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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
THE AMENDMENTS

The people of Kansas do not wish
any tinkering with the states consti-
tuition.
This conclusion is reached after
noting some Of the official returns.
Complete returns are not yet available,
but the official figures for each county
as published in the county papers in
dictate that there were nearly as many
votes against the proposition as there
were for them. and in a few counties
the majorities were against the amend
ments.
During the campaign there was not
a single argument advanced against
any of the three amendments pro-
posed. There could be no objection
raised to them. One was intended to
save valuable time in the legislature
by cutting out special law-making,
which is prohibited by the constitu-
ton anyway, but was a dead letter
The second to cut out another dead
letter provision Of the constitution;
and the third was to remedy serious
defect in probate courts.
All the facts We're so one-sided in
favor of adopting these amendments
that little was said about them. As a
consequence thousands Of people did
not understand them. and 1t appears to
have been this class that voted against
the propositions. They did not wish
to take any chances on changing the
constitution in a way that they knew
nothing about, and so they voted
against changing it at all.
The results are interesting. In most
counties the amendment to do away
with the double liability provision Of
the constitution ran behind the others
In Doniphan county the first amend
ment carried by a vote of s54 to 513;
the second by s5T to $40; and the third
by s2S to $50.
In Anderson county the first carried
by 95s to $50, but the second lost by
vote of $40 to 941. while the third
carried.
In Ellsworth county the first was
defeated by SIS to SIS, but the second
and third carried.
IN Jackson county the first carried
by a majority of 1914 in a total vote
of over 1900. and the second had a
narrow majority Of only rs. and the
third 1O5.
In Mitchell county all three amend
ments were beaten-the first by 82S to
1858: the SECOND by s91 to 1,214; and
the third by LOLA to 1.077.
All of which indicates that the peo-
pie Of Kansas are very careful about
changing the constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

try to play double. Especially should
this be true in nominating United
State senator. It is difficult to see how
any honest legislator can have any
good reason for not voting in the open
in the senatorial caucus and letting bis
constituents know just what he does
The Hutchinson Independent presents
some pertinent remarks along this line
when 1t says:
kansas has a United States senator
to elect next spring. Her represen Ia
tives and senators will select this sem
ator. Who the successful man viii be,
of course no one now can say Each
man to his own choice IN this matter.
But the voters have right to know
how their representatives vote. There
is just one way that this can be known
and that is by an open caucus of the
members of the House and senate,
when they meet in Joint session 10 BAL
lot for the man whom the Republicans
mo honest Republican can object to
an open caucus, where the roll IS CALI
ed and where each man stands up
can object to this. unless he is either
trying to deceive his constituents or
some candidate whom he has prom
ised to support and has failed TO do So
That much abused "Pringle Legtsla-
ture' followed this custom. There may
be some acts of that legislature that
we do not approve, but that one, Of
standing UP and being counted, is one
that should not only be commended
now, but followed hereafter.
STAND uD and be countedi Let the
people know, Mr.. Representative, how
you vote They have a right to know
and you can have no right to deny
that Knowledge. If that vote disclOseS
sinister motives, if it discloses selfish
schemes, if it uncovers schemes of the
past, of which you seek TO keep others
in ignorance, stand UP and be counted
and let the light of publicity shine
through and the people will have a
chance to see what they voted for
ION the other hand. Mr.. Represen-
tative, if you vote the way a majority
Of the people desire you to, they will
commend you. They will land you
and re-elect you. But don't deceive
the public Let the people know
whom you are for for United States
senator The people whom you repre-
sent have a right to know whom you
are for. They have. a right to know
and to know that from the records.
Let's have an open caucus on United
State SENATOR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
Awful Bills.

