The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-31
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY E. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledgsr.l

We make obeisance to the sovereign
voters They have handed us another
laugh We take occasion to trace the
of our fit of cachinnatfon
to its source. In New Jersey on Tues
dav there was held presidential pref
erence primary. Roughly speaking,
$4,000 of the sovereign gentlemen to
whom we have hitherto alluded wcs2
entitled to vote. Fewer than l29,Veo
went to the polls. We have heard
some talk of the remarkable showing
made by Senator Hiram johnson in
the New Jersey primary. Senator
Hiram got a few more than $1,000
votes out of possible $4,000. Where,
we desire to ask, where do they get
it?
We continue to chuckle. In Ohio
! approximately 100000 male voters
were entitled to expresS their prefer
ence at the polls. Fewer than ESQ, 00e
! took occasion to do SO. The presiden-
tial preference primary, you may re-
/ call. was one of the panaceas. 1t was
/ one of the plans devised for slipping
the shackles. 1t was to be the pail
ladium and the bulwark Of our Hber-
/ ties.
Apparently the people do not wish
| to be saved. We serve notice that on
and after June 1. 1920, we shall stop
worrying about them.
THE president" we quote from the
Washington correspondence. waved
I his right hand and smiled pleasantly
! at the crowd" We are not one OF
those who worship blindly at the feet
of the president, but we claim his
ability to smile pleasantly at this juno
| ture is no mean feat
We seize the opportunity to nail
| another observation to the same mast
head. If the president can smile the
rest of us should be laughing our
heads off.
The allegations of the former Mrs.
Frank ]. Gould with reference to her.
SO to speak, husband intrigue us. The
former Mrs. Gould says that, far from
being a votary OF the bath, Mr.. Gould
often permitted the period of month
to elapse between his general ablu-
lions. Mr.. Gouid's habits. we have
been led to believe. are not all they
should be, but we have a sneaking
sort of admiration for any man who
has the courage to defy the conven-
tons of the bath.
We made inquiry. NOT so long ago.
as to what happened to Governor Call
vim Coolidge, and nobody seemed to
know. In Atlantic City. the other
night. we put the question to news
paper man who knows the governor.
]
newspaper man. Governor Coolidge
threw q shoe"
The probabilities are that nobody
ever pinched himself to see IL he were
awake There are other and more en-
lightened methods.
We have not the pleasure of the ac-
quaintance of the Illinois gentleman
who lost 1875 golf clubs in a fockerf
| house fire one night last week. But
we can fix his handicap. He Is one
of those who keep trying thru the
years for a 10.
Not being entitled to one. we offer
no opinion as to whether the AZ e. F.
should have its bonus. But the spec
tacie of 400 members of congress in
an agony of apprehension over the
thought that they may lose a vote or
two, never ceases to entertain and
amuse us.
The overall parade. we note quite
Incidentally, differed~from others of
it's kind in the respect that it collapsed
' before it had passed a given point.
Can it be that we. the people, are ac-
quiring sense of humor?
The travelling men, 1t appears, are
, held in such low esteem in that section
of the country that an Indiana woman
has thought 1t worth while to print
a card in the local paper saying she
= didn't leave home with one.
r There is a speculation as to whether
Senator Hiram johnson will bolt the
ticket if he isn't nominated. We ex
press no opinion in the matter. We
merely observe that he always has.
AS to the matter in hand. we regard
. it as zero in conjecture The senator
e isn't going to be nominated.
Mott to editr and readrs of column:
Broje glasses of preceding paragraph
/ Going out to HE tenn fixed. II usual
speej is sustained by re par house
t shoulg be back blk Saturfy morning.
It may interest you TO know that VS.
, have decided not only 10 throw thu
wooden clubs away but the iron ones
as we'll.