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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
RoosEvELTs INFLUENCE.

Clifford Pinchot, the young New York
millionaire, head of the Bureau of For
est Reserves, who has refused remun-
Grafton for his services to the govern
ment, says that the one great thing
that Theodore Roosevelt has done is not
his service in the recent peace confer
ence, nor the use of the prestige of his
great Office in behalf Of decency. 1.-THE
vital and important thing says MI.
Pinchot, lies in the change which he
has brought in, the attitude of young
men toward political life. The time is
not long past when lie was not consid-
cred respectable to so into politics. I
hope the time is not far distant when
it won't be respectable not to be in
politics. When this time comes, this
country win do things in the world that
never were done before"
The force Of Mr.. Pinehot's statement
will not APPEAR so great to us Of the
west as it VIII to citizens Of the east.
particularly those of the large cities.
There the ward heelers have in the past
/ largely controlled public affairs. and
the awakening OF the better element 10
/ its duties to the state and nation can
not do else than result in better gov
eminent.
But Mr.. Pinchot makes his classi.
6cation too narrow. The greatest
thing Theodore Roosevelt has done is
to raise the standard of citizenship
and public and private honor. and
that includes both his influence in be.
half Of public decency and his in.
huence in bringing respectable men tc
/ take a part in politics.
A far wider and farther-reachina
result of the presidents utterances
and examples than Mr. Pinchot set,
forth is the awakening OF a deeper
sense Of justice in AL classes. He Ia.
set high standards Of honesty fol
/ public officials; this must result in in
Z creased honesty in private business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

In the scc0.lI article OF the In5ir-
.ance series appearing in The Worlds
Work is told 1.-THE Story of Henry B.
Hyde" The following extract from
the December issue is the account of
the beginning Of the great Insurance
Lobby at Albany:
While taking no part in politics for
the sake of politics. Mr.. Hyde had al
ways cultivated the acquaintance of
political leaders and of men promi-
nent in all walks of life. He had in
vested some of the Equitable assets in
securities of the New York Central
Railroad company, which Commodore
Vanderbilt was then forming into a
system by development and extension.
He knew that a young man named
Chauncey M. Depew was looking after
Commodore Nanderbilts matters in AL
bany, and doing the work cheaply and
successfully.
Mr.. Hyde then prepared an amend
ment to the insurance law, changing
the requirement that dividends be paid
every I'VE years so as to make them
payable from time to time" Here
came in the evil of deferred payments.
This change in the law was made in
1858, with little trouble or expense.
Young Drew looked after it. and Com
modore Vanderbilt's friends in the
Legislature voted for it. In order to
eVade-Or to eScape-the TeQulfeme utS
of the Equitable charter these words
were inserted in the law: tNotWith-
standing anything in the charter of
such corporation to the contrary
That also was the beginning of the
Insurance Lobby. Neither the state
superintendent of insurance nor any
one in politics at that time realized the
value and the significance of this
change in the law, a change worth
more per vote than the change in the
New York City charter, for which
Tweed paid as high as S100, 600 a vote
worth more than Erie Road legisla-
ton. for which Jay Gould paid as high
as $500 per vote. It is doubtful if
Mr.. Hyde paid anything for this i'm
portant amendment-cert at the
time nothing worth speaking Of But
young Depew lived many years.
From that date to this-now almost
forty years-the great life insurance
companies have practically controlled
the insurance law of New York What
ever amendments they have desired
have been made, and no changes have
leen made to which they did not as
sent They have maintained lobby,
not with the same vulgarity as the
liquor-dealers' association, or the race
track proprietors or the seekers of
speculative franchises; but they have
always had friendly financial relations
with both the Republican and the
Democratic state committees. with the
prominent members of the legislature
OF both parties. and with men of in
fiuence in state affairs regardless of
politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.l

