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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

conduct of the affairs OF this state and
It surely was of great benefit to the
people of the whole commonwealth. And
perhaps the present fine temper Of this
party Is best evidenced by the actions
Of its representatives in the last regular
and special session Of the legislature.
In decided minority. they were gem
orally to be found on the right side and
because Of the split in the Republican
ranks they occasionally held the bal
ance Of power which was never
abused by them. Such men and such a
party are entitled to the respect OF the
people OF the state even II they are not
in the majority.
This years Democratic banquet takes
on a special interest and Significance
because William Jennings Bryan will
be present to deliver the principal
speech. The noted Nebraskan holds a
high place In the esteem OF the Demo-
Gratis Of Kansas. They are among his
most enthusiastic supporters and are
for him first. last and all the time. They
VIII go to the Denver convention as a
unit for him and the reception they will
accord him tonight will be Q magnifi-
cent one.
OF Mr.. Bryan. the Same may be said
as has been said of the Democrats OF
Kansas. Men may differ as to the wise
ness Of some Of the policies he advo-
Gates but no one has ever been heard
to impugn the honesty Of his motives.
and his presidential contests, while un-
successful ones have undoubtedly
worked immense benefit for the people
OF the entire country.
Kansas Democrats are welcome to
Topeka today and Mr. Bryan II as
equally welcome to Kansas. A call for
three cheers for them and him would
not be out OF order for all the world
admires good fighters who are fighting
for what they believe to be right and
who are good losers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
SONNET

restless human heart that like the sea
SWINGS and recedes In ceaseless ebb and
Though signing wind or wilder tempest
Ever thou movest meath compIaiufnxly;
ana II thou seem'St to rest, can only Be
iuusion for q summer hour to know
since surgfng fathoms, there, the blue
below
An Grant wind may lash to enmity.
borne!
Rich.oargoed. rare. from stranger lands
Weathertng the wrack. by beating surxsa
torn.
To pass and harbor there. within the
morn
Means In eternal quest meath sun OF
star. -
Pail Man Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison olona. !

Id I1e AGCl1SOn 9IOb4.l
A mans tongue can spoil an his in
dustry.
With a woman. love is feeling of
proprietorship.
The hardest thing a woman has to
learn: how to pour a half q cup OF
coffee.
A man - pleased when he learns that
a pretty woman likes him; never sur
prised.
A girl Of 1e is SO sure she will marry
q millionaire. it is a wonder she doesn't
try to get credit at the drygoods stores
on the strength Of It.
If you must study the dead languages
and read dull, uninteresting things
thinking to add to your culture. at least
do not inf1ict your friends by talkine
about them.
The young men who give their girls
diamond rings. and marry before pay
later marry q second time while stil]
In debt for the first wife's funeral ex-
penses-
The pale-faced. careworn woman love,
her children better than her husband
but the bright-faced woman with ths
holds her husbands love as the great.
est treasure on earth
The girl who frowns: you have seer
her. She frowns at her mothers mis-.
takes in talking. frowns at her fathers
gruff ways; frowns at everything. Shs
will marry some day, and become :
tyrant.
You may have had ancestors. but 90,
you show the picture Of a female an.
cestor dressed In clingfng black vel.
vet, and with a big emaciated gray.
hound by her side? An ancestor win
had a picture painted in any othe,
style will not do to point to with awe
according to recent decision OF Ia,
Lanoaster LITERARY Doc1sty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
prom the Chicago NswAJ

Beware Of people who nsvsr mn
angry,
Beware OF people whose. poiiteue.. 4,
excessive.
But the Ignorance Of q lawyer frn,t
bliss for his client.
Poverty may not be q crime, but II /.
the cause OF many.
Just because q man says NOTHING h.
isn't necessarily saver Of WOOD
Few sins would be 80 popular IL fb.v
were not 30 strenuously preanied
against.
NO real hustler would Give : o~yt.
for the things that come to thnee WSo
wait
How many times have you von amt
when invited to 90 up against anosher
mans game?
Occasionally woman n 80 deoautfv.
that she win even try to make g man
believe she loves him when she doos.
II man makes cynical fexnsrfs
shout woman It's doughnnts to fudre
that enc Of them has been usfne MI,
tor q doormat-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
Good on the Braid.

