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The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
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Out of Kansas ever comes forth nov
city. Even when, the new idea is in
direct conflict with an inlrn emorial i'm
pulse to volubility it viii prevail, as
was demonstrated. when the Republi-
can convention of Trego county yester-
day adopted a platform of lust seven
words s One would be tempted to call
It a blessed relief to be rid Of plautudes
in political platforms were it not that
the Kansas declaration, Resolved,
That we let well& enough alone is
itself, in essence, the biggest plautude
of them all. We can, however, com
mend unreserVedly the labor saving
policy of substituting one large moth
erly platitude for. the usual score OF
little. scattering, irresponsible plau-
tudes that fly. in one ear and out the
other Not only that, but these kansas
delegates have recognized deeper
principle They have perceived what
has really been on the way to express
sion for long Hme-that 1t IS no
Ionger. possible for a good Republican
to discriminate between his party's diff
ferent policies. That way destruction
lies. Look at the insurgents who tried
to consider the statehood bill as II II
were an issue by itself: look at the
Massa chusetts Republicans, hopelessly
tangled because they tried to make a
distinction between the Dingley tarln
and the rest of Republicanisrni look
at the railroad senators who refuse
to take the rate bin just as It comes TO
them. And then look at contented,
ornnivorous Kansas. and, If possible, go
and do likewise.-New York Evening
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

As this department understands it.
Topeka made the Kansas City Blues a
little more that way.
This department regrets to note that
the annual row between Bill Doolittle
and Jab Swisegood over their respec-
tive knowledge of baseball is breaking
out again. Unless Bill and lab can
find something better than baseball to
quarrel about, this department refuses
to take any interest in it.
We notice that this is the time of
year when the Simple Life. lived by a
brook where fishing is good. appeals
strongest to the man who has to sit by
q desk all day.
You will notice that the weather
man is encouraging the Easter mil
linery business all right
Just because a man is sought after a
great deal. don't imagine that he is
popular Perhaps they are bill col
lectors.
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ciety are grouped on the college steps
Some OF them have achieved more or
less prominence in life since then.
Down In one corner Of the picture is a
figure clad in overaIls and Jumper
and leaning on a big brush broom.
The figure Is that of a young Irishman
who has come up from a farm down
in Anderson county filled with a de-
sire to get an education. Without
money to pay his way, he got a job
at sweeping the halls. tending fires.
wheeling ashes. and other like work
about the college building When the
call came for him TO join the other
members of the society to have the
picture taken he was busy at his work
and appeared in the garb of his labor.
He Is not ashamed of his overalls and
jumper. His name is Dan McGurk.
Later on oppornity came for the
young Irishman from Anderson county
to go TO Salina and aid in his education
by teaching elocution in the Kansas
Wesleyan university and preaching
now and then in the country school
houses. Still later he went to the big
university at Evansville, Ill, and since
then has been in the ministry in the
west. barring three or four years spent
as missionary in Argentine. South
America. Now he IS accounted one Of
the foremost preachers and lecturers
of the Trans Mississippi region.
And all because he was not afraid of
overalis and jumpers. II he had been
he might still be wearing them on an
Anderson county farm.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Even the collar on a glass Of beer
is apt to wilt in hot weather.
Some men go at their pleasures as
though they mean business.
Many a man expends lot of in
genuity in making a fool of himself
An actor doesn't mind long waits
unless he has to wait for his salary
Many rich man has a pate de fois
gras appetite ana milk toast storn-
ach.
A woman can naturally carry her
age better by dropping a few birth
days
Let a man think he is having his
own way and you can do anything
with him.
The blisters raised by the snow
shovel are no sooner healed than the
lawn mower raises new ones.
Wigg-Do you think we Shall know
each other in heaven? Wagg-Yes,
If we don't forget each other here.
Ajax defed the lightning. but the
man who dedes his mother-in-lav
feels that he makes Ajax look like q
pinhead.
Blobbs7The doctor made me feel
pretty cheap when he told me there
was nothing the matter with me.
Slobbs-Tn bet you didn't feel 80
cheap when he sent in his bill
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
-Fron the Atchison Globe.l