FFrom the AtchiSon Globe
You can bet on this: A man who
tells his weaknesses doesn't tell all of
them.
Perhaps the neighbors wouldn't dis
approve of it so much II, when a Iather
licked his boy, he called it hazing.
People with. real troubles do not
care as much for sympathy as they
do to have their trials as inconspicu-
Gus as possible.
OF late there is a tendency to tell
what HYMNS are sung at funeral
WHY not? Hasn't a corpse equal
rights with a bride2
With all due consideration for the
sober second thought we notice that
the longer we aim, the more liable we
are to miss the mark
There is a difference: A woman
can laugh if a man shocks her, but
when q woman shocks a man. he
couldn't laugh if some one tckled him.
Occasionally you see people SO good
and so resigned to whatever the Lord
sees fit to send them, that they acquire
the expression of a Jersey COW.
Every girl novel reader likes to i'm
agine herself wild, untaned thing
going through life as tiger that beats
Itself against the window bars of its
cell.
w men the lGl5AADCA9 AA~e-A q Ivy 4AOF- 1
when he is getting whipped, none of
them are cold FLOODED enough to ex-
claim s'Well, they are bringing him
up right"
When girl gets a diamond engage
ment ring, all the women Of her age
think It ought to be larger, and the
women who are older think he couldn't
afford one as big as he gave.
There is said to be woman in
Atchison who makes such careful pro-
vision for the future that she can tell
what she IS going to have left for sup
per three weeks from next Tuesday.
You will see a great deal in the pa
pers hereafter of "Our friend from up
the river aud in time It will pass into
| common usage. It will mean, as time
goes on, anyone who assists in a graft,
and originated IN the investigation into
I insurance companies. g witness using it
to tell Of a touch" in the direction Of
! Albany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

Himself farmer, and head of the
farmers department of the govern
ment, it is natural that Secretary VIII
son should sing the praises of agrieul-
ture and acclaim its progress. He has
good ground for being enthusiastic.
No other government official, not even
the secretary of commerce and labor,
can give out a document 50 rosy-hued
as the annual report which Mr. Wilson
has just made public. The total value
of this years crops is s6,415, 000,O
being 1855, 100000 more than last
year. The wealth annually produced
by the American farmer has increased
SO per cent in six years.
The value of the farmers land, ac-
cording to MI. Wilson. has grown pro-
portiOnately Medium land is now
worth an average of $7.3l per acre
more than in 1900. This is easily be-
ieved by persons familiar with cOndl-
tions in the middle west. There are
many large districts where the average
increase has been from SIS to S25 per
acre. Great is the American farmer,
and great are his broad acres!
One of the most interesting and sig
nificant statements in the report is that
one of the sections in which progress
has been fastest is the south. Bank
deposits there for the first time ex-
coed $1,000, 100000 The immigration
of Italians and other foreigners into
the south and the new spirit of enter
prise that has developed among native
southerners are beginning to tell.
The huge crops the farmer has for
several years been raising and selling
at good prices have made him we'll
tO-do. They have raised the mortgage
and in many cases furnished the cash
to buy the adjoining eighty or ''hun-
dred and sixty" They have replaced
the old buggy with new carriage.
They have made it possible to tear
down the old farm house and put UP a
new one with "all modern improve
ments." They have sent the boys and
girls to college and to the university
/ The American farmer OF today has
i comforts and Injuries which a few
years back he did not dare to hope
/ for Even the isolation of his life. OF
which we used to hear so much. has
been mitigated by the widespread es-
| Enlistment of farmers telephone lines
and rural mail delivery.-Chicag Tri-
1 hume
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

BE has emphasized the necessity Of
the square deal in all governmental
affairs in order to place every man on
an equal footing; this must eventually
breed q disposition in men to give one
another a square deal in private af-
fairs instead of seeking an unfair ad-
vantage.
As a people we Americans were be-
coming too lax in our regard for what
was strictly honorable. How many
men there were q short time ago who
would not hesitate to take any adj
vantage Of their fellows that was
placed in their power. just so they
thought they would not lay them
selves liable to punishment by the
law! How many would do things in
their business life on a par with the
dealings of the insurance officials in
New York, differing only in the de-
gree which their sphere afforded.
Even here in Kansas public officials
have done things which were dishon-
orable but perhaps not Illegal. and
muItitudes of people have upheld
them in it because of this fact.
But now public sentiment is rapidly
changing. One can notice it within
the past year even. It is no longer
considered smart for man to keep
just within the pale of the law in his
dealings. He must be honorable. And
this is largely the result of Theodore
Roosevelt's influence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
TALKING BY MAIL

