The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-20
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphsa Psbiie Ledgsf.}


Having witnessed NJ. Carpenters
successful attempt. to push the but
ton" on thA HSp. Levinsky's chin. we
trespass upon the prerogative of the
sporting page long enough to express
a conclusion. 1t is that the military
hero, William Harrison Dempsey, is in
for the longest days work he has done
since he slipped a pair of overalls
over his patent-leather shoes and pos
ed for his picture in the hurly-burly
of a shipyard.
All the Hon. Levinsky. who is
credited with being a smart, shifty
fighter of the armored cruiser class.
was supposed to do was to keep out
OF M. Carpenters way. That's all he
tried to do. He lasted a trifle more
than three rounds. Write your own
ticket on the international mill
Since he continues to support the
Republican party, re should not be
greatly surprised to see Senator Hiram
johnson join it. And inasmuch as we
may be hooked up with him as
political bedfellow. we here and here
after omit the hyphen it has been OR
custom to insert in his Christian name
But we still think. artho far be it
from us to boast of our accomplish
sizes of which we have been the archi-
tect and builder.
We have not hitherto been closely
aligned with the Hon. Gift Pinchot in
political way, but as befits one who
sinks partisan feeling in admiration
for extraordinary performance, we
give him credit for one thing: He dug
his own way out of the debris.
Mr.. Roosevelt (Mex.) wants great
tracts of new land opened up for
farming purposes. and prescribes that
as the specific for the new day. The
idea intrigues US. and since Mr.. Roose-
velt Mex will have nothing much TO
do after March next. we suggest that
he go ahead and open them.
Mr.. Roosevelt (Mex) has hitherto
discharged his obligation to the agra
rian fields in vivarious toll. cit him
put his hand to the sod pillow, that be-
ing the only way the thing can be
oone.
Those whose memories reach back
to the early days of the century recall
that Hon. Link Steffcns found Phila-
delphia corrupt and contentcd." May
we be permitted to observe that our
own Mr.. Daschbach has riven material
for a companion phrase. He found
New York drunk and depraved."
A sense of shame occasionally suf-
fuses the intelligence of the hotel
clerk. One in New York the other
night who told US he would have to
charge US So for the room halfway
apologized for doing it.
7 After we reached the room we dis
covered why it was SO instead of 81,
and were to some extent Modified. II
had an entrance hall connectipg the
outer door with the inner and leading
from the bedroom to the bath. 1t is
worth SIS of any employers money to
sleep in a hotel bedroom which has an
inner passage.
Providing. of course. that said en-
ployer's money is in process of being
spent by an efnploye.
We find another lesson of the ages
susceptible of adjustment to the pres
idential campaign. 1t is that no pub
lie speaker who is honest in thought
and intention has much to fear from
the smart alexis in his audience.
We have no such vision as Governor
Cox, who has plan for saving
$465. 100000 on the navy alone. Our
thriftiness. perhaps, is that of the
penny pincher. But the government
could save nearly $4,000 in the next
five months by abolishing the post of
secretary of war.
We endeavor to make the foregoing
suggestion as delicate and tnctful as
possible, but you will get the idea.
Ordinarily, we are for the free and
easy expenditure of government funds.
But we believe the administration
owes 1t to the country recoup the
money 1t 81 mt on George Creeh and
we shall be fecund with suggestions to
that end.
We wish to revive a previous esti-
mate of Sir Phillip Gibbs and ask per-
mission to do so. In his recent book
People of Destiny" Sir Phillip speaks
almost respectfully OF America.
Those who desire to meet promi-
nent people should not make the mis-
take of going to bed too early.
We have never seen the Dayton
News nor the Marion Star. We should
esteem 1t favor IL some friend would
end US a copy of one or both. We
are curious as to the kind of medi-