The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08
KANSAS COMMENT
WOMEN MIIST wEEP.

WOMEN MUST WEEP.
me mere fact that a woman is
ment or protection to her since
she has emerged from the seclusion
OF ooudoir and kitchen to take her
place IN the great gray world Of
If she has ability in business. liter
azure, or any avenue of usefulness,
she may force her way to the front.
and the fact that she is a woman will
mined to turn the left, and dis
tlngu1sh herself by the practice of
evh arts, her sex Is not considered
Wnen she looms up at the bar of JUS
tice for sentence.
II is only in the matter of voting
tnat the old time prejudice against
woman still holds good. She is now
given the glorious privilege of paying
taxes on such property as she owns,
and some day she will be permitted to
polls.
Before women became so numerous
and active in the great gray world, 1t
was almost impossible to convict a
pretty girl of any crime. The solemn
beWhiskered jurymen who would send
man to the galIows or the. pent-
Tertiary without a moments hesita-
ton. couldn't find it in their hearts
to award punishment to the attrac-
tive female accused of poisoning
somebody or working a ladylike
graft.
But times have changed. Witness
the experience OF Jennie Blunt, a
charming blackmailer who shot
Gentleman Friend because he would
not come down with the pocket mon
cy. She not only drew a penitentfary
sentence zenss &C.. but the Judge gaze her, her
and drove her to an attempt at sui
eide. And Jennie is nice looking
damsel.
Witness Mae Wood. fine looking
and clever woman, who brought suit
against Senator Plat. The court
yesterday refused to allow the trial to
run on to its conclusion, but dismissed
the case; not only that. but he sent
Mae to Jail. and she will be tried on
Witness many such instances. re-
corded in the dispatches from day to
day. And the women are glad of 1t:
they'd rather be accepted upon their
be regarded as SO many speaking
dolls.-Emporia Gazette.
A PLEASING VERDICT.
The verdict of the jury in the case
of the state of Kansas against the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
company awarding the state upwards
Of $4,000 by reason of it's losses
sustained in the failure of the First
National bank Of Topeka should be
10 tHc pcOplo VI AdHSdos
The actual loss to the state was $685.
1895, the state having received
$44s,S59.11 from Receiver Bradley of
the failed bank. The sum awarded
the state by the jury was its actual
loss plus the interest since the date
OF the closing of the bank.
This verdict should be pleasing to
the people Of the state. not alone be-
cause 1t will cover the loss Of the
state suffered in this failure, If the
verdict is sustained by the higher
court, but because 1t shows that it is
collect from one Of these guaranty
companies that make business of
bonding public officers. The practice
OF such companies. has been too large
ly the kind described by everything
coming in and nothing going out"
ton, just as a man buys life or
fire insurance. when loss was suf-
fered the bonding company i'm
mediately began skfrmfshing around
for some escape from its liability. 1t
Is gratifying to note that, in one case
to escape.
Kansas has been very fortunate
financially in the outcome of this
great bank failure. What seemed to be
a half million dollar loss has dwindled
to less than 100000 and If this YER
dict is sustained no loss will be suf-
fered at all, while the accrued interest
will be about sufficient to pay the ex-
pense Of the examinations of the
treasury and the litigation that fol-
lowed the original loss. Incidentally,
the outcome should be very satisfac-
tory to Hon. Thomas Todd Kelly. who
will be able to claim that the state
never lost a dollar through him.
Hutchinson News.