The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-26
TO FIND A BIG MAN
One of President RoOsevelt's Ad-
visors Coming to Topeka.
He viii Be Guest of Honor on
Kansas Day.
LEFT TO MR.. WHITE.
Hopes to Secure Presence of At
tOrney General Knox.
Will Be a Beefsteak Supper In
stead of Banquet.

The principal speaker at the next
Kansas Day banquet on January % will
probably be one of the big men OF the
Roosevelt administration. possibly a
member of the cabinet or one of the
Republican leaders in the United States
senate.
This was decided upon at meeting
of the executive committee of the Kan
sas Day club last Tuesday afternoon.
The selection of the speaker and the ar
/ rangements for securing him were LETT
with the president of the club. William
Allen White. Mr.. White will secure At
torney General Knox. Senator Lodge,
General Wood. or some man of promin-
ence who stands close to President
Roosevelt. Mr.. Whites acquaintance
with the president and his close advis-
ors will make it an easy matter for him
to secure the attendance of some one of
this class.
Others who are slated TO respond to
toasts are General Funston. Representa-
tive-elect John L. King, of Minneapolis,
Justice r. A. Burch of Salina. Senator
Noftzger of Anthony, J. w. Gleed of
Topeka, and Conner 7. Davies of Gon-
cordia.
Conner Davies will speak on THE Fat-
ted ProdigaP' or some kindred subject,
because of his recent return to the Re-
publican fold.
General Funston promised Mr.. White
several months ago that he would speak
at the banquet this year.
One unique feature about the banquet
! this year is that there will be something
/ to eat Mr. White says that it won't
/ be a banquet at all, but plain, old
fashioned supper, the kind where every
man helps himself out of a big dish like
a hired man on q farm. There viii be
beefsteak an inch thick, and scoiloDed
potatoes, and things like that. OF re-
! cent years an attempt has been made to
! spread a high-class banquet on Kansas
4 Day, but it has been almost a physical
al<,4c
/ cess on account of the large numbers TO
be served No hall with a regular
kitchen connected with it has been large
! enough to accommodate the banqueterS,
/ and no improvised kitchen has been ad-
equate to the serving of a regular ban
quet with its muititudinous dishes.
The meeting OF the Kansas Day club
| officers was held in the law Office OF
Capt Clad Hamilton. secretary treas
urer of the organizati ation. Those present
Il were w. a. White, of Emporia, presi-
dent; 7. A. Cor9ry. of Hutchinson, first
ita, second vice president. and Capt.
Hamilton. of Topeka, secretary treas
urer. Senator Morehouse, of Council
Grove, third vice president did not get
here in time to attend the meeting.
I'VE are going to run the club this
year along non-senatorial lines" said
Mr.. White today, dropping into the
usual line of talk around the Copeland.
"Gleed can represent Curtis, Noftzger
will represent Long. and l guess 1 can
represent Stanley. King will represent
the house, Noftzger will also represent
the senate, and Burch will represent the
state administration. We propose to
keep the number of toasts down TO seven
and the show will begin promptly at 7
o'clock"
The selection of a hall for the banquet
has been left to Secretary Hamilton
William Allen White rises to make a
few remarks. in the Emporia Gazette.
about Congressman Curtis and the atti-
tude of Governor-elect Bailey in the
senatorial fight. Under the heading,
The Other Cheek Mr.. White publishes
the following EDITORIAL
THE Lawrence Journal, representing g
Bowersock and the Topeka Capital, rep
resenting Curtis, are shocked at the at
| titude of Governor-elect Bailey in talk
ing hand against Curtis in the sena-
| torial fight These two sensitive souls
will have to bear with the harsh world
a little longer; for it may well be
| given out cold and fiat that Bailey has
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