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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13
FIARRINIAN AND RoGERs.

In connection with the recent in
designations of the conduct of corpora
tons, it is decidedly refreshing to com
pare the answer of Mr.. Hartman in
the insurance Investigations with those
Of Mr.. Rogers in the Standard oil
case now in progress in New York city.
conducted by that Kansas man. now
attorney general Of Missouri, Herbert
Hadley.
Mr.. Hadley is pursuing Mr.. Rogers
so closely that he may possibly
slbiy, Remembered a direct answer
TO some Of his important questions.
Mr.. Hartman is an interesting char
acter to the west because he Is spend
ing enormous sums of money in west
ern railroads. The construction of the
Lucin cut off through Great Salt Lake
is one of the marvels of railroad en-
gineering and was one of Mr.. Harri-
mans projects. Nearer home. the
double track line now almost COM
pleted on the Union Pacific between
Topeka and Kansas City. and to be
used Jointly with the Rock Island, is a
project in which Topeka and Kansas
are especially interested. It is said
that this sixty-seven miles of work will
be one Of the finest stretches of double
rack in the whole country. Mr. Har-
riman seems to believe in spending
money on improving his lines rather
than on lobbyists. and he aided in ex-
posing rotten methods of the insur-
ance companies in the recent fnvestiga-
tons.
Mr.. Hartman appears to have come
out with healthier bill than many of
his associates. His printed testimony
is at hand. He said he wanted to see
that matters were ION the square"
His answers were full and frank, not
evasive and refractory. There is none
Of the fmpudence in his testimony that
signalizes the Rogers an
swers now coming out day by day. One
of Mr.. Harrimanss answers was: IF
It will help your committee in any way
/ will be glad to do So
Hartman was member Of the
Prick committee. and concurred in its
report. notwithstanding 1t reflected
seriously upon his young friend. Mr..
Hyde. Hartman advised Hyde to face
the music and he moved the adoption
of the Prick report which was severe |
upon Hyde. The Prick committee
report pried Mr.. Hyde loose from
hundred thousand dollar job, and was
the herald of the downfall Of the presi- |
dents of the two other big companies /
;,,,-~i,-ad in the Insurance scandal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13

That loss has to be made up by some
body: It does not come out of the peck
cts Of the railroad men, we may be
sure OF that The railroad gets 1t back
IN nigh rates on the farmers products
Tor the farmers have no trust They
ger II back in rates on your hats and
SHOES, your food, your coal, and other
commodities. You pay 1t: you are q
sort of unconscious philanthropist as
s1st1ng Mr.. Armour in his business by
paying part of his freight rate.
Armour and his associates not only
ascend TO the heights of power. playing
thus with the destinies of cities, but
they go also to the depths of petty
trickery- Nothing seems too great nor
TOO small when a penny is to be turned
one would suppose that when they
make millions In wholesale rate discrim-
nations that they would not descend to
mean and trivial subterfuges. But ex-
anime this condition of things. Beef is
hung up in the refrigerator cars. There
Is a space underneath on the floor Of
the car. It has been charged that this
space is sometimes crowded full of
dressed poultry, eggs, and so on POul-
try and eggs take a high freight rate;
but thus packed, Armour gets them car
ried for nothingi It is his car. it is his
ence with the railroads. Inspectors are,
of course, appointed to see that no con-
traband freight is carried and that the
weights are correctly registered, but
there are many cars and few inspectors
as the testimony in these cases plainly
shows. How much of such business
goes on no one knows-and no one can
find out-but it has been shown to exist
in numerous cases. OF course if Ar
mour can carry his poultry and eggs
from Chicago to New York free, that
is if he can save the freight charge or
even a part of it, he can undersell his
competitors and ultimately put them out
of business. Indeed, a very large part
Of 10 business of the
country is now in his hands and more
is drifting that way every year.-From
Railroads on Trial" by Ray Stannard
Baker, in the January McClure's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13
IN DEFENSE or THE CAPITAL.

