The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
IMPROVE WATERWAYS
Believes That Is Greatest Prob.
lem Before People.
Says Cannon Belongs to Crowd
of Century Ago.

and better than we of today do, is the
! creation of the national conservation
| 1dea," said Roscoe w. Stubbs, COVER
| nor-elect of Kansas, who is here at
| tending the conservation congress and
| waterways convention
Mr.. Stubbs declared that Presid ent
| Roosevelt bringing together the state
| executives with the national govern
ment, and affording opportunities for
| both of these authorities to cooperate
! in cause which will benefit the
whole country, rendered the country
an everlasting service.
"A harmonious and systematized
effort to conserve the national re-
vent, or at least reduce the tre-
mendous waste in every field, was
made possible by the course Mr..
Roosevelt took in the matter; in
dependent action on the part of each
state executive would have been
crowned with some success in their
own communities, but it could never
have been as thorough and success
full as the present system, inaugurated
by the president
The greatest problem now con-
fronting the country is the movement
toward improving the waterways.
Th1s, In my opinion, is by far the
most important thing of interest to
the people 1t is more important than
tariff revision or anything else now
occupying the public mind.
with the improvement of the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi rivers freight
rates would be reduced from one
fourth to one-sixth. And reduced
freight rates would mean much to the
great grain producing state of Kansas.
1t would cheaper the price of lum-
Der, steel and other building ma
terials, as well as many other
state.''
1t was pointed out to Mr.. Stubbs
that Uncle Joe Cannon, who controls
the purse strings of the treasury,
was unalterably opposed to any plan |
of improving the waterways of the
country on account of the tremendous
expenses involved.
"Oh. Cannon is a fine old fellow, |
personally; wonderful man in many
respects, but he belongs to the crowd |
OF century ago." said Mr.. Stubbs.
what the house of representatives
needs is new speaker, a young man |
with ideas of present day needs. We |
don't want to stand still as a nation |
but we want to move right ahead |
and keep up with public demand"
Mr.. Stubs is accompanied bv Mrs. |
Stubbs, and their two sons. Paul and |
Roscoe, jr. They are stopping at the |
Rale1gh hotel and will remain here
through the week. Mr.. Stubbs said it
was his intention to paw his resnects
to President Roosevelt before leaving
the city. The chances are he will 90
to the White House alone, as he is
well acquainted with the president.
In the meanwhile Mr.. Stubbs is mt
ting in the time at conventions and
hobnobbing with the Kansas dele
gation and Kansas people generally.
doubt, to look into the senate and
view the proceedings of that august
body with more than special interest |
Some kansans in Washfn gton ex-
pect 10 see you come to the United
States senate in the near future was
the substance of a query put as a
''feeler' of Mr.. Stubbs ambition.
Wglt' I'm I'm not giving that subject any
With With a wreath of smiles. ''I viii soon
pose to give the people of Kansas one Of
Inc @ best administrations they ever had
mat means my very best Efforts
Few old-time printers who have attain
ed ed a Prominenfe IN & syer began to learn the
the gentleman from n'o Kansas Z iGsas
" ThG fb has 6geP 4aIled ons of the sartet
when, during school vacation. he began tc
get get the the smell smell = Of printers ink in his
srs type forms, etc. Less than 2fess ye vr9rg r9
ater he was a full fedged printer on his
If strike against the mandates of his
parent. Naturally, the father was wroth
1pon, according to tradition. the chic
made reply:
Father, you think you are a big man
low, but the time is coming when YOU
will be. chiefly known as Victor Murdock's
'ather."
The father, at that time. was owner and
EDITOR of the Wichiat Eagle, and exerted j
locks name is heard in Kansas where his
ather's is not known
Victor's entire career has been some
what akin to that of the cyclones for
which his state used to be famous. He was .
newspaper reporter at fifteen At nine
a &c 5
unior and because his father would not
ldvance his pay from IS to SIS a week, the
pulled out for Chicago, made
lis fathers managing editor. and nine
rear later. when thirty-two, found him ,
elf duly accredited congressman from !
Kansas.
It was Victor Murdock. the reporter. !
Who made "Sockless'' Jerry Simpson ma ,,
ionally famous, fictitiously holding in an
rticle written for his fathers paper that
hat Populist candidate for congress did :
lot clothe his feet as other did. In a |
way this mas remained Murdock's most
4. Of to do with making Jerry Simpson y M q
congressman. his followers taking up the
pithet applied to him in a spirit of levity
md making telling campaign slogan out !
# it
The following bills and petitions were )
resented to the house by Congressman C. :
ions sc35' fo iehael Stag George eeefsea mcGa sn
urn, BENJAMIN F. Green. John W Harris, |
samuel Palmer, William A Drew. Floyd .
SARA J. Kiser and Ulrich Levenberger;
'etition of citizens of Blue Mound, I
gainst a bal for the observance of Sun /
f citizens of Pleasanton, for legislation
ensioning members OF the United States