What wonders are Forthcoming in this
wonderful age Of oursl The latest is
the "phonocard'' bv which you can put
it to a friend thousand miles or so
away
The phonocard is a piece of cardboard
about the shape Of postal card, COW
cred with substance called s'sonorine. 8"
The card is put in photograph. you
talk into the machine. and the stylus
records what you say in your own voice
on the sonorine. The, you mail the
card to your friend, he puts it in his
photograph, and he hears what you
have to say.
Think Of the possibilities of the
thing! For instance. supposing a bash
ful young man wishes to propose to his
Hearts desire: He cannot get UP the
courage to ask her face to face. and
he does not wish to commit his pro
pOsal to cold ink and paper. So ne
takes a phonocard and in the privacy
of his own room he pours forth his soul
to it in endearing terms. He argues his
case passionately, and then mails it.
This may not be quite as satisfactory
to the young woman in the case as
having him on his knees before her. but
there are gains which make up for this
loss. She can have the proposal made
to her when there is no danger of in
terruption. And then she can have it
repeated as often as she lfkes-as a sort
of encore. The nh0n0card certainly has
a wonderful future!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The wife Of the author of "In the
Shade Of the Old Apple Tree has
brought suit for divorce. It ought to
be granted on general principles.
Household note: Turkey hash con-
tinues firm on the bill of fare.
Ed Howe lost his hat overheard on
the way to Honolulu. Very likely some
mermaid in the bottom of the Pacific
is now trying it on and imagining that
she is a perfect sight-a regular
Atchison Globe Sight.
Sometimes men come nearer telling
the truth than they intend. Remem-
Der what Stagg and Yost said about
the weakness of their respective foot
ball teams week ago?
You cannot count the profits of the
United States mint by the amount of
money it makes.
The decision of Judge Hayden that
cigars are not drugs will not always
hold good. Some of them are drugs
all right-can't even be given away.
Ever notice how much weight a few
tears add to a woman's argument2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

rnption thar have so long dominated
tEat city IS contributing q more import
ant chapter to American political his
tory IMAM an ordinary congressional or
even z presidential election, for II is
sympromatie of profound changes for
me better The details are too local
Tor outsiders to follow, nor is it neees-
sary That they should be understood IN
other states. The main facts however
are OF the highest Importance for peo-
pie IN every part of the Union. It IS OF
national consequence that the people OF
Philadelphia have found honest leader
ships have awakened from their 1ethar-
sy, and have been able to deal series
of fatal blows at the seemingly invul-
nerable ring Of corrupt republican poll-
tlclans who had for so lon~ time ruled
the city ana the state for purposes OF
private plumber.
Everywhere the people are studying
the relation OF money to politics ana
administration. Rascality IS under eX-
posture as at no previous time in our
political annals. The revelations of the
insurance Investigations in New York
city nave startled the whole country, as
they have furnished object lessons TO
illustrate the way in which the great
corporations have been influencing leg
lslatlon at the state capitals. Many OF
us have long understood the nature of
the system under which the political
machines have made themselves strong;
but in order to strike effectively against
such methods, it is necessary to bring
out concrete facts.
Thus, the outlook for revival OF
honesty and of personal independence
in politics is brighter, in view OF the
state of the public mind in this political
season Of 1905, than It has been for a
great many years. The chief value
therefore of the political season lies in
it's educational effect. and this is ire
spective of the result in any particular
electoral situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IRON the Philadelphia Record.1
Don't be the under dog Just to get
sympathy.
Diamonds are vulgar, especially if you
haven't any.
1t is easier to run IN debt than to
crawl out.
A promise isn't all it Is cracked up to
be when it is broken.
when fiattery is applied TO friendship
it's a case of make or break
The florist is the only man who can
afford to throw bouquets at himself at
this season.
A young man marvels the first time he
makes a fool of himself but he soon
gets used to it.
Some fellows seem to think that look
ing for work is synonymous with look
ing for trouble.
we wouldn't fully appreciate the hap
pfness Of married life IL it wasn't for
being miserable occasionally.
Blobs-'I told her she was a bird. 4"
Slobbs-''What did she say2" Blobbs
-aShe Immediately demanded a bot
tie
Careless Carrie is quite shocking,
with 4 big hole in her stocking.
Carrie doesn't mind the yarn
Saws she doesn't care a darn.
Some men, when your moneys free,
Shake your hand efusively.
When it's gone you find that they
Shake you in another way.
1.-THE tipping evil is growing remark
al fhe wise GUY YES" agreed the
Simple Mug; 1--WE can't even get weighed
without tipping the scales"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
LAYHA WKER JOTS

