lions of which he writes, the Trust has
attempted to keep him from attending
performances. They have gone so far
as to display force in keeping him from
entering the theater. and the matter
will be tried out in the New York City
courts.
The New York Dramatic Mirror, the
leading theatrical paper of the United
States says:
Mr.. Metcalfe, of Life, last week fur
Their tested the resolution of the man
ayers of forty-seven New York theaters
to exclude him from their houses, and
was turned away from the Knicker-
booker and the Lyceum theaters after
he had regularly purchased tickets. At
the Lyceum a show of force was made
against him when he persistently
sought entrance.
MIR. Metcalfe thus FAR seems to have
accumulated plenty of information and
experience upon which to proceed in
the courts for a decision on his rights
as an American citizen and as a dra-
matte critic, the exercise of which voca-
tion is now denied to him in a majority
of the theaters of this city. in which he
has followed it for many years.
The outcome of this case will have
great interest not only in New York
but throughout the country
If critics can be shut out of theaters
in New York on purely extraneous
grounds, and the scheme should work
here to the satisfaction Of the persons
who control the theaters of this coun-
try, those persons may take it into their
heads to exclude from their houses ev-
erywhere all those whose duty it is to
write Of the drama, if the writers dis
play the hardihood necessary to tell
the public the truth about plays and
players.
No doubt 1t would. be a delightinx
condition for the Theatrical Trust and
those who are ready to assist in fight
ing the battles of the Trust, if "attrac-
tons could be put forward every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
rHE GRAND JURY TALK.

A good deal of idle talk mas cir
culated about the city concerning the
work of the Shawnee county grand
jury which has been in session this
week. All of it is merely fabrication,
made up out of whole cloth. It's
general tenor has been to the effect
that the jury would adjourn within
three days, or that its deliberations
could not possibly last over week.
Foreman E. II. Crosby was ap-
preached Friday afternoon concern
ing this gossip and he said: Il natur-
ally do not like to say anything at all.
because a juryman is not supposed to
talk. We do not know when We will
adjourn and in fact could not even
guess at a date We are very busy on
one line of investigation. With that
we are not yet through and cannot
finish it for several days. All OF the
evidence must be condensed and
threshed over ana it's value deter
mined so far as returning indictments
are concerned. Then other matters
may come up.
I'VE are here to do our duty" he
continued. land that is what we mean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Every solicitor is working for his own
pocket.
Nearly every man has some fool thing
hitched to him.
If you can't get along with people keep
away from them
The man with scheme is not looking
out for your interest.
Mrs. Jim Ayres has a job on her hands:
two sicl- men to caro- Tor.
Don't expect people to be loyal to you.
That's where we are all weak
Tom Lawson is not attracting much
more attention now tnan Mrs. Chadwick.
Because a man doesn't call you a liar,
he doesn't believe all you are telling him.
A man is in hard lines when you have
to tell whom he married to identity him.
we hope at least to be spared this: To
be competed 10 hunt the COW and drive
her home.
We don't see why a man convert Is a
greater trophy for an evangelist than a
girl convert.
You have heard all your life of the man
who had money to throw at the birds
Ever see one?
Could you successfully pass civil ser
vice examination? We couldn't come
within a mile of It.
Even though a man retires voluntarily
it is awful hard for him to like the one
who succeeds him.
When rabbits sell for cents each that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
oUT or PoLTTTCs.

It is hard thing to keep public bust
ness out of politics.
The best efforts of the best poll
ticians, those who locally rise to the
occasion. or nationally become states
men, are given to protect merit and
usefulness from partisan bias and po-
1itical harm.
The way of the real reformer is be-
set with political stumbling blocks.
A case in point is the Topeka water
works.
The mayor is on record to keep the
management Of the water supply of
Topeka out of political hands. The
public commends him warmly for the
stand. The council happily came to his
aid.
Some legislation, not much, but a lit
tie. is advisable.
There are two bills pending offered by
two Shawnee representatives.
The mayor says the Stone bill is to
keep the waterworks out of politics;
the Bird bill to put it in.
Why not unite on the Stone bill and
let the other be pigeon-holed. We don't
mean to hit one Bird with one Stone
not at all. Mr.. Bird and Mr.. Stone
should get together not with hard
knocks, but with the graceful song of
Tcpeka's welfare from the throat Of
one, and with a stones throw of the
other that would hit the head of any
politician who would harm the cause of
water. or mix impure politics with that
for which this town has long dug, and
pulled and voted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The burglar is apt to take things for
granted.
It's a stupid person who would stoop
to folly.
People who are stuck up seldom stick
up for each lthar.
The shadow of suspicion generally has
something behind it.
Most people look at their troubles
through a magnityIng glass.
A great achievement doesn't need a
brass band accompaniment.
Where girls are concerned liquid glances
will make a fellow solid.
When a man loses his temper he doesn't
offer a reward for its return.
Hero Worship is always directed toward
people VIC don't know intiTeSte!y.
Wfgwag-'I can't see what excuse Old
bach has for being pessimist." Hen
peckke-'N Nor I. He has never been mar
ried."
You are my queen" the lover cried,
AS joy suffused his face.
Not on your ife,' the maid replied;
"Aicthinks 1 am the ace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
STATE PRINTING PLANT.


