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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
1T WILL HOLD HIM A WHILE.

After putting up with Roosevelt
abuse for a long time, President Tart
has finally been forced to resent It.
of course no one with any intell1-
gence believed he was a horse thief
and grave robber just because ne
was so branded by T. r. and
his campaign managers, but the
Roosevelt crowd got to putting out
poor grade of political fiction ana
branding it gospel truth Various de-
grees of misrepresentation were smear
ed over every official act of the presl-
dent during his entire term in ONCE
1t was enough to make a dent even IN
the natural dignity of the president
and while of course there is no
chance that he will retaliate by hand
ing back the same brand of~abuse' ne
intends to expose certain portions Oh
the political record of the man who is
abusing him.
President Taft is a great believer
in the sacredness of friendship. He
used to be Roosevelt's friend, and for
that reason permitted Roosevelt to
kick him on both shins before raising
his voice in remonstrance. But here
after the Taft campaign will be con-
Quoted along slightly different lines.
L
the carefully smothered remains in the
self-appointed candidates political
cemetery. Before the campaign is
over, the voters will be reminded
that
Roosevelt made a lot of political
capital out of his attacks on Penrose,
but was at the same time forming a
close corporation with the notorious
tsBiII' Finn, ex-boss of Pittsburg and
Pennsylvania. Finn was chased out
of power by the decent people of Pitts
burg in 1901, but while he was in
power, he pulled down over $20,OOO,-
900 in contracts from the men he had
boosted into office. He is back on the
lob now as a "reformer' and manager
for Roosevelt in Pennsylvania.
That, although Roosevelt's severest
attacks upon the president are based
upon the allegation that federal pat
ronage is being used, no politician in
the history of the United States ever
worked patronage as did Roosevelt
| to secure his nomination in 1904, and
again in the campaign of 1908. That
he has made extravagant promises to
somebody, is amply proven by condi-
lions in Texas and Montana The ap-
| pointees he, placed in Office while pres
|
by President Taft, are. being lined up
on the grounds that they are indebted
to him for their jobs, no account being
taken of the fact that Taft retained
| them.
That in Texas one Cecil Lyon, the
personal friend of Roosevelt, has CO.
creed the federal Office holders in that
state to work against the president, on
the grounds that they wouldn't have
received their jobs without his en-
| dorsement. He even has the nerve,
according to reliable reports received
| by Taft, to demand a "slush fund.-
from those federal Office holders to
aid in defeating the president under
whom they are employed. In Mon
| tana, Roosevelt's campaign manager,
| Joe Dixon, has compelled federal Of
| fee holders to violate the civil service
| rules by campaigning and working
| against Taft-and they are the same
l rules against political activity on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
LAYHAWKER JOTy

bearing, Montgomery county, has a
citizen named Roy Hey, and it is gem
orally suspected that conservation of
the alphabet was the political issue
When he was named.
Crop note from the Gray County
Beacon: Henry Mills was in town
Saturday, and we think his sole pur-
pose was to show off his crop of whis-
kers of which he has a sufficiency."
Walt Mason, who does it all on the
White is conducting Roosevelt's affairs,
says: Sooner or later Mr.. Ismay will
admit that it's better to be a dead lion
than live bow-wow.''
Reports are very favorable for a
fruit crop in this vicinity-where there
are any fruit trees" reports the Engle-
wood Leader-Tribune, in an honest at
tempt to avoid any possibility of over
estimating the Englewood fruit crop.
Click Fockele of the Leroy Reporter
has about decided that Spring has
Came. Anent the Winter Ones, he
says: The editor firmly believes in
the old advice not to take EN- off too
early. but they are beginning to itch
considerably. M
s Maybe the secret of Bert Walkers
this recent musing of the Village
Deacon: You can get a marriage
license for $3.50, but the commonest
kind of plug lawyer won't take your
olNolce sui LOT less Inan $z5
Harrison Parkman of the Emporia
Times, being a good Democrat, views
the Republican situation from this
standpoint: when one meets a vicious
looking individual armed to the teeth
nowadays, he is probably not
sperado-merely delegate to some
Republican convention
The town farmer gets his in the
Ness County News.-bing,-jus like
that: "It is little to be wondered at
that the average farmer turns his at
tention to the mail order houses to
purchase his goods, when he observes
that majority of the city business
men devote more time to farming than
they do to their stores, offices and
shops"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

