The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
FROA OTHER PENS

ACCEPTING THE TWO-CENT FARE.
Railroads in western states, from
Michigan across to Nebraska, seven in
all, have accepted without resistance 2
cents mile as the new passenger rate.
These roads are not going into the
courts. They are not asserting charter
or other rights as the case may be.
They stand ready to obey the law and
let the public find out by experience If
the law is wrong.
If these states in the west can afford
to accept 2-cent passenger act, why
should any states in the, east resist?
Traffic is larger here. expenses are low
er. and the change from the old rate to
the new one is less.
Why should not eastern lines, includ-
ing those in this state, do as western
lines have, accept the law and obey it?
Who has more, to lose by creating the
impression that a law is made to be re
sisted and is to be obeyed only upon
compulsion than the great railroad cor.
porations Philadelphia Press.
DOING BUSINESS IN THE OPEN.
Chairman ingalls, of the board of d.
rectors of the Big Four system plainly
told railroad officials gathered at ban
quet in Pittsburg that the only way in
which the railroad interests could win
back popular. confidence and allay hos
tile sentiment was by obeying the laws
and doing business in the open. This is
vast change brought about by the
when one famous railroad capitalist
contemptuously consigned the public to
a fate not to be mentioned in polite So
ciety.
TRIBUTE TO A BRAVE SOLDIER.
General Vara del Rey, who defended
Ell Caney against the American attack
in $685. is to have a monument erected
by Spaniards, with the consent of Gov
ernor Magoon. He was a splendid SOL
81 no It'll 70 TO h will
be welcomed by his former enemies as
well as by his friends.-Brooklyn Eagle.
NO LEMONS IN SIGHT.
Those who were expecting Mr.. Roose-
Welt to hand out a lot of lemons at the
were sadly disappointed. The president
never passed out a finer lot of roses in
his life.-Washington Herald.
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DELAYS WILL HAPPEN.
1t seems that when a Russian Off
cial is notified that he will be killed at
a certain hour, he must make some al
lowance for unavoidable delays. The
terrorists, like other people, cannot al
ways be pnctural. News.
THEY DON'T MIND IT.
Some English, statesmen are worried
at the mere prospect of a written con-
stitution, yet this country has one, and
it does not seem to worry some Ameri-
can statesmen a bit.-Philadelphla
Ledger.
HE HAS THE TRACK.
A government vessel is to carry $780,
COO pounds of dynamite from New York
to Panama No marine regulations
will be necessary to secure an unre |
stricted right of way for that ship
Omaha Bee.
SOME RAILROADS WAY.
The indications are that the rail- |
roads will spend more money in fight
ing the 2-cent fare laws through all
the courts than they will lose by their
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
A MATTER OF DOUBT.
Mark Twain's white dress suit may
distinguish him from the head waiter |
but people who do not know him may |
wonder which minstrel troupe he is a |
member of.-Washington Post.
BEST KIND.
AS a favorite son of Ohio Judge Taft
is taking on weight. Since trying the
T. r. brand of presidential oats he |
will presuma bly, have need to use no |
other.-New York World
CAN'T EAT THEM.
HOLSTERS are gradually getting |
scarcer, but the supply of Molly Cod i
dies holds good.-Springfield Union.
LAYING OVER.
Secretary Taft is visiting this coun-