The measure which provides for the
building and equipment of a state
printing plant by the state is a move
in the right direction, and Governor
Hoch, Mr.. Stubs and the legislature
will deserve the credit. Had not Mr..
Hoch and Mr.. Stubs taken an adj
vanced stand in favor of the propo-
sition, it might never have been heard
from outside the committee room.
The state printers Office has been
more or less Of graft for years. The
Populist legislature did something
toward correcting the evils arising
from the system of doing the state
printing when it reduced the allowance
for doing the different classes of work.
1t still left in the minds of the people,
however, the belief that some one was
being paid too much of the states
money and the only way to put q stop
to it is for the state to own a plant of
its own. do it's own printing at cost,
and pay the state printer salary COM
mensurate with the responsibilities of
his position.
1t Will be necessary to secure honest
and competent men to manage the
state plant, but there are plenty of
them in Kansas-they can be found
in nearly every county in the state
and when this is done the state print
ing plant will be the success it de-
serves to be. The first state printer
under the new order of things will
have greater task than his success
ors, but there is reason to believe that
he is the right man in the right place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
GROWTH OF THE CITIES.

Will we have to legislate, in time,
against the large city as we do the
trust in business life?
If the large cities of the United
States continue to grow at the same
rate of increase that has marked their
progress for the past fifty years. what
will mark the boundary and popula-
ton 100 years hence? Already the
overpowering NAV of New York and
Chicago has stretched on either side
for miles and taken to itself hamlets
and small municipalities, as well as
larger rivals who have grown up un-
derneath its shadow only to be en-
quilted later on in the indistin guishable
name of a borough.
Proud cities have decayed in the
past and the populous metropolis has
fallen into desuetude, its site marked
only by heap of debris; or losing its
vigor, passed into the life of a town of
secondary Importance as relates to
size and commerce. The question re-
mains. however, If similar fate is to
overtake the leading cities of our own
| land, whether such a change of for
tunes could take place in--the passing
of a century. Certainly present con-
ditions would scarcely warrant such an
assertion. Two hundred years NAV
hap. three hundred probably
But in that time to what an extent
will the growth have been carried.
New York will extend to PeekskilI.
Chicago to Joliet and Milwaukee The
bands of interurban systems of rail-
way are fast drawing the smaller to
the greater. 1t is the magnet making
possible the astounding expansion
VIII the smaller cities be content to
lose their identity in the larger. will the
ever-present jealousy lodged in the
heart of the inhabitant of the small
urban suburb towards his brother in
the city permit him to await calmly
the pending absorption?
Or spurred on by the prevalence of
the extension idea will the smaller
cities band together to check the
growth of their more powerful neigh
bors and seek through channels of leg
islation to limit civic boundaries7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
THE TREASURY GRAFT.

The Mail and Breeze (Rep.l and
edited by Thomas McNeal, private
secretary to Governor Hoch, says:
state Treasurer Kelly has paid out
more than $1,70o to a surety COM
pany which furnishes a half million OF
his bond.'
The salary of the state treasurer is
$4,000 a year. Here is all but $500
of the first years earnings spent for
half OF the bond. II the other hall
of the bond were paid for In the same
proportion the cost of the bond alone
would be $500 more than the first
years salary and would reduce the
salary earnings for the two years OF
the whole term to $1,000. or $500 per
annum.
What is the reader to conclude
from the struggle for this Office OF
state treasurer when the salary is but
$4,000 year and s1.7oO must be paid
for half of the bond required?
There are a number of depository
laws before the senate and house. The
state treasurer lobby in connection
with the bill in the senate asked that
the date of effect be postponed until
May, 1906. The committee not favor
ing this. the date was suggested by
the treasurer January 1. 1906. The
committee appears to favor septem-
Der l. 1905.
The general public would like to see
some kind of a law put into shape by
the wisdom of the solons now in the
state house that would secure prompt
action, stop the scandals in the treas
urer's office and permit the state and
not individuals to profit by the use of
state money.
1t is so thoroughly understood, and
has been for many years, that state
treasurers receive profit for Ioaning
the states money that the public has
become used to it and acts as if the
matter were a necessary evil.
The present legislature is apparent
ly more determined than any of its
predecessors to stop the graft and
hush the scandal.
One reason set forth why the law
should not go into effect at an early
date is because the Topeka banks
might suffer. Why should the Topeka
banks suffer?
They have carried the money large
ly in the past and can carry it in the
future. They can and ought to pay
for it open and above board and still
give the same security they have in
the past. They may act legally and
their action need cause no reflection,
implied or real.
The main thing is to make the state
use its own money and to stop the use
of state funds by private individuals
It ought not to be difficult to provide
some law which win work no hard
ship to any banks. yet let justice be
done and the state profit by its own
resources.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

