The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAZZ E. HOUSE
(From PhIladelphIa Public L<dgSF.l

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We knew there was something
wrong with Mr.. Roosevelt tMex). No
man who dribbles so continuously
from the spigot Of speech is impecca-
Bile. He has a Weakness which tnevi-
tably reveals itself. We have spotted
Mr.. Roosevelts. He wears rubber
heels.
/ We have referred to him as Mr..
Roosevelt (Mex)- The qualifying term
is not ours; II was minted by the Chi
cago Tribune. But we love to pick it
out on the antique Remington We
regard 1t as the most titillating mouth
full of the campaign.
The rubber heel is a useful and.
they say. a comfortable appenGage.
1t has its place in industry and in
commerce. But it should not be worn
by a candidate for vice president.
for such ii is a gaucherie, compared
with which the self-acting cravat and
the woven willow suitcase are minor
attractions of the code.
We fear we shall be unable to at
tend the International Congress
Against Alcoholism, which is set for
an early date. The chief thinks the
q
out He insists that we do it with
some regularity. But we shoald love
to see the exhibit of soft drinks which
is to be feature of the meeting. For
US the thrills of life are so few in
number that we give up the Interna-
tiopaf Congress Against Alcoholism
and its attendant exhibit reluctantly.
What We should like to know is who
is responsible for the notion that a
column must be written every day.
The idea that columnizing should be a
consecutive performance is spelling a
lot OF rides for us.
Mayor Hylan's agreement to refer
the whole matter to his police COM
missioner is unsatisfactory to the gen
/ tlenan south by east We take it
they will voice their displeasure In no
uncertain tones, and we have no wish
or disposition to crab" the act. But
we claim not much can be expected
OF public official who resorts to the
FACIAL massage when he has an en-
/ gagement to appear in public.
We had some experience in fighting
the demon "hooch.J From that ex-
perience we learned a number of
things. One OF them is that if there is
law violation, the policeman on that
beat knows about it. Another is that
If his superior officers show interest
and zeal and reveal even academic
/ abdominal adequacy. he ultimately
will fit the gives of the law to the
offender.
Still another and equally importan MT
thing We learned is that if there is CO.
ordination between the police and 9TH
er branches of the government dedi.
Gated to law enforcement a man car
be sent to jail for selling liquor. II
| there is no such coordination, the
probability that anything unpleasant
will happen to the offender is as
/ s TO 1.
We do not wish to convey the i'm
preston that we are urging drastic
action looking toward the enforcement
OF prohioitory liquor laws. The situa-
ton is as satisfactory to US as it ever
will be. We should depreciate a dis
position to make it more difficult We
merely claim the thing can be done.
Mrs. Chaplin's complaint that she
can't stand her husbands associates
is nothing new. Neither can any
other woman.
Next in intensity to her dislike for
her sister-in-law is that which a
woman feels for her husbands asso-
ciates.
Governor Cox has raised his esti-
mate of the Republican campaign
fund to S25.000.O00 or $4,000, OO9.
! We gather. therefore, that our modest
contribution to the cause has reached
Republican headquarters.
The manner in which Governor Cox
learned of this contribution is. however.
more than puzzling. 1t is mysterious.
1t is not at all likely that Governor
Cox will be elected president 1t is
safe to venture thus far in prophecy.
But he will have his distinction. He
has "skidded" further in a given space
of time than any other Democrat OF
his political era.
Mr.. Wilson, it will be recalled. did
not begin TO slip until after his second
election. Mr.. Bryan receded from the
delivery of the Grown of Thorns,
Cross of Gold speech" but for a num-
Der of years his progress backward
was so slow as to be almost imper-