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speech on the subject of Kansas This
toast Is always responded to by a native.
son. Mr. Broadie's home is Winheld.
He said;
Kansas has frequently been referred
to as an enigma. If is needless to say
that fully agree with that proposition
this evening. In whatever formula con
sldered, Kansas has generally been the
of the equation. She has run the
gamut Of praise and blame foa half a.
century. Her people. too, have been al
ternately the subjects OF. encomiunas ana
curses To them have, been applied var
lous epithets and niQknames, the most
popular and abiding OF which, because.
perhaps the most ridiculous. is the term
'jayhawlzer.' W. r Morgan is not the
first Kansan to receive this novaI an
relation It has been applied fndiscrin7-
inately to the people of Kansas for
many years though why we should be
called jayhawkers rather than hawker-
jays or turkey gobblers is difficult to
understand John j. ingalls, predicted
that the Audubon of the twentieth cen
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tyrants, and the towering monuments
of martyrs, the light of hope would
sometimes cheer our way only to be
darkened by some period of greater OPP
preston. The gIimmering campfires
of the Revolution directed its course
for all time and no power could stay
its onward march toward Appomattox.
Importance of Activity.
It is as strange as it is peculiar that
the party has to work and organize Ito
get out the vote on election day, when
every man knows, that the glory of po-
nticai corruption is in q light vote" It
feels and faWns and fattens on the in
tereSt its antagonist didn't take. 1t is
meek at first, then bold, then brazen. 1t
makes good men bad and bad men
worse. It gathers adherents with its
increasing power until 1t takes all the
hosts of righteousness to dislodge 1t.
New York, Philadelphia. and St. Louis,
our greatest American cities, have felt
its strength and influence, hushing the
murmurs of complaint, Sitting the cries
Of the discontinued, choking the shrieks
of the victims of its plumber, and not
content, Withal, it takes from the INDUS
trious son of toll his savings for the
widow and orphan.
The Way to Reform
Then comes the armed warrior Of re-
form. The people see in him at once
their ideal. Some men who have not
voted in years, now leave the store, the
DeQCn, ana lnG mop anu LcAl4 " lAAC
support of the new leader in companies,
in bFigades and battalions, and march
down upon the enemies of public deceH-
cy and thunder at their strongholds for
months, they win the victory, as they al
ways do, and we trust as they always
can do. We throw up our hats, and
shout 'AweIi done and It is well done.
It ought to be done. Then a large num-
Der of these same voters VIII march
back to their several occupa tions, and
attention 10 nuhl1C az
fairs until another reformation.
Reforms are a good thing, but they are
like surgical operation to save the syS-
tenn from blood poisoning, and a ilette
attention in time might save the suffer-
eriug which comes from disease. A re-
form is as the deluge, that drenches
alike the fertile plain md hithy poor,
and when we stand upon the banks OF
hearing away in its shifting eddying
current all the trash, the rubbish, the
refuse to the drift, with sometimes a
rose torn from its moor1ngs IN the
bank. only to be swept on with the tide,
appearing as If repentlng Jnat II Adu
heen. uollrished by unfriendly waters.
In the short time have, If I fail TO
make this point clear, I fail in all, thar
is that our system of government pre-
sl1nnOses that every man shall exercise
as far as possible, his right of franchise
at every election, with all the intelil-
eence and all the courage at his COM
nand- In the same proportion IhaL any
number fail in this, government VIII pc
Unmarried. Then and not until then, VIII
DoiitfcaI dishonest and corruption be
done away with, and consequently the
need of reform, excent as we are al
vancing from good to better ana not
had to good Then shall this inherit
ance. this life ee+a4e fought out. worked
out. earned by. our fathers, be bequeath-
"a IN others as to us Heirs Of all the
ages. in the. foremost files of time"
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FUTURE OF REPUBLICANEsM.
Earl G. Arnold of lola Tells of the
Work to Be Done.