to do We shall not adjourn until we
have done what we think we were
called here for. Whatever is present
ed to us will be taken care of. None
of us have said anything concerning
adjournment, and there is nothing in
the rumors which have been cir
culated."
1t seems as if that statement ought
to be sufficient to silence the idle talk
about the jury Quitting 1t con-
tains body of men, which the court
took especial delight to empanel be-
cause of it's worth, and there is no
question but these men will sub
serve the best interests of the
community, and spare as much ex-
pense as possible. Gossip that they
want to quit within three days or a
week. because they do not care or
have the time to serve, is a reflection,
and fair minded people ought to con-
slider it so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

is a sign of spring. They are selling now
at four for a quarter.
At last nights meeting Of the Lancas-
ter Literary society this question was dis
cussed: rs rabbit worth a load OF
shot?"
Sometimes a woman gets powder on her
face so artistically that Il would be be-
yond detection, were it not for that on her
dress.
yieIe are still soEae old-fashioned peo-
ple in the world who object to seeing
their names in print, saying it looks like
an advertisement.
We took a mans name out of the report
Of a fight today because of his religious
mother. III addition to this, he is a bis
brute, and quarrelsome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Plain duties are naturally unattractive.
Many man hasn't felt slippers since he
Was Il boy.
The harder man labors the I,ss time
he has to whine.
An office seeker always harps on the
need of political reform.
Lucky is the married woman who can
tell a lie-when she hears it.
Only a fool man will light a lantern
and start out to look for trouble.
After a couple have been married two
weeks the neignbors lose all interest in
them.
One man passes the plate in church
and a good many other men let the plate
pass them.
Many a misguided man who thinks nc
wis horn to RUE has another think COM
ing after an election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

day. Let her try it on Saturday, she
will find the jar equally as hard.
A Sedan revival converted $50 per-
sons but like the liquor cure it doesn'
agree that they will stand hitched. "
The engineer of a Central Branch
train is all puffed up. He went fast
enough one day this week to catch
and kill dog.
The police force dog of Arkansas
City died this week at the age of
thirteen years. Score another knock
out for thirteen.
Wamego has a dozen car loads of
sweet potatoes left where last fall a
hundred cars was small estimate of
the spring holdover.
1t must take considerable en-
thusiasm to turn out to primaries with
the mercury 10 below. But Wyan-
dotte county citizens are doing that
today.
The girl who broke her wrist at the
Wellington skating rink grieves
mostly over the fact that she cannot
help her mother get breakfast or wash
the dishes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

Topeka will entertain the deVoteeS
of the silent and strenuous game of
whist next Friday and Saturday, Feb
ruary 10th and 11th- Experts in the
game from western cities, composing
the Central Whist association. viii be
here to compete for various trophies
and to enjoy the most brilliant of
games. The visiting players will be
made welcome, on this the first visit
of the association to Topeka, and
some nerve-racking matches are an
1icipated in the various contests which
are listed.
Whist is a game which is enjoyed
only by those who have mastered 1t
sufficiently to count themselves among
the experts. 1t is a game which can
not be played by inspiration and in
stinct. The real whist player is the
man who has made a study Of the
great game for years. He has mas
tered the leads until he knows them
as we'll as his own name. He has
familiarized himself with the con
ventions'' of the game-the set formu-
las, and book rules which are COM
mon to all students of the game.
Then he adds to the conventions his
own individuality of the play He
must know when to- be courageous,
and when to retire from the field with
craft, covering his retreat as gen.
eraI in a battle. He must blow up
the enemy with his little trump tor
pedoes. when the latter is off guard, or
fight behind cover, or in the open, as
circumstances demand.
There are many who think no game
is worth the time and energy it re-
qufres to master the long headed and
s-,k
whist player viii fight for the game
until his eyelids can no longer wiggle.
He declares that it develops the judg-
ment, cultivates the memory, stimu-
lates the Imagination, brings into ex-
ercise all the mental faculties, gives
one a healthy and respectful opinion
of his adversary, and leaves him with
plenty to be pleased with and a bit to
regret.
Modern duplicate whist, played by
teams of four. about as nearly ban
ishes the element of luck, as it is pos
sible to eliminate it. Each team has
the same capital to deal with, and the
team which is able to declare the
largest trick dividend, is pretty likely
to be the stronger combination.
There are those who believe cards
are tools of the evil one. These are
entitled to their point of view. They
are also pitied by the whist crank. He
cannot understand how any one can
see harm in the effort to solve the
unending variety and fntricacies of the
game. There are some billions of
hands that are possible at whist. One
never gets a combination that is ex-
actly like another. The game is an
old one. 1t was played before Amer
lea was settled. But it is like the
charms of Cleopatra, "age cannot
wither nor custom stale its infinite
Variety
And so the visiting whist players
will be welcomed to Topeka. The
State Journal trusts that no signals"
will be overlooked. that all players
will lubbock" at the right time. that
the echo" and the discard viii be
properly made. that the partner is not
forced" when having a trump night
with the enemy, that the ''underplay"
will not be a disappointment, that the
'fnesse" will not be disastrous. and
that the luekless chap who "revokes"
may not escape the due but awful
penalty of the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
Itcl-Rineworrll.