The doctors, before the formal month
ly session of the medical society opened.
talked about the bill for $4,000 recently
presented to the estate of a dead mil
HOnaire by a famous physician
"A big fee?" said an eye specialist.
Yes, 1t was big fee. There are r,en
who, working TEN hours a day their
whole lives long, don't earn so much
money. At the same time it was no,
historically speaking, a big fee at all.
For history tells US, with an envious
licking of the lips, that there have been
far bigger fees.
For instance, DR.. Thomas Din1sdale,
for vaccinating the Empress Catherine
II at ST. Petersburg, got $4,000. and a
pension of $500 q year for life
DR.. John Butler went to India and
performed the opera ions of lithotomy
on six rajahs, Each rajah paid him
$50. 900.
Prof. zacherine of Moscow got s75,-
600 for two days attendance on the
father of the present car.
DO. Gale YOwski, the ophthalologist.
went to Teheran to attend the Shah Of
Persia's son. His fee was $35. 000 wish
travelling expenses and board extra.
When the king of England, before
dringham, DR.. William Jenner pulled
him through For this he was paid $780,
600 and made barOnet to boot.
Sir MoreH Mackenzie attended the
father of the German emperor in his
last illness-a cancerous affection Of
the throat. On the emperor's death S'r
Morell presented a bill for 100000 that
was paid without a murmur. Los An
ereIpS Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

4 Timothy. 6:1O.
1t seems quite possible that John d.
Rockefeller and his business associates
do not realize the wrongs they have
been committing in the name of high
finance Such is the blighting power
of money when it is sought merely for
its own sake and for the sake of the
power it carries of right and wrong.
1t was doubtless this blight that
comes from the sordid love of wealth
and gain that made Judas the arch
traitor of history. The case Of Judas is
almost incoInpreh ensible. For three
years he was daily in the presence Of
the Savior of men. yet he was so
possessed of the passion for money
that the influence of the Great Master
had small place in his heart 1t was
Judas who assumed to carry the purse
for the disciples. He handled the
money, and so small and mean was his
spirit that when Mary Amounted Jesus
with a precious ointment he criticised
what he deemed was a great waste.
because he coveted the money the
ointment might have brought to his
purse.
And when he thought things were
coming to an end what act of infamy
did he commit? He sold out his best
friend secretly. Just as a modern finan-
cier of the money-mad type would do.
When he thought the enemies of Jesus
were about to prevail against him, he
went to make peace with them and
incidentally to make some money IN
the deal. How like a game of high
finance where a corporation gets
wobbly and each high financier tries
to unload secretly, leaving his friends
to hold the sack.
What fine trust magnate Judas
would have made in these latter days.
With a greed for gold that knew no
scruples, he could have played the
game to perfection. He could have
crushed competition without qualm,
lust as Standard Oil and other trusts
have done. He could have organized
stock-jobbing schemes and betrayed
his friends for gain, and his money
love would have made him blind to
the wrongfulness Of it. He could have
extorted millions from the people by
means OF a monopoly, and have con-
WINGED himself that he was a public
benefactor If he gave some Of it to
the poor or for the endowment of
college.
The same greed for gold that blind
ed poor Judas and made him trait
or, accused by God and man, blinds
many another man today 1t is that
which is at the bottom not only or
the iliegitimate trust. but of the petty
deal whereby the sharpster in busi-
ness swindles a trusting friend and
thinks he has done no wrong If he
goes not beyond the limit of the law.
For the Rockfellers and the trust
magnates are not the only offenders.
Money love makes many a poor man
do an unfair thing when the occasion
presents itself, and as his greed grows
upon him it blinds him to the wrong
he commits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the Chicago News. ]

IFrom the Chicago News
Do something for somebody, and do
The rattle of dry bones is heard in
the dice cup.
After being sworn in most office
holders are sworn at
A man never knows what love is IN
til he has sInelled powder.
Emptying the wrong bottle has filled
many an untimely grave.
No man ever got a pain in his back
from carrying his neighbor's burden
This scarcity of railway passes must
seem passing strange to politicians.
our idea of a modest man is one who
can keep his opinion of himself to him.
self.
Few magnifying glasses are powerful
enough to enable a man to see his own
faults.
No man who says just what he
thinks is apt to acquire an enviable
reputation as a thinker.
A girls idea of a delightful play is
one that makes her cry-and order a
lobster after it's over.
You may have noticed that the more
an officeholder talks about reslgnlng'
the tighter he clings to his job.
Nothing p1eases a man with a well
developed sense of humor so much as
setting two chronic bores to boring
each other
Before engaging the parson, young
man it might be advisable to ascertain
If YOU can support the girl in that con-
dition of idleness to which she has been
accustomed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
JAYHAWKER .JOT.S

