The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-02

and then with Mr.. Hoch addressed an
overflow meeting from a band stand on
| the main street and spoke again from
the band stand at night. He shook
| hands with the men and women, bend
ed low and paid special attention for
| the shy farmer children, posed for pho
tographs and went to bed in his pri-
vate car at o'clock.
The keynote" meeting of the Re
publican campaign at Marion resolved
itself into almost an informal recep-
ton and the entire town kept open
house for the visitors and the people
of Marion, or many of them who are
! Democrats and Populists, forgot party
lines and did ali they could to make
the stay of the visitors pleasant.
Everyone, so to speak, in Marion
county is friend of Ed Hoch, and it
was for Hoch and for the reputation
of the citizens and to make sure that
opposition party members made
themselves members of the reception
committee.
Many Democrats and Populists
decorate the buildings and they work
ed most of the night before the day
of the meeting.
A good ilIU -tration of the pride that
the people of the town and county
took in the big meeting, the nomina-
ton of a fellow townsman for COVER
nor and the appearance of a vice
presidential candidate was the fact
that the people of Marion, who raised
$1,000 some months ago to assist in
the preliminary Hoch campaign be-
fore the state convention, Clipped in
$1,400 to defray the expenses of the
Marion meeting. Marion has a popu-
lation of 1000 and the per capita is
10000 would contribute the same per
capita for meeting?
several people kept open house for
the out of town visitors and the way
the parties of outoftowners visited
from one house to the other was like
New Years day when calls are popular
Among those who entertained visitors
at 5 O'Clock dinners wre Mr.. and Mrs
]. H. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Funk, Mr.. and
Mrs Bert Wheeler. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
S. Dean and Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lind
say.
There were three things the same at
each of the 5 O'Clock dinners; on each
table the finest of home made Marion
county butter, put up in pats and
stamped in a special mould which
the butter "HOCH," and the finest
roasting ears grown in Kansas and
the latest, tenderest ducks ever sacri-
feed for the platter 1t was L. c..
French, a prominent Marion county
farmer, who was responsible for the
butter. the ducks and the corn. He
lives some miles from Marion but he
was determined to do something to
help out the occasion. He did. The
day before the meeting he drove into
Marion with 100 pounds of the finest,
golden Marion county butter stamped
HOCH," $50 ducks and bushels and
bushels of sweet corn. He found out
the names of all the people who were
gong to entertain visitors and he
made circuit of the town delivering
the ducks, the butter and the corn
where they would be eaten the next
day by people who would go away
and tell of the toothsome products of
Marion county. At the Hotel WheeIock
a record was also made when between
three and four hundred people dined
on fried spring chicken, roast beef
and full complement of side trim
mings. No one went hungry in
Marion.
The parade. of course. was late in
starting. 1t was long and we'll punct-
was rather unwieldy. Half the visitors
crowded into the park to await the
speakers. The other half waited along
the line of march to view the process
sion. The park crowd had to be enter
tanned so j. N. Dolly called on every
one who could stand up and talk to
say a few words. W. H Vernon the
negro orator. speIIbound for while.
and j. Bunyon Adams and others con-
tributed few remarks. Representa-
time Adams. of Sedgwick was intro
duced by Dolly. Adams made his bow
and said: Ladies and gentlemen, L
appear before you this afternoon" or
something to that effect, and then
there was a few kandclaps more hand
clapping. applause which burst into the
usual loud applause" then vociferous