The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-23
IT'S A WORN OUT JOKE
This Story About the Poverty OF
the Country Editor.
THE CONVENTION OF KANSAS EDITORS

Here During the Past Few Days-The
Editors Go to Lawrence Today.
The Kansas editors are in Lawrence
today.
They have left Topeka and Topeka
feels as though something was missing.
They have been here two days and the
Associated Charities never caught on.
That is a stock joke. So much has
been said about the poverty of the Kan
sas editor, that a reference of that sort
comes most natural. The editor himself
is always talking about his poverty.
As a matter of fact the editors we're as
we'll dressed as the members of any con-
vention that has assembled in Topeka
this winter The editor, if he is half as
careful as a merchant should be, lives
better, has more money and enjoys life
to better advantage than the merchant
does He is always justly respected and
has money enough in his pocket to pay
his bills with, if he understands his BUSH
ness.
The editorial poverty joke is hum
bug and was originated by the newspa-
per man who was such poor business
man that he thought it would be good
thing to use in the matter of collections.
About hundred of them went on the
Santa Fe to Lawrence this morning. and
are being entertained by the Lawrence
Commercial club. They are being shown
the university, the Indian school.
Representative hall was we'll filed last
night at the final meeting.
There was lot of unfinished business
on the hook that had been crowded over
from edition to edition and some of it
had to be edited again.
The matter of electing the county
printer was indefinitely postponed for
further discussion.
The humor of the meeting consisted OF
little white boy with burnt cork on his
face who Interrupted gentleman with &
resolution to rush up the aisle calling
that he wanted to dance. He then
climbed on table, and with the aid OF
the two little Hughes boys, who had
their banjos, made a most beautiful row
with stick and an old jaw-bone of {
horse. 1t was undoubtedly very funny.
Judge Emery's story of Irrigation
was interesting.
Miss zue Adams, who is greatly
admired by the Kansas news
paper men because she read;
the meeting in a paper on "The Kansa!
State Historical Society,""
The "reminiscences that were to have
occupied the latter part of the evening
were lost some where. and the time wa:
filed in very agreeably by A. ]. Felt o
Atchison and George w. Martin of Kan
sas City, Kan, (Which means Wyandotte)
Mr.. Felt thought it was mean edvan
tage to take off SO young a man and triet
to get out of it, but the editors compelled
him to talk.
When Mr.. Martin first came to Kansa
he went to farming, but after he had har
vested crop of wheat and worked sew
eral days at one end of a crosscut saw b
concluded the printing business wa
healthier and went to Lecompton, wher
he secured job in the office of the LIE
compton Union.
The recommendation of the legislativ
committee in the afternoon that the fee
OF the state printer be reduced, was mo.
astonishingly jumped on by nearly all
the members of the association. MOI
knows but what he may be state printe
some day.
The following officers were elected fC
the ensuing year: President, W. H Ne