The Topeka state journal., 1901-01-30

on sentiment and how much greater is
the victory!
How purely a product and an ex-
ample of sentiment is Kansas and all
that in it Isl We started with a John
Brown and are wrestling with a Mrs.
Nation. We were the first to free the
But regardless Of all these phenomena,
our weakness is our strength.
'sThe lesson that I bring to you and
keep for myself is the recognition and
ward To be sure, lonest effort Is al
ways its own exceeding great reward,
but it makes our duty not the less. At
ter election we get so busy with our own
greatness and the distribution of
patronage that we ofttimes grow forget
full of these modest WarWickS. Grati-
tude is not much of virtue, but the
absence Of it is the greatest of vices /"
CHAIRMAN ALBAUGH TALKS.
Morton Albaugh responded to the toast
tfWayside Thoughts" Among other
There is an erroneous idea abroad
that there is something magical about
the management ofa political campaign
That in some back room, with the shut
ters closed, the blinds drawn low, the
lights turned down, a big, black bottle
: on the table in the center, men meet,
partake freely of the contents of the
bottle, devise plans and hatch schemes
whereby the entire current of affairs
is changed, and in some mysterious
way the result Of a political contest
made entirely different from what it
otherwise might have been.
However it may be elsewhere, in
Kansas, such is not never has and never
will be true. Here, public sentiment
controls and finds a true expression at
the ballot box. In the organization of
this sentiment the party mana cement
is in the front room; the shutters are
open, the bllnds up, ana speaking par
ticularly for the last two campaigns. the
black bottle has been entirely wanting,
and no man has, within the rooms occu-
pied by the Republican state committee,
ever found one drop of those liquids so
studiously tabooed at the annual ban
quets of this patriotic club.
1T was a magnificent army that
marched to victory in Kansas in 1898
and 1900. It kept time to the music
of the reaper and the binder in the field;
to the whistle of the locomotive as it
carried the long trains of cattle and
hogs, of corn and wheat to the market;
to the whir Of the busy machinery in
the factory; to the clang of the anvil in
the shop; to the cracking of the fire
in the furnace; to the merry songs Of
the wives and daughters in their happy
and prosperous homes; to the countless,
cheerful children vending their way to
school 1t was an enthusiastic host It
represented something. It carried the
flag not only at the head of the column
but all the way down the line. It be-
lieved in the correctness Of the prin-
ciples for which it contended. But few
OF LnOSG VINO Q1Q Lne active, earnest I'LL
selfish work in those two contests are
here tonight. They are enjoying the
communion of contented flresides. But
the ranks of that proud army stand un
broken. The real credit for these two
successes belongs to the active work.
ers in the different townships and wards
all over the state. justification by
those in power of the representa- tlonS
made by those workers in order to win
these victories, and they stand ready to
engage in future contests with renewed
vigOr and energy, and to bring with
them innumerable recruits from those
of the opposition who are honest in
their desire that our country have the
best possible laws and faithful execu-
tion of them.
To-day Kansas is as safely Republi-
can as Maine. Lincoln, Grant, Garfield
and Blaine are again our national heroes
and they will remain so if our party
leaders continue true to the people.
That honesty, sincerity and courage
which has rescued us from our tenn
porary indiscretions must be continued,
or, In the language of the patent med
icine vender, a complication of ailments
is likely to follow. The POpulistS made
promises that they could not keep; it is
doubtful whether the people ever ex-
pected that they would. But they do
expect and are entitled to a strict ac-
count from the Republicans. Our every
promise must be fulfilled to the letter.
The same business honesty which we
admire and applaud in private life must
characterize our public acts The full
filed promises of our beloved president,
William Mckinley, in the nation, and
our worthy chief executive, Governor
w E Stanley. in the state, made the
campaign of 1900 easy. A continuation
of those records will be an impregnable
fortress in 1902.
Here are assembled tonight many
whom the people of Kansas have honor
ed and others whom they doubtless
will. Here are the representatives of
the vast business interests of a mighty
commonwealth Together you celebrate
an historic anniversary. 1t is a prophetic
occasion In your hands and in the
hands of those you represent rest the
destinies of the greatest Of human or
ganiza tiOnS-yea, the future of our mag
nificent state. The ark of the covenant
is in your keeping. Dedicate yourselves
anew tonight to the cause of human
rights and human progress. Keep pure
and sacred the principles for which
Grant fought and Lincoln died and no
appeal that Republicans ever make to
the enlightened cultured and intelligent
voters of Kansas viii be in vain.
SENATOR WULFEKUHLER
SPEAKS.
Senator Wulfelxuhler said: ssHumbIy
do / arise in my maiden effort in re-
sponse to toast, with reverence do
bow to this unearned honor bestowed on
me by this club In venturing upon my
subject, Our Next Duty I am fully
conscious that whatever it may be with
the Republican party in power it viii
be well done"
In speaking Of the Republican party
he said: BE their platforms what they
will the Republican party is in power
and in power to stay. There is no way
Of Judging the future but by the past
right than any of the parties upon tho
great questions of the day. The Repub-