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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
A VOTES A VOTE FOR A. THAT.

A VOTES A VOTE FOR a THAT.
CA Third Party version.)
Is there visionary wight
Who dreams reform an a. that?
Wen humor him wi promises;
A votes a vote for a. that.
For a. that an a. that,
Utopian schemes. an a. that,
Our platform will hold a his whinls;
A votes a vote for a that.
What though a malcontent he be,
A radical, an a that?
We're DO Ind to win his sympathy;
A votes vote for a. that
For a that an a. that,
His red flag, an a. that,
Wen make concessions to his kind;
A votes a vote for a. that.
WI those who seek for patronage,
Aspiring chiefs an a that,
WI g. such we make common cause;
A votes a vote for a. that,
For a. that an a. that,
Their sordid aims, an a. that,
We've got to flatter their poor hopes;
A votes a vote for a. that
Aristocrats an hoi pol1oi,
Fen suffragists, an a. that,
Wen find a plank to please them a!
A votes a vote for a. that.
For a that an a. that,
Divergent views, an a that,
Wen win WI our elastic clause;
A votes a vote for a. that.
%. Mores, in the New York Evening
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
A HARD GULF TO BRIDGE.

Fine peaches, of the popular Elber-
ia variety, were offered for sale last
week in the vicinity of Chickasha,
okla. at Is cents a bushel. At that
price there were no buyers able to
take any such quantity as the growers
had to dispose Of Some farmers, dis
couraged and angered by the state of
rhe market for choice fruit, have been
feeding peaches to their hogs. The
crop is the largest ever grown and
they think it more profitable to let
theip swine eat the fruit than to haul
it to market.
Between such conditions and the
needs and desires of city people there
is great gulf. Some time. no doubt,
ways and means will be found to cross
It at such moderate cost in time and
money that peaches will not be offered
in vain at 8 cents a bushel anywhere
while they are selling for about that
much a quart in the stores of many
cities. But as yet there appears tc be
no way of getting producers and con-
sumers together.
American railroad transportation is
the cheapest in the world. especially
for long distances such as Oklahoma
peaches would have to be carried to
the big cities of the country. The rail-
ways would be glad to get more freight
at any rates which show a profit. Mar
kets are many and middIemen COM
pete eagerly for business. at least in
most cities But the peaches rot for
lack of buyers in one part OF the coun-
try and millions of Americans get less
than they want, at relatively high
prices, in other sections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
KANSAS cOAMrNT
THE DISTRICT PLAN.

There is some talking back and
forth about the provision of the pri.
States senator by legislative districts
me credit or discredit is laid upoI
various statesmen
The fact is that this plan was put
IN at the demand of the Representatives
OF western Kansas of the countiei
with small population. The consfftu.
ion of the United States gives this
election of United States senator to thf
stare legislature. The constitution OF
Kansas gives every county in Kausa1
at least one member of the legislature
The short grass members of the Leg
Isiature of 1908 refused to give up this
power of virtually naming a Unitee
states senator, and they insisted that
the primary law should follow the
theory of the constitution and that the
senator should be nominated by Iegfs.
:atlVe districts, since later on he mus.
pc elected by the legislators from
those districts. The theory is all right
and if 1t does not work to the besi
advantage of the state it is not tho
nrst theory that has gone wrong in
Governor Stubs is a politician and
he has been running for the senate foI
years. AS he says, in the Kansas City
Slar, ne knew the popularity of tho
Jaw and devoted himself especially ia
the counties with email population.
PROBABLY senator Curtis did the same
thlns but he was handicapped the
last year by staying on his Job in
washington, while the governor paid
little or no attention to the governing
The legislative district plan of nornf.
nation was not the work of Long on
Stubbs or Curtis but of the representa-
tlves of the western counties who re-
fused to allow the constitutional adj
vantage they have in the LEGISLATURES to
be taken from the people they repre-
sented.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
T0UpNA ENTRIES

A penny saved is a penny to spend
for something else.
Recreation for one man is likely TO
be a burden for another
% u
A girls idea of bliss is to feao
novel in the back yard While her new
w washed hair is drying.
10 ~
Whenever a mother gets her picture
taken she always says: Il didn't care
about it, but the children 1ns1steo'/
e
IF Won talk to a fat woman long
enough she will say. Yes, all the girls
in our family are inclined to be a little
stout
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

According to the latest estimates
nearly 100000 persons will be en-
titled to use the ballot at the forth
coming presidential election. And
among the several million who will not
take advantage of their opportunities
in this respect, will be some of the
most violent kickers at the way the
affairs OF the nation progress during
the next four years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
DAFFYDHS
rY q. NoALL.

