The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-05
SEEING THE SIGHTS.
Cheeky Sharp at the Million Club
Meeting in Chicago.
THEY ALL CHEERBD FOR KANSAS.
What Some of the Kansas People Said
and Did-ChicagO People Treat
Them Nicely

Them Nicely.
The following letter from Becky Sharp was
unfortunately delayed in the mails, and could
not be published yesterday as was intended.
Our readers, however, would rather have it
published. we believe. than have it consigned
10 the waste basket.
'How well Chicago people have treated
US" said Governor Morrill, to me today as
we stepped in the elevator at the Palmer
TO go up for a last look at the Kansas
Headquarters in 564 at the Palmer
House. "And the papers have given US
much prominence"
Just then a man touched the governor
on the sleeve and said, "Are you Mr..
Carter?"
OF course I wanted to expostulate
with the man for not knowing intuitively
that our governor was not plain Mr.. Any
body, but Major Morrill, even before he
was governor of Kansas, but the COVER
nor said mo- very politely and modestly.
and l curbed my indignation as best
could, for perhaps reflected, the man is
Chicagoan. and they have been very
nice TO US Kansas people, even to the
extent of giving Us reading matter
space with top head" all free. and had
us all in the papers several distinct
times, just as if we were society peo-
ple-or police court offenders.
This too in spite of the fact that one
| Chicago paper alone demand $4,000 for
proposed scheme of Advertising
Monday morning and Tuesday morn
ing each one of the five morning papers
averaged more than a column of legiti-
mate news about the Kansas Million club.
"How much has the movement costw
said Mr.. Edwards in answer to a ques-
| ton.
"Oh, in all less than one paper asked
to advertise Kansas; about $4,000"
And you may say Miss Sharp" said
Kansas man standing by, shat Billy Ed
wards furnished $500 of that; it was
really our secretary of state who called
this meeting and made it go, though
he is too modest to even admit it." And
that is much the way it looks
Mr.. Edwards has worked tire lessly to
make the Million club meeting a sue
cess, and has reason to feel gratitied that
il has been one.
When the first Kansas delegation to
the meeting, including the Coyote club
of Larned, of which Mr.. Edwards is a
member, arrived in Chicago. they estab-
lished headquarters on the fifth floor,
and Kansans and former Kansans began
to register there and are keeping it up
at this hour, though the meeting is over.
During that evening the club sang for
bAO lows paper luCA w AO CdlASOy du0 H0A Q
themselves in turn entertained by some
clever recitations from Mrs. May Ander-
son Trestrail, who had called with the
other Kansas people to register.
Nearly every one in the crowd remem-
bered having heard her recite at Grand
Army reunions through Kansas when
she was little girl.
On Monday morning a large part of
the crowd went to the depot to meet the
!
the others who were coming in.
Then followed an informal reception
at headquarters; most informal, and
the uninitiated would never have
imagined that a governor and several
state officers were there. And what a
handshaking! My arm aches yet.
l met more people from home whom I
had never seen before than I imagined
were strangers to me in Topeka.
And everybody was SO glad to see
everybody else.
One young lady to whom was intro.
duced said regretfully- to me, "Miss
Sharp, Pm so sorry that another engage
ment will prevent my hearing your
speech tonight" O 1 looked at her
aghast. Then l caught Mr.. Challinor's
eye, and he was laug hing SO that won.
dered if this was joke some one had
been perpetrating on me.
l believe everyone was pleasantly sur
prised to find so large a crowd when we
arrived at Central Music hall, which ia
really a theater, inside of which the
Grand could be set down and still leave
considerable room.
had the honor of sitting in box
with Mrs. w. G.. Edwards, Mrs. j. G..
Edwards and Mrs. E. G. Hudson of Lin
coin, AL, whose husband went to school
with Mrs. Burton, which fact accounted
for her great interest in Mr.. Burton and
his entertaining, Enthusiastically receiv-
ed speech.
Mrs. Edwards wore black silk skirt
with nile green crystal silk bodice, fan
of the same color and carried flowers.
Mrs. ]. G. Edwards wore black and red
striped silk waist with black skirt; roses.
Mrs. Hudson wore brown silk with trim.
ming of mixed silk.
On the stage sat Messrs Charles Blood
Smith, Hiram P. Dillon, Edward Wilder.
John e. Frost, William Higgins, Horace
NJ. Phillips, J. J. Cox, Charles A. Eel.
lows, ]. V. Beekman. J. E. Challinor,
Edmund Stanley and many others. Judge
Beekman was the object of the special
interest of the reporters, who had heard
of his famous hypnotism case.
The meeting was opened by Colts
chalk's stringed orchestra composed of
three gentlemen and four ladies'
Then Governor Morrill, told US more
good things about Kansas than even we
her devoted followers ever knew before
and showed the statistical proof of his
declarations.
Then the Coyote club made a hit and
the audience could not get enough OF
their singing.
The Coyote club was organized nine
teen years ago al Larned, and it is theil
proud boast that they have sung in every
Kansas or national campaign since
One of the members says: I'VE know