Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
WERE ROYALTY ENTERTAINED.
GUESTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Listened to Addresses by Murat Hal
stead and Robert J. Burdette-
A Dinner and SpeechmaI<inS
at the Coates House
Last Night.

other and with Kansas City, and having
n good time while here. They were royalty
entertained, listened TO addresses by Murat
Halstead and Robert j. Burdette, leading
men in the editorial world, received the
most hospitable entertainment from the
members of the Commercial Club, and this
morning they will leave for their homes
declaring as others have declared that
Kansas City is the best place in the whole
land. 1t is but just to the club to say its
duty as host was admirably performed,
and all that was calculated to make the
| stay of the visitors pleasant was forth
coming.
The editors had been holding their
| nual convention at Topeka, and after con-
| Guiding all of the business of the occasion
| simply came to Kansas City TO spend day
| having good time. Despite the weather
| which was miserable. the trip was highly
| successful. They came to nave a good
| time, and were met by congenial spirits
imbued with the same purpose.
The editors left Topeka at o'clock and
two hours later reached the Union depot in
| this city, where they were met by a score
| of the entertainment committee of the
club. headed by Chairman Frank A. Fax
| or. They were escorted from Topeka to
Kansas City by President Watson, of the
| Commercial Club, and Mr.. A. S. Pierce,
| who attended the meeting at Topeka.
They were taken at once to the rooms of
| the club on their arrival. and found much
| there to enliven and cheer and make joy
| full Great punch bowls We're ranged on
| two tables and We're flanked with larger
| bowls filled with milder beverages for such
| as desired. AS Chairman FaXon remarked
| the Kansas people drink as they vote and
| in an hour the club found itself long on
| punch and short on lemonade the first
| time in the clubs history that such a state
| of affairs had ever existed.
After having spent pleasant half hour
socially, President Watson called the as
sembiage to order. and remarked that it
| had been intended TO have Noble Prentis
| make the opening address. but he was
| absent. He said Mr.. Prentis was fearful
of making the. address. for when he
| did so on former occasion the association
| did not meet again for ten years. He in
| troduced Mr. Murat HalStead, the journal
ist and lecturer. and who spoke for few
minutes praiSing the state of Kansas, and
| expressing his pride and pleasure at meet
| ing the representative people of the state.
| 1t is a state, he declared. that had his
| tory full of the most wonderful events. and
| whose future was to be influential on the
destiny of the whole country He was
pleased at the number of trees seen in the
state, and thought it fine thing to have
| the people give their attention to growing
| forests. Turning to the question of news
| papers, he complimented the ladies for the
and said their advancement had been one
| one of the features of the great develop
ment of the newspaper business. He said
| the best things of the newspapers were
said by those in other professions
Later Mr.. Prentis came in and spoke
for ten minutes He greeted the editors
| plices.' He remarked that he had seen
two generations of newspapers grow and
develop and the workers give place to 9TH
| ers in the state. He talked of the near
relations of the state and Kansas City,
and said that while the editors were in
| the city it was theirs. He had heard it
| enunciated by some jurist that the rights
| of the user of thing were paramount to
| those of the owner. This sharp thrust at
| Chief Justice Doster brought forth a round
of applause, for its significance and appli-
| cation were both seen at a glance. He
| admitted that some evil minded persons
| might say something evil of the city. They
| might hear of footpadS, but they were
| safe, for footpads never molested news
| paper men; they went after game. The
| city, he admitted. was rot paradise; it
| would need a few more charter amend
| mentS first and then it would be all right.
President Watson then introduced one
| whose presence was delightful surprise
to all, Robert ]. Burdette the man who
| won fame through his humorous work on
| the Burlington Hawkeye. He chatted for
a few minutes and told of his delight at
| neeting with the editors. He was born
one of them, and no matter where it was
| he was always glad to be caught with
| them He liked especially the delightful
harmony of their disagreement and told
how those who fought each other had
buried the tomahawk with the handle up
and within easy reach for the time they
were spending socially together.