From the Atchtson Globe.1
It is bad enough to hear a cat purr.
but a purring woman Is worse.
Men are so naturally wicked that
they have no use for parrot unless
it swears-
When man makes a bold stand for
right. his fool friends try to talk him
out OF it.
When girl gets job down town.
and wears a pencil in her back hair.
she thinks she is it.
You have probably noticed that
militiamen usually think they know a
great deal about war.
In every neighborhood there Is some
apparently perfectly healthy woman
whose doctor bills cause the other wo-
men to scream.
If there is anything mean said about
q man and every woman says It isn't
so, that means he is not a married
man.
When a man wants another to agree
with him as to the incapacity Of q
third party, he is pretty apt to con-
cede a good deal to the fellow he is
talking to.
Jake Spatz has been reading that the
men of Japan. and the men Of india
and the men Of several other countries
are not very good to their women folks:
50 he laid down his paper the other
night and said to his wife. you Wo-
men in America don't appreciate the
goodness OF we men," His wife didn't
say a word. but looked at him in that
peculiar way women have when they
want to be aggravsting. She didn't say,
Why. Jake, you know I have always
appreciated you" she just looked at
him in the aggravating way which may
mean anything except anything good.
He has tried to draw her out since,
but she won't say a word: she just
looks at him IN the aggravating way
men despise.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

Kansas, erstwhile commended to the
pitv Of mankind as a state bleeding
from oppression and distress, IS now
one of the most prosperous common
weaaths in the Union. Her harvests
are superabundant her barns are
bursting with fatness. her eoffers are
fun and her cup running over with
riches. Her people are we'll content
and, in a position diametrically oppo-
site to that of Oliver Twist, they are
not asking for more. It IS true they
have every reason to be satisfied. but
It is not every one who knows when he
is we'll off The Kansans not only
know It. but they are ready to let
other people know ii also AS an
illustration. the Republicans Of Trego
county. in their usual convention
adopted tie following platform: Re
solved. That we let well enough
alone. -Philadelphia Evening Tele-
graph.
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JAYHA WKER JOTS

Expert opinion by Roy Tapley. That
man Noliva's name would look well on
a bottle of hair restofer-or nerve tonic.
Frank farrell is seeking information
He asks: Does it impair the dignity
OF an editor to wash dishes. Or has an
editor any dignity to impair2"
Opinion handed down by Judge
Hutchings of the Smith County Pio-
neer: "A Topeka man had to pay
500 for hugging girl. If it was a
ciprocated, we claim the price was not
a cent too high szs--lz
Somebody on the ElDorado RepubI-
can is responsible for this, and Old
Bent himself is suspected:
There. was a young fellow named sgd.
Who kissed a girl on the eye lyd.
Said she to the lad:
Your aim s mighty bad,
You should practice awhile so he dyd.
Two city marshals are trying to do
business in Horton, owing to a conflict
in authority. In the mix-up one OF
them has got possession of the outer
key to the city lookup, while the other
has a key to the inner door. The man
with the inner key arrested a plain
drunk recently and took him to the
lookup He found the outer door un-
locked, so he took his victim in and
locked him up. Then he put a new
lock of his own on the outer door, but
soon afterwards the other man re-
moved it and put on the old lock and.
locked it. It began to look as though
neither could get at the victim on the
inside, and the latter might have been
there yet had not the police judge or
dered him turned loose.
Here winter is just over and Troy is
out with the announcement that it is
going to celebrate the Fourth of July
this year and it will be the biggest ever.
The Chief says: You can get your
glad rags ready to put on by the Fourth
Of July as there will be the biggest
celebration in Troy on that date ever
held in Doniphan county. Charley
Brown says it will be a hot time and
everybody will be here. The entire
county will come on that occasion and
Ben Curtis says h expects to bring half
of Atchison up here as they can see
the new court house from that place
and want to take a squint at it at closer
range. The Chief has been asked by
people from all over the county to urge
this matter and is going to do it. It is
a little early to commence but there is
nothing like plenty of time in which to
get ready There's nothing like fling
on q date early.
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making a serious political mistake IN
his course with respect OF the violation
OF law IN his city. It is no doubt true
that the prohiEitory law IS violated just
as hagrantly IN a dozen other cities as
in Kansas ,lty and it is likewise an
undisputed fact tn. the state adminis-
tration has been guilty Of gross dis
elimination in seeking to punish Mayor
r. 'e, while it permits the mayors Of
Leavenwortn. Wichita, Atehison, Tope-
ka and 8 dozen other saloon towns to
punity. But these facts do not warrant
Afr Rose in his policy of notification.
The Democracy is essentially a party OF
law enforcement Andrew jackson, one
Of its patron saints. typified IN his per
son the majesty of law . a. greater ex-
tent than any other American of his
time. Grover Cleveland was infiexible
in his adherence to the idea of law and
order. Joseph ". Folk was saved from
the general defeat of his party last fall
by his known fidelity 20 Nv ENFORCE
ment while William J. Bryan, the
strongest and best loved Democrat in
the country today is the very personi-
fed ideal Of a law-abiding citizen.
Mayor Rose, as stated, has been mis-
treated, even prosecuted, md for this
he has our sympathy. But in seeking
to defy the laws Of TIE state l. is. com
mitting an error which lis friends can
not AFFORD to condone and of which he
should at once purge himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

