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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
BENSON ON PRIMARIES.

Senator Benson has apparently been
studying the primary question, and
while he is in favor Of a direct pri-
mary. he does not believe in going it
blind and adopting something that will
prove a delusion and a snare, as well
as a disappointment. Here is the way
Senator Benson declares himself in his
answers to the square dear ques-
tons:
Il believe that a properly framed
primary election law, carefully drawn,
to protect the interests. and give fair
expression to the preferences of the
voters of all sections Of the state.
would be of great public benefit. and
ought to be passed by the next legisla-
ture, providing for the nomination of
all officers, including United States
senators by direct vote of the people
of all parties at the same time
Senator Benson has the correct idea.
A properly framed primary election
law, that will give fair expression to
the preferences of the voters of all
sections of the state.'' is the great
thing needed. A primary in which a
plurality dominates would not do that,
and therefore that sort Of a subter-
fuge is to be guarded against.
If anyone can suggest better plan
to secure a "fair expression Of the
preferences of the voters than that
recently proposed in the State Journal,
this paper would be glad to give it
publicity. The thing vented Is the
best possible primary system Bring
on YOUR plans and specifications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
A SATURDAY SERMON.
ne WAGEs "a So.

1E1E WAGES OE BIN.
Two years ago a man in an eastern
city received a high honor at the hands
Of his fellow citizens. There were
sketches Of him in the newspapers and
his name was on everyone's lips. He
was elected mayor of his town, a city
OF 100. 900 people. He held his head high,
and doubtless his loving wife looked
upon him with a trustful pride when he
took his high office.
Recently there knocked at the door of
a Jail in the same city poor, forlorn
tramp He was sick, both in body and
soul He told the sheriff that he was
criminal and he wanted to be locked
up. He had been wandering for months.
he said, guilty in the knowledge that he
was an embezzler. constantly afraid of
everyone he met, fearing arrest, and
with an accusing conscience as his sole
companion, fearful to even communicate
with his family. After suffering a thou
sand fortunes he had returned to take
whatever punishment the law might
visit upon him.
The tramp was the same man who
had been elected mayor of the city only
two years before.
The case Of William Belcher. ex-mayor
Of Paterson, n. J.. is unusual because it
is superlatiye. After he became mayor
temptation came into his life. Money
belonging TO others was entrusted to
his care. He got the speculation fever.
which is another form of the gambling
mania. He used the money in his keep
ing, lost it-and fed.
In confessing his wrong-doing Belcher
says he had only $500 when he left Pat
erson. He made his way to Chicago and
on northwest, always expecting some
officer to nab him and take him back
to New Jersey. His conscience goaded
him. It was his first offense and he
had not yet become hardened enough to
stif1e the accusing voice within him.
Somewhere up in the northwest he
lost hi. pocketbook containing $500, all
the money he had. Face to face with
starvation he had to work in a ditch at
$L25 day. In the course of time he
was given a slight promotion, but the
work gave him the rheumatism so bad
" he was forced to quit it. He tried one
thing after another, even selling papers
on the street. to make a living.
At length ne was tuced to the point
that he was willing to go back and
by law. His punishment while a fugi-
tive was so great that he was willing
to accept the other as a relief And so.
ragged and dirty, he appeared one night
at the jail IN Paterson and asked to be
locked uR.
In the meantime the wife and chill
dren of the fugitive were left to suffer
ignominy alone. Their only crime was
that they bore the name of an embez-
zler, but they suffered terribly after oc-
cupying so high a place in the com
munity. And through it all they heard
not a word from the husband and
father, whose guilty acts made him
afraid to write to them.
There are doubtless men who become
so Injured to crime that they can stihe
the accusing voice Of conscience within
them, but at some time and in some way
they are bound to receive the wages OF
sin, If they persist in their wrong doing
And it doesn't pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.


