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

| that this would be Chapter Xxx, but
! through a clerical error Chapter XVIII
| days chapter should have been marked
| XVIII. This is the chapter following the
one in yesterdays last edition and it is
correctly numbered Chapter XXI
This chapter naturally deals some
| what with the second rebuke this
week given to the extreme insurgents
| in Yesterdays primaries in the Seventh
district wherein a typical insurgent.
Governor Stubs political partner.
Lieutenant Richard J. Hopkins. was
| defeated and Judge Frank L. Martin
of Hutchinson nominated.
This seems to be a week of rebukes
for the typical insurgents in the Re
publican party Of Kansas. Last Tues
day a n named Guyer was over
whelmingly defeated in the Second dis
trict, and q Democrat, Mr.. Taggart,
chosen to represent Kansas in the low
er house of congress.
Now comes the Republican pri-
maries OF the Seventh congressional
district which yesterday nominated
Judge Frank L. Martin of Hutchinson
as their party candidate to succeed the
.ate Judge Z. ii. Madison.
Judge Martin defeated Lieutenant
r J. Hopkins of Garden City. While
both declared themselves progress
sive," Martins progressiveness was
more like the progressiveness of Presi-
dent Taft and Hopkins progressive
ness" was like that of Senator Bristow,
Governor Stubs and w. A. White.
Today the Big Doings are at Hutch
inson. with Speaker Champ Clark and
George Neeley are chief stars in the
Decorate game.
The conditions for writing this Chap
ter XIX are not very inviting at this
writing. The State Journal has been
dreadfully handicapped for the last ten
days since it started its page in colors-
Rival newspapers have bought off its
newsboys The size of the paper has
been suddenly jumped from ten and
twelve pages to sixteen and twenty
pages. The circulation increased. |
Yet the equipment of the plant is so
good and the State Journal organiza-
ton so effective and efficient that |
things have really moved along almost !
as smoothly as a ship at sea in a well
planned everyone at his
post.
There have been many complaints |
on the part of subscribers at the late
still the paper was not very late; con-
sidering conditions, the paper was
pretty nearly on time. The public |
does not know that many departments
of the office have been obliged to
work until midnight or later on ac-
count of the sudden influx of bust
ness, and the new color page daily.
Owing to the lack of special ma
chinery which had to be specially or
dered, much of the work had to be
done by hand. but the Murray Machin-
cry company of Kansas City has been
working under high pressure, to turn
out two machines, to be used in con-
nection with our daily color page The
Santa Fe Railway company used siren
uous efforts to get the machinery here,
and it arrived this morning and was
installed this afternoon. Next week
things will be easy; we think the pa
per can be delivered to patrons on
time. The fault was ours; not the car
rier's.
There were many telephone com
plants on account Of the lateness of
the delivery Part of this was because
in jumping from a ten to twelve or
fourteen page paper daily to a sixteen
or twenty pages every day, the speed
of our press, under its present condi-
lions, had to be cut in two; only three
a second, instead of the usual six
The telephone wires into the State
Journal have been so hot in the even
ing that we almost thought we would
have to supplant the refined young
lady at the State Journal private tele-
phone exchange with some brutal man
who could reply in kind to the com
plants that came over our wires: the
threats that the paper would be stop
ped unless it was delivered earlier etc,
etc. but we managed to keep the peace,
and to get through the week The
machinery is now here, and will be in
operation late this afternoon.
Today we are installing this ma
buying additional machinery
that has suddenly become necessary,
and at this hour are preparing to get
out a football edition in the teeth of
a blizzard. so please excuse haste and
bad PEN today a better chapter is
promised on Monday, Chapter Xxx.
LChapter Xxx Monday.l
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\ SATURDAY SERMON.