The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-19
DON'T LIKE-IT.
Dissatisfaction Over McKinley's
Itinerary in Kansas.

Much dissatisfaction is being express
ed by the citizens of Topeka at the ap-
parent slight to the state of Kansas that
is indicated in the itinerary of President
Mckinley on his proposed trip of sight
seeing through the west
No official information has yet reach
ed Topeka as to the exact number of
minutes it is intended that the president
shall stop in Topeka but current report
has it that the president will leave Col
orado Springs on Friday evening at :
o'clock and that he will reach Kansas
City at 5 O'Clock the following evening.
This leaves the space of % hours for the
president to make the trip across the
state of Kansas, make five stops and
perhaps as many speeches. The running
time of the special train including the
zig-zag route proposed will consume all
but about five or six hours of the space
of time allotted to the state.
When it is taken into consideration
that three days previous to the Topeka
date is given to the state of Colorado
and the day and one-half following to
Kansas City, Mo, alone, it is not sur
prising that the people Of Kansas resent
the implied sight.
4 have been talking with the people
of the city" said Capt. H. M. Philips of
the Republican Flambeau club at the
meeting of the committee, and I find
that there is &. wOnderf IL feeling among
the people OF resentment at the manner
in which Kansas is being treated in this
affair l find that the people will he
presidents visit here as pleasant as POS
sfble if he viii but consent to modify
his itinerary so that Topeka shall get It's
just share of his time. OF course by this
it must not be understood that nothing
will be done in event that he stop here
only about an hour. But the people are
anxious to give him a reception that will
not mar the pleasure of his trip but thai
will be a credit both to the state and its
citizens The fiambeau club will plan
on giving an exhibition of fireworks
more gorgeous than any ever given IN
the state
President Frost said that he was con
f1dent that the president could be pre-
aViled upon to modify his itinerary if
the matter could be shown to him in the
right light. .-Of course he said eve
will take what we can get if our re
quests do not meet with response but
there can be no doubt but that Kansas
is entitled to more OF the presidents
time than is at present arranged for.
1t is hoped that the president viii
change his tour so that he may be in
the city during the afternoon and even
ing Under those circumstances the re-
ception and spread could be. arranged
for in the afternoon and evening and
the Flambeau club would be given an
opportunity to make a fireworks dis
play
This could be arranged by running
the presidents special to Junction City.
Emporfa. Ottawa, Baldwin and Law
renee before coming to Topeka said
one of the members of the committee.
The committee finally adjourned to
meet at the call of the chairman, Mr..
Frost after sending a message to Pri-
vate Secretary George B. Corte1you for
official information regarding the pres
fdent's visit in this state This was sup
plemented by the passage of the follow
ing resolution
Resolved. That Charles Curtis re re
quested to call on President Mckinley
at the earliest possible date and secure
il possible for tha city of Topeka and
for the econvenienc320f the citizens If the
state the entire day and evening after
leaving Junction City
There We're present at the meeting the