The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
A NEW ELECTION
Should Be Called at Once and
Confirm
TOpeka's Overwhelming Desire
For an Auditorium.
MAKE 1T UNANIMOUS.
Show the People of the City
and State
That We Are Alive and Mean
Business.
MAKE 1T UNANIMOUS.

Topeka must have the auditorium.
We have overwhelmingly decided for
it,
After years of effort the consumma-
ton is in our grasp.
A magnificent site has been pur-
chased.
A handful Of obstructionists must not
stand in the way of Topeka's progress.
The thunder of public calamity which
came from the bench today, must but
spur Topeka on to renewed efforts.
A few people of this city who are
standing in the way of progress today
gained a temporary victory in the de-
cision of Judge Hazen granting an in
junction against the erection of an
auditorium.
Now that this injunction has been
granted, a great many say that they
believe Judge Hazen has passed right
ly on the law. Attorneys and others
declare today that they believed at the
time the auditorium bill was amended
and restricted to the city of Topeka
that it was special legislation that made
the bill unconstitutional and that the
law would prove invalid.
The friends of the city of Topeka. and
the auditorium project believed, how
ever, that the unanimous public sent1-
ment in favor of the construction of an
AUDITORIUM would prevent any lnJunG-
ton proceedings. 1t was scarcely con-
ceiVable that a technicality would be
taken advantage of by people of this
city to seriously cripple and injure their
own community.
When J. B. Billiard and small coterie
of Obstructionists initiated this action,
the whole city was Disguised and
astOniShed.
Now for a remedy
1t is lad astra per aspera" with To-
peka as 1t is with Kansas But the city
and state triumph in the end.
The people of Topeka are overwhelm-
ingly in favor of an auditorium and no
error of legislation can long keep them
from what they mean to have, in as
much as a law exists under which the
city can, without delay, build it's audi
forum and have it ready for the con-
ventiOnS of 1900.
This is the belief of many of the
shrewdest lawyers and citizens in To-
peka today as they have recovered
from the shock of the decision made
this morning.
1t is generally understood that the
sale of the city building is made and
completed. 1t is also understood that
the city has bought a site, a magnlf-
icent one for a reasonable price. The
city has a perfect right to buy and sell
real estate and to erect public build
ingS.
The State Journal believes that with
the proceeds from the sale of the pres
ent city building the city authorities
can go ahead at once and construct a
building for the city officers and the
fire department on the site purchased
and reserve sufficient ground to at once
build an auditorium by bonds which
could be voted within two weeks time.
In other words, there need be no de-
lay following Judge Hazen's decision
which seemed to come this morning in
the way of a public calamity.
The city OF Topeka cannot wait for
uncertain and delayed action Of the sU-
preme court.
The thing to be done is for the city to
go ahead with the money in its posses
sion. finish the plans for both the city
building and the auditorium adjacent,
and pending these preliminaries call an
election to be held within two weeks
and vote the $4,000 in bonds under the
old law.
The people have expressed them
selves; they know what they want.
They do not wish to take any back
They voted $50. 1000 into the auditorium
fund and they are certainly now more
firm than ever to confirm this vote
The only thing needed is to go
through the form and it is important
for the welfare of the city that the
form be gone through with quickly and
that Mr. Billiard and his few associates
be shown that the masses of the people
are not to be defeated by a handful of
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