The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-31

will still have the idea that the new
city hall will be used only two or three
times a year. when it will be rented tc
political parties for state conventions
This is a very erroneous idea 1t will
not be for rental purposes at all, be-
cause the city has no right to put up a
public hall to be rented out. but it will
be free for all public gatherings. 1t is
probable that no haL in Topeka will
see so much use as the city hall
In Boston the old historic FanueiI hall
is used for this purpose. Any citizen
who wishes to hold a public meeting
for any purpose whatever has u right
to the use of that hall without being
charged a cent of rent. The same
thing will be true of the new city hall
which Topeka will build. 1t will be for
state gatherings, lodge meetings, polit-
zeal conventions, and the like.
Vote for Progress!
The laboring people of Topeka NAV
think that they are not interested in
having a new city hall in Topeka but if
they viii consider the question they
viii see that they are vitality Interested
in it. A Topeka business man, who is
in close touch with men who do manual
labor, said today;
The working people make up the
greater portion OF any city'S population
and Topeka is a striking example of
this rule rather than an exception.
There is no city in the United States
llA4I Gctil BOAST a more intelligent
class of Workingmen than can Topeka,
a class that in many cases is composed
OF men that have had good educational
advantages and have availed them
selves of their opportunities.
The men of this class, and it III
cludes almost the entire working popu-
laCOn of the city, are in favor of the
city hall proposition, for they realize
that it means work, if not work for
themselves individually, work for their
fellows, which in turn means less idle
ness among working classes and IN
consequence a better market for their
industry.
They are also in large degree own
ers of their own homes, many of which
are being paid for from month to
month through building and loan socie-
ties and they have a very real interest
in the welfare and progress OF the city
and are heartily in favor of any meas
ure that will increase the value of their
property through a growth of the city.
Topeka has a good start in the right
direction, there are comparatively few
idle men in the city today, and with
her present growth maintained will in
a few years become a city of 5000
people, and no class of people in To-
peka realize this more than the work
fngmen, nor is there any class that will
be more ready to further the city pro-
gress on election day than the workers
Of Topeka
Vote for Progress!
conversation with a member Of the legis-
lature few days ago who has been in
the legislature several terms and expects
TO come back again some time.
He has always been a friend of TOpe-
ka, said the Major, and has always vot-
ed Tor all the appropriations Topeka has
asked for. But he says if Topeka acts
show enough public spirit to build a
vention hall where public gatherings can
be held, and which will be for the City'S
own good, he thinks it is about time for
the state to stop building up Topeka and
he won't go out of his way to vote for
any more appropriations for Topeka. That
Is the way the people over the state feel
toward us on this city hall matter. and
they are watching it with a good deal of
interest If the city hall proposition is
defeated the rest of the state viii be down
on us"
Vote for Progress!
There will be a public discussion of the
city hall proposition tomorrow night at a
joint meeting of the Flambeau club and
the American Labor union to be held in
the new hall of the Topeka Post at Ill
East Seventh street. There Will be
number of addresses and the MOdOcS will
sing some new songs. James A. Trout
man will speak on THE Importance of
of Topeka" Councilman Nettels will
speak on The Bonded Indebtedness of
Topeka and What Additional Levy VIII
be Necessary to Provide for the Proposed
Bonds L. T. Yount will speak on The
Importance to LabOrers and Mechanics of
ments-' The general public is invited to
attend the meeting
Vote for PrOgresSi