The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-17
WERE NOT THERE.
Why Lit Crum and Henry Allen Did
Not Attend the Whitley Banquet

L s Grqn- judge Of the court Of vista Isl a
Governor STANLEY. are just recovering
from the effects of a practical joke It
tireIess detective work, but they were de
feated at every turn and brought to the
serious than anything they had imagined
since making politics part of their busi-
Colonel H c. Whitley of Emporia has
esta blished a custom of giving semi-2nnu-
ally at his hotel banquets to which the
politicians are invited The rest OF the
world is barred.
publican circles was invited 70 congregatoe
a. ETnporia and share with Colonel Whit
Gus guests were, preparing TO go to En-
of those men who hold federal and state
Offices, decided that the custom to play a
be neglected. l. s. Crum was selected
as the victim \ few days. prior to the
In a very confidential and secret manner,
held a conference with Mr.. Crum- Mr.
"A lot of fellows are going to attend
Colonel Whitley's. banquet. but you are
This made Crum turn pale. He jumped
out Of his chair and exclaimed;
Well said Mr.. Clark, taking. a puff at
his cigar, Il do not care to tell you un-
that you should know all about the matter
and I will explain 4 good many of the
1T, Then there is an9theE thing" said ID
federal positions and the state officers
exclusive of the governor; are contemRlat-
expect to decide whether or not they will
organff 2 egainst y4p ana the ad INN bda
Are they after Stanley. too?" queried
Crurn, as pallor took possession of his fea-
Wen. not exactly. They are sort o.
after the administration as a whole, and
on, % S6ncer5 y9p ssid Mr CLARK Win great
sole m
and 1 am going into the confer r97I as
or fan with the administration itself"
What can be done to prevent this ua-
- '.Th iit:re is nothing Which can now be
done will do AL all in my, my power to keep
afraid we are up against hard PROPOSE
Leland. Charlie Jobes. Grant Hornaday-
A 4. Richards of Wellington. Ike Lam
bert and a host of politicians from al
after reaching Emporia George CLARK
called Crum up by telephone and spread
Things are in awful shape down here.
am afraid the crowd is going to decide
Crum rushed desperately around town
until he found Henry Allen and told him
frr t9f an %his fey We're c0nfer ring
someone else called for Crum on the tele-
phone. The inforrna ton received was
more discouraging than that which he had
We're gone" said Crum to Allen in de-
spair.
1T looks that way. said Allen. mourn
fully Then they proceeded to hunt for
the cause and Crum was forced to admit
that he felt himself the greater burden
of responsibility. 1t was an awful night
Long after midnight telephone messages
continued to stir the souls of Crum and
Allen. They did not go to bed. They sa I
moUrnfully in Crum'S room and discussed
the situation hour after hour At En-
pOria all was merry as marriage bell
and the crowd had no thought of a con-
ference 1t a crowd of Stanley :
friends and all of them had to do with
his election as governor. But the hoax of
anti-aduIinfStratto ton pow-wow was
adopted to amuse the baEqueters and
worry Crum and Allen Not until Satur-
day were Allen and Crum told how they
had been vfctimiZed. and both of them
have not been at home to callers since.