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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
THE CRACK OF THE PARTY WHIP.

The passage of the tariff bill by the
house with only five Democrats dis
senting indicates that Mr.. Underwood s
machine is in good working order. Four
of the five are from Louisiana and
put sugar above party pledges. The
other defenders of special interests
evidently decided to pass the respon-
sibility on to the senators from their
respective states. The final vote
stuck closely to party lines.
The cattle men have Joined the wool
and sugar men in a fight on the bill
in so far as it affects their own espe-
cial interests. "a cry for help is going
up from all of these.
Other interests hit by the proposed
reductions, such as the cotton-manu-
facturers, the paper-makers. the Cali
fornia fruit-raisers, and the Minnesota
millers, are contributing to the expected
chorus of protest, but their voices are
almost drowned by the Louisiana SUI
gar-planters, the Western beet-sugar
men, and the sheep-raisers of Ohio and
the Western ranges. If the wool men
are at the moment less audible than the
sugar producers a plausible explanation
may be found in the statement of a
Washington correspondent that they
ARE so mad they can scarcely speak -
There are rumors of a tactical alli-
ance in Washington between the Demo-
cratic senators from wool and sugar
states to defeat the provisions for i'm
mediate free wool and for free sugar at
the end of three years, even at the
price of defying the party leaders and
disrupting the party program Since
the party in power has a majority of
only six in the senate, it is argued,
a very small group of Democrats, by
cooperating with the enemy, could
bring about this result
The president, after a conference
with the senate finance committee, as
sures the newspaper men that 1--WE
don't see any difficulty in standing to-
gether on any sort of party program
President Wilson, according to the
Washington correspondents. is unbend-
ing in his demand for free wool at once
and free raw sugar in three years.
These features, Mr.. Underwood in
formed congress, are the presidents
own contributions to the framing of
the tariff bill. and to repudiate them
would be a slap at the administration
"Out of four thousand and more items
in the biIl,'' said Mr.. Underwood, 1.-The
president made only these two sugges-
lions. It seems to me that we should
accept these two suggestions from the
president of the United States.'' The
opposition to free wool in the house
comes chiefly from Ohio, Indiana, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri,
Michigan, California, New Mexico and
Arizopa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
.AYHAWKER JOTS

The Fort Scott Republican dominates
Charlie Scott for United States senator
to succeed Bristow.
A young man down at Hutchinson
licked" a preacher because that gen.
tleman told on him. to his parents.
Now that the pool halls in Cherryvale
have been abolished a preacher down
there is advocating the placing of
tables in the churches.
The Leavenworth papers are giving
lot of free advertising to the saloons
that have been Established on the OPP
posite side of the river.
Had I ten thousand tongues to sing
a great and glad refrain, I'd tune my
harp and shout by jing, We had a
bully rain.-Wellington Journal.
After voting $4,000 for the purchase
no money to pay the bill and was
forced to issue warrants for that
amount.
By being nosed out of the ball league,
says the Herald, Ottawa has been de-
MED the fears of winding up at the
last end of the list when the season
closes.
tiles have seized a shipment of 70 bar
rels of beer and now are uncertain
what to do with it. The thirst in Cow
ley must be something awful.
j. r. Burton publishes a signed
statement at the head of his editorial
column disclaiming responsibility for
anything that may appear in the Union
in the future without his signature.
Shoot Landsen not me- is his parting
word to angry subscribers.
A statue of Bale Waggener at
Washington, says Walt Mason, would
be much more satisfactory than one
of Click. A statue of Bale. with his
viscera exposed, after the manner of
the gentleman whose portrait used to
adorn the front pages of patent medi-
cine almanacs, would be gratifying to
the general public, as well as to those
Minnesota surgeons who make a life
work of operating on the Atchison
statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

