The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30
FRON OTHER PENS
MIssoURIAN AND HIS DOG.

MISSOURIAN AND HIS DOG.
That the Missourian stands by his
dog almost as faithfully as the dog
stands by him is freshly illustrated by
a case which came up from justice
of the peace court in Monroe county
through the circuit court to the st.
Louis court OF appeals. Unfortunately,
the Monroe county plaintiff, who sued
a neighbor for $40 for shooting his dog,
does not share the triumph of the War
rensburg iclent of Senator Vest in a
similar suit that has been made his
toric by the eloquence with which the
senator-t be praised the fidelity of the
dog. .fr,-y 20,
The best friend a man has in this
world may turn against him and be-
come his enemy, said Vest. The money
that a man has he may lose. The peo-
pie who are prone to fall on their knees
odo JUS honor when success Is with
usSmay be the first to throw the stone
of malice when failure settles its
slouds upon our heads. The one abso-
lutely unselfsh friend a man can have
in this selfish world, the one that never
deserts him. continued the orator, the
one that never proves ungrateful is his
dog. A mans dog stands by him In
prosperity and poverty. in health and
in sickness. He will lick the hand that
has no food to offer. He guards the
sleep of his pauper master as n he
were a prince. When all other friends
desert he remains. These eloquent
tributes to the value of mans dog,
with others equally moving to the jury.
won for the plaintiff the full amount
sued for. and 1t was large. The slain
Monroe county dog had no such elo-
ouent vindication. He sleeps in an I'M
honored grave, with the stigma OF nav
ing worried the live stock of his STAY
er resting heavily upon him.-St. Louis
Republic.
OUR UNLOCKED BACK DOOR.
CONGRESSMAN Hobson's statement at
Newport that we must keep our Meet
in the Pacific "or, condition ieaoing
to Inevitable war will surely follow
has the usual Hobson defect of exag-
geration. but at the same time it calls
attention to our military neglect OF
our western coast AS the congressman
explained the delicately adjusted pal
ance of power in Europe makes an at
tack upon us from the Atlantic almost
impossible. For any European nation
to make war with the United States
would be pure folly. 1t is as much as
any country on the other side of the
Atlantic can do to keep its defenses
strong enough to prevent aggression
from it's neighbors-
But in the Pacific conditions are
vastly different. There, until we sent
our fleet around the Horn, Japan was
in undisputed control. If we remove
the fleet the former state of ana1rs
will be, acknowledgements su-
premacy will be complete and unques-
toned or course, it is scarcely prob
able that Japan would attack us. even
if we should leave our Pacific almost
undefended. She is poor and we are
rich. and in a war we should bankrupt
her. STILL If the Japanese should De-
come thoroughly aroused over some
real or fancied injustice, something
whcih is not likely to occur when the
east and west mingle in daily inter
course, she might be tempted to strike
a swift blow at our exposed coast and
slB4 o. lsuIl pue 'suoIsssssod SuIHIlno
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