The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-02
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAZZ e. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledssf.l

BY JAY e. HOUSE.
(FTon Philadelphia Public Ledgsfl
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In so far as the column is concerned.
the plan OF the Prohibitionists to
nominate a candidate for president IS
indorsed.s We have always eenteHded
the Prohibitionists should be in q
party by themselves. We are only
casually interested in the result OF
an election. but We like congenial
company along the way.
1t was the Prohibitioniats, we go
on to say, who spoiled our ride on the
water wagon and forced us TO seek
other means OF conveyance.
We regret to note that Mr.. Ryerson
w. Jennings, of Philadelphia, unable
to stand the nomination of Mr.. Hard
ing. has Withdrawn from the Repub-
lican party. But inasmuch as Mr.. Jen-
nings admits he voted the Republican
ticket only once. the distance covered
in his withdrawal is, shall We say,
inconsiderable.
Amos Pinchot regrets the failure OF
the Forty Fighters and attributes it
to the fact that their ranks were in
filtrated by well-meaning mush-
heads" We compliment Mr. Pinchot
upon the accuracy of his diagnosis.
but we are curious to know what he
expected.
Not all Of those who gather in the
various wailing places are ''mush-
heads but that is the place to look
for them.
While we deplore the present
freight ear shortage, IL is much less
vital to us than the enc existing on
the Wisconsin Central Railroad in the
summer of 1924. So seriously did the
shortage of 1894 affect us personally
that We were some four days in pro-
eeeding from Appleton to Milwaukee
1t may be of some interest, how
ever, to state that while the delay was
annoying, the result was not far
reaching. Like most of those who
to do when we got there.
The cable news says the mental
condition of the late, so to speak.
Prince Joachim had caused his Jam
lily grave concern. Concern as 70 the
mental condition Of the members of
the Hohenzollern family seems to
have manifested itself only after the
matter ceased to be one of any impor-
lance.
In fact, the action of Jeachin's fam
J lily seems comparable to that of the
directors of country bank who, after
the cashier has absconded. with the
t-bility of attaching new fixtures to the
windows of the bank building.
Speaking Of banks and cashiers. It
may interest students Of the unusual
| to learn that the western cashier who
violated ALI precedent by taking his
own wife with him when he looted the
| institution and left town has been
parelsa from the pehitentiary-,
We note in reading he New York
| vaudeville openings that James j.
ceFbett's sentence 70 the forgettefy
has been committed.
The conjecture that Hon. Dempsey
may have to fight a colored opponent
Since there VIII be mare or less con-
troyersy zever the matter, we taite the
| liberty Of defining our position before
the argument grows bitter. 1t is this:
! If Dempsey does/fight a colored man,
we shall decline to regard it as a stain
on our escutcheon.
OF course, that phase OF the matter
! gives Dempsey no concern. He doesn't
care who or where he fights so long
as 1t isn't idAFrancc.
We are moved e the observations
inam ediately preceding this paragraph
by reeollectiens OF the general sense
| Of calamity which gripped the country
at the time johnson whipped Jeffries.
By many the outcome Of the. in a
/ manner of speaking. battle at Reno
twas regarded as a national disgrace.
] Numerous earnest persons. represent
ing and representatives of the loose
| Tipped school of expression, predicted
there would never be another prize
i fight. We wish to cay now II this
bird Wills slips the seporific to Hon.
dempsey - and here's hoping - we
shall not regard it as a blow to the
white race.
We write no brief for the coiored
/ man and brother. None is necessary
But. taking him by and large. we pre-
fer him to the inferior white man
who worries about race equality.
i Aberdeen s. D-A local baker who BAD
Just received word that patent has been
| granted bis invention Of new style scrub
brush and mop is charged with conducting
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