The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25

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on the front page. under scare neaos'
where they really belonged.
So Speaker Cannon needs no defense
from US.
/ Another man writes a letter and says,
IT am sorry that you stood for Cannon.
because you have weight and what you
say will influence men for Miller, and
for the whole reactionary program In
Kansas. Nevertheless. feeling as you
feel. it was purely your duty to say ex-
actly what you did the way you did.
Now, there you are again. am not
| standing for Cannon. He stands for
himself-about six feet. perpendicular.
/ The writer had no idea OF helping or
harming Miller. He had observed that
certain facts had not been printed In
the west: he thought those facts ought
| to be known by his readers; he Is in
! the newspaper business and he has an
| implied contract with the people who
| subscribe for his paper that they are
| paying him for the news and that he
! ought to give it to them. If he sup
presses news which they ought to
know, or prints, Intentionally or mad
vertently, things which are not true,
| things which ought not to have been
| printed or omits that which ought to
have been printed. he is in a sense OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
It is the theory of this newspaper
| that those who read 1t. read it for the
purpose Of learning what is going on.
They pay the carrier ten cents q week.
less by mall to get medium which
tells them what's happening and if this
paper does not tell them. or tells them
incorrectly. their opinions and conclu,;
sions, based on what they read, are in
correct or false, which Ia bad business.
Now. the young man who is running
against Mr.. Miller in the Fourth con-
gressional district of this state is a
bright young statesman, from the state
senate. duly admired by this journal.
but George Tucker, being an honorable
man. cannot desire to profit by misrep-
reservations printed about his oppo-
nent. Many of Mr.. fuckers friends have
made the assertion that Mr.. Miller for
years paid Mrs. Miller the salary of
clerk allowed him by congress. Ask
ing Mr. Miller about this charge he re-
piled: There is not word of truth
| in that. Mrs. Miller never drew a dol
lar from the government for clerical
work or for any other purpose since I
have been in congress-
Now, If Miller's statement is not true
let those who have published to the
contrary produce their proof and the
State Journal will print it with equal
prominence, and this is not a defense
of Miller either. If Tucker beats Miller
he should do it ION the square" and
without any horse shoes in the gloves.
To return to Uncle Joe"-the writer
does not think he has had a fair deal
in certain newspapers and from some
Of the politicians OF this state.
Uncle Joe" has been a sort of an
underdog out here and he has been so
busy in the east that he has not had
time to get away from some Of those
who have been snarling at him.
Now the rules Of Congress, the writer
believes. should be revised. Payne,
Dalzell, Cannon, and a few others, are
too much the whole show, but they are
not to blame for this so much as the
Congressman we elect from various
portions Of the United States are to
blame. These powerful servants Of ours
can make the rules. We are supposed
to indicate to our representatives what
we want and they are expected to carry
out our wishes, to more or less extent.
Uncle joe seems to be playing the
game according to the rules adopted by
the Representatives who insisted on
putting him into the Office Of the
Speakers chair. Now, If our dear Rep
resentatives do not like the Speaker,
or the rules. they should change either,
if they can make up their minds to do
what the President asks and what the
people implore. II there was any OPP
position to Uncle Joe' at the time OF
his selection as Speaker. this writer
does not recall 1t so far as the Repub-
lican caucus was concerned. Perhaps
there was, but II SO the mans name is
forgotten.
Now, Uncle Joe" was not a young
man when he was made Speaker. He
has been in public life nearly all of his
seventy-two years. since he had attain
ed his majority. His record, creditable
or otherwise, was to a great extent an
open book The men who voted for him
as Speaker knew the man for whom
they were voting.
II you do not ike the newspaper
you are reading do not waste 50 much
time swearing at the paper. but stop
it and take one which suits you.
Speaking OF representatives and sem
ators, and giving Uncle Joe rest for
a paragraph, here is one of the new
| things that the writer learned on his
six days visit. If Representative MUIR
| dock. Representative Anthony. Sena-
| tor Curtis and Kansas man were go
| ing up in the elevator In the capitol
| and had all gotten on at the ground
| floor at the same time, Mr.. Murdoch
and Mr.. Anthony saying to the eleva-