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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
A LDssoN FOR KINGs.

Prompt revocation of the arbitrary
DEGREES of ex-Dictator Franco by the
new king of Portugal bellies the efforts
to describe the assassination of King
Carlos and the crown prince as with
out real political significance, as the
work of anarchists and the enemies of
all government. Seldom have the sur
vivors Of murdered sovereigns so soon
read into murder a peremptory petit
ton to the throne. Whether 1t be the
Bourbon blood that flows in the veins
of this house-reminding 1t of what
the Bourbons suffered in the French
Revolution-or whether it be the new
sacredness of constitutional govern
ment that has caused this almost inn
mediate reputation Of the dictator
ship, the fact of it stands out as one OF
the most interesting incidents of mod
something of its dramatic force by the
fact that the dictatorship was tenn
porary only, that 1t was to come to an
end within a few months, and by the
conspicuous improvements accom-
plished by Senior Franco in the Portu-
guese finances. But the dictators de-
crees had become increasingly severe
until at last they reached the climax
of arbitrariness. Never was a consti-
tuition so thoroughly suspended.
If there is in constitutional state
one offense that is beyond forgiveness
it is that of treason to the constitution
committed when the Individual for the
limitation of whose power It Is pri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

marily established sets it aside NO
matter how benevolent his purpose, no
matter how generous his intent-when
| he attempts to supersede a government
| of laws by a government of men he
tears the structure of state from its
foundations. Being a good sovereign,
he may attempt to carry that structure
upon his shoulders, but the weight Is
heavy, and there be no need for sur
prise when he staggers to his fall. NO
sovereign of any important constitu-
tional state since Napoleon III has at
tempted this suspension of the consti-
tuition. No true constitution permits
such suspension. The German constf-
tuition suffers the emperor to proclaim
state siege and establish other ex-
traordinary precautions in time OF
great national danger. The American
constitution, by the interpretations of
the civil war, does the same. Other
constitutions have similar safety ap-
planes. But not one of them recog-
nizes Caesarism-the right absolutely
to suspend the fundamental law and In
its place set UP man.
There is small Ill without some gain,
and the Portuguese tragedy-deplor-
able as 1t has been-may prove to be
one of the compelling object less ons OF
history. Not that any king, president,
or emperor, or any clique Of rulers of
any truly constitutional state seems at
this moment to need such a warning.
But it can not be amiss to enforce the
lesson that high treason in the consti-
tutional state Is no longer the treason
of the subject against the king, but
that of king or subject against the
state, against the constitution. Re-
generation must como within the law,
not without 1t. That lesson the house
of Braganza has learned to It's terrible
cost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
NAVAL OFFICERS OPINIONS.

What particular purpose Mr.. Metcalf,
| secretary of the navy, had in view in
asking Rear Admirals Goodrich, Mel
vile and McCalla II they really said
what they were reported to have said
concerning the navy and its needs, is
not apparent.
If it were only to see whether they
would stand by their guns his Curl
osity is doubtless satisfied. Goodrich
repudiated the alleged interview with
| him. Melville qualified his statement.
and McCalla said: II said it, and I
| think so still. 1t is just what 1 said
twenty years ago and on occasions
since"
Two of the things he said are that
1.-The present bureau system should be
radically reorganized," and that ''the
| head of the navy department ought to
be trained and experienced naval Off
Ger, and not civilian"
And that is the end of the inquiry.
For, the secretary now holds that a
naval officer should be privileged to ex-
press his views of the service in public
or private And to that we may add
that every person may say what he
pleases on any subject to any one, pro-
vided he observes the proprieties in
doing so.
Beyond that, inasmuch as naval
officer is understood to be particularly
well qualified to form opinions Of value
regarding the service, it's conduct and
its needs his expression of those opin-
ions without waiting to be asked for
them, may come at a time when they
can be turned to public use to the best
advantage. AS to the bureau system,
it seems to be the consensus of opinion
of those who are in position to know
that 1t does need reorganization badly.
And now is the time to reorganize it
for Gin time of peace prepare for war"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rEron the Chicago News.I

