The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-24

thousands of letters. He does not feel
it. because he does not have to pay
cash for the dictionary advertising. If
/ the book stores would attempt to COM
/ pete with Mr.. Capper in advertising
their dictionaries, they might be
swamped and bankrupted
In other words. they may not af-
ford to take a page advertisement in
the Capital or the State Journal to
advertise a little ninety-eight cent
F., dictionary. The same is true in other
lines of merchandise. The Capital
has a fine, big building here and peo-
pie who go through it say that the
halls and corridors are often crowded
with furniture and other merchandise
which the Capital is selling, or part
" selling, and partly giving away, to
build up it's circulation. 1t should
be noted that there is a profit as
rule in the merchandise itself There
is a big profit in the dictionaries if
you do not count the advertising.
This Saturday Night club was char
tered as a literary club and on it's
programs have been entered for de-
bate such subjects as: Resolved,
That the Initiative is better than the
Referendum" and the Pen might
Ter than the Sword" Three justices
of the supreme court belong to this
club and now look at it. Judge A. W.
Dana, known to US of the inner circle
as the Gentleman from Massachu-
SETS" who has just retired as pres
ident, went out of the office in June,
at the E.lks assembly room, pending
the summer vacation, in a blaze of
buffoonery that had never been
equaled. 1t was positively disgrace
full and before distinguished visitors
too. 1t was humiliating- Was ever
a man indicted into office with
worse scandal on his hand to combat, |
and combat it with such men as the /
.. s. District Attorney ("Gentleman
From Tennessee'D one of the leaders
OF the opposition to this proposed re-
form to restore the club to its orig |
inal purposes: in harmony with the
wise constitution adopted by it's
founders over a quarter of a century |
ago. The task is Herculean; but the !.
office having been forced upon us i'll
our absence, we shirk not its grave .
responsibilities. Was this trouble not
enough to drive us to distraction and !
make US think of leaving town and
turning over the daily newspaper
business entirely, morning, Sunday
and evening, to the Gentleman From
Utah? %
In discussing this the State Jour
nal has been exceedingly careful to
avoid malice, for it has none. It wants
to be distinctly and positively under
stood that it has no personal feel
ing against Mr.. Capper and the Cap
IL
abused this paper and without cause
NOW you ought not to get into a
quarrel with Mr.. Capper. He is nice
gentleman He lives right in our
and 1 don't believe a
quarrel between neighbors or between
publishers is good for the community
said friend We exactly agree with
our friend. We are not quarreling with
Mr. Capper-we are simply having fun
with him. Nevertheless. if we were in
clined to be profane, which we are not,
we would say that we have stood these
attacks till we are tired of
them.
In fact, the State Journal is inclined.
to think that Mr.. Capper is the vic
tim of over Jealous employees. He
seems to have given several of them
a rubber stamp of his autograph and
permitted them to print anything,
everything they choose and to run it
in above his electrotyped signature.
Now. all this is not worrying US
The Saturday Night club under the
suggestion of the new president, adopted
the recall last week. So if four fifths
of the members vote to that end, tie
president may be deposed from office
and a new man elected. What is scar
ing us to death is that Mr.. Ferry.
who is known as the Gentleman
from New York. in the Saturday Night
clab, and who seems to be gobbling
all the loose presidencies, being presi-
dent of the Topeka Country club and
president of the Topeka Commercial
club, may have ambitions 10 become
president of this Saturday Night club
and depose us forthwith at the meet
ing on Saturday night next. In fact,
the new president is not very popular,
because he undertook to bring the OBJ
members to time and make
them walk the line the very first
night. He was successful and about
the only thing for the 'insurrection-
lists" to do is to work the presidents
own recall on himself.
Our neighbor and friend is not only
into ever conceivable business. but he
mas designs upon the state. In fact, he
is right next to Capitol Square and
if he becomes governor, perhaps he
will change the name of Capitol
Square to "Capper' Square. He is
building a big mansion upon Topeka
avenue, and we are glad he IS able to
do this. because it is fine thing for
him and for the town, but it does make
the house next to him on the north