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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
"W. p. H"

In a characteristic and somewhat
forcible letter to the State Journal
Colonel William P. Hackney, generally
known in contemporaneous history as
Old Bill Hackney. repudiates the
eubernatorial boom that was recently
launched for him by his fellow towns
man, w. L. Cunningham.
- In his long career in Kansas, the
brilliant Winfield attorney has been
noted for speaking his mind, and this
instance is no exception. He not only
repudiates his boom for governor. but
he slams it down with such violence
that it will be an exceedingly OPP
timistic individual. indeed, who VIII
attempt to resuscitate it.
incidentally Colonel Hackney ac-
cuses the State Journal of being
''cheek by jowT' with Stubs, the boss
busters, the railroads, Joe" Bristow'
"Rill" White, and various others, IN
overthrowing Governor Bailey in 1904.
Here is where the State Journal and
Colonel Hackney mix up. We VIII
stand for many things, but not for
such a charge as that. Here IS our
deliberate def:
Neither our cheek nor our jowl was
in anv wise implicated in the manner
set forth by Colonel Hackney, and we
DEFY him to prove to the contrary.
We mako this challnge gravely and
after due consideration. If either the
state Journals check or its jowl were
guilty of the charge which Colonel
Hackney makes, 1t would certainly
have been severely disciplined by the
passirg of such resolutions as might
have been deemed necessary.
After the strenuous fight which this
paper made for a Lost Cause IN the
dark DAYS of February, 1904, when
the boss busters, acting as the agents
of the railroads and Thomas Todd
Kelly. overthrow Governor Bailey, the
state Journal little dreamed it would
have to face this charge which Colonel
Hackney now makes. 1t is too, too
nuch-and then some Take 1t back,
FCo1onel Hackney, take 1t back
While we are on the job, the State
Journal might also enter an alibi for
"Joe'' Bristow and Bill White,
neither of whom had any cheeks or
fowls mixed up in the railroad-Keily-
boss buster combination. but whose
nexspapers were on the Bailey side of
the fight.
once more we defy the charger to
make good his charge. 1t is another
case of 'rW. P. H. In the immortal
words of Bill Nye, &c pluribus unum,
sic semper tyrannus. Erin go braugh!'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
Both were COLLECTORS.

A local newspaper artist got letter
one day from man over in Indiana
who said he was making collection of
sketches. Il have drawings from we'll
known newspaper artists in nearly ev-
cry state in the union" the Indiana man
wrote, but I have none from Ohio.
have seen some of your work, and I
think 1T is good. If you will send me
some little sketch for my collection 1
shall have it framed"
The artist noticed from the letetrhead
that the Indiana man was connected
with a bank in one of the small towns
over in the state of literature. That
gave him a bunch, and he wrote back as
follows:
II am making a collection of SO bills.
1 haven't secured specimens from ev-
cry state in the union, but have sew
eral tens and a few twenties, and 1 am
particularly anxious to have a so bill
from Indiana. I noticed that you are
employed in a place where SO bills ar :
kept, and if you send me one for my
collection 1 shall be glad to have it
framed."-Cleveland- Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
GRATTAN.

1t seems quite probable that the
good angel that has guided Governor
Hoch in most OF his appointments was
also with hir- when he named q. e
Grattan as state railroad attorney.
Mr.. Grattan has not been active IN
state politics in recent years. Inc
State Journal does not know Win
what political faction his sympatnles
lie. but he is a man of keen moral per-
ception, of strict integrity, and an at
torney of considerable ability. There
will probably be no playing 10 the
grand stand with Mr.. Grattan. nor Is
it his nature to rush into a matter
until he has thoroughly investigated
it. But when once in. he has opinions
of his own and he fights for them with
his utmost energy. These are good
qualifications for the position to which
governor Hoch has appointed Mr..
Cva n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