It also takes time to do time in jail
The easiest way to keep a diary is
under lock and key.
Chances are against the man who re-
fuses to take chances.
OF course it isn't to mans credit
if his credit isn't good.
Ignorance is bliss as regards what
most men know about women.
When two women argue the winner
IS the one who can talk the fastest
It takes a financial genius to spend
his money faster than he makes It.
A man is apt to forget his good breed
ing when a fat woman steps on his corn
Some sons take after their fathers.
but more fathers take after their sons
with a. stick
There are plenty of people who would
be proud to be arrested for speeding an
automobile.
One way to get rich is by attending to
ones own business-but it is awfully
monotonous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
Bear and BuIIdogs FYrht

A fierce fight took place at H. B.
Browns ranch. near HedIey, In the
Similkameen, the other day, when a
bear and three bulldogs fought des-
perately in a strawberry patch. The
sole spectator of the battle was Mrs.
Brown, and she, being without a rife.
had to stand by while two of the pro-
teetors of the Strawberries were killed.
she bear with two cubs entered the
patch to feast on the berries and the
three bulldogs at once attacked them.
The cubs made off and the big bear
covered their retreat by closing with
the dogs, one of which was muzzled.
The two unmuzzled animals took hold
Of the bear, but she tore them to
pieces with her claws. The other dog
ran back to the house and the bear
went back to her cubs. The surviv-
ing dog was badly wounded.-Toronto
Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

no revenue in the light department
but it enables the city to light its
streets at actual cost.
The abandonment of the city lighting
plant would not only mean the aban-
donment of the machinery and build
ings, but also the abandonment of the
poles and wire on the streets.
Topeka Is moving on. No backward
step will be tolerated. If a new plant
is needed, build one. The people pay
the bills and they are not ready to sur
render the business of lighting the city
to anv carnoratinn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
No Wool over HIS Eyes.

Uncle Abe, a grizzled old negro,
visited a geological garden. He stood
fascinated before a cage containing a
chimpanzee, and could not be induced
to move. After a while the animal
came to the front of the cage, and
Uncle Abe spoke to him.
''Howdy ?" he said; s'howdy? %
The chimpanzee not making any re-
Spouse, Uncle Abe chuckled and
winked al him knowingly.
Oats right. dat de way ter do!
Doan you nebber gin ter talk Eff you
does, white man put er hoe in yer
han. en- meek yer wuk!" he said
Harner's Weekly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
LOVE AETEIn.

If were a BIT of sunshine,
Al warm from the heaven above,
touch You in golden glory
iii your heart was aglow with love.
And If were a cloud of summer,
Then the sun would forget to shine
a shadow the world about you
iii you put your hand IN NINE.
If 1 were a bird. my lady,
would sing you a song so sweet
Ihat your heart of hearts must listen
To the lover at your feet
If I were the breeze above US.
would whisper as men might pray,
OF faith and of trust and honor,
Ilu l drove all your doubts away.
-Snaries /. Junkin in Woman's Home
COMPANION
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
RoaB NEWS WHILE AWAY

subszlbers OF tho State Journal
tssay during the summer may have
fzae paper mailed regularly each day
Eusany address at Ga rate OF ten cents
o week or thirty cents q month (by
mail Only). Address changed as often
laa desired. While out Of town the
Stats journal win be to you Ike a
daily Letter from home.
( Advance payment IS requested on
these short time subscriptions. TO save
Bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

I'm sorry, mem. but I must say thai
we're goin' to stay in West Park
Good evening" chorused the visitors,
indignant at the failure of their plan
and crestfaiIen at Mr. Smith s correct
surn1ise Of their view regarding him.
''One moment. ladies'. called Mr.. Smith
and MARTINI won't lower the tone of this
neighborhood We don't own this house
not much Marthy she's the cook and
I'm the gardener We just come down to
fix up the place for Mr.. Norwood, who 3
comm down next week with his wife and
children and three more servants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
KANSAS COMNENT
TIE WIFE BEATER.


