The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-24
KANSAS CO1MENT
THE REASON WHY

lie REASON WHY.
me question has been asked by a
number of newspapers why the ma
cnlhe IN ONO is against Taft, while
llle machine in Kansas, which is COM
poseo OF the same type of men as is
Inc machine in Ohio is for Taft The
machine in Kansas is for Taft because
II wants to control the delegates to the
th convention The sentiment of
t the staIe peing for Taft the machine is
therefore Tor him to secure control of
enitlss. II the machine controls the
confehtiohs that elect delegates to the
natIonal convention and controls the
state convention that dominates state
oIncers 1t will then control the caucus
mat dominates the, United States sena-
TOT. The national committeeman elect
60 py the delegates of the national con-
Eenuon. the United States senator, and
the state officers will be in absolute
accord and control the politics of the
stare poth in state and federal affairs,
ana an viii be under the domination
elected president he probably will con-
suit his own judgment and inclinations
as to the appointment Of federal Off
GERS and he will not be under the con-
troll OF the machines because he does
not believe in machine methods. He
and the political machine in Ohio are
as hostile as are Stubs and the po-
lltlcal machine in Kansas. If Taft lived
in Kansas the machine would be fight
ing MIN as 1T now is in Ohio-Salina
Journal.
KANSAS FIFTY YEARS AGO.
The population of Kansas in 1858 was
SO,OOO, or which Leavenworth city had
1900 and -Leavenworth county 5000.
the portion of the territory north of
the Kansas river embraced over one
third the area of the settled country.
ana held over one-half of the popula-
tlon- Atchison county contained 5000
people; Nemaha county, 2,O00; Brown,
$500; Marshall, 1900; Calhoun, 5000;
P0tt4W9 f.
ferson, 1900. Leavenworth, Jefferson,
Pottawatomie, Brown and Doniphan
counties contained Indian reservations,
unsettled by the whites. The popula-
ton of Indians with tribal relations
was 5000. The population of the prin-
cipal towns was: Wyandotte, 1,2OO;
Quindaro, 500; Weimer. 400; Delaware,
600; Leavenworth, 5000; Fort Leaven-
worth. 800; Kickapoo, 500; Sumner, $50;
Atchison, 1900; Doniphan. 1000; Paler-
mo, 800; Elwood, 1000; Iowa Point, 800;
White Cloud. 6oO.-Wichita Eagle.
ONE LAW FOR ALL.
1t may be that the contention of
zone law for all'' is to- really crystal
lie. Ruef pleads guilty. the ice trusts
have been fined and dissolved the
coal oil trust is in the sweatbox, the
railroads are on their knees. and H.
Clay Pierce is headed for the Texas
penitentiary. Money may no longer
be equal to immunity for the wealthy.
The unwritten law which has been so
often and so successfully appealed to
in saving the necks of wealthy slayers,
may be doomed to go down before the
criminal law which hangs the murder
err. lone law for all, held to be ideal.
only may be found to be of practical
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Eagle.
FOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
At a bankers convention in Sterling
recently the surprise of the occasion
was furnished by f. D. Larrabee, a |
Stafford county banker, who made an
address favoring government owner
ship of railroads. Our old friend Lar
rabee is one of the conservative, old
line Republicans. bat he has recently
been having a S9nnti with the rail
roads, in an attempt to get wheat to, |
Sterling. that has converted him to the |
public ownership Sf railroads, as well
as other utilities. Thither we are all |
drifting.-Beloit Gazette.