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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
PARTY PLATFORMS.

Party platforms are notoriously in
sincere. They are generally mere
vote-getters, only platitudes put out
with a knowing wink, to deceive the
uniformed or ignorant Half of the
average planks are hypocrisy pure and
simple and the men that wrote them
know it.
The average party leader will admit
this frankly His only defense is that
he needs it to get votes" Does he?
On the other hand are not these
very Dlanks the best Indictment in the
world to "demagogisn" and mob
rule" those terrible DOGGY words which
the average politician-and the aver
age man-hotly denources?
These Dlanks are generally put into
the platforms to catch the ignorant
and uniformed There may be. often
is, a germ of wise reform a the bot
tom. But the way they are put. and
the propositions they advance are mere
Utopian dreams.
Then, when the election is over and
the party is expected to fulfill its
pledges, how can it? 1t cannot do
what it has promised, because it has
promised nonsense in it's hypocrisy.
So it goes ahead and rejects or re-
pudiateS the whole plank. totally dis
regarding the germ of true needed re-
form at the bottom-and that is pre-
cisely what the boss politician intended
in the first place.
What happens then? Well, some
people are naturally incensed at hav-
ing the glittering lure held before them
snatched away, and. of curse, trail
after the first Grant .demagogue who
with fiery language promises them the
reform they lost People who have
no practical affairs to administer are
generally the least impressed with the
difficulties of proper administration
and legislation. Hence they are the
ones who most easily get dragged into
the net of the political schemer who
used their desires to boost himself in
to a fat office.
Their action naturally scares the
more conservative, there is unrest
among them caused by fear of the
masses, they begin to talk of mob rule.
Glass feeling arises and that is all
the more silly because it is simply
| ignorance of each other.
What is needed is a party platform
that will be explicit, definite and hon
est. The people can be trusted They
seek information, they want to know,
to understand. They will pay respect
full attention to the man who is talk
ing sense, even though they may not
relish his conclusions.
Moreover. they trust man who
will try to enhghten them. to explain
things to them Still further will they
follow the lead of a man who sin
cerely believes what he processes
Newark News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

It is reported that bogus 81 bills are
in circulation. Why should man
want to counterfeit 50 bills when he
could just as we'll make an imitation
OF a 500?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

81 don't take any stock in preacher
who is too good to mix up in politics"
Hon. W. Roscoe Stubs.
Soto voce: 'Tf they mix with the
right bunch of politics..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
HOW IT WORKS.

The coal strike is really settled now
and the miners will go to work once
more. The public will now be called
upon to pay not only the increase of
the miners wage which is small, but
for all the profits that the owners did
MT make and then some, as we'll as for
all other loss and expense. The con-
tribution is expected to be about $3.50
per ton this winter.-Manhattan Mer-
curV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Kansas City preacher sees great
danger in the Boy Scout business. If
Is truly wonderful, the efforts some
preachers will make TO get 3tais
names into print.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Did Col. Roosevelt have ANYTHING
10 DO with the Insurgent victory at
saratoga, or did he just chance TO
PICK the winning side? Is a man who
Wis pet on a horse race to be con-
graduated for making the horse RIM
faster? LII
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

This said the editor, as he carved
a paragraph out of this column yes
terday, may be all right If properly
disinfected, but we cannot afford to
furnish a quart of formaldehyde with
each two-cent copy of the paper"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

however, comma, the hobble has lost
ITS significance since the days of the
ByIantlne empire. In those days
giving the past tense to the slogan of
Battle Creek-'+there was a reason"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Chavez, the aviator who few oven
the Alps, and won a big cash prize,
didn't live to spend a cent of it, Don't
waste time trying to find it. There is
no joke connected with this item.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

The alienists who are hired to helm
in the defense of Porter Charlton, as
sert that he is deficient. and a men
ace to society,"" This may be consid
cred defense for a man charged
with capital offense, but is it? There
is but one sure cure for a man in
the condition described by the alien
lists, and that is just what Charlton is
trying to avoid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
FRON OTHER PENS
TARIFF AND HIGH PRICES.


