The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-24
From George Hodges.
Governors Office
State House

My Dear Sanity
1 wish you would please bring me
some new speeches on national prohi-
bitiOn-something that won't offend the
Kansas Democrats-somethin that
will put me in good standing for the
senatorial fight in 1918. Won't you
also look through your bag of toys
and see if you have a good printing
plant that can be left in Topeka.
The Democrats are sorely in need of
some method O. fighting the new state
Observation-Disclosures on them-and
real live Democratic daily would bring
good cheer to every loyal member of
the Democratic family
Please don't think me selfish, dear
Sanity. 1 know you must remember a
lot Of good children and maybe you
won't have enough good things to go
around.
Maybe you have noticed in the pa
pers, though, that this hasn't been an
especially successful year for me. Some
of my dearest ambitions haven't been
handled with care and my good motives
have been impugned and distorted I'M
til l hardly knew them when 1 read a
review of them in Mr.. Capper's paper
So, hope you will leave me as many
nice things as you can when you come
TO my house tonight.
Couldn't you arrange, somehow, to
give me place on the federal trades
commission? l know you have had
lot of letters asking for these places.
But I hope you will remember that
nave been a good loyal Democrat and
really should have been elected again
even II do say SO myself-and be-
cause of my disappOintments ought to
nave something more than usual this
year.
My stocking will be hanging near the
mantle in the executive mansion,
Eighth avenue and Buchanan street,
Topeka. You won't forget the place
will you?
Hopefully.
GEO. H. HODGES,
Governor.
From Attic Capper.
At the Battle Front,
Topeka, Dec. "a, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:
Every year I have been urging the
Good Fellows to look after the poor lit
tie boys, but I didn't know it would be
necessary for me to write you a let
ter for help. Really, dear Santa, you
could be of great service to me just
now if you would only bring the things
l need.
Haven't you somewhere a book CIV
ing advice to newly elected governors?
have 1000 candidates for office. Really
1 don't know what to do with them.
The boys who elected me really ought to
be recognized. But when I wrote my
pCISOUdl CIltlClSeu OOVCTuOI
Hodges for kicking the Republicans out
of Office and said that when 1 won 1
would do better. OF course most of the
boys only looked at the plank as a
campaign promise. but l. have since
learned that a lot of people have been
inclined to take it seriously. If give
these men jobs, the Republicans who
believed in my platform will complain
and the Democrats will stir up an aw-
full noise. If don't give them jobs, the
men who elected me will resent it and
| may openly criticise me.
Can't you see, dear Santa, that 1 am
in a very embarrassing situation? I
want to make good my campaign prom
| Use which will please the Democrats,
and I want to please the Republicans
which will compel me to break my
promise. Haven't you a book on the
subject? Didn't Lincoln or Grant or
Mckinley or even Roosevelt face some
such situation? Even Mr.. Taft might
be good authority just now. Truly. the
matter worries me sOrely. 1 hope you
will not forget me in this trying hour
and l shall be forever YOUR most loyal
| friend, ARTHUR CAPPER,
Governor Elect.
From Hcrby Putney.
Dear Santa Claus:
I want a gross each of picks and
shovels, and a barrel OF dynamite
sticks. Then you just watch us blow
up the hills in the vicinity Of Topeka.
1t takes me to put the Topeka bust
ness men to work. Just watch me;
I'll have 'em out on the Topeka ave-
nue. road one of these days. and you
bet they'll make the rocks fly! George
Stansfield, Bert Overton, and l took
them out to the Watson hin not long
ago, and maybe you think we didn't
do things out there! You should have
seen those business men. The perspi-
ration fairly streamed from their
| faces. but they were game, and my
what a dinner we had!
Say Santa. bring some paint. too
red and yellow and the Topeka Auto
club of which I'm the humble head.
will put on some fresh stripes on the
poles along the Red Line. and some
clean yellow bands along the Golden
| Belt I'm for good roads believe me,