This department is glad to see the
tobacco trust prosecuted. The trust
doesn't get any of this department s
money, but the stuff it sells to Bill
Doolittle and which he smokes in this
Office merits the most strenuous
brand of prosecution the government
can put up.
n
Will Victor Murdoch kindly stand
up and tell the class why denatured
alcohol hasn't put Standard Oil out
of business?
We judge from reading the news
columns that the Anheuser-B Busch
people have decided not to overrule
the supreme court. - 5rs,5
x e e., ...ess :..
1t is evident from reports from. the
chautauqua circuit that Senator LIE
Toilette continues to advertise that
old publication, the Congressional
Record.
X
A Kansas woman. who has been
visiting down at Panama says the
canal workers are now taking out a
million cubic yards of earth a month.
We judge the canal workers could al
most keep a boys ears clean at that
rate.
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her eyes We're yelled behind the long
lashes to hide how much she already
cared. Il think had my first lessor
on the train"
Other guests came near them, and
she made a gesture of warning. do
you know" he said, trying to make his
tones careless. II am going to give
Titus double pay because he got lost"
IT think he deserved it, she agreed
with smile so Illuminating that Nordire
could scarcely refrain from kissing her
in the presence of them all, for in the
soft brown eyes he read the message
and knew that Nell had already learn
ed.-(Copyrighted. 1907, by Homer
Sprague.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
1t Takes Pluck.

Fire Commissioner Lantry of New
York, aPropos of his movement to-
ward the establishment of a firemen's
roll of merit told a reporter fire
story.
'It takes pluck" he began, ''to be a
fireman. A young fellow of only
average pluck was serving at his first
fire, and the chief rushed up to him
and shouted:
"'Shin up that ladder to the eighth
story, crawl along the cornice to the
fourth window, drop down three
stories and catch that wooden sign you
see smoking there. swing yourself
along to the second window that the
red glare is coming from. break the
glass and go in and rescue those three
old ladies-well. what the deuce are
you waiting for?'
For pen and ink. sir said the new
man. I want to hand in my resigna-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.J
It's a good deal easier to be good
than to get any fun out of 1t.
The exciting thing. about kissing
girl is the way she gets mad with you
till after you do it.
When you see a bunch of cobwebs
in a room they're supposed to De
clothes for faminine wear.
mans family saves him from los
ing a lot of money in investments by
not leaving him any to Invest.
It's hard for a woman to believe
man really loves his children unless he
is willing to carry all their pets in his
arms when they go travelling.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State s:ourflol
away during The summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
- any address ut the rate Of ten cents
a week Or thirty cents = month GOV
mail only. Address changed as often
as desired W:Niie out or town the
State Journal will be 20 goa like
daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscriptions, IL save
bookkeeping cxpc-se.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
lFrorn the Atchison Globe. ]

From the Atchison Globe.1
The night that is too hot for people
to sleep, is also too hot to be awake.
The ship of state" looks like
band wagon to the average politician.
When you are giving things away
it is extremely hard to be satisfact
Neither time nor the birds on the
womens hats do much flying at
church.
Plenty of men don't amount to
much who can't place the blame on
cigarettes.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned men who sat on the counters at
the stores?
There would probably be more gos-
sip if some people weren't so busy
bra gging on themselves.
Nothing that happens at night is as
important as one would infer from
hearing a dog bark at it.
After a man is married, he is only
willing to share the hammock with
his cigar and newspaper.
Next to being a June bride, most
girls would prefer being a July bride,
that being the next month.
Even a farmer must admit that a
woman looks better in an automobile
than she looks on a bicycle.
A girl never gets SO angry at the
man who tries to kiss her that she
doesn't admire his good taste.
Some men seem to go on the theory
that the Lord loves a cheerful giver,
and that He may be hard of hearing.
We have always wondered what
women do with the two cents saved
in purchasing a two dollar article for
$19s
When some woman makes a good
er women present say, And That's
Just What 1 say"
How much children could accom-
plish If they could work as rapidly as
they can count hundred when play
ing "hide and seek!''
There are several other jokes in
the papers besides the accounts of
men who are going to the harvest
fields for their health.
At least this may be said about the
hrecrackers: They have not grown as
fast in the past five years as the dolls
sold for the girls
When a new good looking young
man comes to town and goes" out
with a young widow. how mad it
makes the young girls!
We never intend to say there are
no bright spots left in life so long as
we can look out of a window and see
a woman go by driving.
1t is easy to understand why election
comes in the fall: If it came in the
summer. the politicians might have to
do some real work to control the farmer
vote.
An old doctor, being on his death
bed. was asked: What is the most
important message you can leave the
people % Take plenty of salts he
said.
Every girl wants her steady to be
an artist at making love. but when
she finally marries him. she becomes
more interested in his ability to make
money.
The fact that we have all our fin
gers is probably due to the circum-
stance that when we were a boy, no
irecracker longer than two inches
was sold.
Young Jay Gould plays tennis so well
that a cablegram was sent from London
| last night announcing his defeat by
an Englishman named Farris. Jay in
herited a few good strokes from his
grandfather However, the old gentle-
man used a different kind of racquet
and was never beaten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
NIGHTMARE.