Stiff police court fines have had the
salutaTy effect of reducing. the number
of cases of wife beating in Leaven-
worth to nothing at all. The whipping
post IS still used in some communities
as punishment for this offense, but is
characterized as barbareus and a
cure worse than the disease The
Rochester Democrat tells Of substi-
tute for the whipping post, which has
been found in Nevada and which
somewhat resembles the old fashioned
stocks. At Goldfield. Martin German
has just been sentenced to be tied to
post two hours a day for month,
with a placard hung from his neck
with the words wife beater" on it.
The other six or eight hours a day
Martin can spend working for the sup
port of his family. The ignominy Of
such a punishment could be justified
only by the execrable meanness of his
offense. The American people despise
a wife heater beyond almost any other
creature on the planet. The fellow
he is not to be called a man-who will
abuse a woman, especially the one he
has promised to love, cherish and pro-
test, isn't fit for decent companion
ship.-LeaVenWOr Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

An iowa stand-pat paper that be-
ueves IN a high tariff and protection
FOR the trusts has bolted Cummins and
Win support the Democratic nominee
FOR governor who is running on a tariff
For-revenue-only platform. Nothing like
helna consistent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

kansas is now thinking Of produc-
ing the sunflower for oil and flour"
says the Washington Star, and it adds:
esVVith thousands OF acres of sunfowers
under cultivation Kansas would be
more picturesque than ever" But they
hon't need cultivating. If the Star had
ever been a boy on a Kansas farm and
had had to cut sunf1owers all day in
the hot sun, it wouldn't talk about
"cultlvating' sunfowers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

The staid old Lawrence Journal Is
disposed to commend the movement to
nominate Independent candidates for
certain places on the Republican state
ticket. It says: at is said that there
IS a move on foot to select Independent
candidates for lieutenant governor and
railroad commissioners. There is
something to this. These candidates
are not acceptable on either ticket
The Republicans, however, have the
party behind them and that means a
whole lot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Here Is another argument in favor
OF a direct primary: It would not per-
init outrages like those Of two years
Rgo in seating the boiling and trump
delegations from Jackson. Miami and
sQVyandotte counties in the Republican
state convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Te wfN be remembered that Cover
nor Deneen called a special session of
lhe Illinois legislature to pass the pri-
mary law that was used last Saturday.
And every man who was nominated is
convinced that It Is q success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
ERON OTHER PENS


RUM NOT A SOLE TssTTE
For the Pennsylvania Prohfbitionis4s
It IS to be said that they care as much
for good government as for the aboii-
Ton OF the rum traffic, and if Paladin
LESSONS are not sounding brass. and
that he viii give the chiefs of the oil
garchy no quarter and disinfect 4be
capital at Harrisburg, they viii turn
epistles of DR. Swallow and the smell
binding Of Exposer Castle. But. if all
depends upon how Emery wears. Mean
while, the oligarchy is saying nothing
and saving wood--New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

The theory that It is better to license
Joints and get some revenue out Of
them rather than stir up trouble con
hnually by trying to enforce the pro
hfbftory law reminds Father Beck Of
he Holton Recorder, of this story:
"A thousand OF more years ago when
England was controlled by the big IN
auenttal barons, a band Of outlaws and
aehwaymen had their headquarters in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

One Of the problems OF the hour IS
how to keep bank presidents like Mr..
Stensland Of Chicago from harboring
the IDEA that the deposits in their
banks are for the purpose Of entertain
Ing their lady friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press1

LFrom the New York Press
When a woman isn't afraid Of being
rained on it's q sign it's her own COM
plexion.
Any man can get a reputation for
knowing more than he does If he viii
keep his mouth shut.
It may be ungodly TO lie to a woman
about how beautiful she Is, but it's
mighty easy to be popular that way.
Either you tell people the truth about
themselves and are hated by them for
a boor. or you don't. and everybody else
denounces you for a hypocrite.
A nice thing about having your family
away for the summer is no matter how
late you come home in the morning
you DONE have to take your shoes o.
to go up statras
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

The thing that is hard to understand
ls,that in that suit for 100000 which
B. woman has brought against a rich
New Yorker for a cracked heart, there
V no mention Of Pittsburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
WHO WRITES THEM?

