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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
GOVERNOR HOCH.

The three thousand plurality which
Governor Hoeh has apparently received
places him at the head OF the state
government for another biennial period
just as much as did the 10000 plurality
that was given him two years ago.
and while such a close result is bound
to result in regrets n dissatisfaction
on both sides. the minority should sub
nit to the will Of the majority.
It is a that Governor HOch cannot
understand the result. The causes are
very apparent to a great many people,
and it is to be hoped that the governor
viii discover them and seek to reetify
them.
Probably no mar ever entered high
public Office with greater opportunities
or a more promising future thar did
Governor Hoeh two years ago. He had
behind him a. splendid record as a pri-
vate citizen, and great things were ex-
pected of him as a public official. In
his appointments. and the conduct Of
most of the state Institutions his adj
ministration has been excellent. The
record made by the last legislature was,
as Governor Hoch asserts. one Of the
best in the history of the tate. Yet
Governor Hoch himself proved a dis
appointment to the people OF kansas IN
coping with situations that confronted
him, and that is the reason why he has
run so far behind the balance OF his
ticket.
1t is, Of course, humiliating to a man
Of Governor Hoeh's makeup that he
should be thus rebuked by the people
Of Kansas, for the narrow margin by
which he is reelected must be con
strued as a rebuke instead Of a victory.
But it is to be hoped that Governor
Hoch Will seek to retrieve himself in
the coming two years. The majority
of the people of Kansas have decided
that he shalI have an opportunity to
do so, II it is now up to him to make
good.
With the experience Of the past two
ears to guide him. the governor should
be able TO avoid the pitfalls into which
he has fallen in the past and he should
be able to give the state a good admin
istration. If he does so. It Will be the
duty of every good citizen of Kansas
to give him due credit. It is further
the duty of every good citizen to aid
him in giving the state a good admins
tration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

We hain't got no Niagara Falls up
there, but the sliding down hill In the
winter beats anything you can mo oul7
doors. You load up q pig sted WIG
gals and boys and head her down hill
and let her go. and the first thing you
know you are two miles away. I hatnf
got out one spare bed in the house, but
Martha and me viii sleep on the moor
If you'll come up"
Sometimes the four sleuths would
play cards together and pretend to be
very joviaI and friendly Before the
game was fairly under way Uncls
AbiJah would stroll into the smoking
room and say:
Il dunno whether any Of you feliers
heard about that big robbery in Lon
don or not. but it was a corker- Feler
walked into a jewelry store and picked
up a busheI of diamonds ana Waike1
out again as cool as a hired man gong
to work. I happened to be right nigs
the store at the time. and 1 DIDN'T know
but what they would arrest me me
feier got away. but Tn purity sure 1
saw him and would know him agln-
He would then lounge out on deck
and the game would soon Dreak up
and one of the officers would hunt up
Uncle Abiiah to get further particu-
lars. He would intimate that ne naa
seen the robber among the passengers
aboard. n that he might MIN away
on landing. and thus the Tour omcefs
NQul4 DE LAGL4lCl OAG2AC9 0AAA
Each one was invited Up TO New lamp
shire over and over again. and before
Sandy Hook was sighted each on=
knew the old mans history from the
day he was born. No arrests were
made at quarantine. It had been lefl
to the purser, and he had telephoned
up. Four interviews had been heid
with him. and as a result four dinerenS
men were arrested when the steamer
made her dock. The victims We're
Messrs. Saunders, Dubois. Wilkinson
and Stone. Uncle Abijah saw them
taken into custody and smiled and
winked. He had also worked out q
little plan.
Three hours later the Tour men. ac-
companied by two detectives from
headquarters, boarded the 70
ask Of the purser:
"What do you know Of the old felloW
who called himself Barnes
sNice old man and innocent as q
child replied the Official. SAY, now,
he's gone off and forgotten his pack
age"
around his wrist and hold him fast,
laughed one Of the headquarters men
Hes the char hat tool the dia-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by Z. G. Par
cells.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
FROH OTHER PENS
-MATRIMONIAL TRAGEDY