dreamt one night that 1 was poor
And creditors galore
My humble stipend to secure,
Came knocking at my door.
L saw my friends from place to place
90 forth to rest or play,
While must hit the tofler's pace,
necessarily each day.
1 dreamt I had no motor car,
But trudged for many a mile;
from fashions haunts I dwelt afar.
MY clothes were not in style.
AND, then, as bewailed my lot,
Ihere came the fiercest blow.
IN terror l awoke-great Scott
And found that it was SOL
-Washington Star.
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unsanitary districts was almost exempt
from the visitation. The majority of
the inhabitants, being Italians, were
great onion eaters. and strings of this
vegetable were found suspended from the
ceiling OF nearly every room. The
medical officer of health concluded that
the onion, among it's many virtues, con-
tains a powerful antidote against chol-
era morbus and possibly other diseases.
Chicago News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

While the president is at Oyster Bay
he makes excursions to Lloyd's Neck,
but there is a suspicion that Harri-
mans neck will be used for this pur-
nose when he gets back to Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
HUn0R OF THE Day

He CATER the quarreD-I was a fool
when I married you.
She-Yes. but L thought you would i'm
prove.-Independent.
'I say that a million dollars is very
respectable fortune.
no matter how it was gotten."-Lou-
isville Courier Journal.
He looks terribly sad
Yes, his engagement with Miss Perty
mas sJi fs%e him. f9 an eh sn0,
NO, married him."-Houston Post.
Hubby-Did you get my shoes half-soIed
Wifey-Yes, dear: I sold one for 20 cents.
Here's the other.-Judge.
Candidate-Yes as 1 have already told
you: gentlemen. you see before you self
Voice Cfrom the back)-Better ha' put
the job out, mlster!-Punch.
Hicks-That poet you introduced to me
last night seems to be very generous
Wieks-Yes. All his sonnets have fifteen
lines.-Somerville Journal
didn't do nothin'
The Judge-sixty days at the work
The Hobo-Wot's dat fer?
The Judge-So you can do something
Chicago Daily News.
Eyes, Dasher and his brother fell out
the other day. and how they don't
We'll. well. fell out over politics. sup
mo. out of theih automobile while go
ing at the rate of 20 miles n hour
Philadelphia Press.
do you think cabbage is unwholse-
some?' asked the dyspeptic
1T depends somewhat" answered the
or smoke it.'-washington Star
that shall ever o se en i again. eST 40 know
Is Is the word OF an honest man worth
"Certaintly-bring him aIong."-Flie-
gende Batter.
The Man-Fd give anything If you'd kiss
The Maid-But the scientists say that
ahead. and make me an invalid for life
Exchange.
Hewitt-That girl in the print dress is a
poem.
fe swittou differs u RS. from most poems.
Jewett-Most poems don't get into print.
Exchange.
Tenant-The windows of your house
shut SO badly that my hair blows all
ABOUT my head You really have some
Agent-I don't see the necessity for
that 1t would be much simpler for you
TO have your hair cut.-Exchange.--=a
Bobby-Arctic explorer? How do you
Wilhelm p'tend I'm lookin' for the
North Pole, an you come an look for
me. an Tommy'n come an look for you
Browning's Magazine.
Judge Gin breach of promise case)-You
say you must have been temporarily in
Can you prove it?
Defendant-1 can. your honor II YOU
will cause the plaintiff to remove her veil
so that the jury can see her face.
Mrs. Prentice-How do you always man
age to have such delicious beef?
Mrs. Blnthyre-I selected a good, hon
Mrs. Prentice-You mean that Won pfva
him all your trade?
Mrs. Blinthyre-No; mean that 7 s4and
| by him while he is cutting the meat
| Exchange.
us he very wealthy" asked one neigh
| Dor. ~
II don't think so,'' answered the other.
| Il have never heard of his having appen-
| dicitis, and there have been no process
| servers hanging about his place wash
| ington Star.
DR.. Long, argument having growing
warm. characterized Naturalist Bur-
\ rouEhs as a woodchuck
"Ha." retorted Burroughs more of
your nature taking. The woodchIIck has
| four legs and climb a tree.
After this he regarded the whole con-
troversy as Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
Onions as Germ killers.

