The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-05
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Santa Claus Letters From the
Political Waste Basket.
Some Of the Things That Are
Much Desired.
THEY ARENOT MODEST
Kris Kringle Expected to Bring
Many Things.
Some of Them VIII Undoubtedly
Be Realized.

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The State Journal today opens its
political column only to the Santa
Claus letters. Each man engaged In
politics. either by suffrage of the peo-
pie or grace of appointment from the
man higher up, is invited to make his
wants known to Saint Nicholas. The
political editor found on his desk this
morning these two letters for a starter:
Topeka. Dec. 4, 1910
Dear Santa Claus:-You have been
pretty good to me in the past, know
that, but we are living in the present.
and I cannot make music forever On
last years trumpet and drum. want
to contract with you for some new toys.
I have always done better by contract
than any other way. want an oil
well, with 1000 barrels flow day. l
need this oil, or will need 1t. to pour on
the troubled waters when the next leg
is1ature meets. want some more books
about Abraham Lincoln and William
Penn and Oliver Cromwell. l want an
engine and a train of cars SO can
haul Kansas grain to the gulf for 1S
cents and make the railroads be good
I want a commission TO controi state
wide utilities. want the INITIATIVE,
whatever that is, you know, and also
the referendum, you can pick these up
| in Switzerland, I believe. on your way
| over here. I want phonograph tnat
will play the same tune the pied piper
| played when all the children followed
him want a box of hasheesh to
feed to my friends so they will see
| splendid visions, and I want box OF
potions to feed to my enemies SO they
| will sleep for two years. l want PAIR
of seven league boots instead OF
skates r want a jack-in-the-box that
| will scare the most hardened railroad
president into a connipt1on MT. want
a trumpet like the one Joshua had at
Jericho so that when blow 1t the
/ walls of the city of trusts and monopo-
/ lies will fall down. I want shovel
that will dig a 14-foot channel in the
! Mississippi river from the lakes to the
! gulf I want drum that can beat
/ SO hard that President Taft will hear
it In washington and l want II 70
sound to him like a knock on Judge
! Pollock for the supreme bench. want
! a Christmas tree lighted with stars, so
the people can all see the way to pet
ter things, and I want a whole lots OF
/ nuts and candy so I can feed every
| hodv. And oh yes, want an overcoat
no. not an overcoat exactly, but
| cIoak-no, a mantle. loose moving
| robe like the Roman senators USED 70
wear. A covering that is worn with
| dignity and profit. I want this aWfuily
| bad, and there is a black-headed boy
| has the one want He has had It
/ long time. If I can't have 1t this
Christmas, will you please save 1t for
| me for next Christmas and not let any
! one have it but me when you do give
| it away. It is a toga. that's what it
| is I remember now. They tell me you
| don't give them every Christmas, only
| once-in-awhile, well when you give
| away the next one. remember l asked
| first for it. and If I can have 1t alone
| I won't ask for anything. else. I hope
| YOU don't have any accident on your
| trip this year, and I hope you Will re-
member all the common people with
WALTER ROSCOE.
Topeka, Dec. s. 1910.
Dear Santa Claus:
I still have some presents left over
| from last Christmas and believe that
can play with them for anotner year
vet but I wish you would save for me
| a big chair that sits in front of desk
| in the governors room in the state
| house. / want this chair and will take
good care of it and will try to fill 1t
| to suit you. I have worked nard Tor
! two years for the other boys and held
the sack while they gathered in pres
ents, but don't complain any at all.
| only want that chair some time, the
| chair the governor sits in to rule the
state. This is a nice thing to ask for,
! Santa Claus and better than lot of
/ TOYS that litter up the floor and make
noise It is better than candy and
| nuts which make boys sick. 1t is the
only thing I want, and if cannot
have it this year, want you to save 1t
for me. Good by, Yours very truly
Frank M. Gable, Democratic can
didate for the legislature in the Sew
enth, the country district of Leaven-
worth county, has announced that he
I has prepared papers to contest the
seat of II. G. Parker, the Republican
| candidate, who was elected by thirteen
majority. Gable alleges that illegal
votes were cast for Parker at the Sol
diers' Home and that Democratic votes
/ were thrown out in some of the town
ship precincts that should have been
counted.
j Both Gable and Parker have served
/ in the legislature before. Parker has
been a resident of Lansing thirty
years and is a veteran of the civil war.
but not member of the Soldiers
Home. The veterans of the Soldiers
Home gave Parker big majority and
| elected him.
AFTER COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER