The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-23

The hftieth anniversary of the adj
mission of Kansas in the Union will be
fittingly celebrated in 1911, the year
of the semi-centennial. The celebra-
ton will find its elimination in a mon
ster exposition in which millions of
dollars will be expended. The enter
prise was launched last evening at the
session of the Commercial club by the
introduction of resolution by John E.
Frost. The resolution, which was
unanimously carried, followed:
Whereas. January 20, 1911, will be
the fftieth anniversary of the admis-
sion to the Union of the great state Of
Kansas, which was an event of such
national Importance as to warrant it's
celebration in noteworthy manner.
and,
s'Whereas, it is fitting that Topeka.
as the capital city, should take prompt
| initiative in this pleasurable duty,
therefore, be it
Resolved. by the Topeka CONNER
prominent citizens of the state shall be
named by the president of the club to
| formulate and report plans for the
! early commencement and vigorous
prosecution of this work.
The exposition will be held in To-
peka some time during the spring and
| summer of 1911 though the actual
| date of the semi is the 29th
j
sas will participate and it will be dis
| tinctly a state affair and not a petty
| local celebration. The states in the
| middle west will be induced to make
| exhibitions and be represented and IN
| a way it will be a replica of the Omaha
exposition of several years back.
I'VE are going to ask congress for an
| appropriation of from two to live MIL
lions of dollars said c: K. Holhday-
Its going to be something which the
state of Kansas has never had before
| Our representatives and senators IN
| congress are going to be instructed to
prepare plans Immediately TO secure
| the necessary cooperation from the
| national governmep The state legls-
| lature will also be asked to contribute
| literally and we will commence upon
campaign of publicity from the start.
| The railroads will be asked to con-
| tribute their influence All sections OF
the state will be represented upon the
committee which win work up the
| details" 81
Kansas" said Mayor w. H. Davis this
| morning. 81 expect to appoint COM
mittee from the city which will CO.
/ operate as far. as possible with the
committee from over the state Inc
/ city of Topeka will do all she can do
officially to make the exposition sue
! cess
The officers of the Commercial club
had been nursing the scheme in antlcl-
| patton of making the formal announce
/ nent last evening. They promised TO
spring a surprise at the meeting put
met all further advances Friday as TO
the nature of surprise with ret1cence-
AS soon as the resolution was introduce
ed President G. X Holiday, OF the
Commercial club, called upon the prom
inent members and guests for express
sione-
HOch Endorses Plan.
Governor E. w. Hoch, who was inv1-
| ted to be present and make speech,
! booming the proposed celebration or the
semi-centennial was unable TO be pres
ent owing to a reception Whlch was pc
ing held at the executive mansion. IN
lieu of such an address he sent warm
| greeting through the instrumentality OF
a letter which was read. The letter fol-
lows:
heartily 1 am in favor of a great expo
sition commemorate of the fiftieth ami
verysaIy of the admission of Kansas IN
to the Union. The history of Kansas
reads like a romance. The state was
born in the throes of a great struggle
for human liberty, and it's career has
ever exemplified its motto, TO the
stars through difficulties No state oc-
| cupies more enviable position than our
own. Geographically it is neither east
ern nor western, northern nor southern.
1t is the great central state, the nun OF
the Union. With less illiteracy than any
| other state with one exception, its POP
ulation is also more distinctively Amer
lean than any state in the Union, with
out exception. Its wealth is perhaps
more equally distributed than the
! wealth of any similar number of peo-
pie 1t has passed through the expert
| mental period and is now ready for per-
/ manent business all along the line IN
1890 its mortgage debt was S24OOO0, O00 !
believe it has paid S2O0, 100000 OF tnat
i debt in Is years. Its banks like it's bins
are bullying. With its debt nearly hqul-
/ dated its prosperous people face fu-
ture radiant with promise of still great
er prosperity. The faces OF thousands OF
| people are turned this way, and before
| we have reached our one-half hundred
mile stone, five years hence, our popula-
ton should number million people.
Let million be the slogan for the next
five years. If we are united and har-
| monious and work together as we
should, laying aside petty jealousies and
| rfvalries, personal and communal, there
is no reason why the mark should not
be reached on or before our seni-cen-
| tennial 1t will give me great. pleasure
| to lend a helping hand toward the con-
summation of your exposition idea in
every personal and official way possi-
bie.'
Chance for the Pioneers.
Major T. ]. Anderson, secretary of
the Commercial club, in a. brief speech
following the reading of the letter
from the governor said: some or us
have been in Kansas for SO years and
there are some of us left yet. You all
remember that the question of slavery
| was settled on the ground of this
state. Kansas was historically the
/ center of the whole storm We are
| therefore entitled to celebrate. Let us
lspend some money. 1t will take
money in order to celebrate it prop
erly. There is no reason why Kansas
should not have great celebration
There is no reason why it shouldn't be
held in Topeka.
T. NJ Potter of Peabody, KAN, was
Invited by the Commercial club to
come to Topeka and make an address
in behalf of the business interests of
the state with respect to the proposed
DELIBERATIONS. 1t was merry speech.
Jealous with pride in the achievements