The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16


for mayor of New York polled only
$4,000 votes indicates nothing in par
ticular. All it means is that the pas
sengers on one of the dream ships
slowly are disembarking. After trav-
cling a considerable distance without
arriving anywhere. the boat has
docked. But its passengers almost i'm
mediately will re-embark on another
dream ship and another voyage to no
where will begin.
That which, in a manner of speak
ing, may be referred to as the race
breeds a certain percentage of dream
ers and theorists and visionaries and
well-meaners and idlers and incompe-
tents and impracticables every year.
In the nature of things, they cluster
under any political banner. But ex-
cept in sporadic instance, there never
are enough of them to elect anybody
to office. They never are strong
enough or numerous enough to earn
the right to assume any of the respon-
sibilities of government. The hard
heads have always run this country.
Probably they always will.
Another dream ship. yet TO be chris
tened. shortly will be launched. But
it will have the same old passenger
list.
We'n Attend to 1t Right Away.
sir-More public golf courses.
please. A. E. r.
1t has been suggested that Mr.. Tum-
u1ty's revelations be given the en-
titlement of Mr.. Joseph P. Tumulty
as 1 Knew Him. by ]. P. Tumulty.
We don't know who suggested it. If
we did. we should give him credit for
it. If guy is smart and clever. we
are always willing to print his name
in the column.
We should not, however. go so far
as to say Mr.. Tumultys 1ucubrations
are without value. There are q great
many persons who will read the alibi
interpolated for the defendant with
keep satisfaction. Anything that gives
satisfaction. to many persons has
value and is worth doing.
A Letter to the Editor.
Friend ]. J.-Just before you left
for Washington you practically asked
me was there any demand for me to
about the arms parley. Them was not
your exact words. What you said
was: you have done your travelling"
But could see from the way you said
it that what you meant was. did 1
think it was any use for me to go. 1
y
think they are.
In the first place, people have wrote
me about everything else, but none
of them have said a word about me
going to the arms parley. People
don't write to me much about what
am going to do. They write to me
about what have done. But If they
was any demand for me to go to the
arms parley somebody would of said
something about it, which they have
not did. If you leave it to me I don't
think they are the slightest demand
that 1 go to the arms parley.
Another thing is that if was to go
to the arms parley I would not have
no notion what to write. I would be
scared to death. You just try to fea-
ture it to yourself. You put me, a
hick from the middle west, down there
among all them famous reporters and
I-writers, and where would I be. I'd
be scared stiff, that's where I'd be.
would not know what to write or how
to write it. You have got some good
men there already. and they would
be no use whatever to send me.
am writing you this because you
kind of put it up to me when you said:
You have done your travelling" and
I don't want to leave you in suspense
about how / feel about it no longer
than I can help. I don't believe they
are any use in 1t, and it would Just
be embarrassing me and making ex-
pense to the office. And if you had
not OF practically asked me what
think about it 1 would not say word.
DOD.
The women are credited with elect
ing George L. OIes mayor of Youngs-
town, 0. In the circumstance, Mayor
elect Oles' platform becomes q matter
of some significance. He was for a
discontinuance of street car service,
advocating putting in Jail every citizen
who paid taxes under a recent revalua-
ton, and expressed himself in favor
of permitting "spooning' in the public
parks.
However, our theory is that women
do not turn elections. and we cling to
it. The women of Youngstown have
been misrepresented.
We have a letter from a gentleman