The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12


for the 80 days, including the Sundays,
and then divided the sum by 78 days,
the number of working days, and Ger
tilted the quotient as the average daily
weights for the 80 days. In other
words, instead Of dividing the sum by
so. he divided it by IS, which gave the
government the worst of II by 10 per
cent.
Western roads. he charged, weighed
for 105 days, including Sundays, and di-
vided by co. This, he said, was a fraud
on the face OF it.
MurGock's charge caused a sensation
on the floor and Representative Mann.
of Illinois, remarked with much vigor
that the weights should not only pc
corrected at once. but the official who
perpetrated the fraud should be dis
charged fl ON the public service.
1t is the opinion of members of con-
gress that the administration must take
Murdock and make a thorough investi-
cation.
According to a fish tale with a polit-
ical atmosphere which is floating
around Copeland county, Col. t. Benton
Murdoch OF Eldorado came to Topeka
on Monday night and brought with him
a live black bass that weighed four and
one-half pounds. He said that 1t was
a Walnut river bass an it was a beau
ty. All the fishermen around the Cope
land looked longingly at the fish. A few
of the privileged ones "hefted" it and
all declared that it was the finest bass
they had ever seen. Colonel Bent would
not say whether he caught it himself or
not It's my fish, amt it?" was all
he would say
Mr. Murdock came to Topeka with his
black bass to keep an appointment with
w r. Stubbs Mr.. Stubbs could not go
to FldoradO to eat a Walnut river bass
so Mr. Murdock brought the bass to
Topeka and invited Mr.. Stubs to come
down and they would have bass din
ner today The fish was still aI-ve when
II urdock reached Topeka, but he had IT
killed and put on ice He Went 10 pea
early and this morning could not nnd
his fish He hunted high and low and
no one knew a thing about 1t till this
evening when the night clerk brought
ont the basket containing the head and
bones of the bass.
Two friends of Mr.. Murdock "swiped"
it last night. took it to a restaurant and
had it cooked for them. This evening
the bones were shown to Mr- Murdoch
He fingered them tenderly for a while
and then said: ITS my bass. all right
Goodbye, bass
A note was left him as follows:
we enjoyed your bass very much and
onlv wish you had been with us to help
eat it.
of w r. Stubbs and z. w Hoch.
Charles Luling, superintendent of in
surance and the greatest fish lover at
+be hotel saws that his intentions were
to steal the fish. but that the other
fellows beat him to it. He has first
class alfbi and plenty of witnesses that
he didn't eat the bass.
washington. Dec 12.-Having discov-
cred that the people OF Kansas are not
in sympathy with the "standpat plat
form. Representative P P. Campbell IS
ready to Join the ranks of the tarlH
The Kansas representa-
tive offered yesterday in the house
resoiatfsn which shows that ne is opsn l
to argument on the proposition tnat the
cond itions in this country require
change in the tariff schedule. he IN
sists however. that the revision OF the
tariff is a business question, not a po-
lftfcaI one. and that before passing a
tariff bill congress should ascertain II
there are any economic reasons tnat
Justify such legislation.
His resolution provides for tarln
commission whose duty 1t should pc 20
ino11ire into "the relation Of the tar1m
and the trusts and labor interests OF
the United States and recommend such
changes. if any, in existing schedules as
will better promote the common wei
fare The commission is to consist OF
nine rnemb bers five to be appointed by
the speaker from among the members
of the house, three members or the
senate. and one to be named by the
president.
onmenda tions for a tariff revision that
will do the greatest Justice to all the
interests of the country and as nearly
as possible balance the receipts and ex-
of the government. The in
vestigation is to start as soon as the
may take its own time to make its re-