The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

ments. Indeed, there are some people
who 90 SO far as to say that Senator
Bristow is almost the only one left in
Kansas who is championing the cause
Of LaFollette.
Seantor Cummins come out today
| with his formal announcement as a
| candidate for the presidency 1t
| would now seem as if there were
| enough insurgents running for the Of
fee to enable that faction of the Re-
publican party to agree upon some one
of their number to line up against
President Taft AS it seems to be
| anybody to beat Taft" they ought to
be able to agree upon one in their
| ranks to make the race From their
actions, however, it would appear that
they think Taft is the strongest man
in the party with the exception of ex-
President Roosevelt.
The president made another one of
| his plain, sane, speeches when he
spoke at New Haven Friday night;
making the sensible plea for economy
and efficiency. emphasizing the fact
that the administration has no de-
sire to persecute business but that on
the other hand it would continue to
| enforce the law against unlawful COM
binations. In other words no cor
porations or individuals have anything
to fear if they are conducting their
business along legal and legitimate
lines II have abiding faith says the
president. that the people will dis
/ criminate between what is good and
4 what is fustian.'' They surely will
He points out that the recent deci-
sion OF the supreme court in the big
cases has paved the way for business
tc live within the antitrust law. sig
nifieantly stating. at has been en-
| forced and will continue to be en-
forced, quietly, hope, and with lit
tie disturbance to business as possible
He also states that it is his desire that
the tariff be revised with the least dis
lturbance to business and upon the most
scientific data obtainable. He sensibly
says that he hopes that the people and
congress will discern that the increase
and decrease of our money should not
be controlled by Wall street nor too
much by a political government at
Washington. At New Haven the presi-
dent faced one of the largest crowds
ever assem- bled.
In connection with today's an
nouncement Of Senator Cummins, Vic
tor Rosewater, the Republican Nation
al committeeman from Nebraska,
gives an interview to the Associated
Press, in which he says: The an
| nouncement is not unexpected; it has
| been plain for sometime that LaF'ol-
lete was losing ground, and that the
opponents of President Taft could not
win on the plan mapped out by men
| behind LaFOIlette."
The Insurgents of Iowa have, at
least stood by their principles and
their guns and are naming In
surgent who is a candidate, not de-
serting one of their own people, as
they are in Kansas. and are not trying
to beat Taft with the man who is
probably the biggest man in the
United States, Roosevelt 1t must be
a satisfaction to the friends of Taft to
thus receive the decided admission
upon the part of the Kansas Insur-
gents that not one in their ranks has
their confidence to win the nominal
ton against the president
Andrew Carnegie still likes to re-
ceive everything that i coming to him.
He first gave it out that he would be
honored to appear before the steel
trust investigating committee of con
. ! SI6SS ana THAT ne WOuAQ l1dIltS III SO4d
his summons and expense voucher, and
keep them forever. Did he forget the
ruling passiono For now he has
changed his mind and decided to col
lect the $3.50 due him in witness fees
and let the state keep his voucher. He
Will save the gold frame for some other
purpose. 1t appears from the dispatches
that Mr.. Carnegie is having a little
trouble collecting what is due him from
the government because he neglected
to atfix his seal. Perhaps, however.
there was someone near by who was
a fee buyer and could advance a sum
to the wealthy witness until he was
able to properly fill OUT his vouchers.
What are we coming to? It is known
that William Allen White is becoming
wealthy and putting up business houses
in his home city and otherwise seeking
to invest his surplus, and now, the Ca
zette prints something about another
member Of its staff under the heading
predatory Walt" in which even the
Gazette makes this remarkable admis-
sion:
But more than all that. he is get
5 ting too rich. Uncle Walt is making
. so much money that there will be a
| congressional investigation of him II
he doesn't watch cut He has a time
deposit in one hank, a deposit certifi-
cate in the Postal Savings bank and 8
? farm mortgage that he bought of the
= Warren Mortgage company He built
: a house three years ago. and is plan
ming to build another. He holds g
! monopoly of the poetry market of the
United States and if he can't prove
r that he comes within the supreme
. court rule of reason, he may land il
Jail along with the packers and stee
, men The way the people are being
: oppressed by these predatory poets Of