The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-16
Address to People Of Kansas on
Semi-Centennial
No Words Are Wasted in the
Text.
CONVENTION CALLED.
VIII Meet in Topeka on
January 80.
Permanent Organization win
Then Be Made.

Then Be Made.
To the People Of Kansas:
The state of Kansas was admitted to
the Union on January %, 1861, and it is
proposed to celebrate this great his
toric event in an appropriate manner
during the year 1911 Kansas territory
was the battle ground Of freedom, and
its admission to the American Union
as a free state precipitated the civil
war and forever settled the question Of
slavery in the United States. The prop
osition to appropriately celebrate this
great historic event and the mighty
progress made by Kansas in fifty years
ought to appeal to the patriotism and
pride of every citizen Of the state, and
to the people Of the whole United States
as wen.
At a preliminary meeting held in To-
peka on November 1, temporary COM
mittees were appointed to present the
matter to the people OF the state and
your attention is invited to the accom-
panying call for a delegate convention
in the city Of Topeka with request
that the greatest publicity be given the
subject and that you each directly in
terest yourself In an undertaking of so
much importance to the people Of the
whole commonwealth.
J. p. JUNKIN,
Sterling, Chairman,
WILLIAM A. WHITE,
Emporia,
]. NJ. CONNELL,
Topeka,
D. W. MULvANE.
THOs. NJ. POTTER.
Peabody.
Committee.
In accordance with the action taken at
the preliminary meeting held in the city
OF Topeka on November 1, 1905, a dele
gate convention is herebV called to meet
in the city Of Topeka, at representative
hall, on Monday, January %, 1906 fthe
anniversary of the admission of Kansas
to the Union), at 10 o'clock a. m, for
the purpose Of perfecting a permanent
organization and proceeding with the
work Of appropriately celebrating IN
1911 the fftieth anniversary OF the ad-
mission of Kansas to the Union. The
board Of county commissioners of each
county is requested to appoint one dele
gate and one alternate5 the mayor OF
each city one delegate and one alternate,
and an additional delegate and alternate
for each 5000 population and major
fraction thereof and report the names
of the delegates and alternates to Il. j.
Anderson, temporary secretary, Topeka
u. F. WARE,
Topeka, Chairman,
w. r. STUBBS,
AldMLEllEGg
OTIS L. BENTON,
Oberliu,
Topeka.
IT. A. HUBBARD,
Rome,
Committee.
Short, terse, concise, and sweet is
the address issued today to the people
of Kansas by the temporary semi
centennial committee relative to the
IN held in this state and
of this state in 1911, comm EN- orative
OF its hftieth advent into the union.
Though he is not a member of the
publicity committee, the address was
written by Secretary T. J. Anderson of
the Topeka Commercial club. Its di
rect and striking exposition of the
matter in a few short words was
deemed better than a long rambling
piece of fine writing and for that
reason it was adopted.
Ten thousand copies have been
printed i'm the first issue. One will be
sent to every newspaper in Kansas to
be published. The rest viii be dis
tributed over the state generally
through the mails. More will be
printed later on, and it is probable
that in all $4,000 or 10000 will be sent
out. Business men in all the towns of
Kansas will be urged to place copies
IN their mail and in that way aid in
the distribution.
Formal announcement is made of
the date of the holding Of a state
convention to meet in the city of To-
peka on Kansas Day, in Representa-
tive hall, on Monday, January 20. At
this time delegates from all over the
state are expected to come and de-
termine whether the exposition will be
held, and where. The board of county
commissioners of each county is re-
quested to send a delegate, the mayor
of each city a delegate and an addi-
dOnal delegate for each 5000 pOpula-
ton and major fraction thereof. This
will bring here a. magnificent repre-
sentation of the state, and it can do
the work better and more satisfac-
tOrily than through any other method
The following are the members of
the temporary committee:
John F. Frost, chairman, Topeka.
u. T. Ware, Topeka.
Wm- Allen White, Emporia.
J. NJ ConnelI Topeka.
A. @. Stitch, Independence.
Otis L. Benton, Oberi7n.
q. A Hubbard, Wellington.
J. =. Junkin, Sterling.
N. H. LOOmis, Topeka.
Thos. NJ. Potter, Peabody.
w r. Stubbs, Lawrence.
M A. Low, Topeka.
Grant Hornaday, Fort Scott.
ID. w. Mulvane, Topeka
.. w Wellington, Ellsworth.
Thos. L. Bond, Salina.
Robert j. Brock. Manhattan.
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