The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-26
HOW HE "R0ASTS. "
Somewhat Gentle and Indefinite
Tnis Specimen
ROARS GENTLY As A SUCKING DOVE

RUAkS G8hILI AS q OUOAIhu DVIh
when He "Abuses" the state Admin
fstratiOn-A Sample Of What Mr..
Kelly says About the state House
People.
For several months in periods of few
days apart a story has regularly reached
Topeka that at this or that soldiers re-
union, Bernard Kelly made speech ana
wound up by roasting" the state admin
istration. No one seemed to know ex-
actly what he said
when Mr.. Kelly comes to Topeka az
ha does frequently. he insists that he
never mentions the name OF a man In
the state house in any of his speeches
Mr, Kelly is to speak tonight at Ham
ilton hall but it is understood that he
will omit the administration roast. so
the people of Topeka wont hear after all
what Mr. Kelly is saying.
The present judge advocate of the
kansas Q. A. r., Judge Beekman, at the
Copeland yesterday afternoon enter
tanned few friends by telling about Mr..
kelly's "roast."
He said: mir. Kelly starts out by say
ing. i have been a Methodist preacher
for thirty years. Once every year a
acter passed at the annual conference
Years ago when the conference would
be held at some country school house
the preacher would be invited
to 20 outside and sit on
hickory stump while his character was
undergoing an examination by his oretn-
rem In later years the preacher mas
simply been asked 10 retire TO the ante
room while his brethren go through the
,f 5i-.orfinr ri his 0h1FaPrnr- (fNCe
every year during these thirty years my
character has been called up for examin-
alton by nv brethren and has been
passed. Now l would like TO know how
many of those little Whipper snappers
up at the state house would be able TO
stand up under an examination OF that
kind and could have their characters
passed in like manner"
Continuing Judge Beekman said;
"That pleases the crowd they like it and
they show their appreciation by their
cheers and applause. There is an eie-
ment in an American citizen that appre-
ciates hearing some body roasted es-
pecially when it is well done and Brother
Kelly does good job of it"
cx. LELAND CONES TO TOWN.
He Talks on Subjects Pertaining to Kan
sas and the ministration.
CHAIRMAN ". Leland or tn6 IR9puDl-
can state central committee was IL To
peka Yesterday for the first time since he
attended the meeting Of the state central
committee here the middle OF August
Chairman Leland, ii was generally
reported, severely criticised Gov. Morrill,
and his admins ration while on his way
to the National G. a. r. encampment at
Louisville.
To a STATE JOURNAL reporter Chair
7
undulv criticised the adm inistration. |
have 10 reason to; I have not asked any
thing of Governor Morrill, or his admin
istration."
Was the Emporia letter in which you
were quoted as saying that you ha1 no
influence with the administration genu-
ine?"
YES: I guess it was. never said I
had any Influence with the adninis.ra-
ton That was all newspaper talk. I
never had nor never cieimed u have any
influence with the administration. GA.
L suppose there are things ab0ur which
l might possibly have some influence
with Governor Morrill,, but I have no.
asked anything of him or his administra-
ton"
Chairman Leland thinks the ennmera-
ton of old soldiers reported by the sec
rotary of he state board of agriculture
is about right. H, said: Il Trims the
enumeration is about right. The ASSES
sors may have missed few, but l ion't
believe there are at the outside over a.
GOO old soldiers in Kansas. l never did
take any STOCK in the 5000 and 1JU, 900
old soldier talk. We used TO have a
large number of old soldiers here but
the fact that there are only 1900 old sol
diers ia the G. A. r. is proof that the
census is all right.
SPY the way Secretary Coburn ought
to be commended for going af er these
people who have been claiming 4IN,-
10000 bushels of corn, as our crop.
Nothing does the state so much harm AS
an over-estimated crop " hen the crop
is over-estimated it forces prices down
and they are kept down By the bu, er5
who are waiting for the crop which we
did not raise to come in | am glad Sc
re airy Coburn has taken the position he
3 in this matter"