The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-02
Enthusiastic Meeting at To-
peka Post Hall.
Proposition Is Thoroughly Dis
cussed by Speakers.
ABOUT OUR TAXATION
How the Capital City of Kansas
Is Taxed.
Much Less Paid Than In Other
Cities.

There was a large amount of city hall
enthusiasm turned loose Friday even
ing at the meeting held at Topeka Post
hall under the auspices of the American
Labor union. The Modocs were present
and sang some of the songs they will
sing to the people of Philadelphia next
week, and addresses were made by ex-
Lieutenant Governor Troutman, Judge
Carver and L. T. Yount. The members
of the FIambeau club were in attend
ance by special invitation from the
union. The meeting was presided over
by c. B. Tyler.
Mr.. Troutman spoke on the import
ance of the city hall to the growth and
progress of Topeka, and he said;
In March, 1865, about as far back as
1 began remem boring things, my father
located on a farm three miles out from
the city, just east of where Oakland IS
now. Topeka was at that time place
of less than 200 people, mere village.
During the So years which have since
elapsed 1 have watched the majestic
growth of this state and city with
patriotic pride. Although Topeka was
small it was then, as now, the capital
of the state. The legislative halls and
the state offices We're just this side OF
where the old court house now stands.
The building was called Constitution
Hall, and in it all public meetings were
held.
sSince that time Topeka has grown
until it is known all over the United
States and even beyond the borders or
this nation. 1t is a city of nearly 49,
600 people, and there are young men IN
this hall who will see it city of .lOO,-
600. During that time the state house
has been constructed, the court house,
in which we all take great pride, has
been built, and we have one of the finest
high school buildings in the United
States. There is only one thing needed
to make this the most symmetrical
capital city in the union, and that IS a
city hall such as we propose to bulld IN
the next twelve months
kansas is no small factor in this ma
ton of ours. While her cities are all
comparatively small their influence is
great. This is an age of eXpOsitiOnS
1 and conventions. Omaha and New Or
| leans have held expositions, and after
! awhile we expect to give a semi-cen-
tenniaI celebration of the founding of
] our city and state to which all the
I people of the United States viii be IN
| vited.
Nothing impresses strangers better
! than a good convention hall. Denver
( has a fine hall for convention purposes,
and a Denver man told me a short time
! ago that their city spent many thou
/ sands of dollars in entertaining large
( conventions, but it was paying in
we spent $4,000 in taking care of
/ a single convention he said, but it
( was a gathering of wealthy and enter
priSlng men, and they were so pleased
! with Denver and the way in which they
were entertained that many of them
| came back to make their homes in
! Denver. I know of a single man who
/ has invested more than $500, 900 in Den
| yer as a result of the good impressions
! he got of the city during that cOnven-
| ton
/ Next May a very important conven-
! ton meets in Topeka. 1t will not be
! extremely large, but it brings together
/ a very representative body of men and
| women. 1t is the National Conference
7 OF Charities Corrections
will be impossible to get our hall com
] pleted entirely by that time, we can
I show those people what Topeka is do
/ to follow.
Next year will be a great political
! contest, taking in the very citadels OF
| the nation. There will be many great
! meetings. Kansas is now a close state
! and it is probable that considerable at
| tention will be paid to Kansas by both
/ parties. If We wish to hear the great