The Topeka state journal., 1898-03-10
GROWS FRIENDLY
At Good Time in Its History
Topeka
Through an Organized and In
fiuentiaI Body
OF LEADING CITIZENS
Invites the POpulist State Con-
ventiOn to Meet
In This City; Will Make the
Delegates Welcome.
IF MIR. CYRUS LELAND
Continues His Antagonism to
the Capital City
Topeka, the Banner Republican
City in Kansas.
May Cast Her Vote For Some
body ElSe's Crowd.
In This City; Will Make the
Delegates Welcome.
IF MIR. CYRUS LELAND
Continues His AntagOnism to
the Capital City
the Banner Republican
City in Kansas.
May Cast Her Vote For Some
body Else's Crowd.

The Topeka Commercial club means
to be factor in securing conventions
for this city in the future The first
move in this direction was made at the
meeting of the club last night, when
resolution, inviting the Populist and
free silver parties to hold their conven-
tions in this city, was adopted, and a
committee appointed to look after the
matter.
The Populist state convention has
been set for June 10, but the place of
holding it has not yet been selected 1t
has practically been decided by the
free silver Republican state committee
to hold the free silver convention on the
same day as the Populist convention,
and Topeka is favored as the place. The
committee viii now endeavor to see
that Topeka is selected for the conven-
tions.
The resolution adopted by the club is
as follows:
Resolved, That the Commercial club
of the city of Topeka extends to the
Populist and free silver parties, a cor
dial invitation to hold their state con-
vention in Topeka
Resolved, Further, that the chair ap-
point committee of appropriate size
to confer with the representatives of
said parties and make all needfuI ar
rangements for said convention.
Nfessrs. M. D. Henderson, J. R Hank
la, E. H Crosby, Otto Kuehne and t J.
mittee
There was but little business of i'm
pOrtance before the club last night and
the meeting was short. Secretary An
dersOn reported nine new applications
for membership, and the firms and indi-
viduals were unanimously elected to
membership in the club. This raises
the membership in the club TO 1O4 The
new members are the following:
H. c. Lindsay, Kansas Farmer COM
pany, J. B. Billiard. S. H. Downs, B. T.
Morrow, H. A. Klauer, QuintOn &
QuintOn, James s. COe and w. J. Stagg.
Mr.. r. G. Martin, secretary of the
Topeka Milk Condensing company, ap-
peared before the club last night and
stated that with the aid of a small in
vestment of capital, the company was
in a position to carry on a profitable
business.
He stated that the company was will
ing to give a controlling interest to any
one who would come to it's aid with the
necessary capital, and asked the CO.
operation of the club in securing it.
The matter was referred to the commit
tee on manufa ctOries-
Some time ago several members OF
the club got the idea that the Santa Fe
company was preparing to build exten-
sive new shops at FIT Madison, Ia, and
a committee was appointed TO interview
the officials for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning how such improvements would
affect the Topeka shops
The committee made a report last
night and stated that the work at FIT.
Madison was simply the completion of
a shop building that had been in tenn
porary shape for several years
On motion of Mr.. R. S. Brigham, the
secretary was instructed to exchange
lists and courtesies of the Topeka Com
merciaI club with the Union club, the
commercial organization of Lincoln, Ne
braska with a view of establishing so
ciaI relations between the members of
the two clubs while in the respective
cities.
It was also thought that much good
could be done in a commercial way by
the members of the two clubs meeting
and discussing different plans of work,
as Lincoln and Topeka are similar in
great many respects.