Not long ago a Scotch teacher gave
this advice to her pupils: IF you have
cholera or scarlet fever in the house
put some onions under the bed and
they will sweep away the disease The
onion proved its virtue in a remarkable
way forty years ago, when cholera
ragged throughout London. 1t was MOTTO
ed with surprise that one ok tia pnost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Bill Squlres. the Australian, came 5000
miles to fight two and a half minutes.
It took that long for Burns to knock
him out. Some people, however, do not
last even that long when they go up
AGAINST the real thing.
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have purchased a year ago for $500.
The Journal therefore figures that it
has been held up for $500 by the paper
trust. And 1t was only a few months
ago that the paper trust was "busted"
by the government, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Still if this daring request of the
state railroad commissioners that the
railroads be so kind and good as to give
Kansas a two-cent fare, brings about
the desired result, what more could be
aSlxed3
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

A Harvard graduate is walking to
San Francisco. If he were walking
away from San Francisco one might I'M
derstand it, but it is hard to understand
why he should be so anxious to get 20
that town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

1t is reported that Barney Oldfeld
tried to commit suicide up at Seattle
but was unsuccessful. Barney appears
to lead a charmed life. Even when
he rides two miles a minute in an
auto. It doesn't kill him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

An English trader in Japan says he
has discovered that the japanese con-
slider our three most prominent charac-
teristics to be dirt, laziness and supersti-
ton 1t must be that they regard us
much as we regard the Mexicans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

This trouble that has been started
by superintendent Barnes would
doubtless remind Webb McNa1 of old
times if Webb were able to sit uD and
foLa notice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

There is this about it: Even If the
fleet does go around to the Pacific, the
jingoes will have a hard time making
us believe the Atlantic seaboard is in
any danger from Spain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
LELAND'S DIARY.

1t is said that Cyrus Leland, Jr..
l1eeps a. diary of affairs of business and
nolitics Every day he notes quite full
" the political transactions in which
he participates. Some of the record
would make interesting reading ana
reveal some things that would astonlsh
the people and politicians not on me
inside 1t is expected they Will be
published sometime the next century
if CIV every concludes to die. He's
been killed and buried so many times
there, is a question about ms many
wing down to dreamless sleep.-Sen-
eca Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18
THErAUSE.

