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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
KANSAS COMAENT
WHY NOT LEr IT ALONE?

WHY NOT LET IT ALONE?
The recommendation for doing away
with the United States pension COM
missioners at Topeka and other com
missioner points and the consolidation
OF all the pension work at washington
VIII not be popular with those VINO
have studied the effect of such move.
The suggestion is not new one, and
the investigation heretofore given ID
the proposed change does not bear out
the claim that it would save the gov
eminent any money. In the first place
the various commissioners offices, sUch
as the one at Topeka are carefully or
gained, and the immense amount Oh
clerical labor accomplished there Is
done at a lower cost than it could be
done for at the bureau in Washington.
This is not a mere guess. Comparisons
have been made between the effecuVe-
ness of the pension office at Topeka
and the one in. Washington and the re-
suits prove that a lesser force In To-
peka upon the, same class OF work &C,
complished more work in a given period
than larger force did in Washington.
where the employees spend more time
studying the civil service rules than IN
working. Every person knows that the
waste in cost of clerical work in the
washington bureaus of the various de-
partments of government is tremendous
one cabinet officer not many years ago
referred to the people in his bureau as
the great army of unemployed. Inc
waste in this feature of the work. II
all the clerks now necessary In the Varl-
unmanaged bureau clerks now idling the
governments time away at Washing
ton would much more than onset ths
comparatively small saving secured in
doing away with the pension commits
sioners who are now in charge OF the
division offices. There is another fea-
ture even more serious than is involved
in question of economy. Today the IS
suing of pension vouchers is prompt,
and the old soldiers living as they do
and in reasonable distance of the COM
missioner's offices receive their quarter
ly payments without delay. The slowest
thing on earth today is the pension Of
flee at Washington. 1t is always behind
with its work. Add to it's already over
burdened condition the work now done
at Topeka and the other commissioner
offices and we are in danger of creating
a condition whereby the veteran may
suffer constant delay in receiving his
voucher. The present system. works
well; why not let it alone OTTAWA Her
aid.
NO Gaping IT.
1t is stated on good authority that
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin will
as though Chester 1. Long will go down
in history as the man who tapped rec
ord breaking vein of trouble in two
places and made no preparations fol
Gaping it.-Osborne Farmer.
IF"
Guess 1 will have to shut my eyes.
grit my teeth and vote for Curtis next
Tuesday" writes Representative Fish
er to Sedan friends If Kansas had 4
law providing for the election of Uni
ted States senators by popular vote it
would never be necessary for any such
an exigency to arise. No man could
then be railroaded into an Office by a
wishes of the great masses.-Sedan
TimeS-Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHE1on.
[From the New York Press.1

Lots of people won't fall into
temptation unless they get chance
What would people do with all the
money they would have If they weren't
married?
There's no harm In giving even bad
advice, because nobody will take any
kind.
A man thinks he has an awful sweet
temper not TO get mad with his wife
because his taxes go up.
1t worries a mother to have her
daughter interested in beaux, but IL
worries her more not to have any in
terested in her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

If Mr.. Carnegie really does not want
to be disgraced by dying poor it will
help some if he will aid in having the
tariff removed from steel. He will
never be able to give away his wealth
as long as the steel trust continues to
rob the public with the aid of the
tariff, and then turns the proceeds
over to him in dividends
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
MAxIMs OF BR,ER WILLIAMS.

