The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
AT THE CAPITAL
National Tribune Comments on
BristOK.
Places Him in the Davis -TiIIman
Glass.
TRIBUTE TO KANSAS.
New York American Gives It's
Impressions.
Some Original Ideas on Tariff
by a Kansan.

Washington, Feb. S.-The National
Tribune, published in Washington,
seems to be of the opinion that Senator
Bristow is rapidly qualifying for the
Jeff Davis-Tillman, class, and that he
will quiet down after he comes to the
national capital. The Tribune says:
Joseph L. Bristow has been elected
United States senator from Kansas to
succeed Chester I. Long. Kansas is
and always has been national, and she
never Will gain her hold upon national
politics again until she sends here men
who have and can hold the respect and
regard of the voters of the state and
and Ingalls,. Senator Long was a
valued friend of the administration
and of President Taft. astute,
long-headed, conservative, capable.
These qualities did not seem to suit the
kansans, and so they turned him down
for ]. L. Bristow. Bristow seems to
represent the ultra sentiments of the
Republicans who few years ago
litical camps, He declared in his ac-
ceptance of the honor conferred by
electing him that he thought Morgan,
Hartman and several other railroad
men whom he named ought to be in
the penitentiary or hung or something
of that kind. Senator-elect Bristow
seems to be trying to qualify for the
jeff Dayis-Tillman class. He will
quiet down after ne gets mere. Mr.
Bristow used to be a sort of list
slippered sort of a statesman when he
was fourth assistant postmaster gem
eral, and valued for those qualities"
In writing to congressman, G. w
Downing of Delavan, Kan. wants the
tariff revised in the interest of our
country. The tariff on copper ore
costs us more, he says, than the civil
war. 1t has had more to do with
running our merchant marine than all
other forces combined.
He would take the tariff off raw
wool, but let it stay on wooden goods,
and give the steel trust free the ore
they import The 100000 they pay
III duty is charged up with labor and
other running expenses against the
consumers. He has kept in touch with
the tariff for fifty-four years, and be-
lieves that any duty on the raw ma
terial Injuries our own people.
1.-THE word Kansas-What Does it
Make You Think OFF," is the caption
of an editorial in the New York Ameri-
can-Journal. Hearsts paper pays a
high tribute to the Sunhower state in
declaring that it is a great nation
within a nation, land where real CIV
ilization will come early. 1t reads as
follows;
e. w. Howe is the editor of the
Atchison Globe. That enc getic news
paper is to publish a Kansas prosperity
edition, and the editor asks the read
eFs of the Evening Journal to answer
the question, What comes to your
mind when the word Kansas is mem
tioned?' We can answer for our read
ers, partially at least
"Al oyer our country, and all over
| the world. the name of Kansas stands
for fertility and prosperity, dignif1ed
success based upon honest intelligence
THE state of Kansas is a great ma
| ton of itself within this nation. Only
a few years ago, when our forefathers
were fighting for freedom, Kansas was
an unknown land of future happiness
and wealth, waiting for human thought
and courage to develop it. Bears
wolves, bison and Indians roamed over
that great domain. Kansas now is q
nation, exceeding in wealth. power and
intelligence many nations of the world
Millions of free. independent, eneF-
getic men and women have their homes
| in Kansas; there are homes, opportuni-
ty and wealth there for tens of millions
more.
kansas is a beautiful. generous state
that sends out wealth to the rest OF
the country and to the rest of the
world. Kansas is a feeder of the world
Kansas has enough for herself and
enough for millions of Others
Her men get their wealth from the
soil given to humanity by kind Nature
| or from manufactures. the product OF
human Intelligence, The wealth OF
Kansas is not the wealth of chicanery
of trickery, of man preying upon man