DR.. Alfred Poor, one of the best
Gently in the Home for Aged Men at
salem. Mass While he was skill:
full physician, he was not a successful
one He always said his failure In life
vas due to, his sigAp which read as fol-
lows: "A Poor, M-dD.''-+Troy Chief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Kentucky Grits'' is the name of a
new breakfast food. We get enough
grit in the sugar to satisfy most of US,
although it may not bear the Kentucky
brand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Mr. Hartman says he will reply to
the charges made in the report of the
interstate commerce commission. Does
he mean that he will try to explain, or
will he make counter charges against
the commission?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Mark Twain is now on his way
home, but he may go back again next
year in time to hear the British laugh
at the jokes he sprung on them this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Mr.. Rockefeller did not claim his
witness fee. The government might
as we'll subpoena him some more, as
long as it doesn't cost anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

The Rock Island announces that
will use no more legislative lobbies in it
business. Now will other roads go an
do likewise?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Notwithstanding an occasional ex-
p1osion on some big vessel, travel by
sea does not appear to be as risky as
on some railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

No sooner will the fleet get around
into the Pacific than the jingoes will
discover that New York and Boston are
in great danger from the British.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

The Thaw lawyers ought to take thei
trial down to Virginia on a change Q
venue next time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

There is this consolation: Floods at
this time of year usually mean big
corn crop. but this may not be very
soothing to the people who have been
Hooded out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

It's a good thing to postpone you
vacation as long as possible. Then yol
have il coming your way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Despite the efforts of Senator La
Toilette to create an interest in it, we
doubt If the Congressional Record ever
becomes popular as light summer
reading
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

Who's going to catch the next Jap
anese spy who isn't doing anything?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

BY the way. will some one please SEND
out another tracer for denatured alco-
hol?
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FROM OTHER PENS

TRTJST-BJESTING BY RECEIVERS.
We are not able to rise to the
heights of indignation easily attained
by some of our contemporaries over
the proposal of the government law
yers to ask for receivers for trusts
found in restraint of trade. This is
variouslv declared to be an unheard
of straining of the equity powers OF
the courts, policy which has All the
terrors of absolutism," etc. Why SO
hot over a legal question which the
courts will try out in an orderly and,
we NAV be sure, a highly deliberate
manner? 1t is said that this is legal
novelty. Well, for our part, we are
not dispIeased to see the assailants of
oppressive com binations exercise lit
tie of that fertile ingenuity for which
the lawyers in their defense have long
been noted. The law is great
arsenal of weapons, old ana new. "A
layman cannot tell what one may be
drawn out and successfully used. In
the early nineties the process of in
junction against strikers was good
deal of a novelty; but 1t justified and
maintained itself, though it was I'M
doubtedIy abused. -. The remedy Of re-
ceivers for trusts may, for all that
newspaper jurists can tell, equally
validate itself in law.-New York
Evening Post.
ACTIVITIES OF, THE LIMOGES.
It is not at all a hazardous prophecy
that when the jingoes have got our
battleship fleet in the Pacific they will
nor lose time in discovering German.
French or British designs that demand
its Immediate presence in the Atlantic.
And the fact, is that we have got
enough ships to serve all legitimate
purposes on both oceans.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
REMINDERS OF MISFORTUNE.
The refugee camps will soon be a
thing of the past. With their disap-
pearance will vanish one of the most
painful reminders of the great con-
f1agration. The fact that those in
charge find it expedient to close up the
camps in the parks gives assurance
that there is now ample provision for
the housing of all the Inhabitants Of
the city-San Francisco Chronicle.
LIKEWISE KNOCKING IT.
Reports from Washington indicate
that the Knox boom will bear watching
Also. that there are plenty of people
watching it.-Philade1phia Inquirer.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
Fines may be assessed against the
Standard, but who ever heard of the
Standards paying a fine?-Indianapolis
News.
AN OPTICAL IMPRESSION.
The administration seems to have
COncluQeQ lndI a SOOQ look DIT SOHle VI
our battleships will cure that restless
ness of Japan's Post.
ABUSING CONFIDENCE.
1t is in order now to find out who
has been abusing Mr.. Rockefeller's
confidence by making him rich without
his knowledge or OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Courier-Journal.
A NATURE FAKER.
Another great fiction writer is the
sr-hn if1Snrirt ions
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The Salina Journal states that it re-
ceived a carload of paper last week
Rhich cost 1t $1,000, but which it could