People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-02-04
The Editors.

be fixed at 20 cents instead of fifteen
cents.
The Editors.
The State Editorial Association.
composed of editors of all political and
religious faiths, were in session at To-
peka last Monday and Tuesday, and
gave evidence of how amiably the lion
and the lamb may lie down together.
There was an interesting program.
On Monday evening the people of To-
peka rendered them splendid recep.
tion in Library hall. Capt. Joe Wa
tiers, who disappointed his yelling.
ton audience last fall, delivered
matchless address of welcome and Tom
McNeal, the humorous editor of the
Mail and Breeze, discoursed amusing.
ly upon the mOmentOus theme "What
are we here fOr?' After the formali.
ties were finished the informali.
ties were ushered 10 with elegant re-
freshments. The editors and their
wives got real well acquainted and
armed themselves with better opip.
ion OF Topeka than they had ever had
before.
On Tuesday a committee was ap-
pointed to 60 before the house com.
mittee on printing and protest against
the passage of Senator Young's bill to
cut printers fees go per cent. Nearly
all were willing to cOncede a reduction
in legal rates for publications but all
thought Senator YOung's bill cut too
deep.
Atnoon the editors visited the honse
OF representatives, and witnessed the bal.
lot for United States Senator. Att
two o'clock they took special train
over the Santa Fe for Kansas City
where by previous invitation they
were entertained at the Coates house
by the Commercial club. The Kan
sas City Commercial club is an insti.
tuition that portrays the enterprise of
that bustling giant OF the west. 1t is
composed of about 400 of the leading
commercial spirits of the city. The
initiatOry fee is 800 and the annual
dues $50. This brings in a revenue of
about $4,000 annually which they
spend in advertising, entertaining and
excurting. They have connections
parlOrS il the New York Life
building for headquarters and employ
a secretary constantly to keep things
moving,
Upon their arrival in Kansas City
the editors were taken to the clubs
spacious parlOrs where they were well
coined by the PRESIDENT of the club,
Mr.. NJ. V. Watson o. the Kansas City
Paper Co., and Noble Prentiss Of the
Kansas City Star. Two distinguished
editorial Sages, viz: Murat Halstead
and Bob Burdette, were also present
and entertained the fraternity with
extempOraneous remarks. Lemonade
and punch we're served and TO the cred
it Of the state from which the editors
hailed the club found themselves
long on punch and short on lemonade.
The party were then piloted to the
Coates house where they were royalty
banqueted. There was an unusually
large turn out Of the quill drivers,
numbering nearly 300. They sat down
at and arose at 10 O'Clock, aud if
there was a single hungry editor after
the banquet it was certainly his own
fault. Toasts, songs and music inter-
vened between the various courses.
The hit Of the evening was an origi-
nal poem by Dent Yates, sung by him.
self. 1t was as follows:
, HER NEWSPAPER MEN MAKE THE STATE
Army Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon"
| 1. Everybody's heard of Kansas,
Famous Sunfiower state.
Everybody knows her struggles,
Knows her triumphs great.
In our glorious constellation,
No star CLEANS more bright,
Aud for brains and education,
Kansas-she's all right.
CHoRUs-isT VERSE.
Her newspaper men make the state;
They tell Of her resources great;
And DER the broad nation,
On free transportation.
They boom circulation,
And shout irrigation
Her newspaper men make the state;
They work for her early aud late
Kansas City gives greeting TO you at this
meeting.
And she knows you'll succeed sure as fate.
2. Everybody's heard of Kansas.
Whan fhqv' ra short NJ sfuff