Wen Poverty come in de do,
Eff Love fly out de winder,
OATS de very sort err love
You never orter hinderi
You can't stan prosperity,
En- trouble make you flutter,
De very time you say 'tHooray,
You drops yo' bread en- butter!
En- heaven is too high fer you.
En- tother place-too hot dari
En- eff at las you wins de race,
You dunno how you got dari
From the Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Is it possible that the lumber trust
has been so busy putting up the price
of lumber that it overlooked the
necessity of being represented in the
United States senate? How else can
one account for the willingness of the
senate to have the lumber trust in
yestigated?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

One of the most irrepressible states
men in the Missouri legislature an
swers to the name of Tubbs. There
is no question" observes Fred Trfgg,
''as to where Mr.. Tubbs stands on any
important question"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

The attorney for the Waters-Pierce
Oil company testified that Senator
Bailey had never been employed by
that company. If that be true what
Explanation can be made of those pay
ments that were made to the senator.
other than the various loans" that
H. Clay Pierce made to him?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

If the candidates for city offices
form a trust to keep down election ex-
penses, what will become of those
worthy but INDECENT gentlemen who
have a habit OF borrowing" anything
from a fve-dollar bill down to a quar-
ter from unIucky candidates?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

The insurance of bank deposits is
bound to come sometime in some
form. Congress is considering a plan
to insure the deposits of national
banks. Should this go through and
the state banks be left without such
insurance, it may be difficult for state
banks to continue in business. That
IS one thing to be considered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Smallpox has broken out among the
members of the Oklahoma constitu-
tional convention, but it did not re-
Quire even that to convince some
Oklahoma people that the new consti-
tuition will be spotted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

1t is to be hoped that the annual
war between D. w. Blaine and 7. B.
Gerow is not about to break out here
in midwinter. That should be kept
to while away the long summer days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

TilIman says he will never again try
TO be funny in the senate. Perhaps
he intends to turn over the role of
humorist to Jeff Davis of Arkansaw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

There will be no more legal hang
ings in Kansas as capital punish
ment" has been abolished. To be sure
there never has been such thing in
the state, but it has been abolished,
inst the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

No, Maria, there is little prospect
that Governor Swettenham will make
q pleasure trip through the United
States when he retires from Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

A Washington dispatch says that
Senator Benson BROKE the hoodoo"
in the Lane senatorial succession, in
that he retired from office with an
enviabIe record. This latter statement
Il true. but the record was not made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

China has abandoned its old chron-
ology and adopted modern calendars.
Either the Insurance companies or the
patent medicine companies that pub
lish almanacs have been invading
China
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Congress must be trying to keep up
with the presidents messages Thirty
three thousand bills have thus far
been introduced in this congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Count that day lost" sings the
poet, whose low descending sun sees
not another Evelyn Nesbit picture
run"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Kansas weather had a valiant de-
fender in Phil Campbell, but some
brands of it really do not need de-
Tending.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Thaw and some of his money will
soon be parted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Senator Money, of Mississippi, con-
fesses that he is the poorest man in
the senate. There are some mighty
poor senators in that body, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

1t is harder to get a man out of the
United States senate than it is to ge
him in. There is Smoot, for instance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Just now the issue isn't so much the
full dinner pail as it is the full coal
S,ir
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Where. oh, where is the Peoples
T,obby7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
A SAFE BET.

borough, New York-all men-voted
unanimously the other night that
marriage was a failure. It's a safe
bet that they have no wives.-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
FRON OTHER PENS
WHATT IS.

China has settled a religious diff
Guilty by elevating Confucius to a
plane where only the emperor need
worship him. This looks good deal
like kicking upstairs.-New York Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
ALLEGED SPORT.


