The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
KANSAS COMMENT
CoNFIpENCE ~ 1.Ec1sI .ArI1RE

CONFIDENCE IN LEGISLATURE
1t is the popular thing just now fol
the newspapers to jump astride the
| legislature for the things it has not
done. We have been watching the ac-
| tons of the house and senate quite
| closely and believe that they are above
the average. There has been evidence
| from the start of a sincere desire tc
do the right thing and not to allow any
| fool legislation to pass.
1t Is true that there is a great deal OF
work ahead if all party pledges are to
| be fulfilled, but it is our firm belief
that the session will not close until the
party pledges have been redeemed.
There have been some mighty hard
problems to handle and there is a great
difference between telling on the plat
form what should be done and then
enacting the matter into law that will
pc constitutional and possible of en-
fOrcement.
It is easy to state on the platform
that good roads are needed, but when
1t comes to securing a good roads law
1t is like opening a hornets nest, and
1t takes time to enact a law that will
be pleasing to the public and beneficial
to the taxpayers.
The mill may appear to be grinding
slowly but it is grinding just the same
and the grist will be found to be full
weight and of good quality. We are
not yet ready to join the crowd of
knockers as we firmly believe that the
legislators are honest and efficient and
just as anxious to fulfill the party
pledges as the voters are to have them
do SO.-Lawrence World.
THE NEWSPAPER HYPOCRITE.
How easy it is to detect a newspaper
hypocrite Anyone who reads careful
ly can tell almost at glance Wheth-
er a newspaper is in earnest, and has
purpose, or whether the editor is in
the business simply for the money
there is in it. A newspaper hypo-
critic is of very little good to town
Like The hypocrite in the church, they
are in the way of others. But their
pretensions are easily detected, as their
paper has counterfeit stamped all over
it. An editor who has no greater pur-
pose than to make money, is in the
same class as minister who breaches
merely for the salary he gets out OF 1t.
Neither one is a success. A newspaper
must be dedicated to the good of the
town. and it's first and last purpose
must be to serve the people and to
work for the upbuilding of the COM
If the editor is not consecra-
ted to his work, then like adam God,
he has the wrong faith and will lead
his followers into trouble and then de-
sert them.-Troy Chief
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THE LEGISLATORS DUTY.
Republican members of the state leg
islature should recall that all through
the late campaign hundreds of Repub-
ing the voters that if the party was
continued in control, certain things
would be done by, the state legislature.
members should not forget
that there are an hundred thousand in
dependent voters in the state, and that
if the pledges are not redeemed, these
hundred thousand independent voters
will see to it that at the next election
the party is we'll and sufficiently pun
shed for lying. So then, it is highly
important that the legislature pro-
Feeds without further delay to do the
.hings promised before the election.
Not a pledge has so far been redeemed.
There are but few days left for the leg
stature to put into it's session laws
he enactments promised to the people.
There was a time when political par
les could lie to the voters. The PEG |
Die have walked up and will no longer
stand for anything but square deal. |
What is the legislature going to do
about it?-EdDorado Republican.