Dispatches from Lincoln state that
George H. Holland Of Russell trotted a
heat in tie congressional race in the
sixth district just to get warmed up
for the race two years hence. This does
not mean that he will be a candidate in
1903. however. In 1904 J. Ed Stevens. Of
GoodIand did just what Mr.. Holland
has done Il r year and served notice
that he would 60 after Congressman
Reeder's scalp this spring, but nothing
has since been heard from him.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

whenever Henry Allen considers the
outcome of the Second district contest,
he must inadvertently think Of Bret
Harte's inocent Chinese gentleman sit
ting in a poker game with tricks that
ere dark and ways that are vain" The
thought of one W. r. Stubbs must
bring with it the visage of All sin
10 Mr.. Allen, for he says: THE editor
Of the Herald was at one time interest
ed in politics. He even reached a point
where he thought he knew some of the
simpler rules of the game. Thus he
got into a contest with a pious man
who posed as a complete novice and
the things we have learned from that
pious gentleman about campaign meth
ods in particular and political matters
In general have convinced US that the
game is much too difficult and intricate
to master in so brief a span as the
average human life"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

IFron the New York Press.I
People wouldn't lie half as much If
they ought to.
When a woman has an ideal husband
It IS only a dream.
It's mihty interesting what a lot OF
kissing a little mouth can do.
Because man gets damned by every
BODY doesn necessarily mean he Is fit-
ted for public life.
One way to convince a woman Won
think she is pretty Is to convince her
you think her friends aren't
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
Originator of the coal mus.


1T was Franklin 3. Gowen " says
Hartley Davis in The Coal Trust. the
Labor Trust, and the People Who
Pay" in the April Everybodys cal
ready shown to be a man of mark in
the coal country, who made the next
important move in this history. and
who is, after all. responsible for the
coal trust of today. Men now say of
Gowen that he was so years ahead of
his time. In his conception of the
power of consoHda tion he was undoubt-
ed1y a pioneer; but in the matter of an
Immaculate integrity and patriotism,
he had strangely little in common with
the financiers who later adopted and
perfected his views. By buying valu-
able coal lands and operating the
mines themselves. the Delaware,
LackaWanna. 8 Western and the Del
aware & Hudson had already laid
foundation for permanent prosperity
when President Gowan. in 1871 united
13 different properties in the Philadel-
phia Coal & Iron company. But where
as the two railroads had had no other
idea than of lending stability to their
own interests, President Gowen's ae-
ton, taken in the face of strong oDpo-
sition from his associates, was the
expression of a vast impersOna1 ambi-
tion- The later supremacy of the Phil
ade1phia & Reading far more than JUS
titled him: and today this road now
owns outright more than So per cent of
the unmined anthracite.
1T is a curious commentary on the
later development of finance that this
early move of the coal trust pioneer
should be noted by the railroad men of
today, not only for its wisdom but for
esty. Forty millions was-the price paid
by Gowen for his coal properties. and
he turned them over to his railroad
for precisely what they cost him.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
Eighty-axe Afinutes for DInner.