ALLEGED SPORT.
When $500 or 5000 people will pay
from So to $40 each for the privilege
of sitting in a big shed with the tenn
perature at zero watching two husky
individuals hammer each other around
twenty-four foot ring, we may fair
ly call ourselves a sport-lOving nation.
The exaItation of spirit which keeps
the football .'rooter" warm at a
Thanksgiving day slaughter is in
tensified tenfold in the citizen who
attends Nevada prizefghts in an arc
tic mperature.-Chicago Chronicle.
GOOD WORD FOR HOCH.
Governor Hoch's message to the
state legislature is so lengthy that we
have not been able to read and digest
it all, yet but we want to say right now
that those parts with which we are
familiar are good, very good. His
words on the primary election law, on
prohibition, on taxation, on passes, on
railroad regulation and valuation, rep
resent the most advanced thought of
the day, and we take all the more
pleasure in commencing the message
because we opposed Hoch's election. If
Governor Hoch will only exert his in
fluence as governor to achieve the
highly desirable things he advocates
one of the greatest of Kansas COVER
nors.-Jamestown Optimist.
OF COURSE.
The dispatches state that Foraker
is not satisfied" with President Roose-
Welt. Another evidence that the presi-
dent is still right.-Salina Journal.
WAS HE?
CONGRESSMAN Calderhead got into
the senatorial caucus by telling the
doorkeeper he was a candidate for
United States senator, but a careful
inspection of the four ballots fails to
confirm Mr. Calderhead's statement
Hutchinson News
HARD JOB.
Washington reports that some of
Senator LaFollette's peevfsh col
leagues make a strong effort to reform
the senator reformer of Wisconsin,
Detroit Journal.
HOOSIER REFORM IDEAS.
Governor Hanly of Indiana, who re-
ceives a salary of $4,000 as the chief
magistrate of great state, evidently
cannot see why the officers of life in
surance companies should be permit
ted to receive much more. He recon-
mends in his annual message that life
company officials be limited by law to
salaries not in excess of $40, 600. This
would not be an unreasonable restric-
ton for all companies save the larger
ones with headquarters IN New York
city. But 1t is clumsy way OF get
ting at the matter of restricting the
expense extravagances of the business.
That can better be done by placing a
hard and fast Limitation upon
loadings and compelling the COM
panies to keep their expenses within
the 1oading.-Springfeld Republican.
A METHOD OF PROBATION.
The czar is going to build a new
palace because he thinks the old one Is
not safe. How that exalted ruler does
love and trust his people.-Philadel-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
HOOsIER REFORM IDEAS.

A METHOD OF PROBATION.
The car is going to build a new
palace because he thinks the old one Is
not safe How that exalted ruler does
love and trust his people.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
HARD JOB.

Washington reports that some of
Senator LaFollette's peevish col
leagues make a strong effort to reform
the senator reformer of Wisconsin,
Detroit Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

What is your attention on this income
tax proposition?" simply this: Give me
the income and I care not who tries to
collect the tax."-Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
WAS HE?

Congressman Calderhead got into
the senatorial caucus by telling the
he was a candidate for
United States senator, but a careful
inspection of the four ballots fails to
confirm Mr. Calderhead's statement
Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

"Tompkins says that when he marries II
will be girl whose intellectual accom-
plishments are inferior to his" How
foolish of him to remain a bachelor
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

NJ CAPPING II.
1t is stated on good authority that
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin will
again invade Kansas. 1t begins to look
as though Chester 1. Long will go down
in history as the man who tapped a rec
ord breaking vein of trouble in tive
places and made no preparations fol
Gaping it.-Osborne Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
GOOD WORD FOR HOCH.

The dispatches state that Foraker
is not satisfied" with President Roose-
Welt. Another evidence that the presi-
dent is still right.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

Groom-You don't seem to like II be
cause the best man looked happy
Br1de-Of course not. 1 threw him Over
once.--Detroit Free Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-14
CHARGED TO Mr.. KELSEY.
Justice Fits Issues Order IN Man
haitian Fire Case.

