The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-27

RucAAesAiA NAAAO
the speakers at the last Kansas day
banquet, but his address last night ex-
ceeded his Kansas day effort.
c. A. Kimball, of Republic county,
which adjoins Cloud, spoke on "Our Sis
ter County, Cloud and Republic are in
the same judicial and senatorial dis
tricts and their common interests were
referred to by Mr.. Kimball. Mr.. Kim
ball is the editor of the Courtland Reg
lister.
young Republicans was one by Albert
T. Reid, the we'll known Kansas artist
and cartoonist. Mr.. Reid is a native of
COncOrdia and still claims Cloud cOun-
ty as his home. In introducing him Mr..
Sturgis read an extract from a recent
issue of the New York Herald in which
Mr.. Reid was referred to as one of the
ten leading cartoonists of the country
at present.
Mr.. Reids subject was Concerning
Cloud County, and he told some of the
experiences of his young days in Con-
cordla. In leading up to it Mr.. Reid
told an experience of his artist days in
New York which viii be interesting to
his multitude of friends all over Kan
Sas.
1T is surprising he said ''how cas-
lily door will open to you when you
are scared to death and are afraid it
will. AS l went up into the office of
Judge one day soon after / went to New
York, / had that sort of a feeling as 1
approached the office of the art editor.
My knees We're shaking and I was hop
ing nobody would be in. But the young
man who was secretary to the art edi-
tor was in, of course, and / was at
first surprised to find that he remem-
bered me and called me by name, and
then / thought that perhaps it was be-
cause had sent so many poor pictures
to Judge. But / felt better after he
gave me little check and afterwards
admitted me into the presence of the
great Zimmerman-'Zim' as he is
known-whose pictures have made you
all laugh and whose presence is the goal
of all struggling young cartoonists.
so you are starting in the cartoon
business he said
81 told him I hoped 1 was.
" Have you ever tried anything else?'
4 told him I had tried a good many
Ever make a failure of any of them?
Il admitted that had made failure of
.'-Ever try to make a speech?
L admitted that I had
g Failure of that, too?'
go, the making Of eartoonist in YOU
aPd Mr. fsaf Re feSf Ead dsal fun with
Conner Davies. who was sitting among his
to Corners famous new bathrobe and pre-
dfcted his early return to the Republican
eral invitations of that character during
the evening.
4 musical number by the Goncordia
han. Roy Lovitt, Alex McEachron and
Harry Garnahan, rI came next and it was
Young Man. Be a Republican?S BY pr: j;
1. Kirby of Clyde, and one on Political
MANHOOD by Prof. J. B. Wood of James
town.
The last speaker on the regular program
was Senator j. r. Burton and he was
greeted with enthusiastic applause. He
sentiment. One of the best things of the
evening was the following story told by
the senator:
'1 felt extremely proud one day in
Washington when. took young man
from a county adjoining this one to the
war office and introduced him to the sec
Mr.. So-and-So, a member of the Twen-
tieth Kansas. L want you to give him
commission
g What do you say his name is? asked
the secretary
Il told him.
.. And he was a member of the Twen-
:" Yes, sir said L
.' There must be some mistake about
it, said the secretary.
=" L guess not said ].
There must be- persisted the secre-
tary The understanding of the war de-
partment is that every. member of the
3"
After Senator Baker had concluded Mr..
announced that, like all big cir
every one was invited to remain. The
concert consisted of the speeches by the
numerous candidates present. Five can
followed by the others in the order in
which the ofT1ces Will appear on the bal
the larger part of the crowd had left.
Some of those who were getting tired of
always coming toward the last on the long
list Of speakers think that :. the order
about l o'clock this morning when the
speech-making finally came to an end.