The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-15
OUT OF THE LINE.
Kansas Day Club SODenOminates
Fusion Banquet.
viii Therefore Not Join With
Semi-Centennial Committee.
WON'T HAVE WOMEN.
This Proposition Is Also Turned
Down.
Officers Still Hope to Secure
EIihu Root.
WON'T HAVE WOMEN.

Officers Of the Kansas Day club have
decided to turn down the proposition
FOR a fusion Of that event with the Semi
Centennial exposition banquet. Neither
win the club agree to extend its hOspi-
tallties to the Women's Kansas Day
club, which is to hold a banquet in To-
peka. The Kansas Day club VIII retain
its original characteristics at the coming
banquet on January %.
This decision was arrived at partially
by correspondence and partially by
conference held in Topeka a few days
ago by President Geo. E. Tucker Of
Eureka and Secretary w. H. England
OF Topeka. Mr.. England said today:
THE officers of the Kansas Day club
are unanimous in their opposition to any
combination or fusion with any other
organization. This club is a partisan
club. a Republican club, organized by
and for the young Republicans OF the
state 1t is interested in the welfare
of the Republican party. 1t is 70 en-
courage friendly intercourse among the
young Republicans of Kansas.
After talking the thing over careful
". the Officers C. the club are undn-
im0usly of the opinion that it would be
a serious mistake to allow the purposes
of this club to be diverted, even for one
year. We may all be in sympathy with
the Kansas Semi-Centennial exposition,
but this is a personal interest, ana
should not be confused with our interest
in the Kansas Day club. We shall go
ahead this year and hold our banquet
as we have in past years.
ct was suggested by some Of the
speakers at our banquet that it would
be appropriate to invite the EtepuDllcsln
women Of Kansas to ioin in with US IN
this Kansas Day celebration The
plan seemed to be we'll received
in some quarters, but the Officers OF the
club are opposed even to this change IN
the original purposes of the club. we
shall not combine with the banquet
which the women propose to hold; we
hope they VIII make a success OF thelr
event. but it must be separate from the
old original Kansas Day club.
BrOaClie Is Selected.
The officers Of the club have decid-
ed to extend the invitation for the
Native Kansan" toast on kansas.
this year to Wilbur =. BrOadie of
winfield, who is now attending the
Kansas university law school. Broadle
is the young man who while student
at the Southwest Kansas college or
Winfield, won first place in the state
oratorfcaI contest of 1905 over all the
colleges Of Kansas. He represented
Kansas in the interstate oratorical
contest. and there won third place,
which is a very high rank, as d dozen
Mississippi valley states are repre-
scented.
Broadie is known to be an orator of
high rank. 1t is expected that he viii
give the club a remarkably fine ora
ton. Last year the native Kansas
toast was delivered by Imri Zumwalt,
a student at Washburn college.
Still Hope for Root.
There is still some hope that Elihu
Root can be persuaded to come to To-
peka and make the principal speech of
the evening. Mr.. Roots letter to Chief
Justice w. A. Johnston declining the
invitation was sent before the club had
finished making its ease" before him.
Strong letters from every member Of
the Kansas congressional delegation
have been sent to Mr.. Root, asking
him to consent to make the speech,
and the congressman will also make
personal appeals to him on their re-
turn to Washington Secretary Eng
land said today:
eve still think that Mr. Root can
be persuaded to come and make US a
speech. We have all kinds of backing
for our invitation. Aside from Mr..
Broadie and Mr.. Root we have select
ed no speakers for the programme.
There viii probably be six speakers
chosen in addition to these two"