If ANYBODY is suggested as a candi-
date for Office in opposition to some one
the Topeka Capital wants that paper
promptly raises the cry that he Is a
railroad candidate. Less than three
years ago the Capital was busy boost
ing railroad candidates, and It's columns
teemed with railroad editorials. 1t is a
little too new a convert to warrant II
in assuming to be the entire anti-rail-
road acknowledgement Leader-Courler
Isn't the Leader Courier little bit in
clined to find fault with this carDing
criticism? The State Journal sometimes
had its differences with its contemporary
across the alley, but It will not remain
silent under any uneaned-for criticisms
Of it's morning rival.
In the first place. the Capital is en-
tirely consistent in its attitude. This is
the season Of the year when no election
is at hand and this is therefore a good
time for the Capital to put up vigor-
Gus fight against the railroads and vari-
Gus other things. Later on, when it
comes time to vote, it can come into
line for the railroad candidates all right.
The Capital is used to that sort of
thing. A dozen years ago the Capitals
editor was writing free silver planks
for the Republican state platform in
Kansas, but when the powers that be
decreed that free silver was wicked, the
Capital was Immediately converted and
was against free silve T at once and
forthwith; and although its faith in
high tariff for the trusts is webbing a
little of late, it is still against free sill
YER
OF course that is ancient history. but
coming down to recent date it has
record as lightning change artist that
is entirely consistent with its course re-
garding railroads. Less than 10 months
ago it was explaining that Tom Kelly's
furnishing A. A. GODDARD with s123. 900 of
state money with which to finance the
notorious Comanche county bond deal.
and actually paying GODDARD interest on
the states own money during the time
he was using 1.-THE Capital was ex-
planning that this was only technical
on Kelly's part and that
he ought therefore to be reelected as
state treasurer. Recently it has urged that
a technical" violation Of law on the
part of the cattlemen in fencing public
lands is just as bad as any violation
and should be severely punished
During the last campaign, too. the
Capital was kept busy explaining to the
voters how pure-minded and upright
were the perpetrators of that Comanche
bond outrage. but recently It boldly sta
ted that even Attorney General Coleman
was nominated by a railroad combi-
ton
Then there is the Capitals well known
Of the present railroad
board during the last campaign. 1t
even Joined in aiding A. D. Walker to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13

Perhaps that long march which the
men of the Sixth battery were COM
PEELED to make from Fort Riley to
Fort Sam Houston may throw some
light on the question. The dispatches
say that the battery has Just reached
its destination. having marched eleven
hundred miles in flfty-five days. The
men are haggard and the horses mere
skeletons. Some of the privates are
scarcely able to travel because Of the
hardships they have undergone They
have suffered greatly on the march.
One man died from exposure and
hardships. Ard all to no purpose
whatever. The efficiency of the army
has been in no wise Increased, and
nothing has been learned except that
some high officers have made a bad
blunder. Men can make such marches
when called to do so by the fortunes OF
war. but it is almost criminal to force
them TO undergo such hardships in
time Of peace. Private soldiers are
subject to indisnities by officers in the
name of discipline that are extreme
~ difficult for a self-respecting Ameri-
can citizen to stand and retain his self
respect. If these conditions were
somewhat different perhaps assertions
from the army would not be so fire.
Quent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13

