The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-10
indianapolis Chosen as Next
Place of Meeting.
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
Talks on the Subject of News
papers and Reform.
Reform Is Expensive But Neces-
sary in the Business.

session the NdIlODdI EQlCOTlal aSSOCl-
alton here today resolutions were pass
ed in favor of immediate statehood for
Oklahoma and Indian Territory and
declaring the exclusion of these terri
tories from statehood to be a reflection
on the good faith and patriotism of the
national congress"
It was also resolved that Oklahoma
and Indian Territory should be disas-
ISOLATED in consideration from other
entangling alliances"
This refers to the connection with
Arizona and New Mexico in the Hamil-
ton bill which Speaker Cannon and.
Senator BeVeridge announced would be
the one considered at the next session of
congress.
Resolutions were also passed declar-
ing against the proposed general strike
of the International Typographical
union on January 1, 1906 on demands for
an eight hour day with nine hour wages.
This action, If carried out, the reSolu-
tons asserted, would be revolutionary
and demOralizing in its effect on bust
ness conditions"
The United Typothetae of America
We're commended for the stand thew
have taken in favor of maintaining har-
moniOus relations between employer
and employe and against combination
and conspiracy.
The election of officers resulted in the
AOiIOW1lS 0O4OllCA JUN 1yulOuu Oh
New Orleans, president; John z. Jun
kin of Sterling, Kansas, first vice presi-
dent; Henry B. Warner of Lexington
N. c., second vice president; L. G. Nib
lack. Guthrie, Ok, third vice president;
William A. AsbbroOk OF Johnstown, O.,
corresponding secretary Ge-elected); J.
w. Cockrum, Oakland City, Indiana
recording secretary (re-elected); J. Irwin
Steel OF Ashland, Pennsylvania, treas
urer.
Tv,7iav,o- ,1,1;- T7iov,. 100 4.-,
unanimously as the next place of meet
ing in 1906.
The convention adjourned and the del
egates left Guthrie on a trip through
the two territories eventuating at Port
land, Ore, through Texas and California
where short stops will be made.
William Allen Whites Address
The principal address was that of
William Allen White, of the Emporia
(Kas.) Gazette, on Newspapers and
Reform" He said:
This is a day of reform Every
body is engaged in reforming some
one else. The preachers are reform
ing the newspapers, the newspa pers
are reforming the politicians, the poll
ticians are reforming the railroads,
the railroads are reforming the tariff
agnates, the tariff nagnates are re-
forming the Standard Oil, and STAN
dard Oil is reforming the preachers
so the happy circle is completed, and
when the bulldog of reform finally
does catch his tail and swallow it and
turn himself inside out, we shall have
a fine country. Generally speaking,
most refOrmers are carrying their re-
form as q side line. They make trav-
cling expenses on it. It doesn't cest
newspapers In fact the preachers
get a good deal of top column next
to reading matter space out of it that
they would hardly get if they de-
voted themselves to the perseverance
of the saints and higher criticism It
doesn't cost the politicians anything
to reform the railroadS-not that any
one knows of. The politicians keep
right on riding on transportation
from the law department of the rail-
roads, while whOoping it up for rail-
road reform; and it doesn't cost the
railroad president anything to be for
tariff reform, and what's more it
doesn't seem to hurt the tariff. If the
railroad magnates were as serious
about tariff reform as they are to see
the trusts get their rebates, there
would be some tariff reform. And
the beneficiarieS of the tariff aren t
losing much by reforming the Stan
dard Oil Any one can reform STAN
dard Oil. It is the punching bag in
the national refOrmatOry that we all
try our muscle on. Standard Oil and
its associates form whole carnival
of pleasure-One round of joy for the
ICLOIlASIS- III OIiC OOOLlA al { IAlC
RockefeIlers and Henry Rogers, and
their friends, and it costs nothing to
throw at these babies and every time
you hit a baby in the Standard Oil
booth you get fine cigar; two babies,
two cigars, and three babies, a sub
scription to Everybodys Magazine.
Reform Is Expensive.
'fThe only place in this bright and
more or less beautiful world where
reform takes the hair and the hide,
and the tail thereunto appertaining. is
in a neWSpap per Office. 1t costs a news
paper to go into the reform business
If you tackle the beef trust, brother
editors, you will hear from it when
you make a contract for Nigoral and
the beef extracts. If you tackle the
railroads you will get q. chance to see
more scenery to the square mile when
you travel than you have been used
to observing. If you tackle the poll
ticians they will start another paper,
which won't hurt you particularly ex-
cept as it is a disgrace to the honor
able profession in which you are shlns
ing. If you whack away at Standard
Oil there is danger of losing your
Mica. Axle Grease and paraff1n candles
advertising, and if you are for Sunday
closing you lose your tobacco and
cigar and malt MURINE advertising
Yet you must reform something. The
people demand reform, and If they
don't get it they will stop the paper.
After a long session of meditation and
prayer the Gazette has come to the
conclusion that the only safe thing to
reform is the Russian navy. 1t needs
/ the reform and the car only gets our
valuable papers through a. clipping bu-
reau, mad if he should decide to blister
the varnish off several clipping bu-
reaus no one would care much. The
! thing for all true refOrmerS to DO
1 therefore. is to go after the car. Did
you notice that our beloved president
the most exalted trust buster and
reform erissimO-ha this week passed
/ a few hot ones to the car That
means that he is merely getting his
breath, sparring for position in the big
home fight He knows it won't hurt
| the car. who is always for peace any
way, and it will give the president a
| chance to get his wind in the Panama
matter
s.The president is a successful reform
/ err He has done many useful things
/ in a dne way He has had the pig ma,