E. T. Lucas, Wingo. KY, writes April 3
1902: For 10 to y years 1 had been az
hicted with a malady known as the itch
The itching was most unbearables / had
tried for years to ind relief, having tried
all remedies I could hear OF, besides a
number Of doctors. I wish to state that
one single application of Billiards. Snow
Liniment cured me completely. Since
then 1 have used the Iniment two sep
arate occasions for ring worm and Il
cured completely. 25c, SOC and 800 bottle.
Sold by Rowley & Snow and w. S. Miller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

Chicago Tribune: The Hepburn bill
is not the measure the people desire and
the president asked for. He recon-
mended in his message that the inter
state commerce commission be given
authority to revise rates, the revised
rate to go at once into effect and to
stay in effect unless and until the court
Of review reverses it, The Hepburn
bill provides that no order shall take
effect until so days after it is made. and
gives the court of review power to sus-
pend its enforcement until protracted
law suit shall have reached it's remote
enc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

John Sharp Williams. the Demo-
crat leader In the national house. de-
clares that he is not falling behind the
president in his fight for the regulation
of railroad rates for any political pur-
pose. nor because he has modified his
own political views in any respect. He
supports the president in this matter
because it is a true American policy,
and he desires to give the nations
chief executive such additional
strength as may come from the assur-
ance that the Democrats in congress
will support him in his endeavor to
carry it into effect. Mr.. Bryan takes
much the same ground. He praises
President Roosevelt for his efforts to
help the cause of the people. 1t is
evident, says the Pittsburg Post, that If
the policy which Mr.. Roosevelt has
outlined on the railroad and trust
questions is not carried into effect it
will be due to the opposition in his own
party alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04
IAYHAWKER JOTs.

A Horton man is II years old and
can yet kick as high as his head
A diet of jack rabbits and potatoes
has increased the laying capacity OF
Glen Elder hens SO per cent
A Jewell City woman says it's hard
luck to fall down in a cellar on FRI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

The Mr.. Armour who dined with the
emperor of Germany one day this
week may conclude to remain over
there until the storm blows over. The
mention of a criminal prosecution bv
the president can hardly have a pleas
ant sound to those who have been vio-
latinE the law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

Lest the public may have lost the
count it may as well be mentioned that
the number of women who claim to
have been married to Bluebeard Hoch
has now reached % with a considerable
territory yet to hear from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

II a victory by Kuropatkin is neces-
sary before Russia will treat for peace.
It looks as though the war may be
prolonged indefinitely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

Prussia proposes to acquire and
operate the coal mines in order to
spike the guns Of the socialists. Per-
haps the socialists in this country
would not object to being silenced in
that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

Senators appear to be cheap in Cali
Rornia- Four Of them are accused o
selling out for $3.50 each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

over in Belgium. where the govern
nent owns the railroads, tickets are
sold by the day. week or month. One
can go anywhere and travel all the
time while his ticket lasts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

New York is receiving so much mon
ey from the country that the clerks in
the banks haven't time to count it and
additional vault room has become nee
essary. Has anybody out this way
missed any coin?--
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

Not being able to see his shadow
Thursday, of course the ground hog
stayed out but probably by this time
he regrets his folly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

The stork had the nerve up at
Osborne to bring a flock of young
chickens into the world in the midst
of snow storm. Mr.. Stork may be
all right in some lines but when it
comes to bullets he should retire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

The chances are fiowery for a new
mill at Kingman to grind UP the sur
plus wheat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

II there is to be any trading of college
professors with Germany, it would bet
ter be done sight unseen"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

The Standard Oil company has
made reduction of a. cent a gallon on
the selling price of it's product. Is
this another means of fighting the
state refinery It looks as though
they might trust it all to the lobby.