1t is said that in the state of Names
towns and cities the high cost of liv-
ing caused many votes to be cast
against the party in power.
The masses of the people find it ex-
tremely difficult to disassociate the re-
vision of tariff from the rise in prices
of nearly all articles, which so closely
followed the enactment of the Payne
Aldrich measure.
Reports from the other states in
New England confirm the idea that
this Maine view is held by many vot-
ers in the manufacturing towns and
cities, and it is this phase of existing
conditions that is causing the greatest
fear among Republican leaders.
In New Jersey and New York it is
being used by the opponents of high
tariff, and, among the workingmen
especially, the argument is a forcible
one to cause a change in the voters
and to line them up against those that
are charged as being responsible for
the advance in the necessities of life.
Whether the charge is true or false,
the circumstances are against the par
ty in power, and upon it will fall the
consequences of this exceedingly eff
fective political use of a business con-
dition.
If those who produce the articles
that enter largely into the food of the
American people, viz, the agricultur-
list, are dissatisfied with the revision
of the tariff, as is reported from the
central and western states, and those
who consume and have to foot the
provision bills are also angry at the
conditions they find thrust upon them,
it is no wonder that the calling of the
Republican candidates this year is not
a pleasing one and that doubts as to
success in November grow apace.
That the tariff should be revised
was q soothing phrase to insert in the
national platform of 1908, but it was
agonizing to the party to even par
TALLY keep the promise. and bids fair
to prove politically fatal to many am
bilious statesmen.
Yet of all the political ills that have
come to the Republican party through
their attempt at revision, the fact that
the enactment was followed by
rise in the prices of household sup
plies seems to bring them the greatest
trouble, and is the most difficult prop
osition for the campaigners to over
come.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

The first frost of the season occur
red night before last. (This is not a
reference to the baseball season. That
frost occurred early in the summer.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

over 100000 members of the rail-
readers unions have voted to get in
to politics" with a view of getting
higher wages. When they get into
politics, they win need higher wages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Some of the forms of punishment in
vogue at West Point are both cruel
and unusual According to dispatch,
the cadets who assaulted an officer
with silence" were punished bv
having been forced to march with
arms five times around the barracks"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

The fashion of hobbling females is
not new 1t was practiced by the
ancient Greeks and Carthagenians
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06

AS material for fence posts con-
crete has been found to possess few OF
the disadvantages of wood, to have
practically al its advantages and to be
superior in some respects to timber.
The first cost may be more or less than
the best wooden posts, but that de-
ponds on local conditions. If manu-
featured as usual and cured for three
months concrete posts are as good as
the best wooden posts. After three
years wooden posts possess only one
third to one-haf of their original
strength whereas concrete grows stron-
ger with age and needs no repairs, as
neither weather nor fire Injuries it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
OSTRICH BATTLES.

The Crest Birds, ~ Strong ~ Horses,
Box With Their Feet.
Ostriches battle for supremacy with
as much ferocity az stays. bulls, buff
faloes and other animals. An ostrich
fight is amusing, inasmuch as it
amounts practically to boxing match
with the feet, wherein the combatants
lightly dance around each other.
There is. however, this difference-if
any human boxer could hit as hard
with his hands as can an ostrich with
its feet the championship would be
decided by single blow. In sparring
the ostrich stands on one foot, with
the other foot and the wings raised,
the bill wide open and the neck dis
tended. He strikes with the force Of
q trip hammer.
Sometimes on an ostrich farm a
keeper will become involved in such a
mixup, in which event it Is not infre-
Quently the case that the human
energies from the scrap with broken
leg, arm or head.
Under modern training an ostrich
equals q horse In power and indeed
can perform many of the stunts
whereof his equine colleague is capa-
BILE. In one respect, however, he ex-
cells the horse, for by the aid Of its
wings the ostrich can leave behind
the swiftest running thoroughbred. In
harness an ostrich has at Hot Springs.
Ark, paced in about q horses time
Harper's Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
HAGERSTOWN, IND.

Hagerstown, Ind, June 6.-Mr. and
Mrs.. John Harris entertained at a
card party recently. The guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Keagy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Stonecipher.
Hearts were played. Mrs. Keagy and
Mrs. Smith receiving favors. A two
course luncheon was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Sells spent Sat-
urday with their son John Sells and
family.
John Dick of Hamilton. Ohio. has
been visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Rob.
ert Dick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Teetor and Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Knapp motored to
Winona Saturday. returning Sunday.
Mrs. Ann Burns IL building an add
ton OF two rooms to her residence
property on South Plum street.
Miss Irene Addington Is expected
home from Manchester. ohio. this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Teetor and
Miss Olive Bowman attended the re
cital Friday night At the metropolitan
School OF Music at Indianapolis. II
which Master Lothair Teetor tool
part.
George Keagy and Ralph Teetol
have returned from Philadelphia, Pa.
to spend their vacation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
His Unlucky Day,

