The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
KANSAS COMMENT
al WIsE nECIsION


PRESIDENT Winchen of the Rock Island
fsallroad company says that the Rock
tsiaHQ VIII do away with its Hobbies and
Its LOBBYISTS and get clear out of poll
lics Ihis is certainly wise decision.
Inc ancient error of railroads was
made when they decided that it was
necessary for them to enter politics.
Iney nave always proclaimed that they
wanted nothing but a square deal
wnen tney entered politics they offered
q Iemptation to every political CRATER
ana d subject to every political DEM
agogue.. If they had kept out of poll
Tics, away from legislatures, and had
not made themselves a political issue
IN most OF the state campaigns, they
Woulo today be upon a far different
piane from what they are. They would
nave gotten squarer deal If they had
remained out Of the game OF politics
Inan they have ever gotten for them
serves. In fact they never got a square
ueal IN politics. When they have won
tney have taken much more than a
square deal. When they have lost, as
tney nave at the present hour, they
nave mad to take the full consequences
OF political disaster.
II they viii stay out of politics in the
auIure' lney VIII have a quieter time.
Iney VIII get fair treatment for the
fairness OF the average citizen may be
depended on when he, uninfiuenced by
the memory of past wrongs. or by the
clever argument of some demagogue
who has made a speciality of the anti
railroad side of politics
Ihere was no more reason originally
Tor a railroad to get into politics than
that for livery barn to get in, but
when they got in, they hunted for trou-
oie' ana found tt!-Wichita Beacon.
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PICNIC NEAR AT HOME
A family will go out to a picnic party
and eat grub that is covered with flies
and ants. The discomforts are endured
in the name of a good time Most of us
do not understand a good time. 1t is
not to sneak off to the country for half
a day. 1t is to live with the trees and
the birds, to breathe the pure air. You
can do 1t without passing meal time.
own people have never seen, where one
can take a two hours outing and do
themselves worlds of good. We need to
cultivate the things we have here at
home before going gadding after strange
Journal.
WON'T DO.
Col Bill Hackney will not be nonli-
mated and elected for governor of Kan
sas. The politicians are not making his
kind of men governor. Col. Hackney
would be a man who would make a
national reputation as governor. He is
honest, candid and a hater
Of shams. He never trif1es with things
ne DeneVes TO De wrong. But ne is not
the material for governor. No one
could use him for any purpose. No, Col.
will not do.-Lawrence Jour
nal
UP-TO-DATENESS IN JAPAN.
The men of Japan are said to be much |
disturbed over the presentation to the |
imperial parliament of two petitions |
from apanese women, one asking for |
equal political rights, and the other for |
10 90 IS
Die standard is even more pronounced in |
Japan than in. our own country, and |
there it is recognized by law. It is a |
novelty for the meek and gentle Japanese |
women to petition for fair treatment, |
oect now that tt has admitted girls to |
he higher education ?-Leavenwort |
Times.