F. H. Roberts, of the Oskaloosa Inde-
| pendent, the retiring president of the asso-
citation. also spoke. He said the meeting
was the largest in the history of the as
sociation, but they hoped to have a larger
one next year. II. A. Perkins, of the Man
haitian Nationalist, the new president, told
of the pleasure it afforded him to be with
such a large number of editorial friends
in the city. The crowd then adjourned 10
the Coates House. where the guests were
registered and entertained at the dinner
that followed.
Roster of the Party.
Those composing the party were:
Elizabeth lie Bar Record. Erie.
| II. NJ. Iseley. Journal, Kingman.
Mrs. II. NJ. Iseley, Journal, Kingman.
Wilfred Cavaness, Advance, Chetopa
c. N. Knapp, Regent. Riley.
Mrs. c. n. Knapp. Regent. Riley.
". T. McElroy. Union. Humboldt.
Mrs. W: T. McElroy. Union, Humboldt.
>. A. Pierce and wife, Western Newspa-
per Union. Kansas City.
Mrs. Clara Baird. Daylight. Cuba.
D. \. Minis. Imprint, Garden City.
Jay Matthews, Herald. Moran.
J. / Gabel. Tribune Holton
Mrs; L; Naugle, Voice; Wellington.
II. J. Newberry, Farmer. Topeka.
W. F. Hendry, Argosy. Nickerson.
| w. H. Nelson. Pioneer, Smith Center.
f. s. Rice. Journal. Smith Center.
| A. G. Alrich, Record. Cawker City.
Nellie Oatman. Record. Cawker City.
| r. c. Alrich. Record, Cawker City.
Mrs. ]. s. Carpenter, Republican, Council
| J. T. HUTCHINSON. fSepuDllcan, anthony.
Mrs. A. G. Stacy. Times, Leavenworth.
j. l. Purcell, Signal. Greensburg.
Docea Crawford. Eagle: Burton.
| Clarence Thompson, Palladium, Hoxie
| ]. A. Zimmerman, Nindicater, Valley
Mrs. j. A. Zimmerman. vindicator. Val.
Miss f. H. Harmon, vfndicator, Valley
L. S. Newcomb Enterprise. Pomona.
| c. j. Moore, Herald, Oketo.
G. A. Wright. Sun, Glasco;
Mrs. E. ]. Bookwalter, Independent. Hal
stead.
Miss Cora Allen. Independent. Hastead.
Miss Hattie Wade, Graphic, Burton
G. l.. Stoddard. Record Muscotah.
Mrs. W. A. Morgan, Leader, Cottonwood
| Falls
Miss Morgan. Leader. Cottonwood Falls.
William Timmons, COurant.. Cottonwood
Falls.
G. p Griffith. Republican, Hays City
Mrs. C. P. Griffith. Republican. Hays
City.
V. ]. Lane. Herald. wyandotte.
Miss Lane. Herald. Wyandotte.
Mrs. ]. B. Fugate, Journal, Newton.
Isaac Moore. Enterprise, Randolph.
Mrs. Isaac Moore. Enterprise. Randolph.
; William Heyman. Mirror. TonganoXie.
r: B; Hoffman, Sun. I.ecompton.
| w. H. Padgett. Herald. Salina.
Ida Lane, Monitor. Abilene.
. Mrs. Fletcher Meridith, Herald. Hutch
| inson.
Miss Edith Meridith. Herald Hutchinson
w. w. Waterman. Republican. Delphos.
! | A. d. Campbell Democrat. Eiowa.
= Mrs. 5. l.. Courtney, Graphic. Lane.
Mrs. J. w. Smith. Citizen. RantouI
! Mrs. e. b. Burnett Sentinel, Solomon
| City.
A F. Holton. Times. WestphaIia.
/ f b Stotts Trail Santa Fe