A gay young bride OF about three
years was twitted upon retaining in
her service a worthless sort Of coach
man. "Ah." she sighed. but no one
appreciates James as I do. He may
not be as expert with the ribbons as
some Others but defy you all to pro-
duce his equal as a braider. My
horses tails are absolute perfect1onl
Ther are the admiration OF the city,
the envy of all horse owners. Why, I
was SO taken with James artistic
slrfII that Neft him try his hand on
my hair, ana ever sinos the first sx-
pertinent he has been braidfnr Il
daify. He IL certainly q treasurer
New York Pregk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Fellows get over believing in dreams
after they have been Tilted by one Of
them.
y
A clockmaker's business should be
an uncertain one for SO much Of 1t Is
run on tick.
If girl wants a man to propose she
can usually lead him up to 1t without
waiting for leap year.
= Q
A little boy who runs away to hunt
redskins generally does not find any
until his father has finished with him.
= .
If the last act Of the average mu-
sioal show was put on first nobody
would notice anything out of the way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
KANSAS COAAENT
PRIMARIES ARE POPULAR.


AIter a i've months struggle in the
IesiAature preceded by two years
struggle In the state, Illinois has df-
IsSs primary call passably good, says
tne Nebraska Journal With Kansas
JUST passing into line this makes the
middle west an almost solid direct
primary section. It is hard to over
estimate the importance of this revo-
luton. Tor revolution it is. 1t means
IN aooltion to Embossed state govern
Ments strong block of representa-
ives and senators in congress who
represent nobody but the voters OF
their states It is not certain that
the men nominated and elected by
the people will be OF greater ability
ana native integrity than the men
CHOSEN for office in the back rooms
"nere convention states are arranged.
put 1t does mean that such talents as
tney nave viii be aysrted ana their
impulses restrained with eye single
70 d1nerent source of their Jobs.
The extent of the direct primary will
mean that no effort to repeal or Grip
PIE 1t can hope to succeed, and 1t is
only matter of time, short time
doubtless, till the people of every
state where shred Of civic self re-
spect remains will wrest the same
right from the machines that have
ruled them by manipulating their
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Times.
LET THERE BE DISCUSSION.
Governor Hoch seems very much
afraid that the bank guarantee deposit
law Will be discussed during the COM
Ing campaign. OF course it will. and 1t
Is entirely proper that 1t should be.
There is nothing sacred about banking.
1t Is purely q business proposition and
Is part Of the business life Of COM
munity as much as selling shoes or
running mill. It comes somewhat
<11< - - -. -
form OF business but 1t Is nevertheless
open to a full understanding on the part
both Of depositors and stockholders and
the more completely 1t is understood
the better it is for any community. The
great danger to the banks comes not
from those who understand bank man
agement but from those who do not
After a discussion Of the guarantee de-
posit law lasting through the summer
and fall, it will be found that a far diff
ferent measure than that proposed by
the bank commissioners and the gov
ernor will be worked out for the next
regular session.-Abilene Reflector.
ENCOURAGING. -.
The Illinois courts have finally sue
ceeded in landing John A. Cooke in
the penitentiary. Cooke used to be
county clerk and resorted to all sorts
of dish onest tricks to increase his own
bank account. He was convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary a year
and a half ago, and has managed TO
retain his liberty by the strenuous
work of his lawyers, who resorted to
every bubble and subterfuge known to
the game to save him from the peni-
Tertiary. But justice won out at the
end, and Mr.. Cooke, accompanied by q
merry party OF friends. went to Joliet
as "a bridegroom from his chamber.
apparently taking the whole thing as
a Joke. The fact that penitentiaries all
over the land are being filled with ex-
offlceholders who betrayed the people
and robbed them. should be somewhat
encouraging to those who have been
prone to repine.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