IETom the chicago Newell
Most people gladly take advice from
q stranger.
Occasionally q full-bearded man tells
a bare-faced lie.
Fortunately stupid people seldom re-
alize that they are stupid.
Occasionally detective tries to dis
guise his breath with Glove.
A man usually aims at human tar
get when he shoots OF his mouth.
All things come to him who waits
even the almshouse and potter's field.
A man isn't as anxious to be right
as he is to have others think that he L.
right.
How we would like to see all the
kickers and knockers get together and
fight 1t out!
The theatrical manager is willing to
give everybody show-for a consider
alton
Ever notice that the compliments
some people hand you always leave a
bitter taste?
Even the sarcastic woman declines to
make any cutting remarks when she
has an ak to grind.
Dishonest men usually get a lot OF
things they don't deserve before they
finally get behind the bars
When a man is sure he has wom-
ans sympathy he adds fully hundred
per cent to his hard-luck stories
Every time q stingy man is forced to
let 20 of q dollar he imagines that he
Is In dentists chair having . tooth
pulled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

prints a letter written by Mr.. Roose-
welt in 1884 in which he gives a brief
sketch of his life and during the
course of which he states that he was
at one time champion lightweight
boxer at Harvard. The athletic rec
ords of Harvard show he never held
this honor. He was bested in the Sec
ond round of the contest for the light
weight championship in 1879 by a
gentleman named Mr. Hanks. Hanks
name will now occupy a prominent
place in the history of the nation as
one of the few men who ever got the
better of the president at any old
Panaa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
CUTTING AT THE TOP.

A news dispatch from Louisville
illustrates a recent growth of senti-
ment which If continued means much
for labor. 1t is to the effect that
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
company has made q reduction of
wages owing to reduced business The
reduction. however. applies only to
employees receiving more than $3.50
a month. Those receiving $500 are
cut 10 per cent while those making
$3.50 month and less than $500 a
month suffer a reduction of but 8
per cent.
Similar action has been taken by
one or two other companies and ap-
parently it is the Inauguration of g.
settled policy. 1t differs from the
ordinary reduction of wages hereto
fore common in applying only to high
salaried men. The wage of the COM
mon laborer and ordinary employe is
not affected.
If this policy Is followed hereafter
1t will result in much more harmon
ious relations between capital and la
Dor. The custom has been heretofore
to cut the wages of the lower priced
men first and deepest and often the
high priced man has not been cut at
all It Is the extravagant salaries of
general officers that make one of the
biggest holes in the receipts of rail-
roads and all other corporations. but
these are the men who decide the
question of wages. and they have
been in the habit OF rocking after
their own interests first. When
economies have become necessary
they have reduced expenses in every
direction except as to their own sal
aries.
That this new change Is one of
policy and sentiment rather than
necessity in this case is shown by, the
conditions. While the depression is
not as acute as has often been ex-
perienced 1t is acute enough to make
1t difficult for man out of work to
secure a job. Had the Louisville &
| Nashville officials decided to cut the
wages of all employees the men would
have been compelled to submit
In the last analysis society rests on
labor and when labor is well paid and
prosperous the world is prosperous
and mankind progresses with rapid
step. This new policy on the part of
great employing institutions, If con-
| tinued, will have important re-
suits in many directions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

False and malicious is the
characterization given by President
Roosevelt to the indefinite charges
that have been banded about by the
INSTRUMENTATION newspapers that
he has been using federal patronage
to further the political interests of
Mr.. Taft. That's just what we ex-
pected but it might be remarked that
the words false" and malicious"
are being overworked just bit by the
nations chief executive. Both of
these words have any number of ex-
pressive synonymous and the use of
come of them would be a welcome
Tner1e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

Senator F. Dumont Smith, the versa
tile, is out with a lengthy dissertation
ON the rise, the fall and the decline of
the famous senate lodge" It is in
teresting reading but parts of it sound
wonderfully strange in coming from
Mr.. Smith particularly when he says.
ss1f gradually degenerated. with
zauch good work along its path. to a
mere machine Of the lowest type.
Unanswered. controlled and bossed by
one man whose only object was person.
al victory" A good many people have
had the idea that the reason Mr.. Smith
quit this remarkable organization was
because he could not boss it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
GFrOm the Ate

