The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY e. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledgsr.)

The New York Trib.. observes that /
Mayor Hylan still is innocent But J,
we don't believe Mayor Hylan can go /
on indefinitely in entire ignorance of i
the wickedness that is going on around
him. And when he does find out
about it, the wicked will sure have tc
hunt their holes.
The discovery that Mr.. Harding is
not in pawn to the Senate oligarchy /
heartens US. But we are not entirely ;
treasured. A constitutional assem- |
blage containing some of the BRIGHT
est minds and many of the cleverest
politicians in the country, weighted
down with a certain responsibility for
that which goes on, is bound to have
something to say about the manner
in which the business of this country
is conducted. Absolving Mr.. Harding
from completely does not entirely re-
, heve the country from its dangers.
Meanwhile, as one who has the nom
concurring type of mind, We hope Mr.
Harding will not stress his indepen-
dence too strongly. A little advice
| from the Senate won't hurt him. 1t
would be, it seems to us. greatly pre-
! ferable to that of the ghost dancers,
the whoop mongers and the feather
! heads who will shortly attempt to Sc
! cure Mr.. Harding's ear and hold it.
The column always leads the pro-
| cessior In 1t was printed the first
+, kindly word ever said for the step
| mother. 1t again distances all COM
petition in speaking almost respect
! fully of the United States Senate.
| The story that Henry Ford is to
start a crusade for better English
. probably has no foundation in fact.
| But we have often thought Mr.. Ford
1 70 mr.
will undertake to do so we agree to
subscribe to and pay for five copies
of the completed work.
And il w. ]. Bryan will write a book
on mixed drinks. we'll take ten copies
1t is our custom to come to the office
at noon on Sunday and write about
three-quarters of a column of solid
/ minion for Monday mornings paper.
If the proposed Puritan Sabbath is TO
deprive us of that boon, we intend to
oppose it The dreariest hours are
those between IL and o'clock on
Sunday afternoon. Within that period
nothing ever happened and nothing
ever will happen.
We don't know exactly whether it Is
the Sunday morning newspaper or the
Monday morning newspaper that is to
be abolished. But we trust it is the
Monday morning newspaper thaNis to
be permitted. Writing for a Sunday
newspaper involves one in the neces-
sity of working on Saturday, which is
the best day for Ioafing on the calen-
dar.
We are, it appears, face to face with
another calamity: The professional
baseball players are going to strike fol
higher wages. They say unless they
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|, game. We shudder to think whai
would happen to this country were the
, professional ball players to quit tht
game.
Certain of the New York critics COM
plaen that H. L. Mencken repeats his
smart sayings. To us the criticism
seems captious. Our attitude is that il
a man is clever enough to frog up 9
smart saying he is entitled to use i
whenever he feels the impulse to d.
so. More than that, his readers expec
him to repeat it, and they are disap
pointed if he fails them.
We buttress the conclusion reached
in the preceding paragraph by a per
sonal experience. On the Grigsby Cit,
:, Clarion it had been for many years ou
r custom to print on each. succeeding
July a paragraph woven from tn
Sdlu Ol the pISNlOuS 0dS Ice
, Invites. 1t was our pet paragraph, ant
the readers of the paper were yer.
fond of it. Neither the thought it ex
E pressed nor the phraseology in which
it was clothed ever varied and. to saw
: com position, the foreman of the com
= posing room kept it in type and con
veniently at hand on a standing galley
But on one Fourth of July. thr,
l some inadvertence. we sent our copy
I upstairs with no reproduction of tn
= jape for which we were locally famous
e And then we faded away in the smok
| and fumes of an old-fashioned cele
l bration of the day. The proof reade
noted its absence and directed the at
I tention of the printer who was max
ing up" the editorial page to what wa
palpably an error of omission. TIL
: printer conferred with the foreman
! and the latter tried in vain to estab