One does not hear much these days
from shippers over a car shortage, but
there is one all right. It is a shortage
Of cars needing repairs and the un-
pleasant result Is that the big
railroad shops all over the country.
those of the Santa BE included, are
being shut down for q couple of days
q week. There IS no reason to believe,
however. that it will be necessary to
shut down the Santa F'e shops for any
continued length of time and this is
rood news
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
Althourh the hankers 9

Although the bankers Of Kansas
were generally opposed to a law pro-
wtding for the guarantee of deposits
Il looks as though some of them were
bent upon taking steps which will re-
suit In the insurance of deposits, that
IL II the action Of the Kansas Bankers
association on Thursday. means any
ching. This is only another evidence
of the fact that the bankers are one
particular class of business men who
insist that they be permitted to do
things their own way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcMmcR
prom tn. New Tor. rre..1

IErom the New York PressJ
A mind reader can do It II fhar.,.
isn't any to read
Nobody has the courage to say .rv-
thing an heiress wears isn't -,
ish.
A man is always ashamed Ia v...
loud ties uniess his wife objects 70
them
Hardly anybody IL worth arv,,,.u
with uniess it's certainty he'll never
agree with you. 81
Ing whist If sha can 1T cerie1
teisphone sevsral ttunes foe 9 So -. sne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Mr.. Taft seems to be quite as popular
in the New England states as he Is In
this section Of the country. All of the
other presidential candidates for the
Republican nomination seem to be In
a quiescent state these days. But
maybe Taft Is doing the talking and
they are getting IN the fine work One
never can Just tell about these affairs
F,oIffical ~.~- 4s-s1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
stuyvesant Fish has apparently lost

stuyvesant Fish has apparently lost
out in his fight to wrest the control
of the Illinois Central from 3. n. Har-
Fdmen and the Union. Pacific. Harr1-
mans gigantic moves In the railroad
world may be questionable from the
pkandpoint of public policy. but all of
them so far seem to have been well
within the tenor Of the law. And we
should say that Mr.. Hartman has
been fortunate IN the choice OF his le-
nal advisers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

That opinion of the attorney gener-
al to the effect that despite the con-
ssitution and the laws Of Kansas a
judicial officer can not be denied the
right to become candidate for con-
gress is q most important ruling and
one which will be hailed with glee by
the friends of Judge Rees Of Abilene
VINO wants to run for congress In the
Fifth district. ss-~s~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

elk to kill these beasts rather than to
distribute them among the potentates
Of the earth, although three or four
of them might be acceptable for the
menagerie that the Roosevelt young
STEERS have esta blished as an annex to
the White House.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

! whatelaw Reid. ambassador to the
IEourt of St James. adds his voice to
lkhe sensible statements of the we'll In
Formed to the effect that the talk Of
ia war between Japan and the United
Estates is ignorant and foolish" as
INvell as "unaiiciouG"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Runors are flying around thick and
fast that Mr.. Bailey is going to quit
the race tor the Republican nomina-
don for governor. One thing is GER
tain, he IL not making much of a cam
paign for the honor and the present
outlook is that Mr.. Stubbs will win in
q zunlk -. = 49, -.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

President Roosevelt evidently be-
neves in taking time by the forelock.
Ee has advised the Interstate COM
merce commission to prepare data 50
as to be ready to arbitrate any cues
tons that may, arise between rail-
roads and their employees In the event
that the latter's wages are reduced.
The president seems to have some in
side information that the railroads
contemplate general reduction of
wages. No intimation has been made
public by the railroads that they in
tend to DO 30 except among the high
salaried men in their employ, and
only few roads have reduced the
salaries Of this class of workers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

! As was TO be expected the American
ear IN tho great New York to Paris
auto race 10 Tar and away in the lead.
What's where It win probably be at the
5AniEh. IL one b ever contaminated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Lest we forget, It may be remarked
that the federal troops are sttn In Gold
field, Nsv. Just what they are doing
khers. they are probably at a loss to
kn0w themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Pope Plus has been presented with
q couple OF lions by his friend, King
Meueiik OF Abyssinia together with a
message expressing the desire of the
King to insure the security of the Ro-
man Catholic missionaries through
u,1s Ethiopia. Surely the king can hit
,ruon no better plan for securing the
nafsty of missionaries and all others
q, his kingdom than by Kidding it of
Iseosin. tigers and other ferocious
Seasfa. II might be wei for Mr.. Mem
a aras aaexx comes from Paris tell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