You can't always gage a man by his
lung capacity, any more than you can
gage an auto by it's noise.
The reason it is so hard to save
money, is that it is so easy to begin
at some future date.
" x
There are still a few dishonest men
outside of Jail and politics.
X ~
With defaulting bank cashiers, fly
time is not necessarily the opening
Of the warm season.
& X
Some people are so blamed poor
they won't even pay their respects
when they are due.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record. I

lF-om the Philadelphia Record
A quick lunch maketh a sluggish liver.
The devil must be an early riser to get
his due.
Love is dream, but marriage is an
alarm clock.
It's a poor rule that can't be worked
both ways.
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugliness
can sink all the way in.
No. Maude, dear, to be a live wire it
isn't necessary to shock people.
We are told that this is spring, and
some OF US are gullible enough to fall.
for it.
Discipline is exemplified by the first
year at school, and the first year of mar
ried life.
Wigg-'sThe doctor told him to avoid
rich things" Wagg-"And yet he persists
in falling in love with every heiress he
meets
Blobbs-"Here comes Easymark, the
Human Banana" Slobbs-"Why do you
call him that?" Blobbs-"He's so easily
skinned"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
: FROM OTHER PENS

A VIEW OF AMERICAN WOMAN.
Three young French counts, mem
bers of the old and rich and noble
family of de Reinach Cassac, have re-
turned to Paris after visit to the
United States. Interviewed in New
York before their departure, one Of
them declared that America has the
most beautiful and independent wo-
men in the world. Another Of the
brothers-CoUnt Gerard-said the Amer
lean women have too much liberty.
Then he exclaimed:
would a Frenchman permit his wife
to drive an automobile? He would not.
Would my countryman allow his wife
to dance the turkey trot in his draw
ing room? He would not. Would the
good French husband permit his wife
to go suffragetting about all day, neg
proud social position? All, indeed he
would not
His brother. Count Pierre, confirmed
Count Gerard's opinion, saying:
Exactly so, the Frenchman would
not like his wife to do these things
do them, she does not. Also there
is no divorce"
Then Count Gerard sighed. But the
American women is lovlier than the
French woman!" At least that is what
the New York reporter represents him
as soy ms lAAOO6AA RCA4Aapo AAC Will hSAAy
it on his return to Europe. Here is
anther remark regarding American
women attributed to Count Gerard-and
the probabilities are that this he really
said:
1.-The New York women have such
character, such beauty, such fine fig
ures! But as you go further from
New York the women grow stouter.
less attractive. And when you reach
the Pacific coast the women grow big,
like Amazons-like trees"
If that French count ever dares to
show his face again in the free west
he will wish he Observation-Disclosures
Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
HUMOR OF THE DIP

did you hear about PicklehamT''
NO" He went home last night and
broke up the furniture and a lot of
dishes and chased his wife out into the
street" What was the matter with
hfm?" why, some woman in ono Of
these suffrage meetings alluded to him
as a model husband. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
What caused Grigsby's rapid down.
fall?" why, an alleged friend gave him
a fur-lined overcoat and he couldn't live
up to it."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
wish 1 had idea for poem What
do you want to put an idea into a nam
for?''-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mrs .Peck-Really, we never know who
our best friends are. Peck-That's true.
There's the fellow won you away from.
Transcript
YES, he has been mentioned for am
bassador." Indeed I didn't suppose he
had the necessary ability" Mercy, yesl
Why, he pours tea beautifullyr'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
''she went crazy over bridge" ''Sad.
very sad" "0h, no great harm DONE
Her family placed her in fashionable
sanitarium, and she's playing a better
game than ever now.'-Washington Her
aid.
strike. Man in Hat-Yes. Man in Cap
What yer on strike for? Man in Hat
Dunno; but we're not going back to work
till we get 1.-THE Sketch.
Iady-Couldn't you possibly have saved
your friend who was captured by the
cannibaIs? African Traveler-Un Unfortunate
ly not. When I arrived he was already
scratched off the menu.-Boston Trans
cript.
Younghubb-You should curb your de-
sires, my dear Remember We are Just
starting out in life and must economize.
Mrs. Younghubb-But isn't getting into
debt the best way? Then Wen have to
economize.-Boston Transcript
The Hostess-I should have a perfect
horror of dying unmarried. The Caller
It's having to live that way that worries
me!-London Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

WATCH THE TAXES.