The Capital evidently lets Mr.. Cur
It's write the so-calIed news reports of
the tremendous ovations'' he is secur-
ing wherever he speaks. Here is q
sample of the style in which they are
written: when J. L. Bristow arose
to speak he was greeted with very lit
tie applause by the people who We're
impatient to hear Our Charlie, who is
a great favorite here. When Mr.. Cur
It's came forward the entire audience
arose and cheered him for over thirty
minutes Mr.. Curtis spoke with Won
derful eloGuence and was greeted by
continuous applause by the people,
with whom he is a great favorite. After
his speech the people crowded the
platform full, pushing Mr.. Bristow off
in the woods in their eagerness to
shake hands with Mr.. Curtis who is
their favorite- Mr.. Curtis is certainly
a very great favorite here. Neither
Mr. Bristow nor Senator Benson are
favorites here; Mr.. Curtis is easily q
great favorite ere.'@Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
GRAND LARCENY.

The boy who was logged by the dri-
yer of an ice wagon for jumping on the
step behind and taking a splinter OF ice
should have Remembered that, at the
present rates, a fragment big enough
for a cooling mouthful is valuable
piece of property, the taking of which
is almost grand larceny.-New York
Evening Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

we don't hear much about the l'asr-
banks boom nowadays. But the vice
president is the sort of a man who can
keen It in cold storage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Deacon said a man to me the 9th
er day. you are getting too personal
You give me too many digs" "Bill,"
rephed l, you are wasting altogether
too much time in trying on other. peo-
pies shoes You are bound to find
some that fit..-Bert Walker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
THE reason WY.

Two French generals fought a duel
in Paris yesterday and after one man
had fired and missed the other one re-
fused to fire. This may indicate a
magnanimous spirit, and then again it
may indicate that the general did not
want to lose his reputation as marks
man, as the other fellow had DONE
Salina Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

How would you like to live in little
old New York where people have to
move out and sleep in the parks when
ever the mercury gets above 80?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

with Fay Templeton and Mrs. Leslie
Carter as summer brides, the Houston
Post suggests that it's time Lillian
RussalI was getting busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

The first annual meeting of the kan
sas Automobile club will be held in
Topeka on Labor day. September
Topeka viii have something else to
toot about now.++Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

There are said to be forty-seven
Families by the name Of Gee in Phila-
delphia. Is that where our old friend.
hsHullv Gee, lives?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Oklahoma has a big crop Of wheat
this year. but it doesn't begin to COM
pare with the crop Of candidates that is
Bpringing up for honors under state
Ho~a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

AS we understand It, the Democrats
are mad because they are not getting
a chance to pass the good Democratic
measures that are now being placed on
he statute books.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
A PSALM OF COIN

Lives of rich men all remind US we
may pack a bursting till. and depart
ing leave behind US heirs to squabb1e
Ger our wiL.@New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Barring a few mutinies, railroad
robberies, peasant uprisings and count
less riots and assassinations, Russia is
'pacifed" now.-New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
a NEEDED INNEsTIGArInN

Tom Cordry proposes, now that the
state accountants are out of job,
that they be instructed to look into the
shortage of school teachers in Kansas.
Yes, and find out what becomes of that
money which the school teachers earn
but do not et.-Leavenworth Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Justice Brewer asserts that Presi-
nen& Roosevelt Is pushing Taft. If it's
80, the president has plenty to push.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

h al Chicago man claims whisky viii
zIiIs typhoid germs. Very likely it will.
Re yin also XIII other things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
EMRARRAsSING

The car called in Ambassador
Meyer to ask what the American peo-
pie think of him. Being a truthful
man, Mr.. Meyer must have had a
somewhat embarrassing Interview
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Very likely Mr.. Rockefeller also is
hnxbously awaiting the latest news
from the grand jury room in Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
SIMPLIFIED FORMS.

