The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-19
Governor to Make a FaIlSpeech-
making Tour.
Swing Around the Kansas Fair
and Reunion Circle.
OTHER STATES TO PAY.
Talks Away From Home Bring
in Fee.
Seven States Glad to Pay for
Public Addresses.

Governor Hoch is planning hard
campaign of speech-making this fall.
Over 300 invitations have been received
for the months of August, September
and October from townspeople who
want to hear the governor. While most
of the invitations are from Kansas,
there is large sprinkling of outside
dates offered to the governor Chicago
wants him for two dates, and South Da-
kota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri. Texas
and Colorado all have one or more in
vitations on file.
Most of the out of the state dates are
for Chautauquas and such events. for
which there is some compensation. The
associations are writing to the governor
asking him for his terms. and he will
probably consent to make a few speech
es outside the state for pay.
During the past summer" said Gov
| ernor Hoch, 4 have turned down oppor-
tunities to speak at Chautauquas which
would have been worth $1,000 to me. L
think the state can spare me long
enough to take up few of these op-
portunities this fall. The money would
come in very handy. And in those
speeches 1 always manage to get in a
few good neks for Kansas. I believe 1
myself
Private Secretary Williams is now at
work arranging in proper order the in
vitations for the coming three months.
He turned over to the governor today
| a huge sheaf covering the month of
August alone, which must of course be
disposed of Immediately. Many of these
| invitations came while the governor was
away, and some were for dates now
| past. For September and October the
I irUifafiOnS a abundant for
! August. There are reunionss county
fairs, old settlers picnics, harvest
| homes, dedications and school openings
| Nearly every old soldiers reunion in the
he will no doubt accept a good many OF
these invitations on account of the fact
! that pressure of work prevented his at
tendances at the sta reunion, where he
was billed to speak today.
Governor Hoch has not yet decided
which invitations he will accept, but
he is now at work preparing com
plete schedule. He will fill every date
which he thinks he can spare away
from the duties of his office.
II am expecting to make a lot of
speeches this fall" he said today,
Invitations are coming in thick, and
1 expect to accept a good many for
public meetings in this state. 1 look
upon it rather as a duty which l owe
the public to get out and make these
lspeeches. And then the speeches
| WHICH L nave Do0n 1IN1lGd 10 IHdk6
outside the state bring in some money
and money would be quite accepta bic. >
| Governor EIoch is a long ways from
being rich man, and it is not at all
remarkable that he looks with favor
upon the opportunity to pick up some
/ of the speech money, which he car
command while in the governors
chair. AS plain Ed Hoch he would be
unable to get anything like the prices
he can get as Governor E. w. Hoch.
One of the governors friends SAID
today: Judging from the invitations
which are coming in, Governor Hoci
is one of the most popular platform
orators, lecturers, or whatever yoU
call it, in the country today. He is
getting invitations from some of the
leading Chauta uquas in the west to
address them, and such addresses
bring good fees. Hoch has made him
self very popular with the people Of
the west by his Standard Oil fight
and he is a good drawing card at any
public gathering
OF course Governor Hoch will moi
charge for the speeches which he
makes in Kansas. But at the same
time these speeches will not be a los:
to him, for Hoch always makes a gooc
impression when he talks, and indica.
tions are that the governor is not with
out political ambitions. While making
speeches for the benefit of the state h'
is also making them for the benefit o,
himself, politically speaking. 1t ism
necessary for the governor to make
political speeches in order to have tn,
> right kind of political effect.