GFrom the Atcf1ison Globe.]
The truth that hurts' h the only
variety some people ever tell.
When you cry. you are learning some
thing you should have known before.
A comfortable chair in an ONCE Is a
great inducement for some callers TO
loaf
You never hear anyone Dragging
much about his good habits being
hereditary.
1t is hard for a town to lose an old
bum. but 1t is frightfuliy easy to lose
a good citizen.
We have noticed that the last man
to tell of his bad dream at the break
fast table. always had the worst one.
The weather that is ideal to q man
is the kind that keeps his family at
home evenings, and the. neighbors out.
Doesn't 1t seem some days as though
other people were put In the world
for no other reason than to aExrayate
your
Sometimes you think you are meet
Ing Dig people, and you find upon
fors.
The only difference between a GOOD
and a bad man is that one does has
thinking first, and the other does If
afterwards.
When a capable woman marrfes a
worthless man, how she frefs and
fumes, and feels disgraced! But 1t does
her no good.
There are sane people we can't
stand: we don't know what we should
do were we compelled to be much with
crazy ones.
Some men are polite when You botber
them, even though they are very busy,
but they hate YOU just the same
Transact your business, and get ont
woman dearly loves to hear her
men folks say: she never will tal~a
care Of herself because that gives
people to understand she is ALWAYS
shaving for others.
II you can't resist the temptation Ia
do an enemy harm, the only way IL to
wait for an opportunity and then hIt
him hard; but you should not snenT
your time in talking" about him Yo,,
can't hurt an enemy that way.
The greatest comfort in this world ia
a friend who really admires Won. and
thinks everything you do is ali richt
How many such friends have your r.
you have one, you are In luck. Most
Of your friends admire other people al
much that their admiration becornes :
discomfort.
So many people spend 80 much tina
in uncomfortable and unnrof3toh1e
conversation A man meets a friend
on the street; the exchange or a -.
words would be all right. hut thay
stand and talk until both are bora5.y
and each one has a bad opinion Of the
other. When you have nothinr e1se
to do. It Is good plan to do nofbinS
There Is nothing 80 good for z nan
as rest. ---s-'s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Not every girl who paints little is
an artist.
Overwork does not kill as many
people as worry over work does.
It's generally the boss who saves
most of the money his employees earn.
= y
A man may be said to be always on
the firing line when he tends to the
kitchen range and the furnace.
= -
That the rich will have a hard time
in getting to heaven is a comforting
thought but it doesn't help the poor
man much when the rent is due.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
FROA OTHER PENS
THE FIRE RECORD.