There was a good deal of common
sense in the resolution of James
Clancy, county commissioner, calling
for the adjustment of the positions of
deputy clerk and treasurer. The reso-
luton was defeated, Of course, but Will
serve as a warning. Sooner or later
men who run for Office must do so
with the full understanding that, IL
elected, they must do the work them
selves, and not depend on deputies
paid by the county. The salaries of
the officials should be sufficient to en-
able them to hire and themselves pay
for help in their rush periods of a few
weeks each. A public Office must not
be a public snap. Nobody should be a
candidate with such an idea. Public
funds should be conserved to the
greatest possible extent to avoid in this
country conditions which exist in
Europe.
Henry B. Harris, the noted theatre
cal manager who lost his life on the
Titanic, was returning from Europe,
where he had been looking for plays
that would appeal to the American
taste. A letter written by Mr.. Harris
just before he sailed, indicates that he
found none. 1.-The biggest successes"
wrote Mr.. Harris, "are those inspired
by sociological and political conditions
of Europe. The big note in these
plays reflect the unrest of the people,
the agitation for disarmament and a
protest against a heavy burden OF
taxes due to the tremendous budget
required" We are drifting to just that
in America, and the current is strong.
-AtcfisOn Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
by TIE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARSONS

From the dispatches it seems that
the fifth officer on the Titanic talked
to Mr.. Ismay as though he were
merely a member of the crew fighting
for his life instead of the manager of
the line.
The reported chorus girl famine in
Los Angeles listens considerably like
the other advertising stunts of pro-
motors of immigration.
Were you at the ball park Monday?
If so you know just how the lincoln
ties talked as they went home from
Tuesdays game.
Having accomplished the traffic
squad Mayor Billiard should now try
to put over another cross town street
car line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

Another leg has been kicked from I'M
der the contention of the Roosevelt
faction that Taft had no chance in an
'fhonest primary" In New Hampshire.
everybody had a vote, and Taft got
about a hundred more delegates than
the "pee-puls choice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
DAFFYDKLS
BY Q. NOALL..

If gambling is illegal, why does the
alphabet?
(Back up, Horace, you have your
hoof in the manger.)
If one dog can tree three birds in
an hour, how many can a pear tree?
(Get behind something, the trees
are beginning to shoot.)
If Priest of the Yankees was trad
ed to st. Louis for Roger Bresnahan,
would that make him a cardinal2
(Ade1bert, please turn on the base
ball fan, it's getting stuffy in this
Officer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley is out of office,
but still on the job. He is advocat-
ing bill to make dealers give the cor
rect net weight of package goods when
sold And he is thereby making, ar
rangements to add another job to the
many duties of the grocer boy, who will
have to water the prunes, macaroni,
crackers and other shrinkable grocer
les each morning to keep them up to
the standard of weight printed on the
package.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
MEDITATION.

MEDITATION.
[Suggested by Wagners Hymn to the
Evening Star" from Opera Tannhauser.
We do not know,
Why things are SO;
We only hope and pray-and pray.
Our finite mind,
Gropes as if blind
Seeking each day the way-the way.
Perhaps in life,
Through all this strife;
Gods meaning we Will see-will see.
Rob. M Campbell.
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

The senate investigating committee
seems to think that the Titanic disaster
might have been averted had the look
outs been equipped with spy glasses,
but to anyone who ever attempted to
take observations through a telescope
on a dark night, the proposition will
not seem very important. A. powerful
searchlight, such as used by warships.
would be Of more advantage under the
circumstances than a carload of tele-
scopes. The Titanic didn't carry a
big searchlight, for the reason. proba-
bly,, that it would 'eat up electricity
which should be utilized in lighting
the bowling alley and swimming pool.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

