The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

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tional greed for riches. Governor
Hodges said:
II do not believe that all men are
born equal, have equal mentality or
moral attachments. or that they CAN
be made equal in point OF affluence
or worth any more than believe In
the sn0bbery of the suddenly acquired
rich who traffic the happiness and
virtue of American daughters with
the less than shabby genteel degener-
ate scion OF an inferior caste-some-
times misnamed q lord or duke or
count.
France is a republic. Yet 4Ameri-
can fathers and mothers trade their
to French counts who have
been dethrcned. spat upon. repudiated,
even objects OF the
charity Of the working men Of France
trade their daughters for title OF
that.
s'There is nothing under Gods blue
sky that EQUALS an American man.
Our great institutions are open to all,
on equal terms that every man and
woman shall have an equal right. an
equal opportunity to be the equal OF
every other man or woman. If they
are not. then the fault is their own.
For here is an equality of opportun-
ity of brain and intellect
Some men may be better than 9TH
ers. but they are not the class VINO
think they are better than others.
Wealth is no longer a badge OF superb
ority. We know that it is impossible
to amass great fortunes without TAX
ing an unfair advantage OF our fellow
men. The last few years have seen a
tremendous increase OF luxury among
the rich and a corresponding increase
of suffering among the poor. Men
whose wives battle in champagne and
babies dying by the hundreds by use
of impure, diluted milk. Palaces peo-
pied with all the luxury and happiness
that wealth can buy casting their
shadows over huts tenanted with cold.
perjury. hunger and want. There Is an
man creates. The fortunes OF a life
time are spent for mere floral decora-
tions for single banquet, while just
around the corner we find the American
boy, pinched face, shivering, asking for
work to keep from starving. Yes. quick
ly amassed swollen fortunes are right
fully viewed with distrust and the man
who sells his diluted breadstuf1s may
have the glory of his dollars-but he
is no longer entitled to the respect OF
Of his fellow men,"
The governor and his party spent
Thursday night in st. Francis. This
morning they left in motor cars for a
trip through Cheyenne, Decatur. Sher-
idan and Cove counties. The weeks
trip through western Kansas will end
at Quinter, Cove county. where the
governor speaks Saturday night. Re-
Quinter early Sunday morning and ar
rive in Topeka over the Union Pacific
at 2:30 Sunday afternoon.
Notes OF the Trip.
A steady rain that fell throughout
the morning in the territory west
line brought joy to the hearts Of
thousands of western Kansas men
and women. In Good1and Governor
Hodges was hailed as the rain maker.
Rain began falling in the Sherman
county seat a half hour after the gov
ernor arrived in Goodland and con-
tinued until the party started on the
overland trip to st. Francis.
The drive to st. Francis was made
over muddy, slippery roads and slow
progress was made over the 35 miles
from the two county seats: All the
| way, the Sherman county Democrats
talked about the wheat and bumper
crop prospects. Politics was forgot
| ten. Those residents of northwestern
Kansas forgot the senatorial contest,
the fight for the governorship and for
congressional jobs. They were inter-
ested in crops and nothing else Was
| worthy of consideration.
Goodland is one of the high towns
in Kansas. The towns altitude is
listed at $500 feet. But the half
mile high town isn't too high for sue
! cessful wheat growing and the same
excellent crop conditions are in evil
dence in Sherman. Thomas, Sheridan,
Norton and Decatur counties as are
| found in the territory to the east and
south. Western Kansas is happy
Another rain has fallen. A month Of
favorable weather means the biggest
| wheat And
the big wheat crop means more au-
tomobiles, new homes, a year in col
lege for the boys and girls and none.
| in the banks.
| Phillipsburg, where the party
spent Wednesday night. is one of the
wide-awake towns on the weeks itin'
erary. A new 100000 court house
that is one of the best in the north
| western part of the state and a $780,.
900 Masonic temple. are among the
Improvements of which the town i:
really proud.
Speaking of improvements. Good
land is doing quite nicely and Lee
Calver, county attorney and a real es
tate booster, is busy telling the out
side world about Sherman county
prosperous condition. The town ha
a $4,000 Carnegie library, an electric
lighting system and has voted $50, OOt
in bonds for a municipal water plant
DIR. John B. Dykes of Lebanon, can
didate for the Republican congress
siOnal nomination, will probably b
nominated without opposition, accord
I ing to the general impression Of pc
litical leaders in the district. I. I
Young of Beloit, former congressma
from the Sixth, has not announce
Z that he will run this year and his 81
lence up to this time is believed to in
, dictate that ne will give DR.. Dykes
clear field. Leaders of both partie
admit that the result of the fight be
tween DIR. Dykes and Congressma
John r. Connolly of Colby is uncel
1 tain. A three cOrnered fight in tn
| district adds to the uncertainty