The fire record of 1907 shows that
little progress has been made toward
solving the problem of the national
ash heap On the contrary, condi-
tons appear to have become more ac-
ute. There was no great confagra-
ton last year, yet with the exception
of 1904 and 1905, when Baltimore and
San Francisco made their sensational
contributions to the record Of destruc-
ton, the losses aggregated larger than
for any other year in the last quarter
Of a century. For this country and
Canada they were over $215, 900.
This Is doubtless surprise to the
public and an unpleasant experience
for the insurance underwriters. The
fires in the big cities make the most
impression, but the fires in small cit
les and towns, by their number. swell
the totals Insurance Engineering for
this month publishes a three-year rec
ord that runs into the hundreds, SUCH
fires involving each loss of 100000
and over. They are not peculiar to
any particular section, but extend
from Maine to oregon, and from
! Massachusetts to Florida. A conf1a-
grafton generally staggers small city
department, and this magazine sug-
gests that all such should arrange to
apprentice several of their fremen
| with some of the large city depart
ments, for the experience to be gained
in fighting large fires. But what good
would come Of such practice In most
small cities7 The benefit OF such ap-
premiership would be valuable only
to those having command. and the
frequent shifts made through changes
OF the political complexion OF city gov
eminent would render nugatory all
such arrangements. Experience does
not seem to be an asset that ID valued
by the appointing powers.-Boston
Transcript
BETTER DAYS FOR FARMERS.
One great body Of Americans q
multitude numbering nearly half OF
the population OF the country. have
its consequences. The farmers and
the farm laborers may have been con-
scious of some sympathetic depres-
sion. They may have been aware that
q good many other people were less
sanguine and less prosperous than US
not stopped. The market for crops
has not failed. There has been no
lack Of food or shelter In rural Ameri-
ca.
These facts have not gone unnotic-
ed. In town and country alike the
farm stands better, measured against
city life, than it did few months ago.
Country boys feel less pull" toward
the great centers of population. More
city men long for the moderate OPP
portunities and comfortable fndepen-
dence which they feel they might
count upon in the country. The panic
has been a distinct check to urban
iaggrandizement at the cost of the rural
| half of America.
Good will come of these changes
The abnormal gains of the cities win
contrast less sharply with the COM
parative stagnation of the farming
sections. American labor and Ameri-
can capital will rest most upon the
soil. Rural growth and rural develops
| ment will be promoted The progress
| of the United States will be better bal
anced. It is one of the corrective in
huences of the panic and the result
ing business reacticn--C1eveiand
: Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
Tirer,s refuge i'm Tree.

News of a tiger being brought in
from a village about three miles from
the capital, the chief OF state went out
with a party. The guns were placed
In trees and the tiger being driven
out the Maharaja wounded him in
the jaw.
The tiger thereupon spranS into a
chila tree and. grasping the trunk
with his fore paws and resting his
hind legs on branch. remained hid
den in the foliage for five minutes.
Then the dogs were let loose after the
tiger. But he stuck to his seat and
would not come down till the dogs
getting a scent Of him. jumped up to
catch his tail. which was just dangling
over their heads.
Down sprang the tiger on one of the
faithful dogs, breaking his spinal
cord and wounding another at the
glands. But his onslaught brought
on his own ruin through q deadly bull
let Of his highnesss new rifie.-Bom-
bay Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

Mr.. Pennypacker. ex-governor of
Pennsylvania, has been finally drawn
Unto the graft scandal incident to the
construction and furnishing OF the new
Pennsylvania capitol He has been i'm
piicated to the extent of trying to hide
the evidence of grating. This impli-
cation of Pennypacker has been looked
for because discerning persons could
hardly see how it was possible for such
grandstand player not to have faults
of Just this sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

It's hard luck that the pumps and
lcompressors at Scipio cannot speak
for themselves. They might be able
TO effectively deny the charges that
they are responsible for all the
trouble in connection with the natural
gas supply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
Modern Hindu women.

Within five short years great change
has come over section of the native
population of Lahore. Children Of ma
tive gentlemen can be seen being taken
out for an airing by ayahs morning and
evening. Certain bold men have begun
to take out their wives in the evening
for q drive in open vehicles.
A week ago we saw the daughter Of
a man of position walking with her
father on the railway platform at La
hore. She was dressed in what seemed
like an English gown, had English
shoes on, and when her husband came
up left her father and walked about
with him. Her face was quite uncov
cred. Let those who have relatives in
Lahore go there and see for themselves
the state of things. They will see wives
going out shoulder to shoulder with
their husbands, in the evenings, having
said goodby to old restrictions.
A man who would dare reimpose the
old manners on his womenkind would
receive scant courtesy.-Pun3ab Jour-
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

Preparations are in the making for
state wide series of REVEALS In
which an effort will be made to con-
vert all of the unconverted in Kansas.
There would seem to be greater fields
for an endeavor of this sort in some
of the other states of the Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

Hugh P. Farrelly. of Chanute, is
being doomed by the Neosho county
Democrats as a candidate for United
States senator Mr.. Farrelly Is a
capable gentleman but to the unpre-
JUDGED observer the time seems far
distant when Kansas will send a
Democrat to the United States SEN
ate. But then one never can tell just
what such an independent lot of
voters as there is in Kansas will do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

