The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1893-02-23
oRAronIcaL CONTEST.
W. c. Coleman Of Emporfs Gets First Hon.
ors.-M C. Rice Of Baker, second


VIC Coleman Of Emporis Get. First Hon.
ors.-M. C. Rice Of Baker. second.
II
The annual oratorical contest was
held in Topeka last Friday evening,
aud Salina was well represented.
Seven colleges participated. The
State University. Baker University,
Winfield college, the College OF Em-
poria. the state Normal school, Kan
sas Wesleyan and Ottawa UNIVERSE
ties. Ira F. Bull represented the
Kansas Wesleyan, aud was given
fifth place 10y the judges. The Stoiz
Bros, w. b Sampson, Osb ,rn, Chas.
! Wsgstaff, Earl Brown, Chss. and
Henry Eberhardt, Rob't. Postlewsite
Benson Baker, John Short and Ho-
mer Blair accompanied the orator to
Topeka Chss Wagstaff gave the
audience trombone solo Monarch"
by Lax. He acquitted himself no.
bly, and was enchored, but did not
respond.
The judges on thought and compo-
sition were T. E. Dewey, Abilene;
o. f. Olin, Manhattan; Albert Perry,
Troy. Judges on delivery, c. w.
Hickman, aud ID. &. Tillottson, To-
peka, Frank Doster, Marion.
Mr.. Bulls Grafton was on "Politi-
cal Legitimacy" and We take the fol-
lowing synopsis Of his discourse from
the Capital:
Man is the more remote reference
of the physical world. All matter
seems to subserve his three-faced
utility-physicsl, intellectual and
spiritual. Thus government should
exist only TO develop man in these
three ways and is legitimate only in
so far as this is its end. But to as
sist in his spiritual development does
not necessitste u union of civil and
religious forces. Tue history of Tur-
key, France and the Latin church |
proves that such union Is disast rous
To both church aud stale. The basis |
of Legitimacy is not force: IL il the |
ethical union, Istice, Intelligence |
and truth Monarchy brought be-
fore the judgement-tsr OF history l.
adjudg-d incompetent aud perj-ruu-.
The American republic is legeIIInat-
because II IL founded aud maintained
not by the ignorance of its subjects
but by the Intelligence of its loyal
adherents; not by privileges To the
few but by justice to all not in false
hood and perjury, but in truth; be-
cause IL places no barriers in the way
of mans spiritual training, aud en-
A. t,,t 4 4 1
because il has placed the people on
the throne aud despOtism in its
grave.
Throughout ages there has been q
silent accumulation of forces reveal
ed in the spread Of representative
in western Europe. Its
triumph came when the ships of CO.
lumbus cast their shadows on the
sunny shores of the Indian Isles, the
heralds of a vast continent where
was to he witnessed the consumma-
ton OF the progress of the nineteenth
emancipation of man.
Manager Bond takes great pleas
IRE in announcing al engagement
with Americas greatest actress,
Miss Jane Coombs, who will appear
1t the opera house next Monday
evening, February "a, in her cele-
,rated character of Lady DedlOck"
md "Hortense" in Charles Dickens !
Bleak House." Those who have
cad this delightful story in advance
nay haye the eminent satisfaction
Il seeing the greatest play of the
PRESENT day. Miss Coombs' appear !
nee here may be looked forward to
- the fashionable theatrical event ;
4 the season, as the Joplin, Mo, d
Yerdid says: "Fhe performance Of
Hiss Jane Coombs, as Lady Dsd- G
ock" and "Hortense" in Dickens [
Bleak House," last night, was well 4
calculated to place all lovers of art
n support with histronic glories and ,
worth. Not such sn impor- ,
ant event has been had here in a
Dng time. Miss COMBS has
phenomenal voice, finely mOdulated !
nd under perfect control. Her c
eadlng aud enunciation is delight
ully refreshing, and she displays s
art in her great scene b
7here as Lady Dedlock she defies
he coming "Tulkinghorn." Miss c
combs is certainly an actress of rare a
ulture aud ability. Her persona :
ions of Lady Dedlock" and "Hor-
ense" are equally true to nature =,
nd perfect in both" r