Even the least superstitious are often
struck by the misfortunes which at
tend some persons on certain dates. A
large firm in the city has in its en-
ploy q living instance OF the fact. On
June IL an employee lost his left arm
BY coming in contact with machinery.
The accident disabled him for his then
employment, and he was given that
Of q messenger. On another June II
he was run over in the Strand while
on an errand. Result, q broken leg.
The next accident was fall on the
stairs In the firms buildings-aga
Juno 12-the right arm broken this
time. The fourth mishap on another
anniversary broke three ribs. The
firm took the case into consideration
and issued an order that in future the
employee was to take q holiday on
that date, an order with which he has
now complied for several years.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
News Of Surrounding Towns

her relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Bolan. re.
turned to her fathers. Henry Faiker,
Of Dublin. Saturday.
g. B. Bryant and son were at Con.
nersville. Saturday.
John Thurman and family, OF Rich
mond spent yesterday with Mrs. Thur
mans parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Doty.
Miss Hattie Hest is visiting the
Misses Steffy at Dublin.
Theo Voorhees,, OF Richmond. was
greeting friends here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Filby and SON
Charles, spent yesterday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Philpott, near Bentonville
Mrs. Catherine Swafford attended
the funeral Of the late Mrs. McCon
naha at Centerville VIII johnson
also attended the funeral.
J. Lyons. Chas. Lyons and Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Lyons attended the funeral
of the little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Stonecipher at Cambridge City
Saturday. Mrs. Stonecipher Is 8
daughter Of J. Lyons.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
A BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE
PAST WEEK BY HENRY CLEWS

New York, June Ga severe blow
has been administered to financial in
terests by the unexpected Injunction
against an advance in railroad rates.
It's first effect was to startle Wall Street
and force demoralized selling OF stocks.
What the final outcome will be cannot
now be foreseen. 1t means at any rate
a period of prolonged discussion at
Washington. together with general
reopening Of agitation against the rail
roads. Out OF the struggle SO suddenly
precipitated there should come some
rational and permanent solution of the
problem: but unfortunately during
the interval period Of more
or less unsettlement in values must be
expected. The present status of the
railroads is unbearable, and some jul
dicial power is necessary to settle the
differences between them and the peo-
pie. Railroads are natural monopoly
and as such exercise arbitrary powers
which inevitably invite the distrust
of shippers and should be restrained
Railroad managers are human, and,
however broad-minded and liberal they
may be, are likely in the matter Of
rates to put on all the traffic will bear.
Shippers desire stable rates, good SER
vice and equality Of treatment. These
advantages they generally receive, yet
find themselves at the mercy OF the
railroads in the question Of rates. The
freight rate from the nature of the case
is not a subject for bargaining
usual method of settling business tran
sactions-hence the alarm of shippers
at the recent movement OF the roads
to advance to be unnecessary and ex-
press serious alarm at this exercise OF
arbitrary power free OF restraint. On
the other hand the railroads find them
selves face to face with the problem OF
securing sufficient revenue to meet the
increased demands Of labor and rapidly
growing expenses. There seems to be
but one true solution of this antagon-
ism in the relations between the rail-
roads and the people; that is the es-
adjustment of some court or tribunal
designed to arbitrate and settle all such
differences. If such a court could be
devised, securing fair treatment to the
railroads and just and reasonable rates
to shippers, long step would be TAX
en- in removing one of the most acute
sources OF financial and political dis
quiet.
The railroads are evidently deter
mined to secure better rates and are
now filing notices Of advances indi-
yidually instead of collectively; but
aside from this the general outlook
though somewhat mixed. is In many
respects favorable. Recognition OF
over speculation in western land has
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
Railway Rate Suit Has Done
Much to Overcome His
Unpopularity.
RAILROADS SEEK HARMONY
THAT A DEEP SKEPTIClSM OF
THE PRESIDENTS MOTIVES
STILL EXISTS IN MIDDLE WEST
is ADMITTED.
(American News Servica)

(American News Servica)
Washington, June 6.-The political
effect of the presidents action in Or
dering steps leading up the injunc-
ion agains the Western roads in al
ready making itself felt in Washing
ton. Letters to Senators from States
in the Middle West all show that the
action Of the President has met so far
with great approval, though in the
ultra-insurgent section Of that part of
the country there is stin a distrust
of the Presidents ability to hold the
line he seems to have decided on as a
good one.
Senator Brown Of Nebraska is one
OF the Senators who has especially
noted the sensation produced by the
President from all over the State. OF
forty letters he received in yesterdays
mail nearly all. he said, went out of
their way to mention he Injunction,
and all OF them with approval. Mr..
oIOWu OC11CvCS SA0l OF last @AC OoA-
dent has done something to arrest the
attention and attract the admiration
of the country, and he believes it will
bear immediate fruit in the indirect
response Congress will feel called up
on to make to the public interest the
President has aroused. He believes it
will have the effect of bracing Con-
gress to put through in short order
some OF the things the president has
urged as his program for the year.
Has Taken First Step.
That a deep skepticism OF the Presi-
dents strength of purpose still exists
in certain parts of the Middle West,
however, cannot be denied. As one OF
the most radical of tie insurgents ex-
pressed it today. the President has tax
en- the first step in attracting the at
tention Of the country. 1t needs. he
said, for him to go forward and make
god" This particular Senator Is him
self highly pleased with the Injunction,
but he said he represented the re.
served opinion OF his state in waiting
to see whether this step forward
campaign or merely q flash in the
pan.
While interest is at least centering
around Mr.. Taft there remains as III.
ways an undercurrent Of wonder III
what Mr.. Roosevelt viii do on his re.
turn. In some quarters it is suggested
that vigorous prosecution of the rail.
roads might give Mr.. Roosevelt place
to sit in the Taft band wagon and
ENABLE linn 70 sim preach tho 'Rocoo.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
MILTON, IND.