Now comes the rumor that Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. the mother of
Countess Szechenyi. is engaged to be
married to a Hungarian noble who
glories in the name of Count
Haddk. The gentleman in this in
stance has gam'bled away a fortune on
European race tracks. Another one
of Vanderbilt proportions would prob
ably come in real handy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

Everybody in Topeka ought to send
a postal card to the treasury depart
ment urging favorable action on the
plea made by Congressman Anthony
for the illumination during the night
of the dials of the postoff1ce clock in
this civ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

see life more clearly and love Is better
than career, after ALL"
And heavens blessings on the new
perspective" he said fervently. as his
hand clasped hers in the early dusk
that was settling down upon the sea-
Copyrighted. 1908, by e. C.. Parcells.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11
HUA0R OF THE Day

4
There's something in that last poem
Ia whole years subscrtptfon."-Al-
lanta Constitution.
Deacon-"You never told me. Maria.
that when you wuz in New York you
went to Sunday night concert"
Maria-'It was q sacred concert.
Joshua" Deacon-"Too sacred to
mention. suppose."-Town and
Local magnate (about to try his
hand wit ha pick on occasion OF first
shane make much of a job at it."
Miner-"But thau be able to say tha's
! tried to do an honest bit o. work for
once in tina life!"-Punch.
Josiah" asked Mrs Chugwater,
! what do the papers mean when they
talk about tainted money? Money
that's been kept in an old yarn sock."
| answered Mr.. Chugwater. Cant you
give your mind chance to work once
in while Chicago Tribune.
the truth, dear. I would not" Miss
Yerner--"Ah! just knew you
wouldn't: and yet you talk to me Of
my love is of the undying sort
Philadelphia Press
Gunner-"so the celebrated poet
writer :" GuyermsYes. and some ns of
their wedding presents were cruel in
situations" Gunner-What did they
Chicago Daily News.
| Pa Twaddles-"Tommy 1 am not at
| all pleased with the report your mother
/ OH rrna of va DIR
| my Twaddles-"I knowed you wouldn't
be, an I told her so. But she went
| right ahead an made tn report. Jest
like a woman. amt t7"-Cleveland
| Leader.
Can she take high CT" mot with
| out knocking of some of the bars
\ Life.
Els Unison selfsh?" well, they
say he has never given his ego cause
for a moments jealousy. Puck.
| Mrs. Knicker-"Does Bridget know
| her placer" Mrs. Bocker-"Yes, she
knows one that pays dollar more
Harper's Bazaar.
mention daddy in your prayers" Teddy
| (from the bed)-"It's all right, moth
| er. I'll see to thati"-Punch.
|
sell me % well, I don't know about
| the latter part of the proposition.''-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
| Patience-"Do they have to beg
Peggy to sing when they have COM
pany?" Patrice-"Yes; but they have
| to beg harder for her not to sing
when they haven't got COMPANY
Yonkers Statesman.
"Say, Tommy, you want to get a
piece sewed onto Those pants. They're
too short" "Short, nothin'i got into
them too far-that's what's the mat
ter."-Judge.
II received your majesty's message"
said the new missionary. did I un-
derstand you would do me the honor
to call upon me and dine tomorrow 2"
almost correct" replied the cannibal
chief, ct said I would call and dine
upon you tomorrow."-Phiiad
Press.
do you think it would be advisable
for you to make speeches in your own
behalf?" NO." answered Senator
Sorghum. at is better to have some
one else do your talking for you. Then
If something Is said which displeases,
you can join the popular disapprova1''
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

Rumor has 1t that President Roose-
welt may attend the Republican ma
$ional convention at Chicago. It's the
unexpected and the unusual that Mr.
Roosevelt is always doing but it will
be safe to bet that this rumor will
prove to be without foundation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

A new overcoat was something Of
an expensive luxury for this winter, or
rather for this period when winter
weather was due. There have been
/ few days when one was really needed
by anv man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-11

News has arrived of q financial panic
that prevails in Copenhagen. These
exciting occurrences appear to be get
} ting quite fashionable in the money
marts of the world