The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
KANSAS COMAENT
LEGISLATIVE vULTUREs.

| The aggressive thing about this whole
| controversy is that the people have to
make such dissgreeable fight to Sc
| cure just and fair legislation. 1t is
strange that the people. will elect men
TO office who are known to be sub
servlent to Interpretations and wholly
ADVERSE to. the interest of the public
There are political vultures that hang
ABOUT state legislatures, hoping to get
their beaks into Legislative carrion.
fhey stand ready to serve any corrupt
movement that viii pay them for their
ne1arious work or to- blackmail any
Iegltlmate business enterprise that may
nave interests before the legislature,
Ihese men cannot succeed unless there
are senators or members who will CO.
operate with them. Unfortunately
there are usually men in both branches
who stand ready to help such schemes.
we believe. however, that this class of
statesmen is growing less every day
anI the people of Kansas will in the
future be more careful as to the men
they elect to the state senate This
county and senatorial district has cause
to be proud of its members They vote
right every time and don't have to be
watched. Their purposes are right and
as a result their actions command the
approval of their constituents.-Salina
Journal
ANOTHER VIEW.
Many papers are jumping onto Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw's mother, which from
the evidence so far submitted, does not
seem quite fair. Stanford White was
old enough to be Evelyn's father. He
had a wife and children, he was a fam
GUS architect, man who stood high in
business circles and whose private life
was carefully covered. Evelyn's moth
er was afraid of the rich, reckless, dis
solute Harry Thaw, but she trusted
White as man in whose hands her
daughter would be safe. Is not that
the natural and reasonable view to
take of Mrs. Holman's attitude toward
the two men. A mothers love is some
thing that you can pretty near count
on.-Jewell Republican.
PROHIBITION.
Missouri will be given the chance to
vote on the prohibition question. Some
of the members of the legislature are
quoted as saying that they do not think
prohibition is the best way of handling
the liquor question, but that the people
of the state are in favor of it two to
one. and that they are entitled to
vote on the question. Nebraska is also
to vote on the question of local option,
by counties, with a fair chance of the
of the counties going dry.
The law is better enforced in Kansas
than at any other time since its adop-
ton. and if the surrounding states drop
into line, the work of enforcement will !
be made much eaSier.-Lebanon Argus, |
SAME OLD PROBLEM
This is the time of year that the town |
man is disturbed by conflicting opin- |
ions. 1t is hard for him to make up |
his mind whether to get rich by mar |
ket gardening or by raising chickens. |
He is. convinced there is a sure road |
to wealth by either route, but for the |
life of him he can't make up his mind |
for which profession he is Particularly |
fitted. In consequence, he usually COM |
promises with himself by dabblfng in |
both, and. But that is story for |
the fall after the seasons experience |
is ended.-Hutchinson News.
IF-PROTECTION?
The Glasco Sun says that about as
fool a proposition as could have been
passed unonSsYas the senate's workin
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