The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
CURRENT HISTORY.



Friend Arthur, of the Topeka Cap
itaI, yesterday morning published
full column on the first page of his
paper, with a black heading, Topeka
outlines a great building program for
the year" No mention was made of
the 90O.0o0-practica1ly million dol
lar-hotel under construction here to-
day. In lieu of any such mention of
the pending construction of the most
important building to Topeka's vel
fare, namely, the building at Ninth
and Kansas avenue, the Capital says,
in three lines at the bottom of the
column in question: IN addition to
all this activity, two hotels are being
talked of and may be built some day."
We don't see how a man can hold
the office of United States senator and
allow the greatest enterprise in his
own town belittled in that manner in
his own paper.
Is it any wonder that Topeka peo-
pie and legislative members should be
disappointed. during their sojourn
here, because there is no modern hotel
in the city; and be disappointed be-
cause they must go to Kansas ity, or
other cities, to hear the current plays
of the day? This week at the Kansas
City Grand, there is a big production
of the "Ziegfield Follies." At the
Shubert, there is Seven Days Leave"
all week, is "FiddIers Three" This
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opera, a big hit in New York and Chi
cago, and now enjoying a heavy run
in the latter city. A few days ago, in
Kansas City at the Shubert, was May
Time" the new musical comedy by
| Victor Herbert. At the same time.
Julian Eltinge was on the boards in
his newest vehicle of entertainment
! (not a motion picture).
A short time ago Raymond Hitch
cock, in "Hichy Koo," something
our theater goers were most anx-
ious to see. was cancelled because
the Crawfords declined to adjust their
differences with the stage hands. The
same is true of so Long Lettie,'
which we lost. These are statements
of fact.
In the senate last evening, Senator
Metcalf and others spoke of the bun
Cling manner in which they declared
bill after bill in the senate had beer
drafted. One senator accused Sena.
tor Anspaugh of drafting one partic,
ular bill, but the latter pleading no
guilty, said the bill had been pro
pared by the "official bill drafter''
| Senator Metcalf stated that hour,
and hours had been consume run
ming into a total of days, by the sen
ate on account of errors in the draft
ing of bills and the i'll manner il
which they had been drawn. One sen
ator suggested that a committee o
lawyers from the senate be- secures
at the next sessio1 of ne senate t
draft the bills carefully. Senate
Getty, always with an eye out 70
business, stated that he did not hav
his legal business card with him a
the time.
Senator Delaney asked casually las
, night what had become of the grea
budget" system that had been ex
plotted from the executive office dur
ing the last two or three years. Nc
body seemed to be able to find it. Tn
search may be resumed today.
One Of the best things the senat
did last evening was to raise the sal
airy of the county attorney of Shaw
nee county, who happens to be at thi
time energetic, caEable Hugh Fisher
His present salary is $4,000 a veal
His net income tax has not bothere
him much.
UNEMPLOYMENT APPEARS.