Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
BANQUET AT THE COATES.
Editorial Association by the
Commercial Club.

Commercial Club.
The Kansas Editorial Association, nearly
200 strong, and their ladies, were enter
tained at banquet given at the Coates
House last night by the kansas CITY COM
mercial Club. There was no set programme
for the evening, but, nevertheless, num-
ber of toasts were responded to by the
versatile editors Frank A. Faxon of the
Commercial Club, acting as master of cere-
monies. That the speeches were strictly
impromptu this time there can be no
shadow of doubt.
Besides this intellectual entertainment an
orchestra contributed to the pleasure OIL
the occasion and the Challenge Trio, com,
prislng Messrs. Clark. Thompson ana
Miller, won fresh laurels by their excel
lent singing James Thompsons bass solo,
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep, was
especially commended. He has wonder
full voice.
ment were Dent Yates, w. Y. Morgan,
Ewing Herbert ex-Lieutenant Governor
Riddle and President T. Fl. Roberts, OF the
Editorial Association.
Before the first course was served Dent
Yates sang an original s5ag, Her News
paper Men Make the State. the liquid,
purIing cadence of his peerless baritone
COLLATION. to come. 1t was sung to the air,
my Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon,
the Commercial Club Nightingales joining
in the chorus. Following are the words.
lariet" OF the West:
E,verybody's heard of Kansas.
Famous Sunflower state.
Everybody knows her struggles,
Knows her triumphs great.
In our glorious constellation,
No star CLEANS more bright,
And for brains and education, s
Kansas she's all right.
Chorus, first verse:
They tell of her resources great;
And o'er this broad nation,
On free transportation,
They boom circulation,
And shout irrigation
Her newspaper men make the state;
They work for her early and late.
Kansas City gives greeting to you at this
meeting,
And She knows you'll succeed, sure as fate.
Everybody's heard of Kansas,
When they're short of stuff,
Eastern papers write long stories,
Treating Kansas rough.
If the ancient Ananias,
Were alive to-day,
He could write without least bias,
Chorus second verse:
Her newspaper men make the state;
They stand by her farmers SO great;
They stand by their banks
And they call down the cranks
And they stand by their women
In solid phalanx.
Her newspaper men make the state;
Our Commercial Club likes you NrSl rate,
Murat Halstead is right
You are all out of sight
And you bet he don't prevaricate.
Kansas City stands by Kansas,
She's our great mainStay;
She's in fact our leading market,
And she's first-rate pay.
If the Kansas papers help us
In their hustling way
Vel increase her grain ana i've STOCK
Values every day.
Chorus third verse:
The newspaper men make the state;
They stand by this government great,
And with different conditions
And less politicians
Wen sign your petitions
For big foreign missions.
The newspaper men make max, the ed state; sire;sb+
And let's close these StanZaS
With three cheers for Kansas.
The place that is right up to date.
President F. II. Roberts read the follow
ing resolutions, which were adopted unani-
mously:
Resolved by the Kansas Editorial As
sociation, That we very highly appreciate
| the privilege of a trip to Kansas city.
made possible by the Santa Fe company
and its unsurpassed railway service, and
| that we hereby express our thanks TO the
| passenger department of said road for its
uniform and unfailing kindness TO the
newspaper men OF tne SIate.
Resolved, That We also tender our
| hearty and appreciative lhanks to the
| Commercial Club of Kansas City, Mo-. for
| their invitation to and kindly and generous
| entertainment at the metropolis of the
| West the gateway to Kansas. with whose
| interests our own are so closely identified;
and particularly do we express our APP
| probation of President Watsons personal
| attendance at the convention and his un-
| tiring efforts to provide for the entertain
| ment and comforts of the association.
| EX-Lieutenant Governor Riddle respond
! ed to the toast. Missouri, Kansas and
| What's Left" He paid graceful compli-
ment to newspaper men and congratulated
| the Commercial Club upon knowing how 10
| entertain.
| Ewing Herbert, of Hiawatha. was called
upon to make a speech upon any subject
| which the occasion might suggest. He
| arose and introduced his remarks by say
| ing: This is the second time have beer
| struck by lightning" This laconic utter
| ance was not needed, however, to attract
| attention to him. He WAS the cynosure OF
| all eyes. His raven treSses are TSade
| longer than when last he appeared in pub
| lie in Kansas imparting to hrs -leonine
| countenance a savage aspect, suggesting
| the elder Booth. His smile, however. ex'
| tends as far back into his diningroom as
| ever, and. in fact. in all other respects h;
I is the same Ewing Herbert who for g
/ decade has struck his tuneful Tyre in the
] wilds OF Hiawatha.
| The other time Mr.. Herbert was STRUCK
| by lightning was the time his best young
| lady asked him to say grace.
y. w. Y. Morgan, secretary Of the Kansas