The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-04
ON SECOND THOUGHT
~ az E. HOUSE
(FEcm Philadelphia Public Ledsarl


championship on Congressman Britten.
of Illinois. Congressman Britten mere
lily claimed Great Britain had con-
tributed $4,000 to the DEMOCRATIC
campaign fund. He is outclassed and
outxamed by the New York American,
ain has planted 5000 agents in this
country charged with the duty of as
sisting Governor Cox in his campaign
The lightweight championship be-
longs to the American Twins on
points and both ways from the jack.
We hereby withdraw Mr.. Britten from
the competition into which we mad
vertently thrust him.
We suspect the gentlemen south by
east already have attended to the mat
ter. but may We not, as a purely per-
sonal tribute, offer a word of congrat-
ulation to President Wilson? The
president may not have recovered all
I OF his physical faculties, but. abdom-
inally speaking, he is once more en-
tirely adequate
1t is to be regretted that the presi-
dents otherwise excellent record in
that particular should have been
married by a complete intestinal col
' AS we have hitherto remarked, ours
| is, in the main, a search for the unim-
portant, but we try to make brief ref
erence TO the spectacular and unusual.
And, in that connection, We wish to
write the record of an editorial CO.
adjutor who remembers the names OF
the original "F1orodora" sextet into
the annals of his time.
| Very few gentlemen in his circum-
stance are able to recall the musical
comedy they saw last night.
We note, quite incidentally. of
course, that the New York Times is
about the only old-fashioned news
paper left. The Times still spells it
| 'd-n."
The story that Jess Willard has lost
| $50, 900 in the oil game is pointed for
| free and easy repartee. One might. as
an instance observe that 1t is Mr.. VIII
| lard's second appearance in the role
of the sucker" his first appearance
as such having been at Toledo on July
T. 1919 1t would be possible to frame
a wheeze upon the fact that it. is the
first money Willard ever lost. II
would be plausible to surmise that the
sharps backing the Oil game used
crowbar or a. Jimmy" One could ex-
plain the circumstance upon the
| ground that, since Toledo. Willard has
been unable to get his eyes open. The
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ljapery.
But since none of the money was
ours, we refrain from comment upon
the incident.
! You can get still better slant or
the quality of Governor Cox's stuff BY
trying to imagine Grover Cleveland
pulling it.
Or, since you force US to carry the
illustration further, or Woodrow VIII
son.
Having at the time remarked upon
his reappearance in the arena OF
events, we scan the news for word OF
| Senator Beveridge. 1t is, apparently.
a futile search. And so we renew our
inquiry. What happened to Bever-
idge7 Did he sink again?
The plan to foxm a woman's party,
led in part by Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont
appeals to us. 1t would save cam
paign already STEPPED in dizziness. and
it would send the lady vote to the polls
to voteA gainst it en- bloc and en-
masse.
Give the women of this country a
| chance to vote against the silk-swath tn
ed and gem-incrusted representatives
of their sex and they'll make 6. holiday
OF their day on the hastings
Nebraska is reported in state of
| Indignation. It seems that President
Wilson made a speech in Omaha in
1916 and rather stressed the point
that he had kept the country out of
| war. After giving the matter due con-
| sideration the pople of Nebraska have
| reached the conclusion that he did it
to get votes and they are greatly en-
ragged.
| We make note of the Nebraska in
| cident because it buttresses a theory
we have long exploited. You give
! the people three or four years to think
4 a thing over and they will not only
| reach a conclusion but just as likely
as not they will become exasperated
and indignant.
THE fans says the New York