AS rule, the less you use your credit
the better it is
Getting tight is a FOOLS way Of showing
his Independence.
Neither is anyone as important as a
special policeman thinks he is.
A bootlegger is usually the sort of man
who hasn't sense enough to make ii pay.
A town may feel itself becoming a city
when silk hat no longer gets a second
look.
outIast the seed catalogue stage If he
wants to belong.
AS an actor gets better in his line. he
sometimes outgrows the notion that he
must dress that way.
A great deal of pleading guilty is based
on hope of a light sentence, rather than
an active conscience.
There are still few old-fashioned men
who don't regard a pistol in the home as
a greater menace than burglars.
Still, if a mans wife were an active
stuff, she might have less time to issue
ultimatums at her own fireside.
People object to being robbed by rail-
roads, but the number willing to rob the
railroads remains about the same.
81 haven't a great deal of tact; when
my wife thinks she is bosSing me, she Is
apt to be right about it.'-Rufe Hoskins.,
People are fairly sensible in most re-
spects, but it is hard to wean them from
the notion of expecting too much from
politics.
1t occurs to Alb. Adkins, who has lived
in the same neighborhood all his life,
that the average stranger is too anxious
to get acquainted.
In his office the average man quietly
suffers a lot Of Inconvenience over which
he would violently scold his wife if they
were in his home.
A great deal of money is spent on
travel, but tbs would be greatly in
larger dividends. if honeymoon trips were
extended according to the original plans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.J

lFrom the Chicago News.1
People never pay any attention to a
cheerful liar.
One has everything his own way-until
he gets to be about year old.
The woman with a poor complexion may
be rich enough to afford better one
When a contrary man agrees with you
it's a safe bet that you are N the wrong
Many vigorous men waste a lot of per-
fectIy good energy in making fools OF
themselves
All men are born equal but a mother
believes that her first baby is more than
equal.
No wonder a big boss looks down upon
a little one. The big one is much bet
ter buffer.
Two classes of men have the sympathy
OF a spinster; those who are married and
those who are not.
No, Cordelia, we don't blame you for
the opinion you have of man who has
occasion to consult a beauty doctor.
There is one thing that may be said to
the credit of a small boy: he never pre-
tends to like any one he doesn't like
The man who tells the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth at all
times can never hope to be popular In hui
man society,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
HUNOR or THE DRY

Major Banstick (of the Indian army
home I shall be pleased to help him, if
he'd like it, with field-work and so on
Horace COT the Boy Scouts)-'"Thanks, aw-
fully, dad, but-er-are you quite up-to-
date?-drilrs altered a lot since you were
home last."-Punch.
st have made a great discovery" said
tue scientist. ct am prepared to prove
that angleworms think You're vast
ing time" replied the ward boss. what
difference does it make what an angle
worm thinks? He can't vote "-Washlns-
ton Star.
There's a foreign couple living in the
flat next to US, and they are simply a
torment to my wife" why soy "They
quarrel necessarily, and she can't under
stand a word of it-"-LouisviHe Courier
Journal.
81 understand she sings?" Eyes, but in
spite of that she retains her popularity -
Detroit Free Press.
if business ceases to be profitable in a
year or soy" Gramercy-Don't be alarm
ed my dear. By that time Wen have sold
all the stock in the company to the pub
nc."-Puck-
do you think it is wise to send wo-
man to prison for suffragetting? NO, -
replied the London policeman The flrst
thing we know, there won't be any peace
and quiet, even in the lookup Wv ashing-
ton Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
ON TIE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT

BY ROY K. MOULTON.