The full disclosure OF Count Boni de
Castellane's contemplate character
should not surprise any person. Count
Boni has given evidence frequently in
the past that he Is a very low type in
deed, a fortune-hunter of the frankest
sort, a farceur in politics, a proiigate
in society, a scoundrel at home. The
marriage was in the beginning q
mockery of matrimony. No II could
sensibly expect any other outcome.
The details of the tragedy are u%npleas-
ant as we'll as superhuous. and it is
fortunate that thus far the wife's coun-
sci has kept them from the public.
Sufficient is stated in court and can
doubtless be proved to warn every
American heiress who may be casting
eyes toward Europe and a coronet that
IN thai direction lies not only mental
but possibly physical misery. The
spectacle of Count Bon beating his
wife because she would not assist him
in securing a larger allowance from
her family ought to prove of service in
preventing further MISUNDERSTANDING
ngtOn star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
THE asLUNP.'

The diminution Of the great plural
ity given Governor Hoch two years
ago down almost TO the vanishing
point is the greatest political slump"
in Kansas history. A great many peo-
pie that the surprise party
given the Republicans in 1885, when
the Populist party came into being.
fears that distinction, but that IS an
error.
We are accustomed to refer to the
''overturning of the $4,000 Republican
majority of 1855 by the Populist up
rising of 1890, but the $4,000 majority
was that given Benjamin Harrison for
president in 1883. The same year Ly-
man A. Humphrey for governor re-
ceived 1851 plurality. Two years
later Humphrey received S.O43 plural
fly. according to the omciaI figures. al
though there are those who insist that
John F. Willis. the Populist nominee,
was counted out.
Thus the slump" of 1890 was a lit
tie over $1,000. This year Governor
Hoch's plurality Of nearly 10000 in
1904 is cut down to about 5000. ac-
cording to the figures at this writing.
The slump" this year. therefore,
amounts to about $1,000.
If Humphreys 5000 plurality in
1896 is to be compared with the 50, OF
that Kansas gave Harrison in 1888,
the 5000 which Governor Hoch re-
ceives this year should be compared
with the 10000 given Roosevelt two
wears ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
JAYHHWKER JOTS

There is this to be thankful for: The
Kansas exchanges that furnish mater
ial for this column Will now have
something besides instructions on
How to Vote"
Salina is quarreling with itself over
whether it shall pave with ordinary
red brick or block bitulithic. when
everybody supposed they pave the
streets with pure gold in the wheat
belt.
Talk about versatility! Editor Bruce
of the Marquette Tribune, to
these titles: Editor and proprietor.
job printer and bureau of general in
formation. justice Of the peace and no
tary public, city clerk, n collector
for three lodges, ETC."
Can-you-beat-that item from the
Atchison Globe: An Atchison man is
going to Fort L-eavenworth shortly to
attend Il reception. He is also invited
to dinner at $40, so he Will take a
trunk; He will wear a business suit
to Fort LeavenWOrth- On his arrival
at the house where he is to dine, he
will put on a dinner suit. Then, be-
fore going to the reception, he will
tax off the dinner suit and put on a
dress suit. All. there. Emporia.
John GiImore's tribute to Senator S.
S. Benedict Of Wilson county, who died
last week: IS. s. Benedict was a man
of proud spirit and Independent in
bearing and action. He came of that
kind Of stock. But he was the same
at all times and under all circum-
stances. invariably natural n unaf-
fected. To know him we'll was to for
get what at first suggested repellant
characteristics It he rendered a 1av-
or or a kindness@and without display
he performed numerous good and gem
INDUCED in no palaver, nor assumed
self-Virtue therefor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
PorNTEp
rFrom the Chicago News.J

