The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-04
Now Starting a Movement on
Behalf of Kansas Soldiers.
Topeka Has Been Working on
Same Lines For Months.
EFFORTS LAUGHABLE
Twentieth Kansas Will Not Be
Received In Missouri.
Capital City Will Carry Out
Plan on Original Lines.

Kansas City is making desperate
efforts to borrow Kansas victorious
Twentieth regiment as an attraction for
its fall show this year. Missouri has no
regiment of it's own that is covered with
glory, so Kansas City is falling back
on Kansas to furnish what it wants,
the same as it always has done.
The latest move of the Kansas City
people in this direction is to get the
Mercantile club of Kansas City, Kan,
to send out communications to other
commercial organizations of Kansas
asking their 'tco-operation' in getting
the Twentieth regiment sent home by
way of the Suez Canal, landing it in
New York, and from thence by rail
west, in order to give the brave Kansas
boys trip around the world
This plan originated in Topeka and
Topeka business men and citizens have
been trying to get the government to do
this for the Kansas soldiers. Now comes
Kansas City and asks for the ''co-opera-
ton of Kansas people in its efforts
to accomplish this. Communications
have been sent out to all the principal
towns of the state, and the Topeka
Commercial club has received one
among others. 1t is laughable that
Kansas City should ask the 'fco-opera-
originated and has been working on
for some time.
The purpose that Kansas City has in
view in this action is to get the regi-
ment there in order to draw big crowd
for the benefit of Kansas City. BY
having the boys come by way of New
York, Kansas City hopes to sidetrack
the regiment on its way to the state
capital to be mustered out. 1t is not
improbable that Kansas City will make
an attempt to get the regiment muster
ed out there, if it thinks there is any
chance of success.
Il have answered the communication
from Kansas City in the absence of Sec
retary Anderson" said President Brig
ham of the Topeka Commercial club to-
day, stating that the matter would be
brought up at the next meeting of the
club. 1 will bring it up at that time.
We are in favor of bringing the regi-
ment home by the eastern route, but
1 don't know as Kansas wants to lend
a regiment to Missouri for show pur-
poses. Senator Baker has promised
that the regiment shall be mustered out
in Topeka, and it ought to come directly
here. The boys will be more anxious to
get home to Kansas than they will be
to go to Kansas City"
The proper place for the state of Kan
sas to receive it's heroes and welcome
them home is at the state capital. and
it is here that both the people of the
state and the boys themselves will want
to come. They will be more anxious to
see their mothers and friends than they
will be to help out Kansas City.
The Abilene Reflector says:
THE citizens of Kansas City are pre-
riO
Twentieth Kansas-at Kansas City, Mo.
Just what claim Missouri has to the
honor of being the host of a Kansas
regiment is not clear; just why there
should be any need of that back num-
Der commonwealth greeting the gallant
Kansas boys can not be understood. To
be sure Missouri needs something to
give it entrance to military glory and
it has not obtained it through any Mis-
souri, soldiers dOings. But that is no rea-
son why it should arbitrarily seize.
grab, hold and cOnfiScate a Kansas regi-
ment in order to make a Missouri holi-
day
1.-The place to greet and to banquet
the Twentieth is at Topeka, the capital
of the state. 1t could be made an &C.
caSiOn for the greatest reunion Kansas
ever saw. But there's the rub. To-
peka has no auditorium, no adequate
banquet hall and thus far there is not
much indication that it has the enter
prise to arrange for the gathering on a
suitable scale. Kansas City has all of
these and is fairly aching for a chance
to act as the patronizing host of the
Kansas boys.
IF Kansas does not wake up and
hustle Missouri will win out-and that
would be fine advertisement for Kan
sas, wouldn't it?
Kansas does not propose to submit to
the dictation of Missouri in this matter
The gallant members of the Twentieth
Kansas will be welcomed in Topeka
where they should be. The state of
Kansas will be the host. Governor
Stanley and the other state officers have
put their official o. K. on the plan.
There will be a banquet in the state
house-the only appropriate place in the
state and every house in Topeka will be
decorated in honor of the occasion. Kan
sas never fails to do what she maps
out and every citizen of Topeka is ready
to give of his time or money to help
make the reception to the brave soldiers
the greatest celebration ever held in
the west