The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-05

down to the meat in the nut. The old
barnacles which nave had a place on
the city ship of state for SO many years
naturally hate to 60 They DO not
know the meaning of the word progress
and when they see their old machine
in course of destruction naturally they
feel i'll at east and disposed TO De
fussy.
Topeka Wants Something New.
I'VE will all admit that something
has been wrong with Topeka Tor
number of years, not anything radical
hut that for some reason the anchor
seems to have been dragging and the
city has not made as much OF ITS op-
portunities as it should. topeka IS no
longer q country village and it's time
to change from country dress to city
clothes, and move along as city
should.
with it's broad streets and beauti-
full homes Topeka is by far the most
inviting city in the middle west from
the home builders standpoint. Inc
opportunity is here and the time is at
hand for dropping politics and getting
down to business and making the nest
of our advantages. L want to see har-
mony and progress go hand in hand
for the betterment of the city, but
harmony and progress will be a minus
quantity until the last vestiso OF the
old political machine which mas DOM
mated the government OF Topeka Tor
IL
Il will do a great many things to
promote harmony but 1 will not sac
rifice the principles for which l stand
and for which ! was elected, harmony
or no harmony To me my election
indicates the desire on the part CT To-
peka tax payers for a change, get
ting away from the old machine way
OF running things.
.sOId Timers Give StOtts Advice.
perhaps it is not the polite thing
to do, my friends who are politicians,
tell me that it is not, but 1 shall do
nv duty as l see it without fear or
favor. despite the fact that l am told
that the old machine will git YOU, if
YOU don't look out have been Civ
ing the city from II to IA hours of my
time every day since election, and the
old timers about the city hall tell me
that I am taking the job too seriously
and that it has not been the custom
to waste so much time looking after
the city's interests.
That however, is just what the citi-
zens of Topeka have been demanding
and that is the reason that the COM
mission form of government was
adopted by their votes. L am fighting
to give the city a dollars worth of Ser
vice for every dollar expended and
know that while the doctrine is new
one and untried in Topeka, L believe in
it and intend to give it thorough trial
as far as 1 am able.
This talk of a combination is all
bosh and 1 will vote with the little
two just as quickly as with the big
three at any time they show evidences
of being on the right trail. But L will
not vote to perpetuate the old political
machine for which they seem to have
such a fondness.
Il want harmony but not at the ex-
orbitant price, to the taxpayers which
is demanded. Every thinking man and
woman in Topeka knows that the city
has been run by a political machine for
years, to its detriment, and that it is
the destruction of this vehicle which is
causing the crocodile tears to flow
while the sob squad means it's benedic
ton.
Topeka will have a business admin
istration despite the protests of the
minority as far as three departments
are concerned and can have in the 9TH
er two if the commissioners at the
heads do their duty and forget their
troubles. If L have my way the old
machine will go and another will never
be created.