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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
FRON OTHER PENS
SELECTING A COMMISSION.

Much has been heard lately of a
plan for appointing the prospective
new members of the interstate com
merce commission in a way that they
may represent various interests A
representa- tive Of railway employees,
another of railroad managers, another
of shippers, are some of the favOrite
suggestions for places on the interstate
commerce commission. The assump-
ton seems to be that the commission
will make rates as the outcome of a
process Of pulling and hauling among
the interests represented upon it. What
kind of work would be expected of a
court or an administrative body under
such conditions? Experience shows
what sort of management must be an
ticipated in q business establishment
whose board OF directors is concerned
with anything rather than the Weifa re
of the enterprise itself. Judges are Sc
Iected presumably because of their
legal ability Ia the. first instance; di-
rectors should be because of their SER
viceability or attachment to the enter
prise at hand; members of administra-
tive commissions, because of the sim
ilarity of ideas and their ability to act
in harmony, experimenting one an
others good and weak points. Tt is by
no other method that the interstate
commerce commission can be given
the best chance to show what it can
do. To select It's members because of
their connection with different inter-
ests, or on a purely geographical basis.
as now proposed by the senate com
nitee would be the surest way of pre-
venting the commission from attaining
any satisfactory results,-NeW York
Journal Of Commerce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
HUM0R OF THE Day

These Cinnamon are all as like as two
peas remarked the visitor TO China
YES, or as two queues added the Ten
derloin cop.-Philadelphia Record
AFTER all you know said Mrs: Old
beau, "a. man is only as old as he feels;
Yes" said Miss Peppreys but some old
men make the mistake OF thinking tney
are as young as they tnlnk they Aes1.
Philadelphia Press.
wan, dropped YEARLY into a chair and
took out his newspaper Steak as usual,
said the waiter.
answered. Bring me a plate OF hash -
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mrs. Hiram often-I understood you to
say your last place was with the Swell
4pplicant-No. indade. ma'am: OF said
they wanted me to stay wild them, but oi
Mrs. Hiram 7offen-vvhy not?
Applicant-shure, they wouldn't let ne
kane me automobile IN their garage
ma am.-Pittsburg Dispatch
Governor lat the consul's party)-I re-
member your face perfectly, sir, but your
name for the moment has escaped me
again, Your Excellency. Ny name is
Ivan Petrovlch Swercczskiski.- Somerv5lle
Journal.
New Jerseyman-The only thing your
state has to be proud of is its title OF
mother Of presidents
virginia. knew it. It never occurred
to my laundering ancestors that it would
be a bigger thing to be the mother OF
trusts. Chicago Tribune.
a woman should always give her home
the first consideration, . remarked d quiet
little woman.
That's the way Henrietta does" re-
Joined Mr.. MeelSton. She reads her
/ speeches to me before anybody else hears
them. Wa shlngtOn Star.
Dad, what's a miser2''
zone who boards what he gets. my
son
s'Then what's an atornizer2''
zone who blows it. my child i-Har-
/ per's Weekly.
why does Mrs. spendit put on so many
airs lately?'
i because her dressmaker has sued her.
! just as they do in the Four Hundred set -
Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Since the Republicans OF his own dis
strict have turned him down for renom
i6nation because he does not believe
The people wish the railroads regulated, %
Congressman Grosvenor has been ask
ed to stand for a congressional nomina-
tion In some other Ohio district 1t
would be quite permissible under the
6ederaI constitution to elect q. congress-
man who is not a resident of the dis
erict eleeting him. and this is q COM
mon practice IN English elections. but
St would be unprecedented in America,
General Grosvenor wisely concluded to
turn the proposition down. Not only
would the people probably refuse to
elect a congressman who was not one
OF them. but it is quite probable that
General Grosvenor was afraid he might
be as much mistaken about the temper
Of some other district on the railroad
question as he was about his own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
HUMAN INTEREST.