one raise note would ruin everything
toyed with the crane fruit as long as
possible. Then I rang the bell. IS I
did so / kept my eyes fixed on Billy
He sat opposite the kitchen door. and
would be the first to see Aunt Fattie-
The kitchen door creaked. swung opens
and the expression on BilIy's face sig
nailed me that something had hap
"Aunty." he burst out. and then
checked himself
From behind me came a. soft voice
with the pleasant slurred accent of the
south II reckon you'ss 'sprised to see
me, Marsr Billy You didn't know I
was to cook de dinnar, did you ,"
turned and beheld-Aunt Pattie!
And yet not Aunt Pattie. For the faos'
That beamed from beneath q bandana
spadest
To Miss Cuyler this apparition wac
nothing moro than loquacious. duslzy
servant but the rest of US were IN
ecstasies OF nirth. We have vowed
ever since that We owed the whole sue
cess OF the evening to aunt Pattie for
not only was the dinner deliciously
cooked and spIendidly served, but il
went with whirl. Harry Rockmin-
ster was never more brilliant in his
life, and told stories Of marvellous
escapades in which he had taken part.
Cynthia recited ''Lasca" with true dra-
matte fervor- Between courses Worth
ington played snatches on his violin,
which Perry made up funny im-
plomptu choruses. The men smoked
and through the blue haze shone the
radiant face Of Miss Cuyler.
When dinner was over she leaned
back in her chair with a little sigh.
Its just as fancied Bohemia would
be- she declared. "Oh, what fun you
all must have gathering round the
course, it's just common occurrence
to You, but I shall never forget It.
Never And I can't thank you enough
for this glimpse of it"
Billy said she thanked him fervent-
~ again when he saw her to her car
riage. I've had the time of my life, !"
she reiterated. 1.-THE time Of my Iifei"
wen, she wasn't the only one
said Worthington. He had taken of
his wig and was hopping his brow
while the rest of US sat about the din
ing room table nibbling at the remains
of dessert. and teasing Aunt Pattie to
have something more substantial
than lobster salad and a cup of COT
fee.
Miss Cuyler did seem to appreciate
it," said Cynthia.
Appreciated cried Billy. Il think
1t s we who ought to appreciate her
cOmingt Why just to look at her is
a feastt She has exactly the kind Of
eyes I want for my Queen Titania- -
Why don't you ask her to pose for
il, them" suggested Cynthia slyly.
II have" answered Billy quite sim
ply. "and we are going to begin to-
morrow"
whit" sniffed Betty. Il smell
orange blossomst" And under cover
of the laughter Harry turned to me.
Miss Cuyler's had the time of her
life. Billy's had the time of his, and
there's just one thing waiting to give
me the time of mine" His lips were
smiling. but there was no mistaking
the look in his eyes.
I'D hate to spoil your evening by
saying no. I whispered back. And
then, although I was so happy I had
an absurd desire to cry. and If Billy
hadn't suddenly Interrupted with q
toast to the shores of Bohemia good
ness knows what might have happen
1905, by X A. White
head.)
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orAKER REFLECTIONs.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record.

rFrom the Philadelphia Recoro.l
A threatening letter-T-
FiFures never lie. except in election re-
turns. - ..a-, n course din
ner IS fine. sl4
ial blue pencil.
Few women can change color without
the aid of a makeup box
EoIIfnrstone NOmoss-'I seen great
painting onct called work IattefSoll
Torn-''Was it good?" Rollingstone no
moss-"Sure it was. It made me tired.
The fellow who never makes way for
others is pretty sure to make MS own
No Maud; you should not be afraid OF
a fish bite It only results fatally to the
The more a woman coddles her dog the
more she is apt to regard her husband as
a brute.
The advice Of our friends comes in han
DIV when we want to blame our 1aliures
on something
The man who is known among his in
Inmates as good fellow doesn't al
vays have that reputation at home
BIobbs-''XVhat a man says in an after
dinner speech is seldom charged against
him" Slobbs-'No; but the wine that
inspires it Is.
Wigg-"Do you think the political con-
tractors are a good thing for the city,
Wa. 3-"CertaipIy not. But the city seems
to be a good thing for the political con
tractors
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get his fraudulent delegation from
Jackson county into the Republican
state convention. OF course the Capital
knew then that Mr.. Walker was q rail-
road candidate-at least it might have
discovered 1t by reading the state Jour
nal-but at that time the "exigencies of
politics" demanded that it stand for the
railroad candida tes-and il stood
There is therefore nothing inconsistent
in the way the Capital is lighting the
railroads now. and the Kingman pa
per's criticism is entirely uncaIled for.
If the Capital can aid in steering the
new railroad reform movement in kan
sas in favor Of its friends it will doubt
less consider its course abundantly JUS
tilted. and if it doesn't it can easily line
up for the railroads again
So why should the Kingman paper
break forth in carping criticism OF the
State Journals contemporary? II it
wishes to assume to be the entire anti
road show why shouldn't it do so?
It viii probably get a lot of amusement
out Of the assumption, and hardly any
one viii be fooled by it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13
JAYHA WKER J0Ty