From the Chicago News.l
Lies most desirable pleasures cost the
least.
Is it too much to expect meaty remarks
from : vegetarian?
Beware of the man who makes a spe-
ciaity OF making excuses.
In after years a young mans bump Of
conceit becomes a dent
Don't get gay-especially when it isn't
your time to make merry.
Gentlemen burglars think it is up to
them TO break into society.
It's easy to talk philosophically if you
are not personally interested.
And one good turn is usually followed
by two bad ones-in a variety show.
Genius Is 50 per cent i~nsanity-and the
remainder depends altogether upon the
brand OF genius.
II sympathy could be converted into
cash. it's ~dOughnuts to fudge there would
not be so much OF it wasted.
There are people who never give a
tho1ght 70 the hereafter except when
after dark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Advertising requires versatility of a
high order. To win success in this
field a man must not only be able to
combine human interest with the
strictest accuracy of fact: but unless
he Is a specialist IN a certain line. TAX
ing up advertising commissions at in
~tervals. he must be ready to cope with
subjects OF the most diverse charac-
ter Today he studies the methods of
making cigars and the many different
kinds Of tobacco that enter therein;
tomorrow he writes a monograph on
enameled tin cans, investigating the
processes Of making them in the fac
tory; and the day after that his topic
may be breakfast foods. taking him
into Investigations OF starch, gluten.
digestive functions. diet and health.
setting him upou a weary hunt for
synonyms to describe the 'srich nuttv
flavor" that all breakfast foods are
said to have. All the illustrative work
of an advertising artist must be so true
to detail that it will pass tho eyes OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

We judge that severe lesson which
Coney ordered for the supreme
court was delayed in transit.
This department confessed yester-
day that it didn't know a thing about
how it was going before the election.
Incidentally it did not know much
more when the paper was printed.
Now we can go back to discussing
the a but important question as to
whether Mrs. Eddy is i'll or not.
= = =
There is some doubt as to. which
has the more distasteful dish of crow
for consumption, the Republicans or
Democrats.
For fear you overlooked it. We
would say that the election crowded
the Castellane divorce case of the first
page Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
THE Defeat OF PRINGLE.

In b general landslide that hap
pened in Kansas Tuesday, some good
legislative timber was carried down to
defeat. Perhaps the most conspicuous
loss suffered by the Republicans was
that of J. T. Pringle, Of the northern
district Of Usage county, and former
speaker Of the house.
The defeat of Mr.. Pringle is a great
loss to the state as a whole as well as
to the Republican party. He, more
than any other man, would have been
invaluable in securing the passage Of
an anti-pass and t~wo-cent-fare law. It
was J.. T. Pringle who introduced this
measure in the legislature two years
& and who came near forcing it
through the house over the opposition
Of some of the leaders, in spite Of the
fact h a ii was then a new thing.
Mr.. Pringle has made a study of this
and Of other matters in connection
with railroad legislation, and he is
probably better informed along these
lines than any other member of the
last legislature. The railroad and cor
poration interests are doubtless we'll
pleased that he fell by the wayside.
Whether they actively contributed to
his defeat the State Journal does not
know. Doubtless the internal factlonal
strife among Usage county Republi-
cans had something to do with it.
In view of his experience in Iegisla-
ton and the stand he took for those
things which the people want, the de-
feat of ]. T. Pringle is to be greatly
regretted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.
TFrom the New York Press.l

IFrom the New York Press.l
A splendid way to get engaged to a
girl is to have her set out to catch you
If a man was asked to drink be-
cause it was the right thing to do, he'd
want to vote some party out OF power.
The thing that makes a woman re-
spect a burglar in spite of his morals
is the way he VIII go into a dark closet
where there might be a mouse.
The only thing that makes You
madden than to have some man in
business say you are too young to be
trusted is to have some girl say you
are too old not to be.
The costliest thing about an auto
mobile IS the way you get charged for
your meat u groceries because peo-
pie think II you will stand the auto
mobile expenses you viii stand any
thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
KANSAS c0MMENT


