The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-10

II have lived in Cherokee county
forty-seven years, and have known
every newspaper man In the county
during that time," says James.
have been particularly attracted to-
ward this man Smith, for the reason
that he is not only one of the best
newspaper men that ever lived in this
county. but a man OF the strtctest In
tegrity. fine personal bearing and
possessed of high ideals of manliness
and good citizenship. He came to
Columbus about four years ago.
bought a badly run down daily paper.
greatly enlarged the facilities Of the
office. put the concern on a god.
paying basis and is giving the city. as
well as Cherokee county. the best pa
per ever published here, and all this
through quiet, unpretentious meth
cd and in an unassumtng manner
which indicate the force of charac-
ter needed in q good, well-tnformed
and capable public printer for the
state. It seems to me that the state
Of Kansas would be honored through
the selection OF such men for impor-
tant and responsible positions"
Curtis Condemns Tariff Bill.
Charles Gu is, former United States
senator, who returned this week from
a weeks visit in Washington. has made
a statement in which he points out the
danger of the new Democratic tarin
bill. The new tariff measure Will re-
suit in the Generalization Of American
industry, Curtis declares in his sum-
ming up of the new law.
Imports from five leading South
American countries during December,
1913. were considerably more than the
imports from the same countries for
December, 1912, and the exports from
thu United States to these countries
were greatly decreased,' said Curtis.
Statistics covering our foreign trade
for December, as compared with the
figures for that month of 1912, might
we'll be studied by our people. There
was a decrease of II million dollars in
exports from the United States and an
increase Of about 30 million dollars in
our imports, making a total OF approx
mately Al million dollars on the wrong
side Of the .edger for the month OF
December. 1913, as compared with the
month Of December, 1912. These fig
ures should cause our people to stop
and take notice. and the amount should
stagger even the radical revisionists.
The Washington Times, of February 4,
1914, says there are more than $4,000
wage earners out Of WORK in Greater
New York alone. The st. Louis papers
that there were q 200 unemployed at
one st. Louis hotel during the month
Of January. Is 1t likely that the his
tory Of 1S94-5-6 is to be repeated in
1914-5-6?
'The Republican party found a rem
edy in 1897 and IL Republicans are re-
stored to power they will again give
the people relief"
Judge Ruppenthal Announces.
Judge j. C. Ruppenthal, of Russell.
has announced his candidacy for Judge
Of the Twenty-third district to succeed
himself. His announcement came in
- - Hon In
papers. Of the district Of pictures of
Judges Ruppenthal, Osborn, Reeder and
Monroe. the four men who have pre-
sided as judges Of the district. 1t is
claimed that four or five lawyers in
the Twenty third district will seek the
judicial nomination on the nonpartisan
judiciary ballot.
Ingalls, Favors Allen.
Sheffield Ingalls,, lieutenant governor,
will not be candidate for governor on
the Progressive state ticket il Henry
J. Allen will accept the nomination.
Ingalls, still believes there is a chance
to induce Allen to enter the race and
the lieutenant governor denies that he
is a candidate at this time.
I am for Henry Allen for governor"
ingalls, is quoted as saying. Il have
not considered myself a candidate in
any sense Of the word and am not
itching for office. I am not in the
progressive fight for what I can get
out of 1t. I believe Mr.. Allen Is the
logical candidate"
Ready for Progressive Banquet.
Preparations have been completed for
the Progressive banquet at the Audi
torium Thursday night and Bull Moose
workers In Topeka declare that the
crowd this year will exceed the one
which attended the dinner in Topeka
a year ago. Plans have been made for
seating 1000 men and women at the
banquet tables The galleries will be
thrown open to the public
Several towns have made special
Pullman car reservations and at least
one special solid train of Pullman
sleepers will be used to carry the Bull
Moose workers to the annual dinner.
The towns Of Ottawa. Coffeyville. In
dependence and Newton viii send a
crowd of 100 each to the banquet and
equally large crowds will probably
come from Lawrence, Emporia. wich-
ita. Olathe. Kansas City and Fort
Scott. Bands will be brought to the
meeting from Emporia and Usage City
and probably from Holton and Wa
mego.
An all day session will be held by
the Progressives and a tentative state
platform will be written at a business
meeting Thursday afternoon. The
banquet will be held at $3.50 o'clock
and speeches will be concluded in time