The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-16
GREENE BOASTS FREMONT.
The Weu-KnOwn Kansen's Vivid Essay
the Battle of Wilson's Creek.

The Well-knOwn Kanss MS Vivid Essay
the Battle of Wilson's Creek.
Y. J. Lane, president of the State His
torical society, was deferred by sickness
from being present at its nineteenth an
nual meeting last night and yesterday
afternoon, aud Vice President w. L
Brown of Kingman, was compelled to
serve in his place
There were about two hundred present
at the meeting, and they were mostly old
settlers; people who had witnessed with
the naked eye the bloody struggle Kan
sas made to become a state the union
might be proud of. The old wheel
horses of Kansas liberty were there. d.
r. Anthony of Leavenworth was an in
terested listener. James F. Legate en-
joyed it. Major J. b Abbott of De Soto,
was present. Capt o. H Maculey of
Kansas City, F. P. Baker, William Sims,
Eugene Ware, Mrs. Sam Wood, General
]. G. Caldwell, were all present
Mr.. Brown apologized for the absence
of the president, and gave a short ad-
dress on the past work of the society.
The reading of the ninth biennial re-
port by the secretary, Judge Adams, was
, interesting and showed how the society
had grown. 1t needed more room, he
said, and during the meeting resolu-
ton was introduced asking for the first
anu S0COuQ uOOES Ol Inc SOulu wing Oh
the capitol for the use of the society as
soon as the building is completed
Never was a battle better described
than was the battle of Wilson's Creek in
the paper read by Alex. r. Greene last
night. Every point was fully brought
out, the humorous and the pathetic, and
the paper was a splendid one.
The description of the march before
the battle. in which the Kansas soldiers
sang
"Am I a soldier of the cross.
A follower of Jim Lane?
Shall forbear to steal a horse,
Or blush to ride the same?'
was as thoroughly realistic as a descrip-
ton could well be. The speaker par
ticularly eulogized General Nathaniel
| Lyon whom he said would have
| become the Grant of the ma
ton if he had not met his
death in the battle fought that day.
Lyon went into the fight with LOO sol
diers, largely Kansans, against 62S5
Missourians. Lyon had asked General
Fremont for more men but Fremont,
j 'insanely jealous and cold-hearted," had
refused. The writer also severely de-
nounced Sigel for his stupidity.
Oscar E. Olin's address on the "Ro-
nance of Kansas History" was able. 81
was in Iowa at the time" he said, 'and
read the story of the Kansas
struggle as a boy from week to
week. 1 watched the noble Kansans
fall one by ole sacrifice to their state
the pathos of it all than read the paper
have been asked to read tonight"
John Speer's paper, though the long
est, was perhaps the most interesting of
the evening because of the many anec-
dotes he told of Lane and Thomas, of
Plumb and Phillips and of ThacheE. John
| Speer saw it all and told it better per-
haps than it has ever been told before.
Not a small feature of the evenings
the AcNary quartette of col
ored singers, and Mrs. Matte Smith.
They were often compelled to sing three
times between the papers, and received
a great deal of applause. Mrs. Smith
sang when the Dance is On" and re-
ceived two encores.
At the meeting in the afternoon the
| following officers and directors were
nominated, and they were elected in the
evening:
President. Scion o. Thacher; vice pres
idents, James B Abbott and Harrison
Kelly; secretary, F. G. Adams; treasurer,
John Guthrie.
The directors for the next three years
are as follows:
F. G. Adams, Topeka; ]. Ware Butter
field, Topeka: Alex Caldwell, Leaven-
worth; J. R Clark. Mound City; E J.
Dallas, Topeka; L r Elliott, Manhattan;
J. S. Emery, Lawrence; Chas. S. Gleed,
Topeka; John Guthrie, Topeka; H. c. F.
Hackbusch, Leavenworth; John C. Has
kell, Lawrence; r. R. Hays, Osborne; D.
n. Heiser, Great Bend; c. K. Holiday,
Topeka; Scott Hopkins. Horton; A. II.
Horton, Topeka; Y. j. Lane, Kansas City;
P G. Lowe, Leavenworth; John Maloy,
Council Grove; George W. Martin, Kan
sas City; E. n. Morrill,. Hiawatha; J ohm N.
Price. Ate hison; Adrian Reynolds. Sedan,
B. f. Simpson. PaoIa; William Sims To-
peka; w r. Smith, Marysville; W. R
Spicknall, Wellington; Edmund Stanley.
Lawrence; William B. Sutton, Russell;
A. E. True, Vera; Fred Wellhouse, To