The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY e. HOUSE
(From philadelphia Public Ledger.)

By JAY e. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.)
The exact sums spent personally, by
proxy or by proctor, in the. 1920 pre-
convention campaign by the various
aspirants for the presidency were de-
veloped by a senate committee. But
the exact amount it cost the defend
ant railroads to have Mr.. McAdoo run
for the presidency has never been dis
closed.
1t is all water over the dam. Mr..
McAdoo lies where he fell outside the
first-line trenches. But the figures
would be interesting.
1t wasn't worth what 1t cost, but as
an object lesson it had some value.
1t demonstrated that the presidency
cannot be won in just that way.
What Do You Make of 1t, Sherlock?
Sir-The ALTERATION of thought
which follows the use you make of the
words obligation, insignia, password
and grand Railing sign in a recent col
umn positively is not good stuff. Quite
few of your readers think these
words should not be used in this way
in the public prints. w. "A. P.
Very well. We're Samenable to rea-
son. What's the objection?
we don't know whether it has any
significance. but we notice Mckee,
Naulty, Ryan, Deadly, Ward and
Hackett are playing on the Jewish
World baseball team.
James Stanley Joyce AYERS that he
spent $1,400,000 on his wife, Peggy,
in ten months. and all he has to show
for it is suit for separate mainte-
nance. Upon the prong of Thought
projected we hang two observations:
A wise gazebo wouldn't have spent the
money in the first place; a regular
guy wouldn't have spoken of it. after
ward. Z e
The allegation that Philadelphia
newspapers are in the pay of U. G. +
stirs US from our lethargy. IF thev
there is one humble member of the
staff of a Philadelphia newspaper who
has not yet been seen"
We have heard a good deal about a
subsidized and a scapitalized press, but
in thirty years of experience as a
newspaper man we have seen the
color of money but once. That was
twenty years ago. We were reporting
the session of a western legislature.
II was d Qull DAY IN the senate cham
Der and the body. was droning it's way
thru a mass of local Bills An habitue
of legislative sessions passed in front
of the press table and motioned us to
| sanctuary behind the presiding Of
ficer's desk. There he handed us an
envelope. Examination disclosed the
fact that 1t contained 500. We never
knew what it was for, nor did we ever
sound the motive behind the benefit
| cence.
Did we keep it? You can lay your
ultimate sinoleor that we kept it.
Nor do we believe Barney Baruch
profited by his war activities, 1p-the
| first place it isn't done and IN It he
| second Mr.. Baruch needs no war to
enable him to gather the increment
And so, if Mr.. ,Baruch has been wor-
fying about the ATTITUDES of the col
| ufnn, he may be reassured. It is both
| friendly and favorable.
Most of the stealing is done by two
and four cylinder men. The six
| cylinder man doesn't need to steal.
Mr.. Bryan. who has announced his
| inteation of taking up the practice of
law, is settling down to work rather
| late in life; but labor is that natural
| heritage of man, and Mr.. Bryan,
| something to do.
The belief that Mr.. Bryan would
| become an evangelist has been pretty
general. But Mr. Bryan, after con-
| templating the almost total eclipse of
| Billy Sunday, apparently has de-
| cided that the law is preferable.
| The more or less esteemed New
York American thinks this country
made fool of itself over the Prince
of Wales. The country did pay the
Prince some little attention, but its
asininity in the circumstance was
\ much less marked than that dis
/ played by the New York American. =
| OF course, Colonel Harvey's utter
] ances in London have worried Senator
McKel1er to some extent. But the
| thing that really grinds the senator
from Tennessee is what Colonel Har-
| vey said after President Wilson kicked
| him. downstairs and before he went
away.