Judging from the information that 5
CLEANED from members of certain clubs
in Lawrence whose principal attraction
IS the flowing bowl, we cannot under
stand how any self respecting nan viii
contribute his membership. These clubs
are filed with local bullies who run
things with a high hand and with no
respect for the persons or feelings Of
others The weaker member nurses his
injuries until q spirit of hatred is en-
gendered that calls for revenge. Some
day something will happen in one of
these clubs hat viii cost human life
and viii arouse the people to action
Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
HUMOR or THE Day

The nervous young man backed into the
nearest chair The fair girl glared at
you're a bird" she cried, sarcasticasly.
Why 'r~e-what2' he gaSped
ed.-Philadelphia Press.
rs that actress SO devoted to her art
as TO be capable OF great self-sacridceg'
Sure she is answered the manager.
There's scarcely any chance she Wouldn
take for the sake of an advertisement. -
Washington Star
Miss Thumper-That old gentleman
cried when I played the nocturne. He
said it reminded him of his past life. Is
he a great player?
Mr.. Chumper-No. he used to be a
piano tuner.-Cleveland Leader
What is it the poet said was sorrows
7 don't know. Maybe he meant the
aching crown you have the morni after
YOU try to drown your sorrow Catholic
Standard and Times
And you will not reproach me for not
being of noble ~lineage?" said the senti-
Certainly not answered Count Fu-
cash i prefer you SO. People Of noble
lineage are nowadays seldom distinguish
ed by the ~pecuniary plentitude which
your father Observation-Disclosures Star.
The cold wave was holding back. al
though the almanac long before had de-
elared the arrival OF autumn. The fact
Is. II remarked TO the aurora BOreals.
I hate to butt in now and kill all the
noble enthusiasm that inspired the in
dictment of the Ice Trust. "-Philadelphis
Public Ledger.
Visitor-'Ny man, had you no occupa-
ton that you took to a criminal life2'
Convict-"Sure, sir. I wor maxim money
hand over fist when der police bounded
me out o biznesg." yisitor-"what were
you doing2 Convict wOr porch
climbing. Baltimore American.
Obtrusive Citizen-'I ask you. sir. are
you one Of those who profess TO believe
that tarih-revision spells ruin2" Cautious
Candidate have only to reply. sir,
that ID all which relates in any way 10
spelling, I am proud to stand squareiy
in line with our fearless and peerless
president. Theodore Roosevelt (Ap-
plause, long continued3-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Between the times that we are elect
4rg the next United States senator we
viii take a few minutes off each day
or two to pick out a speaker for the
lower house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

The labor unions are making serious
trouble between Japan and the United
States by refusing to allow the Japa-
nese children to attend the public schools
in San Francisco, thus d~isregarding
treaty rights The japanese attend TO
their own business and make a blame
sight better citizens than some mem
bers Of the t~yrannical labor unions do.
The president has sent a cabinet minis
ter to San Francisco to see what can
be done.@JeMell Renuhlican-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

The country viii rejoiee to learn
that Mr.. J. Kalanoanole. Republican
nominee for territorial delegate from
Hawaii. is returned to Washington.
1t would be tough to have a name like
that defeated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

where they would do the most good.
incidentally giving Governor Hoch
nearly 10000. This year he certihed
his independence by wiping out about
67-0N0 Of a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
NARROW EsCAPE.

We are glad that w. A. Reeder did
not subscribe for the Sentinel, as We
promised to send the dollar to the con-
gressional committee which might nave
got US into serious trouble. President
Roosevelt was reported to have sent a
dollar and a Democratic paper says
that 1t lays him liable to a fine of 5000
and q term of Imprisonment for 3 years,
which IS worse than Senator Burton.
There's nothing like luck.-Lucas SEN
tinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Now that the Utes have been quiet
ed. tbs Hearst uprising quelled and
the Republicans have been started
back towards the reservation in Kan
sas. we can once more go back to the
exciting pastime of revising the tarin
ana passing a primary election law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

men who spend their lives making the
things ne pictures. It was the manu-
f%acturer OF a widely advertised spe-
cialty who. difficult to please IN cir
culars. looked over the manuscript
submitted by an advertising free-lance
with more approval than was his GUS
tom. This is not bad" he comment
ed mot bad at all7and yeti have
seen all these words used before.'@J
Fl. Collins IN the Atlantic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