Remember.
I remember, 1 remember,
When courtin' Sal 1 went;
The parlor where so many
Delightful hours were spent;
The good old horsehair sofy,
The crayon portraits, too,
Which stared so impoiftely
AS crayon portraits do;
The what-not in the corner,
Filled up with ancient junk,
The stuffed owl on the mantel,
Who listened to the bunk.
1 peddled just like you did,
When courtin' of your gal,
And life was simply heaven
When 1 was courtin' Sal.
remember, remember,
How 1 marched up the aisle.
The knot tied by the pastor
Has held for quite a while
The horsehair sofy's missing,
The crayon portraits, too,
We're living in apartments,
With modern stuff clear through
The stuffed owl is not with us
Perched up above the CRATE;
We have no corner what-nots.
For we are up to date.
remember, / remember,
1 married Sal, you bet.
The landlord and collectors
Will not let me forget.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
KANSAS COMMENT
BRYANs BOozELESs BANQUETS

BRYAN'S BOOZELESS BANQUETS
Out in this semi-arid section (see
international revenue lists and not
the crop reports the fact that guests
at the Bryan home must slake their
thirst with grape juice or ice water
causes no CONSERVATION. Most of the
banquets out this way are as dry as
the speeches which follow them. and it
seems natural enough that diplomats
should feed their festive faces with
out the appetite born of the kick of
cocktail or finished with liquors to aid
digestion.
is causing comment If not consterna-
ton in the effete east. Wines have
long held a prominent place on the
menus of state dinners, and there are
! doubtless those in high places who
need the jingle of the joy juice to
make a sound of revelry by night. and
feel that the festal board doesn't
amount to much unless properly ir-
rigated.
And yet one fancies even these VIII
survive the shock and accept the Bry-
an invitations when the niceties of
diplomacy demand it,. A lid in the
state department, while it may be un-
usual, should not mangle the Monroe
doctrine, or result in entangling al
liances or other direful international
calamities.
Meanwhile the situation presents
another aspect, regardless OF how thu
Mr.. Bryan is a big man in the affairs
of the nation, and might drink If he
felt like it, or serve drinks to others
without arousing much censure ex-
cept from the narrow minded who
don't belong. Indeed, such course
being customary, would attract little
attention one way or another. But
he gains the spotlight the other way,
and in a worthy manner.
A man with 50 many friends can
hnIn n
the lid is a good example, whether its
use be applied to diplomats or ditch
diggers. Therefore this nation should
not mind comment which placards
our premier as a. Puritan. When one
has Puritanical virtues without the
vices of a narrow mind they are apt
to help some. Mr.. Bryan's position on
the liquor question really left him no
alternative, and the country should
really be proud that he feels that way
about it.-Atchison Globe.
SATISFACTORY CROP OUTLOOK.
The news issuing from the crop-growing
sections of the country is distinctly
favorable and deservedly tends to dispel
some of the clouds which hang over tariff
uncertainty. The acreage devoted to
cereals is larger than ever before in the
single state OF Kansas the gain being in
excess of 1000 900 acres. The conditions
attending seeding never were better. Our
crops starting well. 1t is good
omen.
Winter and spring wheat are coming
along in a most satisfactory manner, and
the reports about corn, oats and the
other cereals show them seeded or started
under good conditions. 1t is one of the
best springs ever known so far as the
agricultural outlook is concerned. In the
south ideal weather has attended the
starting of the new cotton crop and dan
ger from frosts probably is past. These
are conditions for which we should be
truly thankful and the information should
serve to make US all more cheerful.-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

The raising of fur bearing animals
for their hides promises to become an
industry Of considerable magnitude.
owing to the rapid rise in prices A
consular report states that mink skins
have risen to SIS from IS last year in
the Yukon country. A number of cap
tive foxes were sold last year and
shipped from Yukon to the East-about
20 to Prince Edward Island, and prob
ably % to near Boston, Mass, there
being fox farms at both places One
female fox, owned by a man in White
horse, sold for 81. 600 cash. 1t was al
most black. there being only a few
white hairs on the shoulders.
One man has upward of SIS, 900 in
vested in a fox ranch. He has just
paid $3.50 for a live silver-grey fox
which was caught in a steel trap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