The Downs Times has moved into
new quarters all of its own.
A congress OF. crows is reported near
Tyrs, Montgomery county About 9OV
delegates were in attendance.
a man by the peculiar name of Smith
is running for office over in Leaven-
worth and he expects to corral the
Smith vote and go in by
tremendous majority.
The White City Register breaks out
with this: In tire glorious golden au-
tumn lovely woman buys d frock, and
the frost is on the wallet and the neigh
bors get a shock. =
The fact that a CHICAGO woman was
awarded $4,000 in a breach of promise
suit leads Anna Carlson to contemplate
quitting the newspaper business AT
least she says q woman cannot possibly
make that amount out of newspa-
per
Frank Ryan, OF. Leavenworth, is a
candidate for secretary Of state and
Albert Reid says he is trying to make
the Germans believe his name is really
Frantz Rhine. He wishes to pose as
Dutchman from Dublin, as it were.
The city council of Osborne will here
after burn crude oil in running the
city's waterworks plant. Oil has been
used by a mill at Osborne for several
months, and the mayor believes the
city can save % per cent on its fuel
bills by burning oil
Osborne is sinking a prospecting hole
1t has set down a thousand feet, but
has found little but dirt thus far. There
is plenty of that. The BelOit Gazette
SAYS Osborne did rot expect to find
anything under / 800 feet, but what it
really means is that it was not expected
to find anything over 1,500 feet, and so
the hole viii be sunk still lower.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
a sER11oN ZOE LODI.

Enter we in at the strait gate. for wide
is the gate and broad is the way, that
leadeth to destruction, and many there
pc which go in thereat; Because strait
IS the gate, and Narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life and few there
be that md it.-A4atthew 7;l8-l4
Before every young person there lie
two paths. Every intelligent person
knows about them. There is one
which seems pleasant and easy. A big
crowd is going that way. 1t Is a jolly
crowd and If one gets mixed with it
the temptation is strong to go along
The other path is not so attractive at
the start. 1t presents work and labor
where the other offers pleasure and
gayety, and the crowd is not SO dense
as the one going the other way.
There Is some changing from one to
the other after the start is made. but
not very much. The paths diverge,
and as one leads up and the other
down, it is no easy matter to climb
from the lower way to the upper one.
So It is really important that one shall
start on the right trail.
Out at Hill City there was a gang
of boys and young men who started
on the lower, broader road. Nearly
every town has the same sort of a
crowd. These Hin City boys were not
different from most other boys. They
came from good families and were
Jovial, wholesome young fellows. But
they were attracted by the apparent
pleasures of the broad way. They
spent their spare time loafing around
joints and billiard halls. They learned
to drink a little. Then they played
yr74,-
of fdIeness instead of industry. They
were out for a good time.
Little by little their sense Of right
and justice was bIunted. They wanted
money without working for it. They
became a disgrace and a sorrow to
their friends. They got into trouble
with the law. Their friends appealed
to them to reform, but bad habits had
got such q hold upon them that they
found it difficult to shake them off.
About three weeks ago one of these
young men learned that a companion,
not yet sixteen years old, had two hun
dred dollars in his possession. He
coveted it. His moral sense had be-
come so blunted that he calmly plan
ned to cruelty murder the boy for that
paltry two hundred dollars! Accord
ing to his story he secured the aid of
two companions. Whether this story
is true is not yet proven, but it is true
that the two companions were also
travellers in the broad way to destruc-
ton. If they had not been they would
not now be behind prison bars with
the charge of murder staring them in
the face.
All who travel this broad way do not
become murderers, of course, but it is
a dangerous way to go. It leads to
trouble and disgrace. The young man
who becomes a drunkard or a gambler
will always find woe at the end. even
if he escapes being a criminal, and it is
extremely difficult to get in the right
road when one has long travelled the
wrong. The best way is to start right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
THE EyANCEr.