Some of the old-time pedagogues will
chortle- with glee when they read the
report of a case in Missouri, wherein a
schoolma am, under arrest for whipping
an unruly pupil, was hastily freed by a
Jury. Moral suasion has it's followers,
but g lot of the old-tiners still hold
that a number of well placed swats &C
complish more when it comes to reach
ing the seat Of intelligence Of an un-
<uly boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

When Missouri went Republican, it
was one of the wonders of the world.
Even London newspapers commented
upon the event. But the insurgent
wing of the Republican party in Mis-
souri, seems bent upon preventing a
recurrence. Arrangements have been
made to split the state convention,
thus delivering the state, chloroformed
and hog-tied. to the Democrats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

Mayor Billiard threatens to draft an
ordinance prohibiting riding double on
a motorcycle, and if anyone contem-
plates the purchase of a benzine bike,
he will do well to wait until that or
dinance is passed. A lot of second
hand motorcycles will be thrown on
the market at reduced prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

oblige by standing on their left ears
Or, if they think George is plain
chump, who is in the habit of giving
away money with no hope of getting 1t
back with interest, they might try
writing to him for a few hundred to
pay off the mortgage on the old home
stead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

officers to stop Jay driving and
corner-cutting, would get better results
If the city could afford larger police
force. The traffic squad at Eighth
and Kansas avenues consists of one lone
cop, and it is his duty not only to instruct
Jay drivers but to preserve the peace
and dignity Of the city over a stretch
of three blocks of the busiest portion
of town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

Reports of further outrages against
United States citizens by Mexican
thugs are being reported daily, but
maybe it would be polite to say moth
ing about it. 1t peeves the Mexican
government to mention it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

The stick with which Hon Chapman.
of the local team. pounded out a To-
peka victory at Lincoln, was con-
structed from the tongue of an old
binder on his fathers farm. That it
was an old binder there is no doubt,
as in these days of modern machinery,
most of the woodwork in farm machine
~ is soft pine or Eastwood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

The city of Cleveland, o., is offering
a bounty on f1ies-dead ones-on the
theory that flies now on the job will
multiply by nine if permitted to hang
around for two weeks. This is case
where a swat in time saves nine swats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

Tt has been given out, on. good auth
ority, that George w. Perkins, of the
steel trust, has contributed his little
mite OF 100000 to the Roosevelt cam
paign fund Those who believe that
Honest George would spend 100000
without an understanding that he
should get back a larger sum. win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25

when an insurgent organ has to
print anything about a straight Re-
publican meeting, it refers to those pres
ent as a slight sprinkling of Taft fol-
lowers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-25
IT PLEA SEES HIM

Governor Stubs told an Atchison
Globe reporter that he was greatly
pleased with the result in Brown coun-
ty and especially glad to hear that
Ewing Herbert lost his own ward,
which went for Roosevelt by two votes.
He said the people were not paying any
attention to postmaster support OF
candidates" Well, why should they
pay any more attention to the support
of governors and the officeholders ap-
pointed by the governor? For weeks
the governor and his officers have been
running over the state drawing pay
from the people for their services in
behalf of Roosevelt. They have plenty
of expense money from Roosevelt
headquarters. If Taft's oficeholders
would do what Governor Stubs and
his crowd have done he would set up
yowl about it. It seems that the
governor and his following can do no
wrong. The postmaster can support
Colonel Roosevelt if he is nominated,
but will Governor Stubs and all of his
followers support Taft if he is nomi-
mated ?-Hiawatha World.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-02
ANTI-SALOON WORKERS TO
URGE LAW BARRING LIQUOR
FROM ''DRY" TERRITORY
Michigan Delegation Will At
tend Hearing Before Senate
Committee Monday
LOCAL CAMPAIGN is ON
Prospects Bright For Winning
All of 25 Michigan Fights,
Says Morrow