In a sarcastic vein the Philadelphia
Record tells what probably is the truth
regarding the California situation as
follows: AN objectionable sin of the
Japanese in California is that they
converted the sterile acres of F1orin
Sacramento county, into fruitful fields
and increased the assessed value of
their farm lands rs per cent, in three
years The disgrace is too great to
be borne by a superior, though less
painsta.king, race. Shall these Asiatics
be permitted to flout us with their abil-
fly to reap abundance from a soil
which white men were capable only of
forcing to yield meager crops? When
Secretary Bryan was escorted through
the village of Florin he was given an
ocular demonstration of alien infamy
by the spectacle of a smiling valley,
redundant with grapes and straw
berries and other agricultural wealth.
He must have seen that there is no
remedy but the Japs must go, and that
the order of nature, which decreed that
the soil of F1orin must be barren,
should not ba disturbed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

entire time in studying occupations
open to boys and young men, what
these occupations require, and what
they lead to. From three months to a
year are devoted to each study. The
results of these inquiries are published
in tentative pamphlet form. Such
pamphlets have already been publish
ed on the machinist, banking, the
baker, confectionery manufacture, the
architect, the landscape architect, the
grocer, the department store, and the
profession of law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09


street cars. The city's loss, of course,
being the street railways gain.
But as they went into street car ser
vice. 1t is evident that the railroads
are not in the market for special Off
GERS. When there is a vacancy in the
railroad secret service, the man who
can produce evidence that he has been
nred from the Topeka police depart
ment for political reasons, needs no
iurtner recommendation to get the job,
the theory being with railroad officials,
that the best officers are always let
out to make room for pets
Stfckers for the observance of Gus
tom and precedent throw fits when
building, but it is our opinion that his
ioea is much better than sending for
the capitol building to come to him.
The late Mr.. Mahomet tried some
thing like that without getting any
appreciable results
rms new divorce proctor law is a
olrect slam at the lawyers. The plain
TN mas to put up SIS to the proctor
winch means that he or she has SIS
less to give the lawyer.
If you dig your dandelions and your
nelghoors does not, are you justified
IN digging them for him? The law says
you can pot his hens if they become
planned nuisance, but no hen can COM
pare with the dandelion as a pest,
Why knock on the frog because of
his song? If he had his choice, perhaps
he would make a noise like a canary.
Some people are so disagreeable they
Won't even agree to disagree. Yea, some
OF them are so blamed disagreeable
they Will bet against the home team and
cuss when they lose.
Now that the "ax-man" has been
round Tor the 47th time, we may turn
over a page and peruse the latest in
japanese war scares.
Horseradish will be cheaper, So they
say, because the tariff has been re-
moved from that delectable vegetable.
SO go ahead and eat all the horse
radish you want.
Now if they will just remove the
tarln on hubbard squashes and rhu-
barb, the problem of existence win he
settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

The London bobby" is earning his
pay these days. When he isn't defend
ing the suffragists from everybody else
he is defending everybody else from
the suffra gists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

Not knocking on Miss Barr, but
should not the places on the police force
be given to married women who have
had opportunities to experiment in the
use of a club?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

King Alfonso may not amount to
much as kings go but he has upset the
'13" hoodoo. He is the thirteenth ruler
bearing that name but eight attempts
to assassinate him have failed. He has
five chances left
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

me state Journal Is q member Of the
Issociated Press and receives the full day
@aIa~ranh reDort OF tina, great news NJ
manfzat}on for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication in Topeka
The news Is received In The stare JOLT
nal briJdins over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

J. Ham Lewis the new senator from
Illinois. says he stands between ode
structive radicalism and corruptive
conservatism With Senator LaFoI-
lette on one side and Senator Warren
on the other, ]. Ham is evidently in for
some squeezing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

If Secretary Daniel succeed in break
ing up hazing at Annapolis he should
publish the formula for the benefit OF
other colleges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

1t may be well to remember that in
addition to paying your own income
tax. you will also have to pay that
of the proprietor of the summer resort
to which you go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

A Cincinnati man who attempted to
dictate what his wife should wear is
now the defendant in a divorce suit.
He's lucky to get off that easy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