Upon the New Years air
When first from realms unknown re-
Her spirit sought our care.
And mid the watch with hone and dread
Hark in the dawn-1ight dim
One in the nursery overheard
Wakes with a grooming hymn.
While shepherds watched their hoeks by
All thoughtless sings the boy
Shall lisping lips foretell the flight
OF fear, and herald joyi
Fear not-sIil hear him bravely sing
The treasured words of old;
Glad tidings of great joy Z bring
The ancient truth is told!
For now the first small plaintive cry
OF life stirs with the morn,
ana Heaven TO earth again draws nigh
To US a child is born.
Thus came the Child of God to earth:
And since the world began
An angel song for each dear birth
Rings in the heart of man.
H in the December Atlantic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
The Tndenendent Press.

TFrom the REVIEW q Reviews.
The press of the country has perhaps
never shown itself more virile or more
independent in its treatment of public
questions, and the people have never
shown more active disposition to
think for themselves and to vote along
the line of their convictions. Bold and
outspokeu local leadership against ma
chine politics. or against corrupt or in
efficient methods, has never found such
widespread encouragement as has been
given to It almost everywhere this year
The remarkable rise Of the people Of
Philadelphia against the fraud ana corr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
An African Slave Trader.

On my way to the coast I met an
oId native notorious for a prosperous
career OF slave trading. At the mo-
lnehI he was leading along a finely
punt man by halter round his neck.
out at sight of me he dropped
the rope. A man who was with me
charged him at once with having lust
SOLD two of his own slaves man
duu woman-for San Thome. He
protested with righteous INDIGNATION
he would never think of doing such
thing. Sell for San Thomei He
would even give a long piece of cloth
70 rescue a native from such a fatel
et' beyond question, he had sold the
man and woman to the agent that
morning. They were at the agents
mouse when arrived, and I was told
ne had only failed to sell the other
slaves because his price was too high.
me agent himself was polite and
Lospltable. Business was pretty brisk
knew he had sent off eight slaves
to the coast only three DAYS before
with orders that they should carry
lnelr own shackles and be carefully
pinned together at night But we
talked only of the rumored division
OF the Congo, for on the other sI1h-
Ject he was naturally a little shy. and
round out long afterwards that he
knew the main object of nv Journey.
Next day, however, he was alone with
the friend who had ACCOMPANIED me.
ee-Ao 1S blAcH attempted TO defend his
position as agent by saving the object
OF the government was to buy up
slaves through their special agents
and redeem them from slavery bv
converting them into contract Ia
oorers' for San Thome. The argu-
ment was ingenious. The picture OF
pitiful government willing to pur-
chase the freedom of all slaves with
out thought of profit, and only driven
to contract them for San Thome be-
cause otherwise the expense would be
unbearable-it is almost pathetic. But
the agent knew, as every one out here
knows, that the people whom the gov
eminent buys and 'redeems'' have
been torn from their homes and fam
lies on purpose to be redeemed:
that but for the purchases by the gov
eminent agents for San Thome the
whole slave traffic would fall to pieces.
and that the actual condition of these
/ contracted laborers'' upon the islands
does not differ from slavery in any
point of importance.-H w. Nevinson
in Harper's Magazine.