The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
KANSAS COAAENT
IS IT A SQUARE, DEAL?

IS IT A SQUARE DEAL?
Inc members of congress from this
STATE are IN Washington attending to
Guty- In all of the districts except the
seventh and Eighth there are candi-
yates VINO are daily canvassing for the
Honlnat1on at the primaries, August 2.
curing events and important legiSla-
ton confine the present members to
the sessions of the house and they
nave no chance to meet their oppon-s
ents VINO now have an open field. Un-
uer Lne Old convention system the
nomination was settled in a few days
OF weeks at most and the member
could return to his duties feeling that
ne na0 mad square deal. Under the
mas from two to three months start
and Is not slow to take advantage of
the situation Is this giving the MEM
Der VINO is absent attending to duty
a. square deal? OF all the disintegrated
influence upon party organization and
enthusiasm, nothing has ever been
broached that is so disastrous to the
party and tbs country as this primary
~ catchy. It gives every voter a
cEance to vote for the man of his
choice but In practice. not 30 per cent
OF the voters attend the primaries and
minority really dominates. The time
VIII come in this state, even If 1t is
not now here, when a minority will
control the regular election. We will
cease to be a government of majortties
competent officials than we ever had
under the old convention system. How
beautiful are thy ways, oh primary
system. How false and yet how SEEM
can.
A NEW KING.
Behold! A new king has come to
King Corn. King Cotton, King Wheat
and now we are confronted with King
Hog, the new potentate whose naughty
position has been brought about. not
SO much on account of his lineal de-
scent as to his habit OF sticking to
business and roofing for prosperity of
his country.
There have been kings and kings. |
Some OF them have been born in pal |
aces and some in log cabins. but the
hog Is the only one who has come |
from SO low level to reign in honor |
and be worshiped by the populace who |
try 70 make him feel elated by telling
him that he is SO good they could eat
him.
But such a king! He is so filthy |
that the mud hole is his habitat and |
the only surrounding which presents a |
suitable background for him when his |
skin is intact. But as soon as the |
packer gets his hide off 1t is an en-
t1rely different king you are looking at |
It Is then that we begin to worship at |
his shrine and incidentally dig down |
into our jeans and put up our weeks |
wages for the privilege of chewing for |
two minutes on one of King Hogs sec
lions of framework.
Worshiping at the shrine of pork is |
apparently losing none Of its popular |
ity and all because this monarch is the |
product of the farm where about |
everything else that is worldly and yet |
worthy of being worshiped comes
from. Here's good health to King
Hog.-Leavenworta Times
NEW PLANS NEEDED.
1t is all right to get Charles w. |
Morse pardoped but some new plan |
ought to be invented. One story is |
that If he told what be knew a lot of /
New Workers would hasten abroad |
That Is supposed to fetch the game |
Morse does not know ANYTHING, of |
course, but every once in awhile a |
guilty man runs away because he is |
scared and dare not take chances.
Then the story is sent out that his IS
year-old daughter does not know her
father has been arrested and thinks he |
is in Atlanta for his health. That is
supposed to set the sob squad going
and probably will do so. It is SO fool
ish that no one but sob squad writer
would pay any attention to It. Morse's
daughter can not be an idiot and If she
Is she is not worth bothering about
Lawrence Journal.