Hip, hip, Murray! Southern Kansas
announces that there will be no short
age in the turkey crop this year
Whiting is entitled to the prize corn
husking lie thus far 1t claims Whit
ing man shucked EOS bushels of corn
in one day.
Robinson is making bid as a mecca
fer newly married people The town
council has instructed the marshal to
allow no "shiverees" in the town.
A new bank in Central Kansas Is
owned almost entirely by farmers 1t
is not the only one OF the kind, now
ever. And most of the money on de-
post in the average Kansas bank be-
longs to farmers. too
Sabetha puts in a claim to fame be-
cause a girl from that town married
the man who composed Il Fondly
Loved You yet" If this be true, why
not amend the title to read. Il Loved
You Fondly Yet Already Still
You can hardly blame the. Window
Press for being a trihe curious under
the circumstances. 1t says: will the
correspondent who wrote the items on
the back of the following love letter
kindly come in and bring the rest OF
the letter. This Is the letter; My
heart burns for you; my breast throbs
for its mate and my brain tells me you
are my affinity. If you will be mine,
wear red ribbon in true lover
church. 1 will know then that on the
road home I can sip the honey from
the honeysuckle, my honeysuckle my
- The rest is what we want"
Atchison poked all sorts Of fun at
st. Joe because Of the dishpan riot
there a few weeks ago. but Atchison
knows how 1t goes now The Globe
says. ''At a crush at an uptown store
this morning, a front window was
broken. and two women tainted. Near
ly every woman present had her
clothes torn more or less. A table con-
tanning queensware was turned over.
and much Of the dueensware the table
contained was broken. The attraction
was a sale of graniteware- Two po-
lfcemen were called in to maintain or
der IN the crush a colored woman
lost her pocketbook. A colored wo-
man went through a large pane of
glass in the display window. Another
colored woman had her face cut by
glass"
Troy Chief: This item was clipped
out of a newspaper and we want to
enter 1t as the prize funny story of the
week. We hope everybody who is af-
1icted with the habit Of putting in"
man discovered that his telephone did
not work properly and proceeded to
take the tranSnitter apart and repair
it. He lost the granulated carbon out
of the cup and after examining it de-
cided it was gunpowder. He forth
with proceeded to refill 1T from a can
he had in stock The first time the
battery iEnited the gunpowder and all
the neighbors who were eavesdrOpping
on the party line had their noses blown
full of black powder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record-1
Calling cards-a good poker hand
Even a left-handed compliment may
be all right
A bachelor girl is merely an old maid
who is ashamed to own UP to 1t.
1t can't be much fun for girl to
marry a man who is already bald
A man and his wife are one, but
there must still be enough for two.
Every woman has subconscious
wonder If a halo will be becoming TO
her
Some people who feel that they are
above criticism are really beneath our
notice.
The best way to get rid Of the spar
row is to make him fashionable for
women's hats.
A woman suffers from a broken heart
almost as much as a man suffers from
indigestion.
All babies are Intelligent. They have
to be to understand the language their
mothers talk to them.
Sillicus-..A husband should tell his
troubles to his wife" Cynicus-Y es
and she generally sees that he has plen-
ty to tell"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
RilI,s Vote Went Begging.

'Bill'' Sweeney, a negro, came down
to Utica from the Oneida county aims
house to vote Tuesday. A watchful pat
riot stepped forward briskly when
Sweeney's name was called, and said,
I challenge YOU
well, All haint a gwine to fight you.
Ah'm too DID,, said Bill.
Il don't want to fight you It's your
vote I challenge, the patriot said.
well, All haint a gwine to lose my
vote is no challenges or fights or any
thing else. Ah'm a gwine to vote, and
that's all there am to it."
Are you a native of the United
States ?" the inspector asked.
mo, I haint no native of this here
United States Bill said. "Ah was bohn
in Maryland
Were you ever naturalized?"
Dunno what dat am. boss, but was
vaccinated once"
Have. you received any pay for your
vote?'
sGolly. I couldn't find any. All looked
around some. too
Have you, or do you expect to pay
any one for this vote?"
Am dis a 'musement place, loss?
Ah'd like to know hows All kin pay fer
a vote when All haint got a cent. Funny
questions yer asking me-"
Bill was allowed to vote.-New York
World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IRON the Atchison Giobe.l

TFrom the Atchison Globe-1
Don't permit pretended friends to ex-
aggerate your sorrows.
ANY man is unreliable when talking
about his side of the case.
We don't see why woman would pay
her money for a bright purple dress.
A woman with a natural peaches and
cream complexion never gets any credlt
for it, Everyone. says: Artificial
One night, a lecturer began his discourse
as follows s'There never was but one
really good druggist, and he was my
brother; there never was but one good
piano player, and she was my oldest sis
ter; there never was but one good singer
and she was my other sister; there never
was but one good lawyer, and he
was my other brother; there. never was
but one good cook, and she was my
mother; there never was but one good
store keeper, and he was my father; and
it is matter of world wide notoriety
that there never was but one really good
lecturer. and am the man Now
isn't that talk just like the talk heard
in some families? Nobody ever amounts
to anything except their kin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

he found that she had fiown-and he
could find no trace OF her"
When the low, mesmeric voice had
finished, Dorothy Clemmens looked up
with startled eyes. The lambert flame
IN them met an answering flash in his.
Father died the year graduated"
she said unsteadily. I'VE had to give
up our old home; and ever since I've
been putting what little learning ia
gained to use-'teaching the young
mind etc. Incidentally now, I'm chap
erOning, as you see.' She gave a vague.
graceful little motion with her slim
hand, which included Elya,f the two
English chappies. and part OF the stage.
Back in that little spot on Long Is
land" went on her companion eagerly,
"the sea is just as blue as ever, I'm
sure. And the white sails are there.
and-don't you think. princess, II we
went back we might find fairyland?
Just here the orchestra took up tho
superb stretto of 'The Decision o.
Love-" and there was the general stir
in the house of people getting ready for
the third act.
When, at the end Of the month, Elya
Dix sailed for America, Miss Dorothy
CIemmens sailed with her as Paul
Demarest's fiancee.
but isn't it terribly funny, mother
said Elya as she unpacked her Partisan
finery ito think of my coming back
from gay Paris quite unengaged, and
my chaperon with a prize on her
string?''
And Mrs. James Dix c1asped her ring
bedecled, plump hands in acquiescence.
Copyright. 1906. by E. c. PARCELS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

ton of Mr.. Curtis vote came from the
Democrats. Although there was no
fight made on Curtis" says the Re-
corder. I've doubt If over sixty per
cent Of the Republicans OF the county
voted for him. The Democratic paper
and a good many leading Democrats
in various parts of the county opposed
Mr. Webb. Webb would easily have
carried the county by a good majority
If the Democrats had given him any
thing like a loyal support"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

We concede that the Democrats won
a moral victory, of course, but none
Of EN- know what to do with the
blamed thing, now that they've got it.
4
It is said that the proposition to
build a street car viaduct for the Oak
land cars over the Santa Fe on Bran
ner street is still up in the air. But
won't it still be up in the air If the
Viaduct is built.
"a Cheerful LIAR is being played
out on the Kerosene circuit. He sure
ought to have good business If all the
other ones come to see him.
Up to the hour Of going to press the
Leavenworth Times is still waging its
fight to have the saloons in that town
closed on Sunday, but the chances
are against its success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
q Bird TALE.

