The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
CHAPTER XVII.

on politics, seasoned, of course, with a
little corn beef and cabbage, ct cetera. -
This is the apology for the following
chapter.l
Most people have bread at every
meal; Kansans mix politics with theirs,
morning noon and night. There was
a grain meeting in Atchison last week.
fully reported in this paper There
was a little something said about
grain, and a good deal about politics.
The National Hotel of this city is
a first class hosteIry; likewise. the
Throop: but both are becoming Cope
land Counties. There is more politics.
OF late. around these two hotels,
(more talk about the fair DEAL which
the Republicans in the Second and
| Seventh districts did not get lately, on
account of machine methods) than
there is about the square deal or the
square meal which both these fine
hotels serve at a per capita.
This department in a previous chap
ter claimed that its morning contem-
pOrary was fairly level headed. when
you gave it time. that con Second
Thought" our neighbor occasionally
says some pretty good things. Here is
one this morning which must strike
the average reader as full of good
horse sense:
.. Roosevelt is now an avowed candidate
for President says Norman b. Mack
MI Mack genius for inaccurate prOph-
ecX seems to have lost none of its dis
tnguishing characteristics in the past
three years. Mr.. Mack having been, as
YOU Will doubtless recall. one of those who
confidentially predicted Bryan's election
in 1903. AS to Mr. Roosevelt, he has said
repea tedly that he would not again be a
candidate In the absence of amy proof
to the contrary, why assume that he is
a Harp"
But Colonel Roosevelt is so quiet and
silent on the subject of late, that a
great many insurgents seem to have an
extravagant. not to say. : rather wild
and wOcly'' idea that Colonel Roosevelt
is contemplating throwing himself in
the breach and contesting the nominal
ton with President Taft. There may
be some occult reason the Insurgents
have for thinking these things, but the
writer, knowing that Col. Roosevelt has
a we'll established reputation for gen
orally doing the right thing at the
right time. can hardly conceive how he
could consistently run against President
Taft for tie nomination. An anxious
public will doubtless learn the true sit
uation some time before the Ides of next
June.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Mack seems. to an |
outsider, to be throwing little dust |
and trying to conceal the sore spots /
on one of Mr.. Mack's own favorite
candidates, one Woodrow Wilson, who I
was given a few brutal blows in New |
Jersey early this month, and who is
really black and blue where the voters
hit him.
Why not discuss, Mr.. Mack. the |
beautiful situation i'll New Jersey. I
y "a
strenuous personal campaign favoring /
a legislature of his own class, saw the |
Republicans carry away the goods?
Perhaps Mr.. Mack would rather /
discuss the annexation of Canada, |
which another one of his favorite
presidential proba bilities is advocating
from ocean to ocean.
Speaker Clark has his good points,
out favoring Canadian annexation is
not one of them. He ought to turn
from Canadian annexation to Canadian
reciprocity, which is a totally differ
ens proposition
It is to be noticed that Mr. Mack is
working the soft pedal now about Gov
ernor Harmon. Harmon seems to be a
pretty good man. but like other good
men. he has some fool friends" Har-
mon would look pretty good to the av-
erage Democrat if it We're not for the
fact that the Wall street interests are
grooming him.
Governor Harmon evidently does not
want to be slicked up with the sort of
curry comb and brush which the peo-
pie along Wall Street use, but that's
what the boys call a horse on Har-
mon" There the Ohio governor is,
behold him. head erect, eyes agleam
standing in the STALL impatient1y wait
ing to get into the presidential
race. Now along come the juggling
jockies, incorporated, who have not too
much to do just now, and who in fact
find it rather dull in stocks and bonds
at present, SO they grab a sharp
toothed Publisher and proceed to pol
ish up that old Roman steed from
Ohio; he, the former attorney gem
eral of President Cleveland and COM
mander of the army and navy (two
ships) of the Buckeye state.
Now what do the Wall street men
do2 They are not helping Harmon
much. In fact, they are putting raw
spots on him. They are chatting him
and are scraping the cuticle instead of
CLOSING his sleek coat. An interview
from you. Mr.. Mack, along these lines
would be decidedly more interesting
than that old chestnut about Colonel
Roosevelt being an avowed candidate
for the Republican nomination next
year.
The more we think of the Kansas
City newsboy episodes in Topeka, in
with the present sale of the
noon clifton and the ether editions of
the : Journal, the less inclined is
IA n l1a -c1,o
but the effort to corrupt the newsboys,
g.. i