Judge Smart of Ottawa, has discov-
cred the workings of that potent infu-
ence which the newspap ers call hui
man interest" mot long ago said
Judge Smart. ST tried a case at Law
renee in which were involved the for
tunes of a baby with mystery attach
ed to its parentage. The court room
was crowded and packed to it's fullest
capacity. Since then I have tried an
action of the state against the city in
volving a principal sum of 100000
and interest, and there were probably
half a dozen people present besides the
attorneys. wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
Where Graft Beeins.

Boss and the machine rest on a dou-
Bile graft. The machine has its ALI
ance on one side with the graft of the
public service corporation. and on the
other with the senni-criminaI class.
The boss, be he who he may, Murphy
in New York, Durham in Philadelphia,
or Cox in Cincinnati, IS the connecting
link. He leV1eS on the one side upon
gam bier, prostitute, Illicit liquor seller,
and all the dregs Of social life. He
levies on the other hand upon the troll
ley company, the gas supply, telephone
and electric light and all the most re-
spectacle capital of the community.
From both he EFFORTS the price of pro-
lection and of favorable legislation.
Both pay him, and both sets of law
breakers are protected. In this mad
carmagno1e about the American tree of
liberty, the highly respectable director
of the gas company and the prostitute,
the gam bier and the railroad president,
the private business man Who needs
public graft and the Illicit liquor seller,
all join hands. The common source
of their unrighteOus gains, the boss,
protects them both, and he profits by
both. He sets the music and they both
dance to the same tEne,=the church
going director with his bank account
and his nickel-steel-plated respecta bill
ity. and the scarlet woman who has
long since torn off the last shred of re-
spectacle appearances. They both want
the same thing-protection from the
way. They get it from the same
source-the boss who, by their Soint
contributions, keeps in active existence
his machine, which, under pay from
him, breaks the law at the ballot-b oxe
in order public service corporations
may break the law or profit by pur-
chased law on one side, and that all
the other senf-criminals but no more
criminal classes on the other side may
profit by the open liquor saloon. the
stew, the opium den and the gambling
house-"The Municipal Revolution, .
by Talcott Williams, in The Reader for
February.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

The Chicago Tnter-Ooean appeals to
''the administration and the Republi-
cans IN congress- to get together on
the platforms Of the last three presi-
Dental campaigns and present a unit
ed front once more" But the platforms
Of the last three campaigns won't do.
There are some new issues now to be
served. The money QUESTION and "the
fuH dinner pa1' viii not be up for
consideration in 1908. Railroad rates
and real remedies for the trust evil are
more Important. end the Republican
party must meet these questions in the
next campaign with solutions that ap-
peal to the masses OF the people. The
battle has only begun. It Is quite prob
abla that It viii wage for years before
ths trusts become decent and before the
gresd Of railroad magnates Is sunieient-
Is crbed that the pubic VIII set a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
SOME POOR MEN THERE.

poor man had better keep out Of
congress. Campaign expenses are
heavy and they come every two years.
No man can go to congress without
neglecting his law practice or his bust
ness. If he is poor man he will
proba bly, lose his clients or his custom
ers; a small business or practice will
not support partners or managers
After few years in congress nine men
out OF ten are beaten for denomination
and then. If thew have not fortune
or an established business to fall back
on. they will try to get some small
sa1aried place under the governm ent
and may not be uccessful.-Philadel
mia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

square deal all around in the matter
Of transportation. Eminent men are
coming to tie belief more and more
that government ownership will be the
ultimate result Of the rate agitation.
It viii surely be so II the railroads con-
tinue to resist regulation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR


IFrom the New York Press
There is a lot more fun running into
debt than crawling out.
a woman is awful proud of her husband
when he gets in a lawsuit.
woman hardly ever has to ten a hB
twice to make herself believe It.
Most men would rather have q measly
politlca4 JOB ana s[arVe 70 death than 10
The way the devil gets a man to work
more than their families want them to Is
by telling them It is the way to prove
their independence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
what killed the Pure rood BIN?