Is a man who marries woman Of
forty likely to succeed because he's
(Wipe that noodle off your chin.)
IF Richard Mansfield played Ham
let" can David Durham play Check
ers?"
cAnna Rosenblattl Take your feet off
that typewriter!D
OF the things that inhabit the Kan
sas creeks is the crawdad?
(That right. Kick that cripple again-g
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

If the suggestion is not impertinent,
will Bill White please make known the
amount of money that was sent in by
the Roosevelt enthusiasts in Kansas to
the appeals that he scattered broad
cast throughout the state for popular
subscriptions to the Bull Moose cam
paign fund?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

gubRca Tbers OF tho state Journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day TO any address at the rate OF
ten cents a week or thirty cents a
month (by nail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out OF town the State Journal wsll be
to you like a dnily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, TO save
hNnkkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
A TIP FOR THE WOMEN.

The three leading parties are making
special efforts to secure the aid of the
women this year, not only in the suf-
rage states, but in all the other states.
since 1t has been SO clearly demonstra-
ted that women are interested in n,,h-
lie affairs, their influence has become
valuable If the women are wise they
Will keep them all on the string until
they have really been given a right to
vote ana then they can make Their
selection in the good old-fashioned yvav.
for the one they love the best.-Man.
haitian Mercury
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Surely there is some sufficiently
public-spirited citizen in Topeka to
rtart the circulation of petitions re-
questing the city commissioners to re-
d,.ce the license fees on circuses to
such an extent that these wonderful
Institutions will no longer pass by this
city. There are any number of old
folk in town who would probably be
willing to discommode themselves to
the extent of taking their children or
grandchildren to a circus or two before
the wintry winds begin to blow. A
summer without a circus IS like unto
an oasis in a desert without water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rrrorn the New york Press.l

[From the New York Press,l
No man ever wants to buy house as
20 as he will want to sell 1T afterwaro.
The more excited girl can get over heE
enraeement the cooler she can be over
her wedding. 80
kind probably she'd be able to buy II her
h1Ishand wasn't so scrupulous IN business.
ANYBODY who knows enough 70 THINK ne
ought to teach it to the world Wouldn
do himself any harm to stop minute
ana learn something from the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Professor Smith of the University of
Minnesota gets in the iimelight by in
sisting that there should be a law
preventing feeble-minded women from
marrying. But every grocer who oc-
casionally makes a mistake in an order
is competent to assure him that there
is no such thing as a@feeble-rn minded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Here's another fine opportunity for
Mr.. Bryan to protest With righteous in
dignation. Judge Alton B. Parker has
been selected to make the formal
speech notifying Tom Marshall that he
IS the Democratic nominee for the vice
v7residency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

In this era of ever-increasing public
expense, dreams of lower ta~ rates are
of the variety which seldom come true.
A few weeks ago Topekans were agree
ably startled by the announcement that
the general tax levy for this year would
probably be somewhat lower than the
rate for last year. But the best laid
schemes o. mice and men, gang aft a.
gley, and leave US nought but grief
and pain. for. promised joy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Speaker Clark is wondering what he
will do with the lower half of a clam
shell, weighing PIP pounds. which has
been presented to him by an admirer.
1t ought to make something classy in
The way of a tombstone for the houn'
daWg of recent memories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Undoubtedly, as the federal depart
ment of agriculture says, tobacco
planters should make larger profits
than they do, and could through prop
er cultural methods. However, no
wuch suggestions are in order concern
ing the clever gentlemen who trans
form the tobacco into smokin', chew
in and cigars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

A Chicago woman leaped into the
water to save a man who she unex-
pectedIy discovered was her husband.
But she was a game girl, even then,
and brought him ashore. Two Car
negie medals should be her portion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

satterfeld, the cartoonist, certainly
touched a responsive chord when he
pictured "Anybodys Baby" and labeled
it: This ones worth So, 600, 900, too" 1t
is the happiest conceit that has been
produced by cartoonist in many a
dav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
THINK OF THE CORN.

If you can't sleep and are compelled
to get up and turn on the fan, or use
an old palm leaf to keep the breath
in your lungs these nights, content
yourself with the thought that every
hot hour of the night means an added
million bushels of corn to the Kansas
crop of 1912. OF course you may find
it difficult to enthuse even over these
figures if you have no corn growing
Lawrence Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

1t is also a noticeable fact that sew
eraI of the unsuccessful candidates
before the recent primaries did not
spend much money on their cam
paigns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal in a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
SANITATION for the exclusive afternoon
Ruhlicatlon in Topeka.
The news is received In The State Jour-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
indications

And the present indications are
that the general tax rate in this locality
for 1912 will be even higher than it was
IL, 1911
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