Work was begun a few days ago on a
new opera house for Coffeyville.
Harper county paid off the last of its
county Indebtedness not long ago.
The STAFFORD Republican is another
country weekly paper that has installed
a linotype.
According to Ralph Tennal there is
a wonderful girl in Sabetha who has
practiced until she can make the dim-
pies in her cheeks show, no difference
what words she uses s.f
The county commissioners Of Wilson
county have offered bounty Of five
cents for each crow killed in that coun-
ty between now and the first of July.
The man behind the gun viii now get
busy
Mild remonstrance by the Coneyville
Record: The newspapers of the state
have been making puns out of Rev
Ottos Methodist revival, for nearly two
weeks and The Record has submitted
to it without a word, but 1t Is getting
ancient now and we believe the ques-
ton Otto be dropped
There was strike at Coffeyville the
other night. The white turn -out-and-
carry-in'' boys in a fruit jar factory,
seventeen in number in the night snlft'
refused to work with four colored boys.
The plant was tied up during one night,
but the next day the strikers won and
the work continued
Warning to Frank farrell Dy Fdtnef
Beck: Frank FARRELL the editor of the
Signal, complains that rour wife oc-
casionany drops into the OFFICE ana
proceeds to blue pencil his editorials
Shucks! that's nothing Let Frank
walt until our Wife is reinforced by
''our son" and "our daughter and ne
will begin to realize what trouble IS on
this particular line.
Atchison Globe: who was IT. a
white-haired man is sweeping snow on
the walks in st. Joe. charging fve cents
A lob. and this IS what he tells;
guess this is the first time you ever hsu
a United states senator shovel the snow
from your walk I was one of the SEN
ators from the Sunfiower state once,
living in Marshall county, Kansas
nrscticed law for twenty-one years
there. This shows what whisky will DO
for you. r7,,.a,,
Farmers are warned by the troy
chief to look out for new grafter
Nebraska farmers have been worked py
the water tank graft A man oIrers
them water tank warranted not 10
freeze I'D with the thermometer 30 de-
prees below zero. If he cannot sen
tank. the agent leaves a sample lflt re-
cures a contract that the farmer re-
turns it if not satisfactory. Oh course
the contract turns up IN the same olu
yvav as a note for the farmer TO pay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13

In The Worlds Work for January, in
"The Last of the Territories" NJ. G.
Cunnfff reports the sharp retort of a
Mexican in reply to Senator Beveridge.
He says:
Some of the residents of New Mexico
are descendants of aristccratic Spanish
families still conducting in almost feudal
fashion vast sheep ranges in lands
granted to their ancestors by the Span
ish crown. Or they are progressive bus
mess men differing no more from their
American associates than the casual
Germans or Jews or Frenchmen with
whom they daily do business. They are
Spaniards or Mexicans, but American
lied. Senator Beverage, on a flying
trip of Investigation through the terri
tories. asked Mr. Isidro Armijo the pro-
bate clerk of Donna Ana county, if he
We're not a Mexican.
NO" was the reply
But your parents were AIexican?''
asked the senator
Yes" said Mr.. Armijo. land yours
were German. but that doesn't make
you Dutch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13
Whv She Yielded.

A small man sat in the corner of a
subway car. An extremely thin and
very well dressed woman sat down
next him. but placed herself exactly
on the live dividing two seats. The
car field up and strap hangers were
much in evidence. A man tried to
sit down between the woman and the
man in the corner He gave it up.
Another tried on the other side, with
the same lack of success and he, too,
Joined the strap brigade. At Four
teenth street more people crowded into
the car, but the thin woman serenely
held her position. At length the man
in the corner said, mildly:
Madame, you are occupying two
seats"
The woman gave him a scornful
look and glancing at her attenuated
proportions said very emphatically:
Certainly not, sir
Il did not say you were filing
them, answered the man.
A smile rippled from face to face
like summer wave on a sandy beach
The woman slid hastily away from the
man in the corner and incidentally
landed in the middle of a seat. where
upon the fat man clinging to a strap
sank slowly and heavily into the va
cant space, with a deep sigh of salts
faction, and peace reigned once more.
Exchange.
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Po1NTED PARAGRAPHs.
ron Ale chieago News.l