on the third of March the pure food
bill sspassed away" Senator Spooner
opened the debate. 1T is a farcicaI
thing" he said. ito continue the de-
bate upon this bill, q debate which has
Just begun, at this late hour of the ses-
sion"
IN order to side track the bill, Sen
ator| Spooner moved to take up another
measure. What was it2 Important. Of
Counsel Perhaps a bill for the regula-
ton of railroad rates, or a tariff re-
vision measure2 No. It was a bill
authorizing the president to appoint
to the naval service certain midship-
nen=three cadets who had dismissed
from the academy for hazingi It was
all arranged
There was a clear majority in favor
Of "postponing'' the pure food legisla-
ton. The names Of Senators Frye
Lodge. PIatt (Conn.), Spooner. Forak-
err. and German were conspicuous.
Senator AIdrich was absent, and Sen
ator Allison lodged" Then the i'm
portant' midshipmen appointment DILL
was discussed at length. Judging
from the Congressional Record, there
was more debate than on the pure
food bill during all the session. In the
end, the pressing" measure was
passed.-Henry B. Needham IN the
Worlds Work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

The Chicago gamblers. who were not
permitted to gamble in Chicago and
who were also driven off Lake Nichi-
gan, have established a stockade across
the line in Indiana where they hope to
fleece their victims. And down at In
dianapolis there is q. man by the name
. OF Hanly who Is working the muscles
Of his arm up into shape to do a few
things to those same gamblers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Some objections have been raised to
Charts Sessions as Governor Hoch's
secretary because he has been a Dem
ocrat But even a Democrat may make
a most excellent secretary; and, besides.
Governor Hoch will not be the first
Kansas Republican governor who has
had a Democratic secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
sHIFTLEssNEss

is incurable or a habit that can be
overcome it is anyhow a condition
that perplexes and irritates relieving
officials. Shiftlessness is paying ones
last so cents for a circus ticket with
out learning where touorrow's break
fast is coming from. It is refusal to
repair the leak in the roof when the
sun shines. It is killing the goose that
lays the golden eggs. It takes no
thought of the morrow. It never lays
up anything for rainy day It al
ways ignores opportunities. It prefers
to rely on neighborhood bounty to
hustle for itself. 1t won't work except
under the pressure OF necessity. It
never gets ahead.-Hartford Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Speaker Cannon. Vice President
Fairbanks, and numerous other gentle
men who are gazing towards the White
House. cordially approve the idea of
placing Taft on The SUPREME bench.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

It appears that we must pay for the
balmy winter breezes we enjoyed in
January. by undergoing a few spring
billiards in March
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Anyway those candidates whom the
h eartless voters refused to nominate
can have the consolation of knowing
that they are saved the trouble and ex-
pense Of going through the November
election
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

The Standard appears to be doing
business in the same old way. judging
from the disclosures brought out by
that inquiry at Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Harpers Weekly concludes: ~One charm
about Howe is the dimeulty Of deter
mining whether he is simple or com
pound
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
Electric Lights From Windmill.

Electric Lights From a Windmill.
Wind-made electricity holds out the
promise of becoming a great boon to
rural districts; and the day is near at
hand when every farmer who has a
windmill on his grounds can enjoy
electric lights and the many other ser
vices which electric power is capable
Of yielding. For many years, men
have been trying to convert wind pow
er into electricity. r. w. Wilson of
Westdeld, Ind. has worked out a prac-
ticable method of accomplishing 1t.
In producing wind-made electricity,
Wilson calls upon the windmill to per
form its customary function of pump
ing water He leads the water into
hydraulic regulator built on the prin-
cipIe of water-lift, in which the
pressure is controlled by weights, and
from which it is released by means of
automatic valves.
This regulator is the means of main
tanning an even pressure under all con-
ditfons, whether the windmill is re
volving fast or slow.
Under the uniform pressure, the va
ter is passed from the hydraulic cham
Der through a water motor to which a
dynamo IS attached.
Mr. Wilson demonstrates the sue
cess of the invention at his own shop
in Westf7eld. which is brightly lighted
with wind-made electricity, and to all
appearances it equals the steam made
product that city folk enjoy.-Techni-
cal World Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

