The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-30

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There was a time when Leaven-
worth was pointed out as bad town,
an appelIation the only justification
for which the remaining towns in the
state could find was the fact that it
persistentIy attended to it's own BUSH
ness and let its neighbors alone. In
this respect it was. of course, different,
hence the condemnation. Topeka has
been considerably maligned because Of
the quantity of its liquor sales. The
some quarters but there is ample
proof that good many Of the best
citizens of Topeka do not sell liquor
and further that they have never con-
Quoted drug stores. There have been
seasons when Wichita was Gin bad"
for one cause or another, none of
which really amounted 10 anything
There is, however, cause for serious
concern about lola and its SUBURBS.
Of late it is furnishing as much GRIM
inal news, almost, as the city OF Pitts
burgh. If there has been anything
new or novel in the line of crime late
~, lola has been If on It,
Searching for causes for the condi-
tions prevalent there the first one
which suggests itself will have to be
eliminated. It is not bad whisky that
has caused the misunderstanding. the
shooting from ambush, the issuance OF
''blackhand" manifestos, and the
slaughter of women. The lid is on at
lola 1t is on tight. Certainly the
situation is not due to a temperament
for which the weather is responsible,
for Iola-much as some may deplore
the facts still in Kansas, and the
air in Kansas is conducive to longevity
and happiness. In study of the case
of lola all reasonable theories fail Of
application. What is to be done about
lola ?-Leavenworth Times.
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CUBA'S CHANCE
President Roosevelt has written to
certain Cuban leaders definitely fixing
the date of the withdrawal of the
American troops at January 2s. 1909.
AS preparation for this course the date
of the elections has been advanced from
December to November II. There are
many who believe that 1t will be folly
to thrust upon Cuba the experiment
of self-government again, and they will
find support for their opinion in the
report that the circulation of the presi-
dents letter has already started stories
of trouble and plots against the gov
eminent, no matter which party may
win in the elections. Conservative bust
ness men of the island are quoted as
convinced that no stable government
in Cuba is possible at this time, ex-
cept under an American protectorate.
Very possibly the Americans in Cuba
who hope for a continuance of the
American occupation are helping to
spread lIllS DeleI, LOT IL Is pretty GEAR
that as soon as Cuba Is thrown upon
it's own resources for government.
there will be plenty of trouble. and
the productive interests of the island
will be the first to suffer. But while
it is probable that exactly this situation
will develop, the Cuban people should
be given every opportunity to govern
themselves and every encouragement
along that line, and after the promises
that have been made the United States
could not honorably refuse them an
other trial at government. One more
should be sufficient. however. If they
should step in as it has right to do,
and make the island what it should
have been from the beginning-a part
and parcel of the United States-Leav-
enworth Times. tazf.