Your husband says you are going to
have a nice lawn this spring" remarked
the friendly suburbanite That's good
news, said Mrs Wayout: 81 hadn't ex-
pected anything better than a cheap
Bingham. Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

Nearly all those who are interested
in perpetual motion have looked for 1t
to make its appearance in some form
Of revolution. And at last it seems to
have been developed in Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

WHY worry when you can go out
and watch the baseball gamesI' That
man is either a public employee or a
millionaire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

There can be no doubt that Mr.. Will
son is a great president. He left the
ball game the other day when the score
was tied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

There is talk of sending George AIDE
to congress. He would certainly i'm
prove the quality of the reading mat
ter in the Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

King Alfonso is suffering from stir
neck. Which may possibly serve as
warning to King Nicholas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

Mary Garden says she detests photog-
raphers. But, of course, a photograph
is not up to the real thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
by THE WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

once in a long time reporters get
what the general public believes is
coming to them. Three of them were
thrown into jail recently at Fort Worth,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
WHY NOT PARADES?


Certain excellent male citizens object
to "the sensational methods" employed
by the suffragists, and more especially
do they object to the parades, such as
those which New York has occasionally
and like that which Washington would
have had in March had it not been for
a fatwitted police force and a mob of
male hoodlums
Perhaps it would be better II the
women, seeking suffrage, would not re-
sort to parades or hikes" but it is
not for male voters to attack them.
Are the latter's political methods to
be commended as intelligent, thought
full and convincing at all times? Have
the voters of Boston forgotten, for ex-
ample, notable municipal campaign
of 1909-10, in which newspapers and bin
boards were noisy with indiscreet, mis-
leading and belligerent advertising of a
kind that did not produce intelligent
consideration of men and principles.
but did bring counter attacks and
finally an alignment of forces that
forced a decision through prejudice and
Misrepresentation?
Male politicians do not take to pa
rades nowadays, as they did in the
earlier years of the Republican party.
when their enthusiasm was as earn
est and genuine as that of the modern
suffragists. Why not parades by the
latter If they desire to have them and
are willing to walk or ride for their
les2-Boston Traveller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

owing to politics, a couple of worthy
tWo-handed COPS are now chauffeuring
street cars. The city's loss, of course,
pelng the street railways gain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09
FROM OTHER PENS
WHERE GOVERNMENT LAGs.

WHERE GOVERNMENT LAGS.
In an interview, published on Sat-
urday by the Daily News, dealing with
the proper control or the suppression
of a certain type Of institutions oper-
ating under the name of maternity
homes, Miss Julia Lathrop, head Of
the federal children's bureau, gave ex-
preston to some sound ideas on gov
ornamental problems. 1T is compare
lively easy to secure a good law at
time when the public is Mortified" said
Miss Lathrop. 1T is another matter
to secure it's steady, equitable enforce
ment." Americans are too prone to
think that legislation is the chief aim
and end of reform. They commonly for
get that laws are useless if they are
not enforced. When it comes to COM
pick matters of government, proper ad-
ministraljon is clearly of more import
ance than the lawmaking process itself
The American people have been leaders
in movements having for their object
the Incorporation OF great ideas into
law But they have Jagged behind the
principal nations of Europe in matters
of governmental administration. A
European city, as a rule, cleans It's
streets better than does an American
city. Miss Lathrop is strong advo-
cate of better methods of birth registra-
ton. In this particular field few ma
lions classed as civilized are as back
ward as are Illinois and some other
American states. Many other illustra-
tions of a similar nature might be given.
Fortunately, public attention is being
directed more and more to the subject
of administration. One proof of this
is the public efficiency bureaus that are
springing up all over the country. A
few years ago voluntary organizations
for participation in public affairs were
commonly concerned with matters per-
tanning to the legislative branch of gov
eminent. The newer development fur
nishes good reason for encouragement.
-Chica go News.