OF course the wheat is saved again
1T win be g poor week from now till
harvest time when the wheat belt cor
respondents don't save the wheat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Mr.. Carnegie says miIIionaires rarely
smile and that they are among the
most unhappy people on earth. But
people are foolish enough to keep right
on trying to be mlllionaires
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

For public benefactors who are en-
tirely innocent of even a wrong intent.
the beef packers are extremely fearful
sof discriminating themselves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

The glad news is given out now that
millinery is to be cheaper this spring.
If this situation will remain that way
until Easter it viii leave US just that
much more wealth to turn over to the
ice man little later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Mr.. WI Ting Fang Is said to have
learned the two-step while he was the
Chinese minister in this country. He
also evidently learned the side-step.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

So far as Is known, the late Boss Cox
Of Cincinnati has not endorsed one
William R. Taft for supreme court
Justice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

All signs are fafIing this spring. Tops
and marbles appeared weeks ago, yet
here we are having more winter than
ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

What John D. Rockefeller most
wants now Is a Missouri compromise
one that VIII keep Missouri from pur-
suing him further with its subpoenas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

ssAfter all vn1l know said Mrs. Old
f,eaT "a mar IL oniv Is old as he feels -
Yes" said Miss Peppreys but some old
men make the mistake Of thinking they
ara az vat1nar as thew think thew feel. ~
Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

These Cinnamon are all as like as two
peas remarked. the visitor to China
town.
Yes, or as two queues, added the Ten
derloin cop.-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

The regular patron, a little pale and
wan droDp.sd YEARLY into chair and
took out his newspaper. Steak as usual,
eef 4 he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Mrs Hiram Cften-I understood you to
say your last place was with the Swell
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-29

Very Low Rates to Toronto, Ont,
Via the North Western line Excur.
sion tickets will be sold September Il
to Is, inclusive, with favorable return
limits, on account of I. O. F. Grand
Lodge. Apply to agents Chicago 8
North Western R'y.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-29

fic, no railroad could possibly afford
to have refrigerator cars enough to
send them out over all the other
railroads as it would have to do, to
take the place Of the present private
car system, and no railroad would
undertake to be responsible for prod
ucts shipped in its refrigerator cars
over other lines and the consequence
would be that the producer would
find it impossible to get cars when
he wanted them and also impossible
to place any responsibility for the
shipment of his products except over
the one particular railroad that tap
ped his territory"
What do you think is the remedy
for the conspiracy of the cities?,
1.-THE Remedy
Is Agitation"
Agitation. Let the people under
stand the true situation and they will
put the power back where it be-
longs"
Where Is that?"
With the country peOple-thOseW who
produce the commodities and wealth
of the country and who should have
the supreme say as to the manage.
ment of the enterprises which are
conducted solely for the purpose of
handling their products. That is all
any of the railroads or trusts or pri-
vate car systems exist for
'Then you think the people can
control these things If they try?'
"Of course they can. The country
people are an overwhelming majority.
They are two-thirds of the total popu.
lation. When it comes to intelligence
they are the people Of this country
who have the brains and the ability
to solve great questions same as they
have the industry that creates the
wealth of the nation. They can
control all money, all legislation
every railroad, every trust, every in.
surance company, They have but to
realize this fact in order to have the
country people know their tremendous
power"
How can they be made to realize
it?"
Through the country press. LIE:
the thousands of independent, clean
honest newspapers which the country
people read print the facts regarding
these great questions and the resi-
| will take care Of ITSELF"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-29
Vacation Tours.