Albany. April 13.-Supreme Court Justice
Fits. in special term here to-day, issued an or
d. charging the account of Otto Kelsey, as for
mer receiver for the Manhattan Fire Insurance
Company, with S3.131 80 and interest for about
six years, representing assets i'm Virginia for
which, II was declared. Russell S johnson. OF
New York, formerly Of counsel for the receiver.
had failed TO account. as it was asserted. ana
for which Mr. Kelsey. as receiver, was to he
held responsible. Ex-Judge @. D. b. Has
brouck. representing Mr.. Kelsey. read af1davits'
signed bv Mr.. Kelsey and himself, in which
both said they had no knowledge of the exist
enee Of these assets.
Mr. johnson was present in court. and de-
clared that ne had been reserving these assets
in trust for the account of a firm of Virginia
lawyers. one of whom he said. had committed
suicide since the receivership began. He joined
with Alfred Hayes, ir.. attorney for Edwards r
Ward Mr.. Kelsey's successor in the receiver
ship. in the motion ia add these assets to the
account Of Mr.. Kelsey. as receiver. Deputy At
torney General Mott who discovered the exist
ence of these assets. appeared for the Attorney
General and acquiesced in the motion.
The AFFIDAVIT of Mr. Kelsey. who surrendered
this receivership soon after his appointment as
Superintendent Of Insurance. declared that he
had many official duties 20 perform aside from
those incumbent him as receiver or TINS
company; that therefore ne nad Deeh opllseu W
rely on his clerks. employees and attorneys for
many things and that he believed when he re-
posed the attorneyship in Nj. Johnson that the
reputation and standing of the latter warranted
absolute confidence in him.
MIR. Hasbrouck who was formerly a partner
of Mr.. johnson. declared in his own afhdavB
that he had nothing 10 do with this recelvershlp
as its attorney. after he became a Supreme
Court Justice. excepting on a few occasions
when he appeared in court for his partner, Mr..
Johnson. He declared that Mr.. Kelsey had dis
charged his duties TO the court with honesty,
prudence and fidelity He said that he himself
had no knowledge Of or participation in the
making of Mr. Kelsey's accounting; that the
matter was entirely i'm the hands Of Mr. john
son. He said he submitted this affidavit solely
as a protection TO his own professional repu-
tation
Justice Fits further postponed the matter OF
confirming the report of the referee, w NJ. X
OIcott. on the Kelsey receivership account, until
May -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-14
JERSEY HOUSE IN Juror.
Resolution TO adjourn Causes Riot
Gus Scene IN Legislature.
ny Telegraph 10 The Tribune ]

Trenton y. J.. April 13.-The Legislature ad-
5ourned until June Is at 7:15 O'Clock this morn
.ng AFTER one Of the most exciting scenes in its
history There was a warm skirmish at
o'clock over the proposition 10 reconsider and
pass the Paterson companion measure TO the
! Passaic Trunk Sewer bill The excitement over
This had hardly died down when Assemblyman
Brady, OF Essex County. sent 70 the desk reso-
lTtion that the House adjourn for the recess
until June IS. notwithstanding that there were
more than fifty bills 10 be considered
, Clerk Higgins started 70 read the resolution
and stopped. He then turned 70 Speaker Leth-
bridge who directed him 70 read IT, The Sneak
er called for the vote. few OF the Essex men
voted AYE" while there was an overwhelming
majority of ''NOes." Speaker Lethbrdge de-
clared the motion carried. and hastily gathered
from his desk all the bills and records and car
ried them 10 his private room.
The move wholly unexpected and IN an
instant pandemonium reigned. Alexander, Of
Hudson. appealed from the decision OF the chair.
but there was no one in the chair 10 entertain
the motion. Assemblyman Tumulty denounced
the action as high handed. Let us elect new
Speaker ne shouted.
Assemblyman Baker. OF Hudson. rushed TO
sthe Speakers chair and cried, Nominations for
q temporary Speaker are in order" Mr.. Per-
there were many votes % ''aye'' as his name
was Put.
Perkins mounted his desk and counselled cool
mess. He characterized the act OF the Spea Eer
Rs an outrage and denounced the proceedings
as THE most damnable IN the history OF the
Assembly"
What could do II you elected me Speaker
he said. There are no bills on the Speakers
desk ana no business before us"
Speaker Lethbr5dge reappeared at his desk in
a moment and in a weak voice said he had made
2 mistake and would reconsider his decision
I5e then said the resolution had not been carried
The rou was called and every member voted no.
Both Brady and LetElbridge sald they Thought
the resolution was for few minutes recess
The Speaker called Perkins 20 the chair ana
retired 70 HIS private room.
The Hudson and Essex Assemblyraen sas1 cha
whole thing was preRrTanged. Somebody
handed that resolution 10 Brady for purpose. .
heard from several Assemblymer N pyas
charged that the real motive was revenge on the
Hudson and Passaio men FOR their work sn hav-
ing the Paterson bin reconsi6ered and passed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-14
POOLROOM-TRACK WAR ON
Some old Plans to Get or Block
Racing Nezcs.

