The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public LedgsrJ

The column desires to exonerate Mr. |
Harding from one dispersion it has cast
upon him. We were one OF those VINO |
gave publicity to the story that Mr.. i
Harding had played. an alto norm ~
the Marion Silver Cornet band. We
have it from the Republican candl-
| dates former partner in business that
Mr.. Harding played one of the corhets-
7 We accept the correction without ques-
! ton If mans former partner IN
4 business speaks in complimentary
terms of him. one may rely upon the
truth of his assertions.
The fact is the hatred which so
| often exists between sisters-in- law is
{ equaled only by that which men who
| have engaged in business together 1eel
| for each other.
! 1t may he you think we attach too
much importance and devote too much
space to what appears to you to be
trivial matter. Only those VINO nave
played alto horns In country bands
| know the depths to which they have
descended both in their own est1ma-
ton and that of the immediate public.
The path of glory in a country band
leads thru the comets. the tTombones
and the woodwinds. We take great
pleasure in rescu1ng Mr.. Harding from
the ignominy into which We inadTer-
tently cast him.
We have been approached by F. l..
D. and others and urged to spill tne
They claim the country has right to
know. we'd love to do 1t, but the
chief wouldn't permit us to print it
not in a thousand years.
This being dull day in the column,
we hereby sell Rogers HornsDy' pre-
) mier second baseman of the ST. Louis
! Cardinals, to the New York Giants for
{ s25O,0OG, and we point with pride to
, the deal A number of other news
paper men have sold Rogers to the
Giants. but none of them got SO much
S as $250,00O for him. The highest
| price exacted was, we believe, $780, 600
: Bring in your ball players and let
the toIuInn sell them for you.
The NIcGraw episode in New York
: has brought out number of hitherto
, obscure but humilating incidents II
the great figf ter's career. 1t develops
I among other things, that he was once
r whipped by left-handed pitcher.
I That, we may add, is the sort of dis
n grace one of Mr. McGraw's calling
making every effort to discredit tbs
2 story. The record of the matter is
Il however, indisputable.
We, of course. indorse the spirit be
hind the gift of a loving cup to Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, but we regard it al
Ia highly impracticable expression Of
| esteem
;. Coming the thought of a practica
application to impracticable treas
| urers, our mind wanders back to tn
old town. We recall many of gu
former sports and pastimes withou
zest, but we are keenly curious 4
know what the Evening club is doin,
with its punch bowl.
Jouett Shouse, assistant secretary O
: the treasury and the strong right arm
II of the government in so far as the ap
= prehension of Illicit smugglers of liQuii
a is concerned, laments, in newspape
:. interview, his lack of both men an
:. money adequate to suppression @
= the traffic. Mr. Shouse is a high-clas
= public servant, and he has our sym
- pathy in his dilemma, but we have a
, idea the Hon. Frederick Dumon
. Smith, of Hutchinson, Kan, is laugh
ing his head off.
y The first thing Mr.. Shouse did, afte
coming up from Kentucky, marryin
AdHSdS yOuhS ~CHHdn ana SeLLlln
down on the home ranch, was TO ru
for the state senate against the HoT
Mr.. Smith. The Hon. Mr.. Smith wa
a man Of parts and consequences
- possibly the cleveFest and keenest @
= the men of his political era. He ha
ii long represented his district in tn
. state senate. To the amazement o
= everybody, the Hon. Mr.. Smith includ
:. ed. Mr.. Shouse, only two or three year
. out of the Businesses of Kentucky an
ct