The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
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among the voters with as little noise
as neat foot oil in ball bearing axle
No brass bands or loren ngnt process
sions for James Monroe. He wanted 10
find out how his people felt about tarlfI
revision before he voted on the reporI
OF the conference committees OIL the ma
tfonal house and senate. Congressman
Miller had finished his campaign before
the press of the state knew ne was IN
Kansas, and those Fourth district
square dealers, Dolley and Jackson, have
cniy lust heard of the return OF ulysses
to Ithaca
The square dealers will oppose Miller's
denomination and hope to beat him on
his record in the tariff revision session.
Either Dol1ey. Jackson or Ex-Governor
Hoch will be drafted to make the race.
1t sounds funny, but If you ask Stupps
square dealer at the state house VINO
he wants TO see enter the race against
Miller he will reply "Hoch der Hocn
every time. but Miller has his ear to
the grass roots and it Will be no easy
matter to defeat. him
Ralph Faxon has finally reached a
point where he cannot get out an issue
of the Garden City Telegram without
taking a shot at the Dome man Tor the
State Journal Ralph thinks that the
Dome man is too partial to StubbS ana
Dolley. The wit and satire OF the Drill
liant Garden City journalist overwhelnS
this department. but when not Satlsneo
with comments on our acts ana WORKS,
he aSSdilS our name NHlS tAeNCI "OAN~
being: "Don't it beat all what name
that fellow has - then we enter the
ring. What right has man by the
name of Faxon to speak shshtngly u
any name that was ever breWed! Lei
us investigate this name, Faxon- Inc
first syllable was derived from the LaIln
''Faex,'' which is to say, "dregs. Inc
last syllable is used by the Frehch 10
designate "nothins Thus by IN
process of practical deduction one mas
that the word "Faxon" was manu1ac-
tured out of the original words, dregs
OF nothing" 1t is not the Dome man
who has applied this odious title; rather
il, self-defenSe III the matter OF names
we hava been compelled to remove the
modern cloak which shielded this man s
real name from the gaze OF the IMen-
tieth century What's IN a, name! WHY.
n whole lot Doesn't Faxon- pour out
upon Stubs and Dolley the dreSs OF
bitterness that have gathered in the
bottom of his heart? The only trouble
is that these big drops splash upon the
Dome man and amount to nothing at
ali in checking the unbroken string or
successes Tor the governor and the oank
commissioner.
Toe Mercer, the state live stock COM
missioner after hearing Secretary or
State Denton tell story the other
day about how he (Denton) nad once
upon time plowed certain NUM-
her of acres of corn in a day and pitch
ed a certain number of tons Of hay
and dug certain number of bushels OF
potatoes. walked away in disgust, and
coming upon newspaper man, renew
ed his mind as follows:
aHTha1 fellow Denton makes me tired
He was Just now trying to load me up
With a big hot air story about how ne
Used to work on q farm Now happen
to know that he never worked DAY Oh
A farm in his life. If he ever circled a
corn field it was IN an autonoolle-
Why, the other day he got letter from
an old resident Of southern Kansas IN
which the writer asked him for re-
e.cipt which would cure iocoed horses.
Instead of sending the man the tnfor-
NATION, as he could have easily done had
he ever worked on farm, he came to
me and wanted me to attend TO the
matter for him. j44a
The majority of the members of the
Kansas supreme court are baSeDaIl
fans but Justice Mason holds the palm
for being the only justice who has
played a game of baseball since ms ele-
walton to the bench. Justice Mason
made this rroud record7about six years
ago when he played ball in his home
town for sweet cbarity's sake. The
Justice played left field In that memor-
able game and now calls attention to
the fact that of the 80 leaders in the
batting averages in the major leagues
Is of them are left 1elders.
]. n. Douey, the state bank commits
sIorer and champion Of the guaranty
law. made q speech last night at Alma,
the occasion being the closing of the
teachers institute there. Somebody Is
telling the story today that Dolley
sprung thu guaranty idea on the teach
ers and wanted them to agltate the
question of guaranteeing to tnculcate
learning into the heads of the youth OF
this state and then spring the issue In
the shape Of plank in the platform Ut
the next state teachers meeting Dolley
was fresh from the scene of his tr1-
Tnphs at Wichita and he made a fine
showing Tho female teachers declar-
ed that he spoke like Spartacus to the
CIadiators. Dolley is getting to be an
all round speaker. When man jumps
from the I.cntical stump into the halls
of the legislature and then WanderS on
TO the rostrum of a bankers conVen-
ton and winds up at a teachers 1nsti-
tute you have to give it to him. He is
uualifed to meet, all corners and give
away weight.
Chief Justice Johnston made de-
cision the other day that seriously
crippled the Topeka Street Railway
nouncement is qualified somewhat in
the telling of the story. The chief
Justice was coming down town on a
hot morning and missed his car by
twenty seconds. The conductor. paid
no attention to an eloquent gesture to
wait moment, but rung full speed
ahead. Then Justice Johnston waxed
wroth and resolved to beat that car
company out of five cents by walking
down town in spite of the heat. The
conductor doubtless figured that the
Judge would wait for another car, but
the head of the supreme court reason
ed too deeply for the simple conduc-