The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-10
IN READINESS.
Commercial Club Will Help to
Receive Our Soldiers.
Action Postponed Pending Gov.
StanIey's Pleasure.
PLANS ARE APPROVED.
Organization Endorses Steps
Taken by the Executive.
Discussion of Semi-Centennial
Was Not Taken Up.
PLANS ARE APPROVED.

Tor the reception of the Twentieth KAN
sas when it returns home The COM
mittee and the club have decided that
no action can be taken until the state
committee appointed by Governor
Stanley for the same purpose, has a
meeting, after which the local commit
tee will cooperate with it.
The local committee had it's plans laid
to arrange for the reception when Gov
ernor Stanley decided to take hold of
the matter and appointed a state COM
mittee. In case that had not been done
the local committee would have gone
ahead with its work Immediately
General J. K. Hudson, who is chair
man of the local committee, was ex-
pected to be at the meeting of the Com
mercial club last night and make a
statement of the situation, but other
matters prevented his attendance and
instead he sent a communication in
which he said;
LAS chairman of the committee on re-
ceptiOn to the Twentieth Kansas, per
NIT me to say that the committee has
been waiting to learn with some exact
ness as to the time the Twentieth would
sail from Manila, before taking active
steps for the reception.
AT this time in view of the fact that
the governor has appointed a. large
state committee for the purpose of
making arrangements for the home
coming of the Twentieth. this commit
/
ing of the state committee, and when
the state committee shall have decided
upon a programme, to cooperate with
it.
Governor Stanley has taken
measures to secure transportation for
the Twentieth from San Francisco,
which, if accomplished, will aid the
work in hand. If Topeka is decided up
on as the appropriate place to hold the
main reception to the Twentieth-as we
believe it will be-your committee will
assist in the preliminary arrangements
and be ready to make report by the
September meeting Of the club As the
Twentieth Will not sail from Manila
before September 1, the return to Kan
sas cannot be expected for possibly
three weeks after the arrival of the
regiment in San Francisco, which would
bring the date of reaching Kansas be-
tween the goth and 30th of October.
Your committee suggests that at
least five members be added to the
present committee, including the preSi-
dent and secretary of the club, to as
sist in presenting the claims of To-
peka to the state committee when 1t
meets"
P. I. Bonebrake who is a member of
the local committee. said:
THE communication of Gen. Hudson
embOdies what had been decided upon
by the committee. We had the matter
canvassed and were laying plans for
getting the Twentieth home when the
governor took the matter up. His plan
is a good one, so we thought we ought
to await the action of the state COM
mittee. I understand the governor and
other officials are in favor of bringing
the regiment home to the capital of the
state
The suggestion of Gen. Hudson was
acted on favorably, and the additional
members will be added to the commit
tee.
If a suggestion by Secretary Ander--
son at the meeting or the CommerclaI
club last evening is considered favor
ably by the board Of directors of the
club, the business men of the city may
be relieved of the unpleasantness of be-
ing called upon for so many cCntribu-
lions to entertain public gatherings in
Topeka, or if they are called upon they
will have a valid reason for refusing
to subscribe.
In presenting the matter to the club
Secretary Anderson said:
Il have been trying to devise some
method regarding the raising of the
necessary funds for securing conven-
lions and other large gatherings and
entertainments of various kinds for the
city, and at the same time relieve the
business men and others from the hun
bred and one subscription lists that
pass up and down the business streets
every year. To this end I have cor
responded with a number of Organiza-
lions in the east and in Kansas and
believe the Columbus, o.. plan to be
raised every year by the Columbus
board of trade to be used in defraying
the expenses of large gatherings and
attractions generally of benefit to the
city.
MY idea would be to raise by popular
subscription every year an entertain
ment fund payable in installments. In
Columbus all sums of SO and under are
paid when the subscription is made.
and over that amount in three equal
payments. Their subscriptions this
year amounted to 81, $50; total collec-
lions to August l. S4.543.64; total dis
bursements to August 1. 81, 967 0S; bal
ance in treasury, S1-5Si.50.
Il would respectfully recommend that
we adopt the Columbus plan and when
secured the fund to be used only for
such entertainments as may be Endorsed
by the Commercial club after thorough
investigation as to the benefit to be de-
rived, and then in open meeting after
the notice OF the proposed action has
been given This viii give an OppOr-
tunity to consider the proposition after
thorough investigation of its merits.
and avoid being imposed upon I am
of the opinion that this will relieve the
business men of much annoyance and
weed out many fake schemes and save
the community each year by two or
three times more money than it costs
to maintain the Commercial club.
IF this plan is adopted the business
men when called upon can simply say:
I have made my subscription for the
year; go to the Commercial club This
plan will systematic the matter pro-
vide a better class of attractions, and
save the community a large sum of
money every year.
Much more could be said in favor of
the plan, and believe it would be wis
dom on the part of the club to give it
trial"
How is this fund raised in Column
bus2" asked Mr. Bonebrake-
by popular subscription" answered
Secretary Anderson. "A committee
calls on the business men once a year
and the entire fund is raised then. AS
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