Milton. Ind, June 6.-Messrs. and
Mechanics Benton Wissler and Ben
ton Wagner spent yesterday with Mr..
ana Mrs. VIII Bolan. east of town.
Mesdames Oliver Thornburg and o.
Ferguson were shopping at Richmond
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schlegel spent
yesterday at his brothers. Edwin
Schlegel. OF RALEIGH.
Miss Ruby Moore was home from
Richmond yesterday.
Mr.. and Mn. Elmer Lowery spent
yesterday With their son Mark Lowery
ana family near New Lisbon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Ferguson suent
xeaterday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
WIS.,. east Of town.
81 1gru. Afford wagner and daughter.
1GnSt4a, Who spent several days with
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
! HAN0THER's SHOES" -
4 Phrase That Had lie Origin In 4
Ancient Custom.

4 Phrase That Had lie Origin In m
Ancient Custom.
The expression stepping into an
others Shoes" like many another COM
mon phrase. had its origin in an an
cient custom.
The old Morse law required that q
person to be adopted must step into q
previously prepared shoe. This shoe
was made from the skin taken from
the right hind leg Of "three-winters-
old bull"
The skin was fayed from above the
hook, and out Of this the shoe was
made. The person to be adopted step
ped into this shoe. taking into his
arms one at time. it is presumed, the
younger sons Of the man making the
adoption. II there were also sons who
were Of age they stepped into the shoe
afterward, by this sign showing their
consent to the adoption.
A man In this way could adopt an
Legitimate son, making him his law
full heir, but In that case the father
was obliged to step into the shoe FIRST.
II there were any full grown SONS,
they stepped into the shoe afterward;
II there were no full grown SONS, then
the next Of kin did the stepping, and
without his consent, by the way, this
special adoption could pot be made.
Witnesses to the ceremony in the
use Of tho shoe were required to es-
tablish its legality.
It will be seen that this was con-
sidered an important ceremony, and
since 90 much "shoe stepping" was
done it Is not strange that the express
sion as now used passed into common
speech.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06

welt policies and at the same time
laud the man who succeeded him.
However that may turn out the fire.
quent discussion of Col. Roosevelt's
possible attitude has irritated some of
the insurgents. They resent the idea
that their progressive movement is a
one-man movement, and they assert
that Mr.. Roosevelt drew strength from
the ideas he Endorsed more than the
ideas drew strength from him. An
abandonment of the Roosevelt poll
cies" by Col. Roosevelt will be suicide
in their opinion. -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-06
CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND.

Cambridge City, Ind, June 6.-Mr.
and Mrs. Roland Kirkwood OF Cottage
Grove arc spending Q few days with
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jc6 Kirkwood.
George Brendlinger has gone to
Philadelphia where he will spend two
weeks visiting homo friends.
The funeral Of John Samuel Barnett
who died Friday night at the Reid Me-
mortal hospital In Richmond, where
he went q few days ago to take treat
ment for cancer, will be held at the
home on North Front street this even
ing at half past seven o'clock. Rev.
Burneare OF the Christian church con-
Quoting the service. The remains will
be taken to Dayton Tuesday morning
for interment. He was born in James
town. Ohio. September 3, 1S43. and
came with his father to Cambridge
Two brothers, Hezekiah and James,
and one sister, Miss Jennie Barnett OF
City In 1850, where for many years he
was engaged in the milling business.
this city survive him.
Everett White OF Richmond. spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. d. e. White
In this city.
Robert Beeson commissioner from
the western district transacted bust.
ness in Cambridge City Saturday.
Miss elan Lacey OF Perrysville Is
the guest OF Miss Catherine Galloway.
Mrs. Della Williams, accompanied
her daughter. Louise, to Indianapolis
the past week, where the latter will
spend the summer with her aunt. Mrs.
Alma Berry.
Clayton Beard Of Chicago arrived
Sunday morning for weeks visit with
his parents, MIR. and John Beard.
James A. Chapman transacted bust
ness in Indianapolis the latter part OF
the week.
Mrs. r. M. Miller and two children
i Of Cincinnati, came the past week and
will spend some time with the formers
mother, Mrs. J. e. Brooks.
Miss Elizabeth Pusinelli will attend
q picnic to be given at Riverside park
by the students and faculty OF the Lane
Business college Of Indianapolis OF
which college she IL q graduate.
Emory Manlove representative from
Manlove & Sons, music dealers Of Con-
nersville. spent Saturday in Cambridge
City.