The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-28

nal building over wires 1or thAS sue PN1
pose. ..-...-
Certainly, the dove of peace is flap
ping about these days in helpless sort
OF a way.
China's revolutionists are sweeping
everything before them and their GRIP
is s'On to Peking-'
There is reason for wonder. though,
as to why things are so quiet for the
time being in South America
That's a pleasant prospect confront
ing the jurors in the Mcnamara case
The trial is likely to last ten months
Mr. BRYAN is so anxious to know
s.whom the trusts want for supreme
court justice in place of Harlan" he
might ask them
The crowd was small" at the clos
ing galne of the baseball championship
series. Only 20,4S5 persons paid adj
mission 20 the stands.
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The very latest thing in the way of
aviation records for height are being
made nowadays by the price of beef
NOR are int ptOAAS e-hAI---
Japan has rushed an army to Man
churia. Presumably the Japs will
eobble up considerable of the territory
that the Chinese revolutionists have
wrested from the Manehu dynasty.
Mr.. Bryan's opinion to the contrary,
It would seem that the trusts need sew
eraI additional representatives on the
nations supreme court if they are to
control a majority of it and get any
thing in the way of succor
George T. Nicholson, vice president
of the santa Fe. in charge of traffic,
sees a 100000 population for Topeka
before many years have passed. This
viii make Hutchinson and other SINH
lar Kansas friends of Topeka, snort
red and blue fire.
At last. The United States Steel
corporation is to be given chance to
,rove in court that it is not maintain
ing OF attempting to maintain
monopoly in the steel business The
trust has just been itching for this
opportunity, maybe.
Governor Wilson says that publicity
is the cure for bad politics. Were this
entirely so. bad politics would have
been wiped out of existence long ago.
No human endeavor has received as
much publicity of late years as poll
ties. the bad variety as well as the
good.
one of the recent witnesses at the
Ioriner investigation asserted that
'.the blonde boss" knitted Governor
Dineen to win the senatOrship. I'M
possiblet Such an enthusiastic mem
her of the Y NJ c. A. as is Mr.. Lori
naer would scarcely be guilty of a trick
like that.
Testimony at the investigation con-
corning the election of Mr.. Stephen
son to the United States senate in
Inmates strongly that the political
workers in Wisconsin looked upon
Uncle Ike as an "easy mark" Nor is
there any evidence in rebuttal that
they did not think rightly.
Wisconsin. reputed to be rock-ribbed
with insurgency. gave President Taft
as warm welcome and as sincere a
reception as have been given to hire in
any of the many states he has visi. ed.
OF course, the insurgents Will say hat
there is no political significance to
this. But that doesn't make it so.
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This is an unusually bad season and
year for geese-so many amateur
weather sharks are insistent on ex-
aiming their breastbones for black
spots so that they can properly forecast
the climatic conditions of the immeci-
ate future Such a procedure is neces-
sarily fatal to these majestic birds.
This is, indeed. wonderful age A
couple of aviators from the ranks OF
the United States navy made a re-
markab1e fight the other day in by
dro-aeroplane. Tomorrow, if they fee
like it, they can make a trip through
the depths of the sea in a submarine
Sailing on the sea in marvellous en-
gines of war is an old. old story t.
them
A case of six of one and a hal
dozen of the other: OF women stem.
ographers there is at this time enough
supply to meet the demand, reports til,
New York Times An official at tn,
custom house said that women are no
wanted in all departments of the gov
eminent, as it has been found tina
blondes distract an office and bru
uettes are often too chatty.