The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-09
DID A GOOD WORK
Kind Words for the Recent Leg
islature.
Senator Long Confines Himself
to Discussing the Senate.


event. Seats could be provided for only
$50 persons, while applications for
many more tickets had been made.
They could not be issued however be-
cause of the limitations of the host
lery.
The new senator from Missouri viii
take with him on his early departure
for Washington the memory of a Won
derful ovation. The complexion of last
nights gathering was made up of the
| elect of several states.
The affair was Informal Dinner dress
was out of order. Governor Hoch ap-
/ peared sombre of hair and face and
cloth and mien, but alongside him sat
Senator Warner on the one hand with
| a debOTpasra sack coat while on the
right of his excellency Senator Long
[ displayed a street costume. TOaStmas-
! ter Gardiner Lathrop had on cream
! colored flannel Waistcoat. to emphasize
! the fact that Senator Peck was right
| when he intimated that he might want
| to attend in his shirt sleeves, and the
result of this informality was that ev-
| eryone was at ease
| In Difference to Governor Hoch the
| banquet was a dry one. The lid was on
1 tight. frozen eggnogg' was the near
est approach to drink there was on
the menu Governor Hoch was the
! first to discover this fact.
The banquet, which was a good one,
lasted until past II o'clock, when Toast
master Gardiner LathrOp claimed the
audience and delivered a short address
His toast list was arranged as fol-
lows:
Prayer-Rev. S. A. Northrop. chap
Weleeme-Acting Mayor H NJ.
THE Occasion Congressman E. c.
Ellis.
..organizationY-T. K Niedrnghaus,
state chairman.
THE Responsibility of the Hour''-T.
]. Atkins. national committeeman.
"A Message From Kansas Cover
nor E. ". Hoch.
kansas and Missouri" = Senator
National issues Senator William
Warner
Governor Hoch's Speech.
There has been much curiosity evinc-
ed to see and hear the distinguished
governor of Kansas, Mr. Hoch. His
Introduction by the POSTMASTER was
the signal for an outburst of applause
n that had the right ring about it. The
speaker and his nefghbors were on even
terms at once, and the closing of his
admirable speech made them warmer
friends yet. Governor Hoch said:
[ count it a great honor as well as
great pleasure to have the privilege of
participating in this evenings exercises
in honor of your distinguished fellow
citizen and our neighborly neighbor
Senator Warner. Across the uncertain
and illegible line which divides the two
great commemorative Kansas and Mis-
souri,, from each other, L bring to this
festaI board from the Republicans of
Kansas-aye, from all the people of the
SunflOWer State-a message of cordial
greeting and congTatulation. L come
gladly to fulfill that part of Scripture
which commands US to rejoice with
those who rejoice.
There has been some contention
and there is some uncertainty as to
just where the dividing line between
Missouri and Kansas should be legally
located, and it is not altogether GER
tain that if we had our rights, much if
not most of this great and good city
would not today be a part of Kansas
instead of Missouri, and it is not alto
gether certain. therefore, that Senator
Warner is not legitimately our senator
instead of yours. But it is pleasing to
know that he is big enough and good
enough to be ours and yours and
everybody's senator.
; Last winter the most useful, the
most incompatible, the most remark
able legislature known to Kansas his
guished itself in many ommendable
I ways. In the first place, it was imbued
with the old fashioned notion that
party promises are as sacred as per
sonal promises, and that a platform
obligation should be fulfilled as faith
fully as business contract Some one
has said that party platforms, like
/ the platforms of railroad cars, are not
made to stand on, but to get in on.
But this unique Kansas legislature ac-
tually redeemed nine of the eleven
platform promises upon which its
members were elected, and then in
atOnement for its failure to fulfill the
two remaining promises, it made good
with a lot of other wise enactments
not on the programme.
It took the nine great charitable in
icrgAs r foo
tional politics and placed the man
agement OF them on sound business
principles, with convenient head
quarters in the state house accessible
to all interested in these institutions
The value of this great reform viii be
more and more apparent as the years
go by. It provided for public deposit
| tories for public funds where the state
instead of individuals would reap the
benefit of accumulated public moneys,
and remedied an evil which has for
many years been a source of loss and
vexauou trouble to the state. 1t pro-
vided for the erection of a handsome
state printing plant and for its full
I equipment with the most modern ma
chinery. all of which will be paid for
out of two years savings. It grappled
with the greatest corporation COR
lmorant on earth, the Standard Oil
company, and while the victory is not
yet won. it should be remembered
that the battle is not yet over. As a
result of the contest, five Independent
rehneries are now in operation, indie
pendent pipe lines have been built
and others are under consideration or
construction. These and many other
/ achievements adorn the credit side of
that legislatures ledger, and all of it
was accomplished at a legislative ex-
pense of $4,000 less than that ex-
pended by its predecessor.
But perhaps after all, the most
notable achievement of that remarka-
bic legislature was the election of a
United States senator for the state of
/ Missouri For when you hesitated
and halted and dubbed, and caucused
and balloted and made faces at each
other. that splendid Kansas legislature