The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-01
is GOING FORWARD NOW
Committee of Is Holds Another
Meeting Last Night.
Contracts Made for Five Cor
geOus Floats.
Others to Be Selected Later-The Fly
ing Machine to Be One of the
Greatest Features.

The Committee of Fifteen held an
other meeting last night. The commit
tee has become SO enthusiastic that it
. is necessary to hold meetings frequent
~ to work off the surplus energy.
TIE principal business last night was
to make a formal contract for the
floats to be furnished by Dudley &
Josl3n. There were no changes made
from the plans previously made and
Messrs. Dudley and Joslin are instruct
ed 10 commence work. One of the
floats will be built and submitted to the
committee for approval before the
others are built. The contract requires
the builders of the floats to show them
in two parades, at times to be fixed by
the Committee of Fifteen.
The greatest interest centers in the
flying machine. tdajor T. J. Anderson,
who is known as one of the most digni-
fed men in Kansas and who refuses
persistently to believe in the stories of
the aerial visitor, has become convert
ed. He said last night: I am ready
to help out with this thing, but on one
cOCditiOn. That is, that when the NY
ing machine makes its ascent after the
big parade LORNA shall go with it. She
should be accorded every courtesy by
this committee and I think should be
given the priv ilege of making the first
trip in the fiyinS machine"
But it is likely the young men who
give the carnival feature of the Fall
Festival will denur to their favorite
being made light OF in this way. They
want LORNA to head their procession
on Friday and Tom Anderson and his
mighty men will not be allowed to take
any liberties with her. They can just
go and get some other girl
The committee disposed of the fair
grounds by placing them in charge of
H H Newcomb He is to make the
repairs necessary under the direction
of he Committee OF Fifteen and take
entire charge of tile grounds, cut the
grass and have everything in first class
condition Festival week He is to be
given the rent of the stalls and other
revenue that naturally comes through
a lease of the grounds.
Major Anderson unburdened himself
on the reunion question at the meeting
last night. This committee made one
great mistake" said he, land that was
when we went to Chanute and made
fight for the reunion. We did not IN
tend to make a fight and if we had not
we would not now be subject to critic
ism.
1T was agreed when the Fall Festi-
val was over last year that we should
have another reunion this year. That
was perfectly understood. We said
then that it did not matter whether the
G. A. r. reunion came here or not We
would invite them to come, but we
would have a reunion for all the old
soldiers and not cOnfine to the q. A. r.
Il went up to the state house the
with the state officers who are old sol
diers and they all said that they were
anxious to see nOn-partisan soldiers
reunion in Topeka Justice -Doster said
that he did not want to do anything
that would interfere with the Leaven-
worth reunion, but I told him that was
not Onr intention.
THE assistant adjutant general said
that there We're dozens of old soldiers
at BeIleville who would not go to G.
A. r. reunion because they are always
partisan, but they would come to To-
oeka if a strictly non-partisan reunion
is held.
But if there is to be trouble as re-
suit If our plans are to make row L
am in favor of calling the whole re-
union feature or
Il think we had better go right along
as we started said Capt. Titus. There
is no use of paying any attention to
those petty criticisms from outside pa
pers. We always intended to have
reunion
IF we stop now" said A. K. Rodgers.
1.-The Leavenworth papers will come out
tomorrow with big headlines Topeka
has laid down. Afraid to fight Leaven-
worth I believe in keeping right on
in the way we started and have the