There are numerous senatorial can
didates who would give a good deal
Just now to be mind readers and to be
placed in communication with the Re
publican members of the next legisla-
s4rre
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Judge Noah Davis. of New York, once
said to a party of lawyers in court; Il
Der hat good faith to a client can never
justify or require bad faith to your
own conscience, and that however good
a thing it may be to be known as sue
cessful and great lawyers, it is even a
better thing to be known as honest
men."-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Incidentally a Cherokee county
statesman who Toe not wish to have
his name mentioned but who occupies
e place on the state railroad board.
doubtless wishes he a not placed the
majority quite 50 high when he put up
that $500 against the $3.50 Of Mr..
Cochran, OF Beioit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

The men who made that careful and
conservative poll which Chairman
drummer promulgated just a few
days before election. must have seer
double when they were counting Re
nnhIican noses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Although Leavenworth and Atchi-
son counties furnished most Of the
votes that make UP Governor Hoch's
plurality it is to be hoped that prohi-
bition is still dear to the governors
Sect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

A New York man WHO zen seven
stories and was able to talk after
ward said: Z was frightened at first.
but then came a feeling of absolute
pleasure 1t is not to be supposed.
however, that this particular form Of
pleasure will become popular with the
masses=Spokane Spokesman Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

William L. Curtis. the newspaper
correspondent says that the desert of
Sahara may vanish as the result of
irrigation. May be so, and about the
time Saraha goes wet Missouri will go
dry.-Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
JOKF on

Robert E. PeaFy announces that he
Will make another search for the pole.
It would be a joke on Walter Wellman
if Peary beats him to it after all the
advertising Weilfnan has been given III
the papers.-Salina journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

TTES AND THE CONSTITUTION.
The constitutional question" is al
ways bobbing up somewhere in these
United States. h runaway Utes
claim that having been given Ian in
severalty they are not fugitives from a
reservation, but citizens treking in
search of new homes. a region where
white men will not come being prefer
red.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

While it IS not known just how many
Fred Trigg IS of the opinion that the
earthquake might have killed a few
more with profit to the community.
judging from the recent dispatches OF
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

1T is unfortunate that the outcome
in Kansas should have been so close
1t presents such a temptation to
change a figure or two in the official
r~efurns-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08
BLAME CASTRO.

1.-THE storm says the Weather dis
patch. "has hit Venezuela It's dollars
to doughnuts President Castro had a
hand in this wind. for he has been ly-
ing orman most too long to compor
with his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Com
merciaI Appeal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

There is talk of Lelan for speaker.
Aside from the act that it would jar
some people to see him in that place.
a very much worse selection might be
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

The year 1905 VIII always be looked
back upon by local politicians as the
gear IN which Shawnee county per
formed the miracle of going Demo-
cratic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Secretary Taft IS easily the most
useful man in the presidents cabinet.
He is kept on tap for all kinds Of en-
ergencies and for all kinds of service.
He is a big man in more ways than one.
=Leavenworth Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

The Kansas Democrats have also
SION one Of these moral" victories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Like as not Atehison and Leaven-
worth viii construe it as an endorse
ment Of their way OF running joints.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Those Shawnee county figures seem
20 indicate that red fire and sky rock
cts don't make votes after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

Would you guess that the result Ii
an endorsement Of the katy suit. Of
otherwise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-08

1t didn't come in the regular re-
turns, but you viii note that Mr.. Hara-
han was also elected, Mr.. Hartman
doing most Of the voting
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HUGHEs HEARST?

Lincoln SteTeuH p~ropounds this
conundrum: "Is Hearst Hearst2' A
satisfactory answer can probably be
found in the latest edition Of Hughes
Hngh-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.