OF course, there is only one way to
handle the trust question. That's the
Roosevelt way as vaguely outlined in
the Bull Moose platform. Colonel
Roosevelt saws so himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Incidentally, the last of the wild
pigeons of the land. recently deceased,
have been in captivity for twenty-four
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
ny THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARsOlE&

The fact that butternilk is full OF
germs proves nothing further than our
assertion that germ has poor taste
anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Everyone has an equal chance,-to
make a DANCED fool out of himself, the
Only material difference being that
few neglect the golden opportunity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Father" said the small boy, what is
a demagogue?'' "a demagogue, my son,
is a man who can rock the boat himself
and persuade everybody that there's a
terrible storm at sea."-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
FROM OTHER PENS
THAT sTRIKELEss LAND.

New Zealand as 1.-The land without
strikes" is rapidly coming to deserve
to be known as the land that does not
enforce the law against strikes without
notification. The main feature and
chief strength fsthe act of 1894 lay
in provisions designed to prevent labor
unions from striking without due no.
tice, or employers from locking out
their men as the result of a dispute
about wages or other conditions OF
work. Heavy fines were to be i'm
posed on either for violations of the
law. In 1908 the minister of labor,
stated that of all the fines inflicted
upon employers, SS per cent had been
paid, and in the case of the wOrkmens
"a per cent. But since then there has
been a great change for the worse.
First of all, the teeth were drawn from
the law, by amendments doing away
with the power of imprisonment, and
also annulling the liability of the in
dividual worker. Thereupon the unions
became more and more defiant order
ed strikes in distinct contravention OF
the law--like the street car strike in
Wellington last January-and counted
upon immunity from prosecution
owing to the weakness of the govern
ment and the timidity of judges. The
net result is, as summed up at the end
Of a long review by correspondent of
the London Times, that 1.-The law has
but few terrors for the intending
striker and he is openly encouraged
by the revolutionary Socialists, who
have captured some of the labor or
carnations and proclaim their con-
tempt for law of any kind. New
York Evening Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

The fact that buttermtlk is full OF
germs proves nothing further tnan our
assertion that a germ has poor taste
anyway.
Everyone has an equal chance,-to
make a DANCED fool out of himself, the
Only material difference being that d
few neglect the golden opportunity.
A word to the wise is sufficient
which is not very complimentary to the
hand-picked jury which pair OF law
yers talk to for two days at stretcn.
A Jewel City preacher rejoices in the
name of Wakem. He may, but very
few of 'em do.
Maybe Mrs. Lot looked back to see IL
she could tell by the expression on the
faces of her Sodom neighbors, whether
or not her waist was buttoned In the
back.
When a preacher fails to stir up any
Gust at home during the hot weather,
he should not repine; by going into q
neighboring state and starting some
thing with a state institution, ne can
We note with considerable joy that
circus tangled with bumblebee's nest
at Clay Center. It usually is the circus
patron that gets StunS.
And anything new of any sort is
worthy of news space now
Latest bulletin: Ninth inning. Mexi-
can series; Federals at bat.
A further demonstration that nearly
anyone can come back: there's Abilene
Flack.
Several times we had our hands on
him,-each tine he slipped away" say
Detective Joe Dolley in speaking of the
returning Mr.. F1ack. Gouge your own
giggle out of the personal pronoun.
ST am sorry I killed young Thompson,
as / never met him BEFORE observes
the Belle Plaine gent. From which we
gather that the killer was stickler for
that etiQuet which demands that an
introduction should in all cases precede
a homicide.
Often wondered why tobacco was
called 1.-The weed when rhubarb, was
dignified with the appellation of
plant"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Her Father-Young man, are you qualt-
four-cylinder doadster twenty-seven miles
on pint Of gasoline.-New York Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

A word to the wise is sufficient
which is not very complimentary to the
hand-picked jury which pair OF law
yers talk to for two days at a stretch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

Isn't the ocean grand and majestfc?"
Yes: and there is an indefinable some
thing about 1t that impresses me strange
ly'' What is ft2'' IT was just trying to
determine. I have 1T. It's the utter abb
sence of biIIboards. ''-Washington Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22
ANOTHER BIG RANCH GOES.


