Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-02-07

candidate.
Old ST says that he has been placed
in many precarious situations but so
far he has never had to act as judge
of baby show.
If you want man to stand tied
while you give him phone serenade
don't wait too long and then call him
from a warm bed into cold hall and
expect him TO stand there in his bare
feet and nothing else much. 1t won't
work and you can't blame him for
hurried hang-up.
1t seems very generous thing tor
Mr.. Ford, the auto maker, to cut
ten million dollar melon for the
benefit of his employees, some of
whom have to work for as little as
five bones per day. But there is at
least one other side of the matter.
Who put up this ten-million dollars?
The men who bought the machines,
of course. If there is a ten-million an
nual profit in the business it would
appear that the price OF the machines
should be reduced. There are hun
dreds of auto owners who do not earn
five dollars per day. (Oh no, this is
not personal. We are not expecting
to buy a machine.) But really now
why not pass the melon arounu a
mong the fellows who are buying
tires and gasoline, and pryfng the
machines out of the mud?
''She tats like lightning but her
work looks like thunder" That may
be an old comparison but Old ST never
heard it until recently. 1t struck
him as being both apt and forcible.
1t might be classed as graphic descrip-
ticn. Old ST does not. know whose
work it was that got into the weather
report.
The last legislature provided for a
non-partisan judicial ballot" This
will bear seperate ballot and bear
the names of all candidates for the
supreme court and the names of ALI
candidates for district judge. 1t will
be non-partisan for the reason that
there will be nothing printed on the
ballot to inform the voter as to which
party the several candidates belong.
Voters should read and inform them
selves in advance of election day.
Just why the legislature did not in
clude candidates for probate judge in
the scheme for non-partisan judicial
ballot is riddle, for if there is an
office in the state which should be
beyond the influence of party bias
the probate court most certainly is |
that one. 1t is the one court nearest |
the people, touching their lives most |
often, most intimately and in more
vitally important ways than any other
court.
For several years, Dick Tagraph |
has contended that all ballots should
be non-partisan. Voters should be re-
quired to inform themselves in ad- |
vance of election day as to who their
candidates are. Voting by label
should be discouraged. 1t is machine
voting 1t makes a mere machine of
the voter and he in turn is only a
feeder of the larger machine-the |
party organization.
Our government consists OF three |
divisions-legislative judicial and ex-
ecutive The legislative branch is the
only place for partisan politics to as
sert itself. All executive and judicial
offices should be non-partisan. Faith |
full, honest and efficient service |
should be the criterion in filling
such offices.
T Chas W. Smith, of Stockton, who
has been judge of the district immedi- |
ately north of ours for the last 25 |
years, is candidate for supreme
court nomination. He has had long |
and honorable career as district judge |
and no doubt his candidacy will ap-
peal to the voters of northwest Kan |
sas. Judge Nelson Case, of Oswego. |
is also seeking such nomination. |
HIS candidacy will appeal to the vo-
tiers of southeast Kansas. 1t is an in |
teresting fact, taken in connection |
with their location, that both these
men are graduates of the law depart |
ment of Michigan University
DICK TAGRAPH.
STRAYED
Three horses One brown mare a |