The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
Kansas Comment
pRmrCrrNo VICTORY.

PREDICTING VICTORY.
Politics wearies us greatly in cev-
eral wayS, among which may b ussr
er the optimistic practice Of the 49,
ing songs Of victory several months
in advance Of the tabulated election
returns. There II sometimes . sltghe
excuse for the confidence OF one party.
but even then 1t isn't graceful to DO
ers arc well known to Be whistling. In
the dark. and their foolish forecaets
tooi nobody. ana make enemies VINO
shall snite them with Z cross (3)
mark on the nrst Tuesday after tho
quite possible to work hard and ef-
fectfvely without claiming everything
IN sight. ana . reverse to tho. bear
stories Of football captains would az
!ord delightful change. and add great
happen to be slipped over II -, a.
you doubtless know. the football policy
TO show that tho varsity team - large
~ composed Of cripple1 and washer
women. ana hasn't q ghost Of . show.
line for large gains, and there - treat
rejoicing and night shirt parade1 On
the campus. This method applied 70
politics would get out the vote and
create great enthusiasm. and II 10 rec
commended to all statesmen Who have
friends.-Atchison Globe.
Tf1osE CHINESE EGGS.
Republican papers and speakers ere
complaining bitterly. because under
eggs can be laid down in this conn
try at 8 cents a dozen. and that tlsis
ID likely to crowd the American hon
OUT OF business. II our informati0n.
packed py small amount OF oboorva-
tion. 10 correct, Chinese eggs are but
ifttlo more than half a. large a.
American eggs, and even IL they could
Do laid down in this country mesh.
Which they cannot be, would not come
In competition with the American va
riety. The only American err the
Cninese compete with in any sense
are the cold storage variety. ana the
sooner they arc run out Of the market
the better for all concerned. II the
fact could be established, that foreign
eggs would reduce the price in that
case. while our Democratic statesmen
might lose the votes Of some thou
SANDS OF farmers who sell eggs, log
ically as an effset, they might stand
an equal chance to win the votes Of
tho millions who use eggs. or would
use them II the price was reduced 10
such z neure that they could affora
to-Holton Recorder.
WHY NOT?
Why IL It that the very best men in
the community are not elected BY the
people to represent them7 why n it
that politics cuts 10 much ice In the
eeiecuon OF every candidate for any
once that amounts to anythingf When
the people get ready to pick q Candidate
to represent them In the legislature. Why
40 they go out and grab up the first one
That comes along. taking nothing into
consideration. except the fact that he
wants the job. II well known, ana has
political pull. Men for big jobo should
De selected because Of their special mt
ness Tor tho place. why not choose the
man best fitted. the man who has an idea
speak It. A man who IL always On one
sioe OF the fence or the other and mot
always straddlfng every question that
comes up. A man who has q mind ana
uses It, one with . conviction % stron9
that ne cannot help but speak out that
count in public office. They do et thin nes
Tor the people. ana that's what the pco-
ple want.-Pratt Independent