At a time when the high price of beef
is explained by the breaking up of the
ranches into farms it Is depressing to
learn that the x. I. T. ranch in Texas,
covering more than 100000 acres, IS
now advertised for sale to northern
farmers. This ranch was state land
which Texas granted to the Farwells,
OF Chicago, AMI their associates as COM
pensation for building the State Capt.
toll. There was a strike of granite cut
tiers on this building. and sixty men
were imported from Scotland. There
was a prosecution under the contract
labor law, and while the Farwells got
off. their superintendent was fined
81 900 apiece for his imported stone cut
tiers. Some twenty years ego Senator
Charles Farwell was extremely active
and successful in getting from congress
appropriations for testing the value ~
aerial explosions In producing rain. The
experiments resulted in failure
Charlie" Farwell's interest was that
this land grant in Texas was very dry.
II a cloud-compeller could be invented
its value for agriculture would be
greatly enhanced. Rain making has
been dropped, and Charles Farwell Is
dead, and the x. I. T. ranch will be
broken up and sold with such water as
nature has provided for it.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-22

A Jewel City preacher rejoices in the
name of Wakem. He may, put very
few of 'em do.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-18
FISHER INQUIRY
WILL RESUME
TOMORROW

Public hearings in the Fisher In
quiry will be resumed In the Senate
chamber of me Government building
at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow morning,
unless present plans misearry. The
party left at o'clock last evening
on the Mauna Loa for q days trip OF
inspection over the Island OF Kauai.
the vessel making special journey
to carry the distinguished visitor.
They will board the Mauna Loa this
evening al the Garden Island for the
return journey, arriving here shortly
after daylight tomorrow morning.
Those in the party are Secretary os
the Interior Walter L. Fisher and his
private secretary. Herbert A. Meyer;
Governor Frear, Private Secretary
Norman Courtenay, -rince kaIania-
naole and Attorney C. w. Ashford,
Attorney Olson. Francis Gay, G. A.
Rice, DR.. e. v. Wilcox, r. o. Mathe-
SON, Riley H. Allen and p. Maurice
Mcmahon. official stenographer scr
the trip.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-18

irg. The success of their work led TO
the request that they accompany
Smith and Rollins on their world tour
Harry Holmes, organizing secretary
OF the team, viii arrive in Honolulu on
October Is and win spend one week
here setting up the campaign before
proceeding to Japan. A letter was re-
ceiyed from Mr. Holmes yesterday
containing the information that the
team and quartet would arrive In Ho-
nolulu on January %, 1918 and sail
for Japan January 30. giving Honolulu
eight days. ~.
The Men and Religion Movement is
movement on the part OF the Pro
testant churches of America to under
take the CHARACTERIZATION of the nome
land on businesslike and scientific
basis. A Men and Religion campaign
in any city differs from an ordinary
eyangelistie campaign. II is primarily
an institute. It has three purposes
first, the training of local workers in
the study of their field: second. the
religious work plan involving at least
FIVE years; third, the adoption OF plans
for the training ofs the workers to
carry out this i've year plan. No reli-
gious movement in modern times has
been so favorably received by the
press, labor unions, clergy and the
man on the street. II is undertaken
in the spirit OF business based on q
scientific study and carried out with
the strategy of trained leadership.
Bishop Restarick. president of the
Inter Church Federation Of Honolulu.
yesterday authorized a cable to be
sent to Mr.. Smith saying that the date
submitted for Honolulu for the visit
of the team was satisfactory.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-18
STARTS
PAHALA MYSTERY

Especial Star4Bulletin Correspondence
HILO, September 16.-Crasflng
through a window and burying itself
in bureau in a room in which C. l.
Schmidt, chemist for the Hawaiian Ag-
ricultural company at Pahala sleeps, a
bullet has made a. fine start for real
Sherlock Holmes story.
1t appears that Schmidt went over
to the mill to look after some work
and that when he came back he found
81 linters Of wood lying round. the floor.
He could not account for It as ne
knew that heshadnot been cutting any
wood. I.s
Becoming suspicious he made a
thorough search Of the room and dis
covered the broken window and then
the bullet embedded in the bureau
from which it had knocked the splint-
ers Ne had noticed on the floor when
he first entered the room.
The question now arises as to
whether someone. fired the bullet With
the intention to hill Schmidt. thinking
that he was in the room at the time.
or wether IL was a stray bullet nred
by someone out hunting.
The matter has been placed in tn
hands of Sheriff Pua and.he is having
il investigated. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-18
DIRECTOR LAO
MAPS out PLANS

Fred w. Lau. new physical direc-
tor of the Y. M. C. A., in conferences
with General Secretary Paul Super.
has been mapping out his plans for
work in the physical department OF
the association during the coming
year, and now that they have been
finally decided upon, the work win
begin at once.
II has been decided to run four dit-
ferent classes-one for the business
men, one for the seniors, one for the
employed boys, and one for school
boys; and course has been outlined
for each that will give the most bene-
fits in the right way and at the right
time.
The night school classes will com
mence on October instead Of Sep.
TENDER 81, as before announced. Stu
dents wishing to enroll may do 80
after September "a at the association
building.