Supt. George W. Morrow, OF the
Michigan Anti-Saloon league, heads
delegation from the state which
leaves, Sunday, for Washington, Tor
the purpose OF attending the meetings
OF the senate judicial committee OF,
the question of proposed interstate
law to prevent the shipment OF liquor
into dry" territory. The matter has
been hanging fire for some time, tne
wet" interests having secured q
number OF adjournments on the plea
that they had additional testimony
TO offer, but the committee has stated
that the question is now going to be
settled. The first of the final ses-
sions will be held on Monday, March
4, and the proposition will be argued
pro and con for three days, the clos.
ing being scheduled for Wednesday
evening.
I'VE have every assurance that the
committee means business" said Mr.
Morrow to The Times, "and we be-
lieve that it will not be long before
We have the law we have been so
long seeking. II is really nothing un-
reasonable that we are asking-keep-
ing liquor out OF dry districts. why
shouldn't state be allowed to police
its own community? l am sure the
members of the committee feel that
way and will report favorably on the
question. Then, when the matter
gets in congress, 1t will go through
without difficulty, because there arc
few, IL any, congressman who would
dare go on record against the meas
ure. There may be some who would
try TO smother the proposition in CON-
mittee, but when they have to come
out in the open and fight, they will be
found in favor OF the proposed law, or
will be greatly mistaken"
Other members Of the delegation
are Attorney l.. E. Stewart, of Battle
Greek. former prosecutor OF Calhoun
county; A. c. Graham, sheriff OF Sani-
Co.tinuea ON rage Tw~
The Detroit times., 1912-03-02
BURGLAR SUSPECT, WANTED
HERE, ARRESTED IN TOLEDO
R. V. Kelly Believed To Have
Been Implicated in Apart
ment House Robberies

detective Charles Seymour has gone
to Toledo, to bring back r. v. Kelly
alleged to be a member of the Syra-
cuse gang of desperadoes, two mem.
bers of which we're recently arrested
here, and also believed to be one OF
tn gang which perpetrated the series
Of big apartment house burglaries in
this city, including the $4,000 job in
the Pasadena apartments, the burg
lary of the Alhambra and Manhattan
apartments. and a number of other
burRlaries, including that of the Spald.
ing Sport Shop, on Woodward-ave.
Detectives Brooks and Seymour OBJ
tanned trace of two men who were Of
fering to pawn diamonds at different
shops, and were hot on the trail of
the men when they put up" the
sweaters, satchels, and other plunder
from the Spalding shop, In a pawn
shop where they also offered dia-
mond. One OF the men, the police
say, was Kelly. They were on the
heels of Kelly and his pal when the
two left the city and the local sleuths,
learning that they were headed for
Toledo, notified the Toledo police.
nelly arrest lOlloWcu, Uul Hi5 pal 10
stffl at large. q
Chief of Detectives Palmer says he
has definite information that Kelly Is
member of the Syracuse gang OF
burglars, blamed for jobs aggregating
$50 900, and whose plunder, to the
amount of $4,000, was recovered in
the shops OF three fences in Syra-
cuse, where 1t had been sent by men,
bers of the gang, alleged TO number
16 Eight are In custody In Syracuse.
Frank Sullivan, alias Frank Ball.
and James b. Ryan, were arrested
here last Monday, and taken back TO
Syracuse, as members OF the gang.
Ball was also charged with assisting
in an attempt to free other members
OF the gang from the Onandaga coun-
ty Jail. by passing saws into the cells.
At the time of the arrest OF Ryan
and Sullivan here, after they had writ
ten to Syracuse, ordering their revol-
yers and burglar tools sent TO this
city, Syracuse detectives informed the
Detroit police that other members Of
the gang were no doubt here In this
city.
Later, Chief Palmer received inform
alton which satisfies him that mem.
bers OF the Syracuse gang have been
responsible for the series OF bold bur-
glaries which have been battling the
local sleuths.
Kelly has served notice on the To-
Iedo police that he will not come to
Detroit without first putting up legal
battle.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-02
ADMITS HER LOVE FOR
HUSBAND SOON COOLED

Married in December after court
ship lasting two years, and separa-
ting from her husband three weeks
after the marriage. Mrs Maggie Bur-
geson, "a years old. laughed heartily
when arraigned before Justice Stein
with her alleged affinity. Henry
Comerie, on her husbands complaint.
She just didn't like her husband, and
that was all there was to IL.
"You courted with him for two
years; married him, and then found
out In three weeks that you didn't
like him?" queried the Judge.
"Yes, that's about it," said Mrs.
Burgeson. laughing heartily.
She was a widow. with one son.
when she married Burgeson, she said
Both pleaded not guilty, and were
held In $500 bail. one surety each.
for q hearing. March s.