Earl c. Arnold of lola Tells of the
Work to Be Done.
Earl c. Arnold's speech was on the
subject, In the Future" MI. Arnold
is an lola boy, and his speech made
a very good impression. He said.
I must. confess to a feeling of trepida-
ton tonight in responding to this toast
before an assemblage composed of such
noted orators and political leaders as
are represented at this meeting of the
Kansas Day club. But relying upo2
your forbearanee,* Il will proceed. feeling
the inspiration both of your presence
and the subject of my toast. Indeed,
I share the profound sentiment ex-
pressed by a certain noted clergyman,
who having been introduced as the lee
turer of the evening, announced that
he would speak upon the subject Ihe
Devil and then very eloquently ana
appropriately added that he was full OF
his subject.
It was aptly remarked upon an occa-
sion similar TO this one that every one
loves his native land whether he was
horn there or not" We all love Kansas.
But to those Of US who have been so
fortunate as to spend OUT Childhood
DAYS upon the broad beautiful plains
of this great central state, there is an
emphasized feeling of respect for our
native soil, and had we been consulted
concerning the land of our birth, we
would certainly never have suggested
change.
Passing of the Pioneer.
But the work of the Kansas pioneer
is done. From the country to the town
and city he has moved, leaving the old
home farm to the care of those In the
vigor of youth. With bowed form and
feeble step he can be seen vending his
way through the busy avenues of the
towns and cities. And I know of no
sight under heaven more inspiring to
me than the furrowed cheek and sill
vered hair of OLD age, supplemented by
a noble life spent in useful service. The
memory of the Kansas pioneer is Sc
cure in history's sacred urns for he
built q great state, wove his splendid
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We assemble in her name on this
her natal day to demonstrate our good
will, and to renew our allegiance to
that great party, which has so judi
Christened at her birth with the blood
of her maFtyred saints, she stands to-
day an avowed defender of our faith
She has had her trials, her strife and
her tragedies, but she has been blessed
with the fruits of her farms, her mines
and her manufactures. Faithful and
loyal, her conscience is as clear as her
sunshine and with every heart beat
she sends out an impulse of sympathy,
which eniivens and encourage the best
there Is in man. Kansas for Kansans
always! Wherever and wherever!
Kansas-we are her citizens,
charged with her keeping. may we
hold the trust as sacred as those pat
riots who gave their lives for her.
source of Citizenship.
All men are not created equal, but
all men under popular form of gov
eminent stand on an equal footing be
fore the law. entitled to all the rights,
privileges andimmunities of citizenship,
sharing in return equal burdens and
RESPONSIBILITIES 10 the end that their
maintained to the strong and the weak
alike.
We of the present age look upon
hese principles as self-evident, and
thew are so We'll uuQSLSlOOut ana 81
firmly rooted into our organic law, that
we seldom pause to consider from
whence they came or how, but take them
as being a natural and fixed Inherit
ance or right, wholly incapable of any
infringement.
when the truth is that If we should
recount the history of the sovereign
RIGHT of an independent people from
fae prisons of despotism to the home of
the American republic, it would be
1oner and tedious development. In its
to1ITse we would pass through the dark
and dismal swamps of superstition,
over the rough and ragged peaks Of
afversitv. by the crumbled abode OF
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done and great state is their monu-
ment- Its progress in the last forty
wears IS the marvel of the age. The
mis- which once frowned with forts
are now adorned with colleges and uni
yersltIes. The valleys with their fruit
less fields and d1ngy dugouts have
given place to beautiful landscapes
rlch In corn and resplendent with
nave been transformed into billowy
wheat netds furnishing food for mill
lions The earth too has given up its
treasures Of minerals and oil that our
Joy might be full. Verify Kansas is
the paradise of the west, the garden of
the world She is the brightest star
which glitters IN COlumbia's field of
blue. But gentlemen, lest / make your
vanity top heavy let me relate a story
heard about n man who lived in Den
yer. He was unbearably proud of his
city. When being shown the wonders
of other localities he would Invariably
remark: "Oh, this is very nice but
nothing like what we have in Denver
the guide was showing him around in
that future world about which we talk
$50 much and know so little he OBJ
served, well heaven is "A very nice
place but I don't see as it's much bet
ter than Denver" The guide with d
look of establishment replled. NV
dear sir you are not in heaven
However, I do not believe this story
SAID not long ago that to exaggerate
the glories and possibilities of the
SundoWer state was an impossibility
and / believe he was correct. Still we
are not perfect. Perfection is an ideal.
not a reality There are always high
er heights to climb than any whichi
we have climbed.
Pays Tribute to RepubIicanism.
Right here it seems to me that no
violence viii be done my theme if I re-
fer briefly to the part of the RepubH-
can party in the states upbuilding, for
the Republican party is decidedly the
biggest thing in Kansas. It has been
the guardian of her past; it is the hope
Of her future. Through good report and
evil report, through hot winds and hard
times, through locusts and Populists
and free silver, the Republican party
has always stood up for Kansas. It
rocked her in the cradle of liberty when
she was a child, it courted her when
she became a maiden, it has welded her
now that she is queen. May we as
Kansas Republicans see to it that there
shall never be cause for alienation of
affection. Occasionally the people may
be caught in the whirlwind of some
popular delusion, but they will not long
desert the party which is consistently
correct and always believes in a square
deal. Let US remember that the Re
publican party was brought into being
TO right a wrong and that our mission
is higher than political spoils. Our first
duty we owe to the people of Kansas.
Our highest aim should be to give them
the best and cleanest government in the
world. Unfair methods and machine
politics may sometimes secure temper
airy advantage, but right will ultimately
triumph and pure politics viii live the
longest The destiny of Kansas is in
our hands. May we not neglect to make
the most of our opportunity.
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Compare this small expense with
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character into the fabric Of its con-
crete being. AS one BY one these pass
away, their sacred dust is Wrapt IN the
fertile soil they loved so wei. and Ger
their resting place Is carried the har-
monious sound of peace and prosperity.
But now a new epoch in the afIaIEz
Of the state is opening, new day
dawns- Another generation has taSsn
its place at the helm to assume she re-
sponsibility for the direction Of the
affairs of state A great mission IS
before the future
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CONTINUED on Page si1-)