TFr0m the Chicago NeWs-I
Fresh paint shows up better on fences
than on faces
No man knows all there is to know
about his business.
It is time to look out when a thing viii
not bear looking into.
A girls idea of a coward is a young
man who is afraid to propose.
Brevity may be the soul OF wit, but
when a man is short it's no joke.
Some women spend half their time
quarreling and the other half gossiping-
A surprise party is one to which the
undesirable neighbors are not invited.
1t isn't always the man with the high
est forehead that makes the most of his
brains.
spinster says all angels are beardless
because even the best men get into heav-
en- only by q close shave.
IF husbands and wives loved each other
as they love themselves there would be
no need Of divorce courts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13
OnrseIres and Others.

Mrs Russell Sage is one of the most
active workers of the movement to abol-
ish the docking of the tails of horses.
In a discussion of this movement she
said recently:
IF the horses already locked were out
of the way, we should have no trouble
in putting a stop to docking forever. But
many persons, advocates of our move
ment in the past. no sooner buy a PAIR
of snowy carriage horses with locked
tails than they desert US and go over to
the enemy.
She smiled sadly.
1T is the old story she said white
owned a dog. Black. who lived next door,
came to him and said:
Look here, that dog of yours howls
going mad for want of sleep.
Is that so?' said White. hadn't no
ticed his bowling. I think you must be
mistaken
"A week passed and Black came home
one day with the Objectionable dog on
string.
- I have bought this Cur ne teld his
wife. I have bought it from White ana
Another week and White, the dogs
former owner, said to Black:
80 You haven't chloroformed that dog
yet, have your
- Why. no, not yet Black answered.
The fact is. we have grown rather fond
Of the critter, he is so playful and affec-
tomato.
:" But doesn't his barking annoy your
White asked.
d" Well White grumbled. I can't sleep
for the brute's continual bowling.
Mrs. Sage smiled again.
I'm the case of ourselves it is one thing:
in the case of others it is a different mat
ter she said.-Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-13
HUMOR or THE Day

MY. Uncle Toiliver is coming up to visit
me next week says q r1iddle-aged arch
itect. Hell want to go to the theater,
and I'm sorry there's nothing Shakes
pearean to take him to see. He hasn't
been inside a heater since I took him to
see tOtheilo' years ago. After the play [
asked him how he liked it.
% Well said he. I didn't see but what
the coon did as well as any Of them. -
New York Mail.
Scene-Hairdresser s shop.
Barber to Customer-Razor all right.
sir?
Customer-AIy- dear man. If you hadn't
mentioned it I'd never have known there
was a razor on my face.
Barber-Thank youl
Customer (continuing)-I thought YOU
were using a f1le.-PucS-
Don't you think, Miss Sharp" said the
clergyman, that since marriage is such
a holy thing it is singular marriages are
not made in heaven
Perhaps. sir replied the young wo-
man, lit is difficult to find a clergyman
there. Boston Transcript.
II think" declared the little daughter
of the widow to the millionaire. who was
calling. that you are charming and de-
lightful man"
How meet What makes you think SOP
Mamma told me to.'-Tit-Bits.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Frank farrell always did have it
in for Cyrus Leland He says the
only difference between Boss Leland
ana Boss Stubs is that Stubbs has
red hair.
One Of a boys serious troubles is
having to wear a homemade hair cut.
Personal mention: Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick is a new washerwoman who
has lately moved to Columbus, Ohio.
OF course it is eminently proper for
the United States senate to investigate
the rumors of graft at Panama. If
there is graft anywhere you can trust
the United States senate to find out
where the graft is. OF course. Let
the good work go on,
Some people object to old age and
wrinkles. but they never turn down a
twenty dollar bill on that account