The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

funds, therefore, for the campaign
must be supplied by individuals.
Those connected with your company
are requested to bring this matter to
the attention of their business asso-
ciates and ask each to send a check.
"Please be as liberal as possible as
it will take a large amount of money
to pay the expenses of organization,
the postage, printing, speakers bureau
and various details that are absolutely
necessary to success.
One Democrat sends in to Mr..
Grimes his check for 2 cents, with a
little note stating that he does not
think the country will suffer very ma
terially even if Taft and Sherman are
turned down.
Another man sends in check
drawn about as follows:
Bank of.
"Pay to the order of The Republi-
can Party. -. so and O-100.
No OOlldrS.
."One who was and is in the panic
of 1907 and 19OS.''
With this check he sends the fol-
lowing note:
Having for the past twelve months
considered the Indebtedness to that
party. we now pay the same by en-
closed check, the same to be credited
as full payment for all we owe it. We
off easy SO far as your party is con-
cerned, as we feel more inclined to
draw a draft on the G. o. P. for our
losses during the panic of the past
year"
The Republican politicians of Hutchin-
son are now laying down" on Jackson to
quit prosecuting the city officers of that
Calm is whO made are that att it % r~n the
chances of the Republican ticket in
Hutchinson, and will cause all the Repub
lican politicians in that town to fight the
ticket. Mr.. Jackson will stand absolutely
pat He says that it is concern of his
whether the city officials are Republicans
or Democrats. If they are violating the
/ law.
Jackson has a letter which Mayor
Harsha wrote in which he declared that
there were 1000 people in Hutchinson
who were dependent for a livelihood upon
the violation of the prohibitory law, and
was used by the brewers to advertise
their claim that prohibition in Kansas Is
a failure.
Following the lead of the Democrats.
the Republican national committee is
sending out a piece of sheet music a
piece ,pasn is called Taft the Man OF fhe
Hour" The name of the Democratic
piece was 'The Billionaire." The Man
song refrain. The words are as follows:
Our leader we hail
And from mountain and vale
| We are rallying for Taft, the nations
choice,
With true and honest might
He is firm in the right
And we pledge him a loyal heart and
voice.
The proud ship of state
He will soon navigate
And of good, solid statesmen he's the
From sea unto sea
Taft our choice eer shall be
For Bill Taft is the man of the hour"
The state central committee has 10000
copies of this piece of sheet music, each
piece in an envelope. and they are being
distributed free to anyone who applies.
The Atchison Champion says: W. r.
/ Stubs was walking up the street yester-
day morning, after he came in on the
Taft special. and passing by Bosanko q
Poehler's butcher shop, he was very much
He remarked to a friend who was with
him: 81 believe will go in and buy those
horns. They are fine ones have a
suited for Them" They walked in and
going up to Charlie Poehler who had just
finished waiting on a customer, he asked
What will you take for those horns in
the window?'' Fifty dollars" Charlie
replied. "They are daisies, all right
/ enough" Stubbs said. and walked away,
to talk to a crowd that followed him into
the shop. He reached over to his com
panion and said: Tell him 1 will take
! them" In another moment he was back
at the desk and wrote Bosanko Poehler
a check for $50 and gave them shipping
| directions.
The story illustrates just the way
| Stubbs does things. He goes right
straight at 1t every time He doesn t
| quibbe.
The horns were bought by Tomlnson.
the original owner of the Bosanko &
Poehler shop. from Governor Click; They
! were given to Governor Click by his
| brother over 80 years ago, who sent them
to the governor from Montana. They
nv Julius Herman in the building now
occupied by John Rupp. Governor Click
was his financial hacker. Dick Bosanko
! horns twenty years ago and that some
time ago, Jim Orr, who 1t is said has