The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-10


1 that Topeka was ever called hog
town. AS an explanation for the
hard name that Topeka has gotten
| from the rest of the state on account
of her alleged narrow selishness and
/ greed Mr. Raney said:
For twenty years have been max
ing periodical visits to Topeka. During
these visits have seldom gone beyond
the boundaries of Copeland county ex-
I cept to visit the state house or go in
search of a place TO sleep when my ap-
/ plication for lodging at crowded hotels
I was met by an icy stare from the night
/ clerk. After breathing the foul tobacco
tainted air of the Copeland lobby and
filing myself with food that seemed to
have been cooked running and served
TO slow music, / have gone nome nlled
with Indigestion complicated with in
4 dignatien- On these visits have met
/ in the befogged atmosphere of Cope
land county statesmen with and with
out jobs; men who had drlIted into
Topeka through the election or appoint
ment route and had lodged Men whom
+ I had known in the short grass country
and other parts Of the state, who at
4 home had carried township or q
county in their vest pocket and were
now assuming a sort of propr1etorship
of the state on account of living at tho
capital
And so I came to look. upon the cap
ital city as a long narrow place begin
ming at the Santa Fe depot and ending
abruptly at the Copeland hotel with "a
! DllnQ. pocket extending TO the santa
offices and the state house The atmos-
phere instead of being composed of
nitrogen and oxygen was made up OF
/ tobacco smoke and profanity. The local
inhabitants had the office hunting face
and resembled the pictures used in pat
ent medicine advertisements The food
was poorly cooked and hard to get
while the sleeping. apartments ranged
from q cot in the hallway to a chair In
front of the fireplace.
This was Topeka, and usually when
I returned home I found the vitrio4
bottle where the ink ought to be, ana
dipping my editorial pen to the bottom
I wrote things about Topeka that die
not look well in print"
Then he explained how. during his
two months stay in Topeka last fah
during the state campaign he had
broken through the mystic circle that
/ surrounded Copeland county and had
gotten acquainted with some of the rest
of the town, the real Topeka. He had
found it different and much better.
And when he went home. he said. he
would hunt UP the proper ink bottle
ard tell the real truth about the town.
| Governor Bailey stood up before the
editorial association and spoke a few
informal words Of welcome Mr.. Bailey
had been called on Unexpectedly. In
Topeka it is the custom to haul out the
governor to do the donors when any
thing goes wrong with the plans of the
reception committee. It usually proves
satisfactory, since Kansas governors
are usually adaptable men; but, to say
the least. it is a trife hard upon them
Walter Williams, who is big gun III
/ connection with the st. Louis world S
fair, failed to come yesterday to make
last evenings address In his absence
Mr.. Bailey and Senator Simons were
called out. Senator SiHonss by request.
spoke upon the plans for the worlds
fair to which he is a commissioner.
AT THE RECEPTION.
Then the assembly adjourned to the
New Oxford hotel. Here they were seat
ed for a short entertainment pro-
gramme for which some of the best
musical talent of Topeka had been Sc
cured. Among those who appeared were
| Mrs. George W. Parkhurst, Vincent
Graham and Miss Lynn Wyatt, who
sung; Miss Anna Marie Nellfs in a
/ whistling solo, and Mrs. A. ". Dana,
who gave a recitation. Major T. J.
Anderson furnished short welcoming
talk Ed HOch, who was in the gather
/ ing, was called for and in a short, inn
p-Omptu talk told how glad he was to
be a Kansas editor, and a few other
things like that. Mr.. HOch started a
laugh by saying that the real reason
why he had been called for was not
that he was much of a speaker but in
accordance with the old custom of Eek
posing the remains
A lunch was served at the hotel after
the programme had been disposed of
and the editors devoted considerab BILE
time at handshaking. The reception had
been prepared at considerable pains by
the Topeka Commercial club and was
The unlocked for absence of Mr.. Will
liams necessarily disarranged the plans
of the reception committee but the va
cancy on the programme was filled in a
manner eminently satisfactory. A num-
Der of Topeka newspaper people stood in
the receiving line at the door of the OK
ford but formality was entirely absent
from the management of the affair. The
honors, as performed by the CONNER
cial club, left nothing to be regretted by
the entertaining newspaper people.
Monday afternoons meeting of the as
ISOLATION was devoted partially to the
disposal of business and about equally
to the reading and discussion of some
interesting papers. A large number of
new members were admitted and com
nittees for the following year were
chosen. The committees are
observation-disclosures Z. Davies, Con-
cordia John Conway. Norton Cham
piOn; G. H. Marley Junction City Re
public Victor Murdoch, Wichita Eagle;
4 c. c. Clenenger, Osawatomie Graphic.
/ Credentials-O. W. Little, Alma Enter
prise; w A. Morgan. Cottonwood Falls
Leader: s. p Lebhardt. Pratt Union;
W. P. McElery, Humboldt Union: J. M
Lewis, Kinsley Graphic.
Memorials-G. w. Martin; w. H. Lee,
Dighton Herald; Mrs. L. A. King, Plain
vile Gazette: V. J. Lane, Kansas City
Herald; L. A. Balmer, Washington Re-
publican.
Laws-C. A.Kimban. CORTLAND Regis
ter, k J. SimOnS, CaidWell News; L. A
Valentine. Clay Center Times; Phil L.
Keever, Scammon Miner: F. w. jane
son, Western Life.
Auditing-F NJ. Hartley, Arkansas
City Democrat; T. J. Schall, Troy Chief;
J. Frank Smith. PleaFantOn Observer;
Mrs. Olive J. Royce, Philipsburg Dis
patch; H. G. Stevens. Western Odd Eel
low
On motion of W. A. Morgan of Cot
tonwood Falls Mrs. Noble Prentice was
scented with badge of the ASSOCIATE
and accorded the privileges of the floor.
The following applicants for admission
to membership were taken into the or
ganizatiOn. VIII w. Welder, Belle PLANE
4 Defender; Will T. Beck, HoIton Recor-
der. +. s Snow. Lakin Advocate: E
i C. Crary, Marquette Tribune; B. c.