The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
KANSAS COMAENT
WITH ALL HER FAULTS.

WITH ALL HER FAULTS.
Fat. fair and forty-seven, Kansas is
enjoying her birthday. The word "en-
Joying is used with full assurance
Kansas is enjoying it.
There has been no end of fine writ
ing and fine speech-making on Kan
sas. Her vagaries have furnished a
thousand themes, and men who could
rise but lamely to the inspiration OF
either heaven or hades have found no
difficulty in "dashing off, sparkling
apostrophies to Kansas.
Kansas is merely forty-seven years
sign of a full and comprehensive ex-
PLANTATION of all that requires explana-
ton in Kansas
The worst than can happen has hap
pened in Kansas. The best that can
happen and that has never happened
to any other state before, is in store for
Kansas. What Illinois and Ohio are as
types of prosperity and substantially,
Kansas Is to become-and more, be-
cause she has better resources and a
more vigorous citizenship.
Kansas has been through her forma-
tive days. she has melted Jeers and
tears by her awkwardness and her
habit of wiping her nose on her sleeve.
But nobody is laughing or crying at
Kansas any more-and nobody Will.
The prosperity that has been recorded
here in the last ten years will be great
ly increased in the next ten years. The
arts and graces which mature exper-
fence has lately settled on Kansas will
be further developed.
p In Kansas we will have seizures"
occasionally and still crowd in after
men who sell electric belts for disorder
ed livers and disordered politics-but
we will do less of 1t, and do 1t for fewer
days at g. time.
It is all right to wish Kansas many
happy returns-the wish will become a
true prophecy.-Ottawa Herald.
THE FIRST PRIMARY.
Under the new primary law nornina-
lions for all offices will be made in
August. This means long campaign
for the candidates, but as they will
have to combat with new conditions
perhaps it Is Just as well. The pri-
maries doubtless would have been set
for an earlier month. had 1t not been
for the desire Of the congressman, who
felt they were entitled to little time,
after congress adjourns. in which to
meet their constituents. This was GER
tainly a reasonable request.
1t will be something new in Kansas
for the candidates for all offices in all
parties to be named the same day,
and there Is much talk about mem
bers of opposition parties helping to
nominate weak candidates on the OPP
posing tickets. Doubtless there will be
some such effort, but its success will
depend on just what proportion of the
voters of either party will deny their
own political faith to help do injury
to the other party. 1t is our guess
that the percentage of such voters in
either of the leading parties will not
be great.
Just what will be the effects Of the
operation of the new law can not be
foretold with any degree of certainty.
but It will do exactly what it purports
to do-give each member of every
party the chance to express his own
personal choice for every Office and
place the governing power as nearly
as may be in the hands of the voters.
If mistakes are made in nominations
now we voters will have ourselves to
blame and will be unable to lay the
responsibility on a. the convention
fixers,'' of which so much has been
heard. The dutylso every voter to
participate, in this first law regulated
primary, in order that a thorough test
may be made, is, therefore. plain
Hutchinson News.