The metropolitan racing season opens tomorrow
at the Aqueduct track. and the outlook for tho
poorOom keepers is not encouraging. the racing
associations intend 10 enforce the strict rules
adopted last year against the transmission OF news
from the tracks to the poolrooms.
The racing association last year, while the Cas-
sidy-Lansing bill pending at Albany promised
70 do all in their power 10 prevent the poorooms
from doing business by adopting stringent methods
to withhold the betting results and other track
information which the local rooms DEPEND The
raeetrack people kept their word. and nedged with
every conceivable barrier the leakage of news even
to TING establishment OF censorship over the tele-
graph offices at the different tracks The poolroOm
men rsed every means 20 counteract this move
but they were only partly successful, and the re-
suit was that their business was crippled so far
as making book on the local tracks was concerned
Roulette wheels and faro banks had TO be used To
exc out their incomes. And the track officials prom
Use to use the same diligence this year as last
probably so will the poolroom men. Men who
are recognized as runners for the pooIrooms will
win be taken By Robert Pinkerton and his CORDS
which might enable tba nooEoa news from leaking
book on the Aqueduct races. IL is possible that
suffered large pecunlary losses ey REGARDED tine the
ts Went e one .S early part Of the season but
meant what they said ''-' '"eA Oi'lclaiS
Last year some men applied TO the BUILDING NJ
: windmill opposite one 81 tRs tT DsImit to erect
lsaEtse9 that me men were poolroom agents and
Manteo only 70 erect a tower from which thew
might witness the races ana obtain their T' much
neeaeG information The plan was frustrated
Lne REV. Ihomas r. Slcer, who was one OF those
VIC Drought about the attitude OF the racine as
soelstons toward the poOlrOoms said last night.
- ~ any sueh permit is issued this wear M 4he
builolng Department OF the Borough on Ciae1s
tne OBJECT o. which must be palpabe stems will
spOnsible for its NN5" re-
. The Rev. Mr.. Sllcer also expressed the on,nior
tnat u was also advisable @ watch the teiephone
Companies eS,,9sp little closer this year at appears
raids IN New York that they must have kno oy-i
There are now pending IN Albany several hills
GRATED by District Attorney Jerome which aim
az the repeal OF lhe Percy-Gray law and al ston-
Ping betting tracks II is not bel,eved lilxe
70 howeSeS, taat they VII! be passed % TITS Sss-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-14
Frederic ]. Haskin,

which will prove OF absorbing interest. not only
TO women. but TO men as we'll.
MFR. Haskin has complied his facts with care
and his work deserves the attention Of al read
ers who desire accurate Information. Ies
painstaking way in which he gathers his ma
terial and his easy. but compact, style Of writ
ing il Is Just the thing for the busy reader wno
desires TO post himself beyond thu news Dis
patches Of the day.
The subjects for the remaining days q 10
week will be:
Monday-General Federation oe T'onsn's
Clubs.
Tuesday-WOman's Christian TsnpsraSS
Union.
Wednesday-The Kings Daughters
Thursday-Daughters Of the American raw
luton
Frlday-Womans Christian Association
Saturday-StOries OF American Women
II you are not a reader OF tho daily Iriouns
you'll miss these articles. Can you afford tot