The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-23

wealthiest man in the group. but "a
now to be numbered among the very
rich men of New York City. com
mon estimate of Mr.. Munsey's wealth
fixes the amount at not less than thir-
" millions. The wealth of Mr.. Coch-
ran, who is a carpet manufacturer and
who inherited the business and the
fortune which he now possesses, is
commonly understood to be about fiji
teen millions. The most intimate
friends of Mr.. Perkins are confident
that his wealth has been greatly over
estimated and for the past two years
he has not been occupied in increasing
it These three NE justify their sup
port of Col. Roosevelt in part because
they profess to be convinced that Roose-
velt's attitude toward modern big
business" is saner and safe. than has
been the attitude of the present adj
ministration. Mr.. MI. .sey, while talk
ing to his friends, is emphatic in his
assertion that big business" hon
orably conducted is not only recognized
by Roosevelt as an essential, but in
case Roosevelt were president would
be widely encouraged. That is also
the professed attitude of Mr. Perkins
So far Mr.. Munsey is concerned,
it would make little difference who be-
comes president. He has incorporated
himself and he has no associates in
that personal trust. Two of his num-
erous publication ventures are known
to bring him a yearly income net of a
little over $S00,00 He is engaged in
vigorous competition with other pub
LEGATIONS, but he is not doing it by cut
ting prices. He is the acknowledged
owner of 10000 shares of the preferred
stock of the United States Steel cor
poration and he was at one time tine
largest individual owner of the com
mon shares of the steel corporation.
His investments, however, have been
chiefly the Improvement and extension
of rNt1h h1G V-hi *
now the largest ever achieved by any
publisher in the United States.
They Still Talk of Gaynor.
There continues to be an impression
daily growing stronger that the Demo-
cratic convention at Baltimore will dis
cover such availability, especially of a
compromise kind, in the candidacy OF
Mayor William ]. Gaynor as to make
it possible for him to receive the votes
of two-thirds of the delegates. Should
Mr.. Gaynor be nominated he will GER
tainly prove to be the quaintest of all
the candidates that the Democracy has
ever nominated for the presidency
This quaintness does not impair his
mental vigor. 1t is apparent in his or
iginal way of looking at things and in
the mastery way in which he has con-
cealed the labor which he bestows on
his addresses and letters whereby they
are given the appearance of perfect
spontaneity and freshness and as
though he were talking to each one OF
his hearers or readers in exclusively
personal conversation.
Mayor Gaynor is still troubled with
the bullet which lies concealed some
where back of his throat. This makes
it sometimes painful, and always some
what difficult, for him to talk He
does not know where the bullet is. He
does not want to know. He told the
surgeons that they must not tell him
where it is located. explaining this re-
quest by saying that if he knew ex-
actly where the bullet is it would prey
upon his imagination and his mind
would be concentrated from time te
time upon it.
HOLLAND.