The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
he SEES The LIGHT
Henry Allen Has Forgiven Gov
ernOr Stubbs.
Gives Him Credit for Clean Up
of Wichita.
SOME CHOICE SARCASM
Says JOintists VIII Welcome a
Second Visit.
COncOrdia Journalist Solves Spe-
cial Session Problem.
SOME CHOICE SARCASM

Henry Allen, the brilliant editor of
the Wichita Beacon, was converted at
a Billy Sunday revival meeting the
other night. He now has the old time
religion and is happy as can be. He
has forgiven the world it's sins even
as he hopes to be forgiven. He has
forgiven his enemies and now only
wishes them we'll Even Governor
StubbS has been forgiven. Henry
speaks in terms Of highest praise Of
the governors cleanup of Wichita He
hopes the governor will come again
and save this modern Sodom a second
time from the burning
To paraphrase from Henry's favor
tte book, if the Lord should now call
upon Stubbs as he once did a thous-
and years ago on Lot, and promise to
save Sodom if Lot could find one good
Wichita and say, There is Henry AL
len, Lord
David Leahy declares that Allen has
no more religion than a Zulu on the
warpath- But Dave is prejudiced. He
has not placed a proper estimate on
the strength of grace. Allen, in a re-
cent editorial. pays tribute to the
Stubs greatness and the Stubbs great
work for Wichita that shows conclu-
sively that grace has got in its work
on Allen. The Beacon editor says:
&C. w. Trickett, personal represen-
tative of Governor Stubs, and the at
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having cleared up Wichita in accord
ance with the governors instructions.
During their visit here they cap
tured six quarts of whiskey and two
quarts of beer, most of these having
been brought in from smaller joints
on the outskirts of the town. It was
certainly a splendid exhibition of Gov
ernor Stubbs' interest in the welfare
of Wichita and of the capacity of his
law enforcing department to have
tn ese men go away having scored such
victories in so brief a time.
And they did not make much noise
about it either.
sHThat is to say, they could have
made more noise about it if they had
used dynamite or giant powder in
stead of newspaper publication. The
victory they scored in cleaning up
Wichita has caused a warm glow of
gratitude and appreciation to come
into the heart of every man who is
in the liquor business, because these
victories have not cost the saloon men
or jOintists any money, nor caused
side of secreting the liquor during the
period of visitation.
ANY time Governor Stubbs wants
to clean up Wichita for political pur-
poses, again we feel perfectly safe in
saying the jointists will give him
hearty welcome
The editor of the Concordia Blade came
to Topeka the other day, and though he
stayed only few hours he found out
more about politics and the coming
events that cast their shadows before
than all the newspaper gang at the state
house put together could find in a year.
He announces as a matter of fact and
with the calm confidence born of superior
knowledge that Stubbs has decided to call
a special session of the legislature or
January 20. He got this straight. He de-
clares that Stubbs told "a friend of mine
all about it,
Name of a namel This Concordia jour
nalist is restricted in his present sphere.
He ought to work on Arkansas Yellow
Jacket. He ought to have the circula-
ton commensurate with so much knowl-
edge. Here all the Topeka newspaper
men and politicians have been worrying
about the Probabilities of a srecial ses-
sion and guessing and wondering about
it, Some think it win be held and some
think not. No one is certain. The gov
ernor refuses to give even hint to his
old ~iIne friends. But this stranger news |
paper man drops in and gets the facts i'll |
an hour and goes home and abuses the |
governor for spending the peepuls' money |
for special session junk He goes fur |
Their and declares that William Allen |
White is a candidate for national COM /
to succeed Dave Mulvane.
He is a mine of information, this Con- /
.ordia editor Had he stayed here week 4
he would have selected the delegates to /
the national convention and the state I
nominees for the two parties and saved a |
lot of expense and trouble at the pri- !
naries.
Special session January 20 Cut it out |
and paste it in your hat. Governor /
stubbs please take notice. Lawrence and |
Kiowa papers copy.