An authoritative article on House
keeping on Half-a-A Million a Year" is
contributed by Emily Harrington to
the April Everybody's. In describing
formal dinner she says:
Eight men. exclusive of the butler,
are required to serve a dinner Of
twenty-four covers. one being allowed
for every three diners. Anotllef is
stationed in the pantry to run m the
courses. Absolute order and silence
reign among these men. who perfectly
understand the buffers cabalistic
signs, Electric signals pass constantly
between chef and butler. From the
seating of guests until the ladies leave,
not more than eighty-five minutes
should elapse. for long dinners are
now considered bad form
Upon these occasions scarcely a
member of the domestic corps escapes
some special duty. The housemaids
assist the pantry-maid. After each
course twenty-four silver plates and
countless small silver must be care
fully cleansed, wiped very dry, and
then polished with chamois before be-
ing put away Nearly two hundred
pieces of engraved crystal ware must
be washed and polished, and it is too
costly and brittle to be hastily
handled -
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A PRIMARY ELECTION BREAKER

"A L7AAA4tAf2IEk4 Ell4ELG1AON t6E6EAtA IA
A recent decision of the Illinois su-
prems court regarding the primary
election law of that state Is of great
interest to Kansas. as 1t indicates
something that must be avoided in
adopting primary election system in
this state.
The Illinois court tore the primary
law in that state into shreds. The main
objections of the court to It were the
Determinations in the law between can
didates with money enough to pay a
fee and the inclination to do so, and
the men without money or without the
inclination to pay it in order to get
their names on the ballots. This dis
elimination, the court says, affects the
voters and robs the people Of their
rights to the free and equal chance to
vote for whomsoever may be willing to
stand for office.
This would make illegal such pri-
maries as We're held in the First and
Second congressional districts in KAN
sas, as all congressional candidates
were required to pay large entrance
fees to the congressional committees
in order to get their names on the pri-
mary ballots. There was considerable
grumbling in some of the counties of
the First district because this require
ment effectually shut out any aspiring
car.A-Gates who desired to run against
Mr.. Curtis. as none of them was willing
to put up $500 under the circum-
stances. In this instance the result
would undoubtedly have been the
same. even had there been no entrance
fee. but it is easy to see how such
rule might keep a poor but popular
man out Of the race and give the
nomination to a candidate who was
rich but unpopular.
Thus the justice OF the Illinois de-
eision is evident, and it behooves Kan
sas to steer clear Of the same mistake
in framing q primary election law.
Still, there are heavy expenses to be
met in holding a primary election, and
somebody must meet them. Probably
the most satisfactory way in the long
run would be to pay for them out Of
the public treasury, thereby throwing
the burden on the entire people.
If the expenses of a Republican pri-'
mary are to be met in that way. how
ever. so must those for the Democrats
and all other parties. This is another
argument in favor Of requiring all pri-
naries to be held on the same day.
This would allow one set of officials to
preside over the primaries of all par
ties. as is done in elections and there
bv. reduce the expense to the minimum
The decision of the Illinois supreme
court does not do away with primary
elections in the state, however, if Gov
ernor Deneen can help it. Within fve
minutes after the decision had been an
nounced Governor Deneen had written
kilograms to the lieutenant governor
and speaker of the house, informing
them that a special session Of the as
sembly would be called to pass a new
primary law, and he also recommend
ed that the Republican state commit
tee be called together to revoke the
can for a state convention. POSSIBLY
the action Of Illinois may afford stlli
another valuable pointer for Kansas.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

his own face was as clear AZ the IN.
clouded sky.
Blessed old April ehoweri" he cried
as he sprang into his automobile Il
helped me On with Miss Ellis more snan
a year Of ordinary acquaintance could
have done. ''-( Copyright, 1906, by P. G.
Easunent)
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

The habit of voting is good one un-
less it Is carried TO extremes, and then,
like everything else, it becomes an evil.
The person who has contractedthe vot-
ing habit to the extent that he votes
several times at each election has to be
suppressed. That is carrying It too far
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

Late developments appear to indicate
that Senator Tillman has been in the
position Of the small boy who goes out
driving with his father: He IS allowed
to hold the lines for the sake Of keep
ing him amused and goo4-nat.-red, bur
aIanl la al
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
The Kansas city star desires to start

The Kansas city Star desires to start
a tracer out to see what has become of
Governor Harry E. Richter. Well.
here's a pointer: Governor Richter
was seen going down Kansas avenue
this afternoon attending strictly to the
insurance business Late Information
states that he has retired from politics.
at least for the time being-but you
never can tell
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
HUM0R OF THE DAY

