The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07
READ AND LAUGH.
Kansas City, Mo-, FOrmulates a
New Bleeding Scheme.
Assesses Kansas Towns to Raise
a Big Fund.
TOPEKA'S SHARE $4,000
To Be Used to Take Twentieth
Regiment to Missouri.
People Are Not So Foolish as
They Supposed.
Refuse to Contribute to Such a
Bold Robbery.

Kansas City. ever mindful of the needs
OF Kansas, with never a, thought of self
ishness or cOvetOusness, now proposes to
nave. Kansas pay the transportatto OF
the Twentieth Kansas from San Francisco
to the mouth Of the Kaw, thus enabling
them to save the travel pay allowed by
the United States government. The plan
proposed is similar to that adopted by
Pennsylvania and Nebraska, both of
which states propose to do likewise with
their troops who saw service in the Phil
ippines," IS the way the Kansas City pa
OF course the plan is to have K ia sss
MISSOURI town OF the same name Dul IIe
people Of Kansas who have been contr1b-
not be buncoed by any Sucn green goQdS
scheme as that. It's too dimSy even for
SECRETARY 7Visner Of the Kansas City
committee looking after the reception or
70 De sent 70 an towns IN Kansas. spTe1uS
the eagle in the following manner, hoping
ceiTe in return r10 the $4,000. in round mum
bers, necessary to pay the freight:
state; her soldiers have won for them
selves and their state the admira ton of
for their country and their nag under. a
tropical sun and have undergone the
hardShipS and dangers of arduOuS cam
paign in foreign land against treach77
T TI2I9 If Kansas woii9 nav their eX6enses
from San Francisco to Kansas, thus Civ
ing to each soldier the benefit of his ex-
ira travel pay and an opportunity of tax
ing a much needed rest upon his return
home. This would bring the regiment to
Kansas in a body and save the possibility
of some Of them getting stranded in San
Francisco
1t reads we'll but it won't work. The
following interviews voice the expression
of the people of Topeka on the hold-up
The phenomenal growth of Kansas
City, No, has been due to the patronage
| of Kansas" said R. s. Brigham, presi-
dent of the Commercial club. The state
of Kansas has contributed dollars to her
upbuilding where her own state has re-
| luctantly dropped pennies into her Golfers.
| We have paid tribute so long and so faith
| fully to the city at the mouth of the kaW
| that she has come to look upon US as her
gall, she presumes to take from US the
| glory of the Twentieth Kansas, to claim
! it as her own: IN fact. to steal the repu-
! tation to which Kansas alone is entitled
| erosity she proposes to permit US to pay
/ the bills.
! 7 have too much faith in the intelli-
gence of the people of Kansas 10 believe
/ that they can be induced to contribute to
s'About the cheekies scheme that has
| been presented to the people OF Kansas"
| said P l. Bonebrake, lis the one pro-
| sas City, Kan, to bring the Twentieth
| regiment from San Francisco home and
give a grand rally after the boys get
home OF course, Kansas City, Mo. can
| as the boys atre Kansans, but the recep-
| ton is to be in the auditorium, Kansas
| 1T is estimated that it would cost
| Frisco. To pay this Kansas City pro-
| poses to assess the Kansas towns and
| cities a certain amount each to defray this
/ expense. We notice that Olathe, Kan,