The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-18
THE TOPEKA JOURNAI-TUEsDAY


Smith and Otto Hasten of the Capital
and NJ. H. Gardner and Sam Carroll
| of the State journal; but they are not
represented by Stevic. or Trap, or
| Brown and never will be.
This poison and these falsehoods|
| were scattered broadcast week after
! week. particularly in the working dis
| tricts of Topeka, Notwithstanding the
! fact that the writer of this article has
| employed union labor, and only union
labor. in his mechanical departments
| for thirty-three years, and in all that
/ time has never had strike and has
| always maintained pleasant relations
with the crafts with which he con-
| tracted.
| The State Journal employs in it's
several departments of crafts, union
members only. namely: Topeka Typo
graphical Union No. 121; Topeka
| Printing and Pressmen's Union No.
| 40; National Stereotypers and Electro
| typers' Union No. 90; Maiiers' Union
| Local No. 3D.
The State Journal is now paying
the union men, and there are none
| others in its composing room, stereo-
| tipping room,/ press room and mailing
room, $500 or more per week above
| their present scales.
Mr.. Trap and his papers cannot
! deceive any of the union workmen or
| work women in this office. What
| hurts the most; that is, hurts the
| unions the most, is that they permit
| such papers to be nominated as 'the
official paper of the trades unions of
| Topeka"
| Another man who prints, edits, pub
| fishes or conducts these papers, al
legged organs of union labor. is one
Frank B. Brown. The State Journal had
one controversy two years ago with
| this man. sf1e was a candidate for
member of the school board. The
State Journal believed him untitled
for the place and said SO in dignified
| language. He was defeated by James
Mullin, an honored blacksmith fore
man, who is one of the best and most
| respected members of the board of
eduation today and than whom there
is no more worthy citizen.
| Brown was recently removed from
| the government labor commission. He
went TO Independence to attend a la
| Dor meeting but was unable to get
himself reinstated, even with the back
| ing of membership in the Chamber
of Commerce.
Brown, some time ago, I am told
| by good reliable union men, printed in
his Trade Unionist, circulated among
my friends, real union labor men, that
IL supported Colonel Roosevelt for
president because 1 was paid to do so.
Are we paid to support our loving
friends? 1 admired Roosevelt and can
claim more or less intimate acquaint-
ance for seventeen years, for We were.
IoSetneT many times, frequently, DIT HIS
invitation, lunched with him, dined
with him, talked with him about trees
and politics. He was an inspiration to
those who knew him well and to all
who knew his worth, and that meant
nearly everybody. He was our great
American and had he lived, it is be-
lieved, would have been our next pres
ident. Are we paid to support such
men? Rather is it not desirable OPP
portunity to favor such? Brown lied
9TH xx-tn &c r,r-ir1 mo h
fishing or editing one of these Organs
of union labor" SO alleged, is James O..
Stevic. Who is Stevic? He was until
lately president of the Topeka Indus
trial Council; fortunately he was not
reelected the other day. H.. accord
ing to his cards, is business agent of
the Non-Partisan League.
What is the Non-Partisan League !?
Only last week Gov. J. A Burnquist
of Minnesota, on Lincoln Day, cIassed
it as one of tho "most threatening
; menaces to our free institutions today.
1t is of the spirit of Bolshevism which
is springing up and if not checked will
eventually produce a class war that
may be even more serious to our ma
ton than any of its previous conflicts.
No foe from abroad has been able
| to crush US" said the governor. He
/ enumerated three movements which
are now being promoted in this coun-
try and which ARE indicative of the
present danger" These he gave as
the Industrial Workers of the World,
Socialism and the Non-Partisan
!. League.
\ In an editorial classed as "the last
words of Theodore Roosevelt, ap-
pearfng in the Metropolitan magazine
for February and denouncing the
Non-Partisan League, Colonel Roose-
Welt said:
at cannot too often be said that the man
who seeks to arouse malignant class hatred
in this country is exactly as. dangerous a
, | character as the man who tries to subject
us to a foreign power He is guilty of
| moral treason to the republic.
THE Non-Partisan League received much
; of its support because of the fact that there
were serious grievances of which the farm
er had a right to complain and with which
j the old parties had failed adequately to
deal. The bulk of the leadership of the
association, however, speedily took posi-
ton that rendered it impossible for self
| respecting Americans to support them, as
they verged dangerously near downright
disioyalty in international relations and in
home affairs sought to establish close rela-
tons with the l. w. w. and preached a
malicious class hatred of the exact type
which has brought Russia to rut n"
STEVE is not farmer: his business
has been to get members for the Nom
) Partisan League, and he gets them
/ and sits with you and me and Presi-
dent Carroll Merriam at the Chamber
, of Commerce, when the dining room,
now closed to them. and all others, is
, open.
!, What is the matter with Topeka
!, There is too much speeding of auto
mobiles on our smooth streets. 1t is
g a wonder that more people are not
. hurt, run over and wounded. The
; speed ordinance is violated every day,
: and nights and Sundays are worse.
7 Let the mayor station one or two
+ policemen with plain clothes and
speedometers. for instance, at Tenth
! and Topeka avenue, and check up and
! arrest a few offenders on these two
streets at that junction.
f What's the matter with Topeka ?
v What else?
Well there are a number of other
things There are too many low two
story buildings on our beautiful broad