The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27
KANSAS COMMENT

HE GOVERNORSHIP QUESTION.
Inc Topeka Journal protests that it is
100 not Just now to attempt to settle
the question as to who will be the
omlnee of the Republican party foT
governor. And so it is To be sure, tho
eIIorts or the politicians to decide the
n1dttsr now once for all, is decidedly
eHoasnlIuL the wheat of the state Is
tuILhnG out somewhere around 10 BUSH
eIs per acre. when a month ago it looked
as II there would not be enough for fall
seeQlng anG shortly we shall be troubled
win the car shortage worry. And then,
the corn crop is fairly humping itself
where the floods have let it alone.
AheTe Will be an immense yield of that
P[oducI TO be taken care of later on.
Also, the hay crop is finer and heavier
these are items that will take up a
very large portion of our time. Politics
is next TO providing the food supply for
me nation With Kansas, and of course
e eleEe mas been some question as to the
tood supply. making it reasonably GER
tam that politics will be neglected This
year IN greater or less degree. So,
CO tas IimeS says, the efforts of the
ikoIitIclans to take the task of MAX
nao,s1a s93xeThor out of the hands of the
~, - may as we'll tell the plain and
uls,arhi5ned truth about tit isn't
really appreciated. SO, when the time
1870 prrsTs, me people viii probably after all
FT1x---
Two men in Kansas, it may be noted
~ passing, are actively candidates for
governor They are Grant Hornaday
OF Fort Scott and w. r. Stubs of
Lawrence. both more or less familiar
ngures to the state. In addition to
these. Ex-Governor Bailey has been
mentioned, and promptly stepped out
from under. 'Rilf' Hackney rebelled
even al the thought of the considera-
ton of his name, and with or without
MS consent. H. B. Miller, state senator,
mas been entered from Usage county
from 4 held such as this. Kansas
might secure indulgence to the full for
IT'S passion for politics were it not for
the fact that, as has previously been
STATED, concern for and care of the
crops must take precedence. AS all
thlngs are possible, the crops will final
~ be gotten out of the way, and the
voters of the. state will select their own
eandldates-through the medium of the
alrect primary, We doubt not. But,
politicians are not idle-that they have
been able TO find work for their minds
ana their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Times.
HEROES AND HEROINES.
1t doesn't take the carnage of battle
to produce heroes We have them
around US in our little community ev-
cry day These real heroes go and
come so quietly that the world scarcely
knows of their presence. Bands do not
play nor people shout, nor are flags
unfurled to the breezes when they ap-
proach, but athey are heroes all the
same How about a gentle woman
who sacrifices the bloom on her cheeks
and her strength and freedom to be-
stow 1t at the sick bed of a loved one?
How about the man who gives UP his
all and buries hopes and ambitions that
he may lift Affections from the
shoulders of others and make the
weight of their cross a little lighter?
The world at large knows little nor
cares much about these humble heroes
who come not with brass bands and
hosannas. and n glittering pageants of
tinsel and redfire. They must wait for
the quiet ourssrWhen the tickle. world
is asleep-worn out by its shouting
from the grandstand-for their crowns,
which are distributed only when the
heartstrfngs begin to tug and the
fount of human sympathy again bub-
bles forth. Their songs of eufogy are
sung mighty low here but the strains
easily reach to other shores. Yes,
peace hath it's victories no less re-
nowned than war.-Osborne Farmer.