The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
KANSAS COAAENT
WIDE OPEN CITIES.


rev york city saloons are now run
nlng wide open on Sunday, as are
Iotner more or less disreputable
places of amusement This is in ac-
Judge Gaynor before his election as
mayor, Under Mayor Mccarthy. San
francisco is to become the San Fran
cisco OF old, with Chinatown of re-
city, has not known since the earth
quake. The old title of paris OF
America" is to be regained; Paris
IN gaiety and wickedness. If lacking
the art and culture of the French
capital Yet the mayors of these cities
were the choice of the people. who
knew reasonably well what their poll
c1es would be in these particulars.
From this you might infer that the
inhabitants of the metropolis of the
Atlantic and that of the Pacific are
growing more wicked as time passes.
But the inference is hardly warrant
ed A number of other things enter
into an administration policy besides
the policy of controlling vice. Even
his enemies admit Gaynor is good
mayor for the city; man who has a
FACULTY for looping soft snaps from
the c1ty's payroll, and limiting the
power of special privilege. McCar-
tons which elected him. Vice be-
comes incidental. And, even in that,
the wide-open plan has its advantages.
What is to be done under the eyes and
regulations Of the police has gone on
behind their backs. The policies of a
rural community will not fit city,
Atchison Globe.
HE LOVED THE STATE
When man has once been active
in Kansas affairs it seems that his af-
fections always remains with this
state, regardless Of how far outside his
subsequent pursuits may take him.
Professor James H. Canf1eld. formerly
known to everyone in Kansas as the
active and interesting teacher Of eco
nomics at the State university, was
such man. At his funeral President
Butler Of Columbia said that he be-
lieved the word kansas was en-
graved on DR.. Canfield's heart. Pro-
fessor Garfield was much given to ex-
pressing his views on economic SUBJ
5ects and while in Kansas was the
center of considerable controversy. He
commanded the entire respect of even
his adversaries, however and his ca
reer of usefulness after leaving the
state, closing will, several years as a
librarian Of Columbia university, was
watched by his former associates in
Kansas with interest and pleasure
Much has been published about him
since his death last spring and in
recent magazine article a letter writ
ten by him year ago is printed in
which he said that after his death he
III 1o@ WISH anything III lue way VI
public ceremony or memorial. But
one thing he would like to have DONE
he admitted, and that was to have his
former students at the university place
in the old class room a small tablet
on which should be engraved these
words. "He loved the state and was
loved by its children."-Glen Eide
Sentinel
THE ROOSTER NOT THE ONLY ONE
You all laugh at the rooster for
imagining that the sun rises only with
his permission and upon being an
nounced by him. How much different
are you? Can you conceive of a world
without you in it? Can you understand
that the world will last when you are
dead? Actually, now, is there any
hereafter for this world? Does IL NOT