That California millionaire who has
esneyed q career on the stage In the
sole of Hamlet has one consolation. nc
Doubt. He Will not have to walk home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

DEFY haf found real diamonds In Ar
kansaws but der roomer dot am go
ing dere on such q cheap undoocemende
e. dot, iss absolutely false.
Observation-Disclosures natfou . l
oenks hat failed during der pasd nx.
deem yearss, but my COINCIDENCE iss edtll
clear Dey ditndt fail pecaus drew
any money oudt uf dem.
monial achency pecaus der wife dey
found him iss nod oop to specidca-
tonss. Resolfed.-led us make ID un-
animous,-dot der wife should be DER
plaintiff. A man vich would make
holler Ut dot kind iss cerdainly pF4rna
facie efidence dot der woman he mar
ried vas stinged worse den he vasl
We gadder from reports dot Fennsyl-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
vOT'S DER USE?

Charley Morton vas q good Teller, und
a chendleman whose life vas abofe re-
proach. No dirty stories we're efer cir
no grounds fer dem. He had lots uf
friends und no enemies. He vas q
chenius In many ways. und untitled to
der best tings in life. Und Charley iss
dead.
Der Rooshan Cheneral, Misder Stoes-
sci, fss gifen der choice uf vedder he
will be shooted err trown into chai1 und
forgotten. Hating read some stories uf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

should conflne idself to anthems uf
choy becaus i'd vas nod picked closer.
Many uf us claim to be public spirit
ed cusses. und arbiters uf der fate at
lods easier fer us to gedt oop q
sweat ofer q hold-oop py der electric
light combany, den Id ISIS to take fire
ofer der suspicion dot Niagara falls may
be destroyed by der trusts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
1H0w WILL NV nkEovK1i
YeOs nose-a, ? ss,oor,kr or,
lEQrSkY NJ .Aft-oNcu

der Rooshan chail sysdem, I am un-
c1ined to tink dis iss very similar to
ezsicootioner, will you hat you neck
chopped short er long?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Reported dot China iss raising a army
uf one million to drffe oudt der Toor-
upeans. From vich We gadder dot dere
musd be ad leasd sefen full grown
Yoorupeans In China
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Goferner Pannypacker sayss he
didn't know der state vas being rob-
bed py der graftsrs. Dis might sound
like a prefarication, we're ID nod fer der
Overwhelming ef1dence dot Goferner
Pannypacker could proof q albino, Ut
charged init knowing anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Some umportandt papers hat peen
found in Mexico, vich are supposed to
shed light on der doings uf der late
Zebulon Montgomery Pike. It is hop
ed dot der records will seddie der
kvestion uf how many pack-mules i'd
took to transport der full name und
title Ut dot early oxplorer.
We may gadder. from hiss few re-
marks Friday morning. dot Chud.e
Dana does nod today tink UT ts1sder
Dreaming, city attorney, In der earue
tink vich he thinks Ut der late Misder
Cheorge Washington He minated
strongly, yesterday, dot dere vas q
vital difference between Dreaming urd
Washington
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-11-06
His Epitaph

Hilary Hardness was a politician of
the lowest type, and unsuccessful at
that. His whole life was devoted to
Office seeking. He spent thirty-seven
years vainly seeking a SIS, 900 Office
hours 10 till 2-while his wife and
daughter supported him by keeping
candy shop. Well, Hilary died at
last. A modest shaft was put above
his remains, and the executor asked
the editor of his town paper to suggest
and epitaph to go upon the shaft.
The editor thought a moment. Then
he smiled, and, slipping a sheet Of
paper in his typewriter, he clicked of.
Here lies Hilary Harkness, in the
only place for which he never applied.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-11-06