For the summer season of 1906 the
railroads have undoubtedly arranged
lower round trip excursion rates to the
various summer resorts than s,ny pre-.
vious year. The Minneapolis; & st.
Louis announces few of Their rates
as shown below from New Ulfl.
TO Duluth 1910: Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo S25. 90; Salt Lake
City. and Ogden $500; San Francisco,
Los Angeles and San Diego $3.50. 90;
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and other
Puget Sound points $50. 90; Spokane
S55. 90: Helena and Butte $4,000. Tick
cts on sale daily, limited to October
3lst for return. Liberal stop-over
privileges and variable routes.
Homeseekers Rates. Exceptionally
low to points in the South, Southwest,
West, North and Northwest.
For full particulars call on agents
or address "A B. QUITS,
6 r. s. Z A,
Minneapolis, MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-29
California Excursions.

The Minneapolis & ST. Louis Rail-
and San Francisco, Cal, from Sept.
al stop over privileges. For further
particulars call on agents, or address
A. 3. Cults, G p s. T A, Minneapolis.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-29
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast.

Commencing September 18th and con-
tinuing until October 3lst the Minnea-
polls 4 ST. Louis Railroad will have
on sale reduced rate one way tickets to
California, Oregon, Washington, Bri-
tish Columbia, Utah, Montana and
Idaho. Rates $500 below regular
fare. Call on Agents for particulars,
or address A. B. Cults, G p & T A,
Minneapolis.
Very Low Rates to Boise City, Idaho,
Via the North Western line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold August 80, 81
and September l, with favorable return
limits, on account of National Irriga-
ton Congress. Apply to agents Chica-
go & Northwestern R'y.
Half Rates to st. Paul and Minneapolis.
For the Minnesota State Fair at
Hamline, Mimi, September 3to s, 1906,
the Minneapolis y st. Louis r. r. will
sell excursion tickets at one fare. for
the round trip, limited for return until
September 10, 1903. For particulars
about rates, time of trains, ETC., call
on agents,
WANTED Information regarding
good farm for sale, with good title,
somewhere near New Ulm. Give price,
description and character of soil. Also
state when possession can be had.
Owners only, need answer. State how
far from town. Address: W. G.. Gun
bingham, Adrus Bldg, Minneapolis,
MINI. 1896
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-29
LIVE THE PRIMITIVE LIFE.
nhabitants Of Quaint Old Town Of La
Paz Unspoiled by Contact
with Foreigners.

Many interesting features arrest the
attention of the traveller at La Paz,
which is so far from the beaten path
that it is little changed by foreign
contact. A limited number Of electric
lights and telephones are the only up
to-date improvements. No tramWays
are seen, or other modern means Of
altering the primitive life. A goodly
number of German and French, a few
English, and perhaps dozen Ameri-
can residents make up the foreign
total of 10000 inhabitants. A military
band plays twice a week in the plaza
when the people promenadeth aris-
tocratic portion walking back and
forth on the upper side Of the square.
instead Of encircling it as they do in
all other Spanish towns
which have visited. The young men
congregate to stare at the young la.
dies, who are seldom on the streets
at other times. did not see single
beautiful woman at the many such
gatherings attended, but there are,
However, pretty types among the
IChola class, as that mixture Of Span
ish, Indian and foreign blood Is called.
Little glazed hats, high-heeled shoes
and fancy stockings, which are dis
played by very short skirts, form the
distinctive dress of the Cholas. Gaudy
shawls and jeWelry, with the omi.
i present bundle held on their backs by
vari-colored fajas, are also a part OF
their makeup. Their usually pretty
teeth, eyes and natural rudy color
give them an appearance so pleasing
as to have made them famous II
southern countries. Especially on the
numerous feast days do they bedecA
themselves in great splendor Those
Of Chola blood are widely separates
from the stupid and unattracti7e IN
| dams. but cannot aspire to the inne1
aristocratic circle. Outing Magazine
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-29

Low Rates to Minnesota State Fair,
Via the North Western line. Excursion
tickets will besold at one fare for round
trip, Sept. l to 8, inclusive limited to
return until Sept. 10, inclusive. Apply
to agents Chicago & North Western
R,v