The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-27
| KANSAS HEROES.
Soldiers Will Have Royal We'll
come When They Return.
Plans For a Magnificent Recep-
ti0n Approved.
PEOPLE ARE READY.
Two Million Men and Women
Waiting to Shout HOsannaS
When the Brave Warriors Come
Marching Home.
POSTPONE FESTIVAL
POSTPONE FESTIVAL
And Give FunstOn's Men the
Right of Way.
Prominent Merchants Express
Themselves Emphatically.
Ready to Help Make the Event
a Grand Success.

The plan to have a grand jubilee cell
ebration in Topeka when the soldiers
| of the Twentieth Kansas return from
the Philippines, is being received with
universal favor. Nearly every leading
paper in the state has published no
tices commencing the plan suggested
by the state officers. Every one real
ICES that Topeka, the capital of the
state, is the proper place for the as
Sembling of the regiment to be mus
tered out.
Topeka must arrange the details.
While there will be no stint of enthus-
iasm there are preliminaries that must
not be neglected. Such a celebration
will bring 100000 people to Topeka and
they must all be made to feel that they
are welcome.
The celebration will be of more than
state Importance, for every hamlet in
the nation is ringing with stories of the
valor of the soldiers of the Twentieth
Kansas.
People of Topeka are ready to post
pone the Fall Festival for one year to
give the reception of the gallant men
who fought with Funston the right of
way.
The whole state is awaiting an oppor-
tuRity to give a demonstration of its
ready shown their willingness to assist
Topeka in any way possible to make
the occasion the event of the age.
There are a few who think that
Fall Festival should take place early in
the fall and another event be arranged
for the return of the soldiers from the
Philippines, but many more are of the
opinion that the FAN Festival should be
postponed one year and all the energy
thrown into the reception.
One thing as certain. The merchants
and people of Topeka want the Twen-
tieth Kansas mustered out here and
the citizens of Topeka are willing to
provide in most hOspitable manner
for the soldiers and to care in a like
manner for the thousands of visitors
who would come here from all over
Kansas to welcome home the Fighting
KanSanS.'
THE reputation the Twentieth has
made in the Philippine campaign would
bring thousands of people to Topeka
should that regiment be mustered out
here said Mr.. E. H. Crosby. Il think
we need a radical change in our Fail
Festivals. 1 do not believe the one for
this year should be carried out on the
same lines as the preceding ones My
opinion is that a street fair would be a
good plan to carry out. In street
fair the merchants get a direct benefit
Wagons and vehicles should be kept off
the street where the fair is held.
why not have the regiment come
home a month sooner? 1t is booked to
leave Manila October q, but perhaps
the war department would be willing to
send it home a month or so sooner. IF
the regiment could get here in October
it would be just the right time of the
year and would suit every one better.
THE Commercial club committee will
commence at once to make plans for
the return of the regiment Topeka is
certainly entitled to the consideration
10 cIn hl
brought here to be disbanded."
my subscription is ready anytime
the committee in charge of Fall Fes-
tival wishes to call for it," said H a.
Auerbach. 'Such celebrations are a
good thing. My idea is for continuous
performance. Engage both opera houses
and give performances there free to all.
Have a street fair with booths and dis
plays side shows and ALL
Have the Twentieth Kansas here by
all means. Everybody wants to see |
them. Our undertakings have always
been a success and we can make an
even greater success of this years |
gathering.
THE celebration in honor of the home
coming of the famous regiment could
be made the greatest event in the his
tory of the state. The town should be
decorated as it never was before"
1.-The idea of giving up the Fail Fes- |
tival is mistake" said D. }. Green
waId. Il am enthusiastic over the idea
of mastering out the Twentieth Kansas
in Topeka. 1t should be done by all
means 1t would be a great attraction |
and we could run special trains mere
from all over the state. If possible
have the Fall Festival at the time of
the home coming of the regiment.
I'VE should have one>or two men who
are thoroughly competent to look after
the entire affair. The business men do
not have the time. Make this event a |
regular state jubilee
'',These fall celebrations are the
oraa fest thing in the world" said D. A.
Clements. I'VE can not get along with |
out them and we should not give it up
this year. If the Twentieth Kansas is |
mustered out here that will be just the |
thing
THE people of Kansas look forward |
to a trip to Topeka every year." said
Fred Chase, 'and we should not dis
appoint them this year. We must have
something. If not Fall Festival some |
thing to take the place of it. 1 think |
that a street fair would be the best |