TO a large extent the movement for
abohshing the use of mo, sir or yes,
ma am" by the school children has
been anticipated. Many of them al
ready use the simplihed forms, yep
and nope. ''-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
JOHN GATES READY.

Speaker Cannon has been Visiting
John w Gates, and it is now safe to
say that Mr.. Gates is ready to bet a
million" that "Unc1e joe Is all right
as a presidential candidate-New
York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
A CHANGE NEEDED.

The ear is said to be troubled with
insomnia. No doubt a change of eli
mate would Immediately relieve him
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

The cars manifestos and imperial
DEGREES read bravely until we see the
cable dispatches telling that he is
afraid to get out of doors.-St Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Id sayss i'd in der baper dot Lawra
Bigger ISIS peen siouxed fer doxter bill
uf speen-tousandt From dis We gadder
dot, aldough Lawra hat been married
since TO a large Bill, der doxter unsisd-
ed on making i'd Bigger. (Any berson
desiring to crack me on der coco fer
dis Won. VIII oplige by calling ven We
are oudt.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

The paragrapher of the New Orleans
mes-Democrat, evidently a benedict,
declares 1.-The back buttoned shirtwaist
must 60" Shake, old mant-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

A Cleveland policeman is reported to
have refused q fortune because he was
too old to bother with It That sounds
very much like second childhood
New Orleans Tlmes-Demoerat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Pizzle: Uf 1imburglar chees ISIS sell
ing ad sixteen cendts q smell, how
much 1ead-pencils und hair pins can der
cidy teacher-laties puy nit der hot-aIr
furnished dem in lieu uf q rails uf
wages?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

A citisen uf der Sout' End ISIS kicking
pecaus young niggeros go in swimming
IN DER Centdral park nit noding on but
sveeot smile Der attenshing uf dis
cltlsen ISIS ca!ied 70 der ordinance, vich
Says Got ia ISIS alright TO go swimming
Tn1toudt clothes in der dark" VI e
vas vite poyss. maybe he would haf 8
case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

A larche magazine egsplosion iss re-
pordted from Moo York. Id vas der
creditors vot touched OUT der fuse und
put der duplication on der bomb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
yIEW OF THE AIIENIsT.

Mr. Alton 3. Parker seems to be
..safe and sane on the Hearst issue
too-Columbia Is. CO State.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Won poor cuss in Chicago commission
ed sewersite pecaus he losd some money
NIT der Stensland benk. I bedt me sigs-
ty cendts he vassn'dt a noosbaper mans
Dey nefer hat moneyss in der benk-
Proof numper 2: Dey nefer commission
sewersite under der worst uf circum-
stantials. IF dey dit, dey would be all
deadt, yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

hisseluf. Berhabs Billy may hat og-
gasion to nodt only declare htsseiuf in
a conserfatif way, but scratch bot tig-
gets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

A few years. ago dey called Adisder
Villumchenningsbr : der sElijaw.'
Perish der thought. Ldge vas fed by
der rafens. Villum, according to a re-
sendt dispadge, vas frisked uf his
preakfasd py q herd uf crows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Dot Syrian 1eper case ISIS gedding to
be a Syrias uffair fer der gofernmendt.
vich ISIS in doubt vedder to crack der
poor dub on der nut undt put him oudt
uf hiss MISERY er ledt him croak ven he
gedts aroundt to Id.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Dere comes py me a sveedly solum
fought: Dondt dem roomors dot Ka-zar
Nick hat canned hisseluf soundt like der
york uf dot notorious Kansas nOoSba-
perino, Billymorgau? Remember, he ISIS
in Rooshy und it would be impossible
fer him to nodt butt in.