He tried to work a big deal"
What dropped him? p
was stacking the cards. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
I don't want any ice; she said
''Ice!" exclaimed the ice man in per
picked way, who said ice2 merely WISH
TO contract with you to leave 2 little vet
spot your back porch these warm
mornings. Cleveland Leader.
He-Who do you love, darling2
She-Harry, have permitted my nsars
to go out to you unreservedly but unless
you can use better grammar uhan tnat
shall be obliged to call it back again
Boston Transcript
After she has been married seven years
and had five children. a woman begins to
know almost much about managing q
family as she thought she did week be-
fore her wedding day.-New York Press.
Landlady-Did you say these strawber-
Intimidated Boarder-No. indeed; did
not say they were not fresh. said they
looked tired.-Ex-
@Did you ever set into an argument
Hes quite domestic. isn't her"
oh. positively bull-dogmatic. '-Fh htla-
delphia Ledger.
Whats the matter with me- asked the
the physician, but you needn't worry.
I'll see that your widow has explicit in
formation on that point. Chicago Post.
Miss. Passay-You weren't at the ball
last night.
Miss Pert-No; were you?
Miss Passay-Yes. and Jack Dasher said
1 was the youngest looking girl there
Miss Peril didn't know it was mas
querade.-Houston Post.
She had bought some dog biscuit for her
husbands valuable St. Bernard. I hope
they will please you, she said.
They are not like mother used to
make" he sighed.-Chicago News.
Wife-Pm sorry to see you come home
in such state as this, Charles
Husband knew you'd be sorry, Carrie.
Boston Transcript.
Don't you know that it doesn't do the
least good to apply. abusive epithets to a
''Of course answered Senator sorgh-
ur, it doesn't do any good but II as
sures your constituents that you are try
Ing to do something to earn your salary
Washington Star.
The Publisher-The insolence OF these
authorsl Here's Sriffles demanding to see
the Illustrations before he writes the sto-
ry for them.
His Partner-Absurdl First thing one
knows they will be asking to have the
illustrators read the stories before they
draw the pictures for 'efn.-Brooklsrn
Life.
50 your daughter has become a SOLO
Necessarily answered Mr.. cumrox.
YEARLY; Perhaps I ought to be thank
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
HANDY.

AS we understand the situation in
Zion City, Dowie is coming lack look
ing for trouble. and Overseer Voliva n
tends to leave several packages of It
lying around loose so 1t can be easily
found.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
ANoTHER sTJGGEsrIoN.

The free pass evil will have to go,
but who wants to serve in the legisla-
ture for three dollars per day and pay
his car fare2 good plan would be to
cut down the number of representatives
and raise the wages for the remainder.
Smith County Pioneer.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

In secretly advocating polygamy per-
haps Prophet Dowie was looking for
ward to a merger Of the Zion beside
Lake Michigan with the Zion beside the
G-eat salt Lake.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

It is always a good idea to look at
subject from as many viewpoints as
possible. Here is a Democratic view OF
the policy Of ex-Mayor Rose Of Kansas
city. kan. as seen by T. ". Morgan
of the Ottawa Republic. 1t is good doc
trine. but Mr.. Morgan should now omit
Topeka from the list Of towns he cites.
re says: THE Republic believes that
Rgavor Rose. OF Kansas City. kan. is
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

The coming Republican state con
vention will also resemble Populist
gathering in this: Some of the dele
gates viii pay their own car fare.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

Now what, pray, does the Kansas
City Star mean by this: 'Tt is going
to require herculean self-restraint on
tire part of NJ. A Low to keep from
writing a piece on What's the Matter
WIN Curtis p,
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11
WHO WILL BE Ut 2,

All the rooms at the Copeland are
engaged by statesmen for the first
week in next month, when the ques-
tion is to be settled as to who will
be queen of the May.-Hutchinson
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

BY the way. what is Attorney Cen
eral Coleman going to do with the
mayors Of Leavenworth and Wichita
for not enforcing the law?
The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-11

The Chinanan appears to be taking
the view that Americans ough- to have
no more right to come into China than
Chinese have to come into America.
Just think Of the foolishness Of it!