why are you so grumpy
Asked n friendly lark
OF a disconnected bird
Longing in the park.
Birdie never answered,
Just froWned angrily:
Then I heard q wee cheep
High uD in the tree:
TELL you why he's grumpy,
Why he wants to pout-
Five fine eggs this morning
For him Matched out.
And all five are girls, sir
Precious little joys
And he is so angry,
Cause he wanted boys"
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

Evidently the state institutions are
needing the injunction. Ask largely.
that your joy may be full The State
University is asking for half million
for the next biennial period, and the
state Agricultural college does a hun
dred thousand better, with the State
Normal still to hear from Kansas
cannot afford to be niggardly with its
state Institutions, and the institutions
evidently do not intend to encourage
niggardliness-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
REFLECTIONS OF a BAcIIE1oR.
TFrom the New York Press.1

The photograph that a girl is proudest
of is the one that looks least like her
If women voted it would cost a lot OF
extra money having looking glasses in
all the polling booths
A woman will never admit she has
cold feet except to her husband and
then she doesn't say so.
After aman has been married couple
OF years he acts as If he had rescued
the other fellows who didn't get her
from drowning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

'sIf the voters had known exactly
how says the Clay Center Times.
s'tney would have beaten the life out
Of Ryan and Ryker for railroad COM
1nissioners." How lucky it was for
Messrs. Ryan and Ryker that the peo-
p1e were ignorant!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

Senator Cullom thinks the tariff
should be taken out of politics. The
senator IS correct. And the way to
take 1t out of politics is to do what
the people want by abolishing all tar
IFS that help the trusts to rob the con-
sanmers, and leaving those in force that
really protect infant industries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17
An OPEN CAUCus.

One Of the things that will help to
restore confidence in the Republican
party in Kansas Is for the members
or the legislature the coming winter
to be open and above board and not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

Secretary Bonaparte's suggestion
that party bosses be legalized recalls
TO Father Beck the fact that a distin-
guished ancestor of the secretary was
himself something of a boss over in
France. He legalized himself. too, by
aha rav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

Frank FARRELL mrst be more care
full in his statements or he will lose his
prestige for accuracy. Before cleo
ton Mr.. FARRELL said he could not find
Popufist in Jackson county who
would vote for Keefer. the Populist
nominee for governor. There were
seven votes for Keefer in Jackson
rorYutv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

The fact that the farmers Of New
York state pretty generally voted for
Hughes might indicate that the farm
ers are for the man who can raise a.
good growth Of alfalfa on his face.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

The HoIton Recorder is glad to note
that p H Tracy, the Republican nom
snea for representative in Pottawato-
mile county, IS defeated THE best
way to strengthen the party" says the
Recorder, lis to defeat such fellows as
rFracvfs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

It has taken him some time, but
Secretary Shaw has at last discovered
that Wall street is not the whole
United States. and he has made official
announcement of the fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

W. W. Rose expects to again be
candidate for mayor of Kansas City,
Kan. next spring Mr.. Rose probably
figures that the statute of limitations
raised by the supreme court will have
ran by that time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

The Democrats are becoming indie
pendent as well as the Republicans.
rcngressman Curtis carried Jackson
county. by 24s plurality. and the Hol-
een Recorder says a considerable por-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

The lead pencil trust has advanced
tire price Of pencils. We will have to
use chalk to mark this up against the
trusts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

A prize-fighter has died up in Michi-
snn as a result of a blow on the head
Is prize-fghting to become as danger
Gus as footbau2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

Naturally the nomination of rail-
road engineer for mayor of Kansas
city, Kan, is looked upon as vic
tory for machine politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

Here is another crime charged up
against the Standard: 1t caused the
resignation OF a Topeka man as presi-
dent Of Mexico,s big railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

The indications are that Congress
man Curtis has picked up a state SEN
ator IN the Cloud-Republic district
and every little helps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-17

Neither party bought votes in In
diana this year and it went Republi-
can BY $4,000. 1t does not necessar-
ilv follow. hoWeVer-