23o, Long III; sheriff, Ferguson 146,
Simmons 228; clerk, Campbell 200,
Brooks 146; auditor, Spencer 131,
Godfrey 237; treasurer, Spencer 40,
Battles 1872; prosecuting attorney, Kemp
213, Starr, Isl; assessor, Osborn 208,
Payton 14o; superintendent of schools,
Bowersox 233, Anvil 1876; coroner,
Saunders 1914, Culp los; commits
sioners, first district, Pitcher 223, Grant
1872; second district, Otis 203, Kinney
147; third district, Trow 24o.
Chelan-President, Taft 1873, Bryan
124; state senator, Smithson 1913, Stew
ems Isl; state representative, Holm
1O4, Long 17S; sheriff, Ferguson $50,
Simmons 124; clerk, Campbell l48,
Brooks 121; auditor, Spencer l16,
Godfrey 100; treasurer, Spencer 81,
Battles 1913; prosecuting attorney,
Kemp 129, Starr 148; assessor, Osborn
19o, Payton 70; superintendent, Bower
sox 185, Anvil 90; coroner, Saunders
145, Culp 100; commissioners, first
district, Pitcher 1856, Grant 131; sec
ond district, Otis 63, Kinney 203; third
district, Trow, 220.
Lakeside-President, Taft rs, Bryan
81; state senator, Smithson 81, Stevens
so; representative, Holm 81, Long 68;
sheriff, Ferguson n, Simmons 90;
clerk, Campbell 81, Brooks So; auditor,
Spencer 80, Godfrey So; treasurer,
Spencer IS, Battles 49; attorney, Kemp
"a, Starr so; assessor, Osborn ia,
Payton 1o; superintendent, Bowersox,
90, Auvil 20; coroner, Saunders IS,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-11-06

Campbell 13, Brooks 6; auditor, Spen-
Ger 13, Godfrey Z; treasurer, Spencer
II, Battles 7; attorney, Kemp IS,
Starr S; assessor, Osborn II, Payton Q,
superintendent, Bowersox IS, Anvil 4;
coroner, Saunders 13, Culp a; COM
missioners, first district, Pitcher 16,
Grant 4; second district, Otis 13, Kin
ney S; third district, Trow II.
Entiat-State senator, Smithson 81,
Stevens S.; representative, Holm SO,
Long So; sheriff, Ferguson IS, Sim
mons 81; clerk, Campbell 90, Brooks
go; auditor, Spencer Al, Godfrey "a;
treasurer, Spencer Al, Battles "a; at
torney, Kemp Sc, Starr 81; assessor,
Osborn SO, Payton 54; superintendent,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-11-06

Bowersox SO, Anvil 88; coroner, Saun-
ders 72,. Culp 49; commissioners, first
district, Pitcher 65, Grant So; second
district, Otis So, Kinney IS; third dis
trict, Trow 10.
Malaga-President, Taft 46, Bryan
%: state senator, Smithson 43, Stevens
27; representative, Holm A, Long 26,
sheriff, Ferguson 29, Simmons 46;
clerk, Campbell 40, Brooks 81; audi
tor, Spencer II, Godfrey 55; treasurer,
Spencer %, Battles AZ; attorney, Kemp
At, Starr 27; assessor, Osborn 43, Pay
ton d; superintendent, Bowersox 40,
Anvil 25; coroner, Saunders As; Culp
25; commissioners, first district, Pitcher
80, Grant 33; second district, Otis 38,
Kinney 80; third district, Trow "A.
At Merritt Taft received 8 votes,
Debs 6, and Bryan 8.
AS near as can be told at present,
with several small precincts to be heard
from, the following are the majorities:
J. H. Smithson, state senator, 800.
R. F. Holm, representative, 423.
J. Leigh Campbell, county clerk, ,270.
c. A. Battles, treasurer, 100.
John Godfrey, auditor, 430.
J. E. Ferguson, sheriff, So.
Fred Kemp, prosecuting attorney,
130.
E. c. Bowersox, superintendent Of
schools, $50.
R. c. Osborn, assessor, 400.
w. A. Saunders, coroner, 400.
F. M. Berry, county engineer, no
opposition.
Alex Pitcher, commissioner first dis
trict, 800.
G. B. Kinney, commissioner second
district, Is.
c. J. Trow, commissioner third dis
trict, no opposition.