The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-31

It would like to see Kansas love good
government so we'll that h would hgh
for it at home or abroad.
when Japan was compelled, ten
years 6 to give UP Port Arthur. she
Immediately commenced preparations
on a mammoth scale for self p~reserVa-
ton. Every man. woman and child was
taken into the secret and every man,
woman and child was ready for war
when it came. The spirit that pervaded
the Japanese army made it absolutely
~inVincible in battle.
L would k to see the same KIND CT
a spirit prevail in Kansas in connection
with her war on political grafterS, Vul-
lures, and parasites.
Germany is truly a wonderful nation,
second only to America. The most pot
ent influence that has contributed to
Germany's greatness, has been her great
institutions of learning. Higher educa-
ton and research is the COR
ner stone in her national character and
the result is, that Germany has pro-
duced men capable of solving not only
her own national problems, but many
questions of world wide Importance
THE old saying. that no state or ma
ton can rise above the tandard of her
educational institutions has been proven
as true as Gospel, and l sincerely nope
that Kansas will lay her foundation for
greatness, by building up an educational
system second to none in the world;
that she viii deman high character,
correct morals and eminent fitness OF
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not only in the production of wheat,
corn and cattle, but that she will pro-
duce men capable of establishing and
maintaining an ideal state government,
men of such marked ability, high
character and attractive personalities
that they will exert a great influence
for good not only in our state and ma
ton, but throughout the world.
Kansas has solved the problem of
bread and butter. 1t is now for our
people to determine whether to be q
Kansan shall be greater than to be a
resident of any other state in the I'm
monplace, unimportant part in the man
agement of national affairs, or, shall We
become one of the leading, controlling
factors in shaping the deStlnleS of this
great nation. Correct plans, wise poll
cies, noble purposes and high standards
for our state government and institu-
lions, together with a general public de-
mand for absolute integrity, high char
acter and good morals in private and
public life will answer these questions
as they should be answered"
..Young Beekman's'' Eloquence.
one of the most eloquent speeches Of
the evening was that of c. S. Beekman,
a member of the legislature from Cow
lev county and a son of the late Judge
one of the great orators
Kansas has produced. Young Beck
is a chin of the old block His
subject was. 9TH Spirit OF KANSAS
Mr. Reekma compared the early his
torv of Kansas and Missouri. He spoke
of the Goldfish ~aristocracy of Missouri
and the resolute puritan settlers of
Kansas He said:
"On one side of that line a mans
in life was determined by the
color of his skin On The other SIDE
his station in life was determined by
the color of his conscience. True to that
of freedom, the first colored regiment
was raised in Kansas, and the first reg1-
ment in which colored soldiers fought
under the command of a Kansas
officer. And here tonight, where are
gathered the strength and in some
the organized fighting force OF
lcontinued on Pare Nine.l