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upbuilding m e dicfn .
known to sciences gem
thy soothes the liver and
nerves. makes digestion
easy brings to all the
sweet sleep Of youth
HOLSTER Rocky Noun
tain Tea. IS cents.
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702 Kansas Ave-
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FAvoRs RATE REGULATION BILL


senator Geo r. tucker Reviews Work
of tie last Legislature.
Senator Geo. E Tucker Of Greenwood
county, the retiring president of the
Kansas Day club, delivered the annual
presidents address with his well known
ability Mr.. fuckers speech was not
or the fowery character however. It
was full Of solid meat ana argument.
He said;
Kansas and the Republican party
were conceived and came into being at
almost the same hour in the nations
history Through toll and strife, suf-
1eflng and sacrifice, patient plodding
and stubborn fighting, Kansas came in
10 her own The Republican party
emerged from the ruins of antiduated
ideas and changed conditions obedient
TO demand for an advocate Of prin-
ciples adequate TO the needs of the hour.
The anliction Of nation gave rise to
the republican party and that nation
suffered in fearful travail that Kansas
might be brought forth without the
hated birthmark of slavery.
The moral conflict in Kansas was the
force about which centered all forms of
opposition to the Democratic party Out
of the Free-SOilers the Know-Nothings
the Wings. with their contentious upOn
slavery. suffrage and economic issues
was crystallized the Republican party.
out of q depraved desire for a. new
slave state for the sake of Increased
political power; out Of the border war
fare, Quantreu's raid and the horrors of
internal feud came Kansas
Fitungly to observe the admission Of
Kansas into the Union we meet at this
banquet table for the fifteenth consecu-
tive time. So nearly coincident were
the birth of Kansas and the birth of
the Republican party that would
make this "a double anniversary celebra-
zion. 1t was Republicanism that sus-
tanned our state in her infancy that
wooed and won her in young maiden
hood that has remained efaa,1f Ct % IA
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URGEs PEoPLE no VOC.
w. Z. Archer Talks of the Importance
of Political Elections,

w. Z. Archer of Horton, a member
of the house of representatives, spoke
on the subject, "a Life Estate He
showed the Importance of citizenship
and civic purity. He said:
Kansas is forty-five years old to-
night, and never in any engagement
beat a retreat.
She has grandchildren here, whose
love fpr bertis no less than the love of
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fury, as he compiled the history of
Kansas birds would vainly search the
'OrnithOlogical Biographies for any
allusion to the "jaynawk'' and would
perhaps finally conclude that it was
freak of nature, an illicit hybrid of the
atmosphere, a cross between the egg
sucking jay and the rapacious hawk,
or else he would decide that it was the
mythical production of a prehistoric
brain and related only to the tabled
phoenix or the dodo. But if he win
search the lore of early Kansas history
he will find that the jayhawker was
neither a bird nor the rumor of a bird
but that species of featherlessr biped,
the Illicit offspring of "squatter sover-
rocked in the cradle of revenge and is
known in common parlance today as
the bushwhacker. The last of this tribe
of border ruffians is said to have been
known as Cleveland = perhaps no rela-
ton to Grover, however, as we have no
evidence that the Kansas product was
hampered with abnormal fishing pro-
pensities. But after innumerable depre-
dations and having committed most of
the crimes in the category, his compan-
ions were captured and he was finally
driven to bay in the southeastern part
of the state, and while escap ping down
the side of q precipitous ravine was
shot by a soldier from above. Tt is
said that his temporary widow with
contunacious contempt for the time
honored aphOrism Of axespeare. that
'.Trfiea EVIL Teilien, Tneff~ do live after.
them" carefully Inferred the sacred
clay of her departed husband and rear
ed above his grave a marble slab bear
ing this inscription.
lone hero less on earth.
II 10
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A DIMPLE MAKER.

"A II M + l. Z MA N z X.
Find a child with dimples
and chubby arms and legs
and you find a healthy child.
Find one with drawn face
and poor, thin body and you
see one that needs SCOTS
Emulsion. Your doctor will
no doubt tell you the child is
fat-starVed-its food IS not
nourishing it.
Nothing helps these thin,
pale children like SCOTS
Emulsion. 1t contains the
very element of fat they need.
1t supplies them with a per-
feet and quickly digested
nourishment. SCOTS Emul-
sion brings dimples and
rounded limbs.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 90 Pearl Street. New Yos.
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ND Kansas flioneers.

Yet little more than half a century
ago Kansas was an unknown wilder
ness over which roamed the Indian
and the buffalo. Coronado's lucklAss
search for QuiVera had accomplished
nothing to excite the avarice of future
explorers and the land of treeless
plains and haEy horizons had lapsed
into greater darkness than before. Not
until the travellers in search of Cali
fornia gold revealed some of its possi-
biities and the kansas-Ne braska bill
made it a battle ground did the his
tory of Kansas really begin. The story
of its travail is known by heart. The
heroic deeds of those pioneer days
have been preserved in poetry and
song. We will not soon forget those
champions of human liberty who
Travelled all the way from New Eng
land to redeem Kansas In fancy we
see them as they leave their eastern
homes of plenty and wend their tedi-
GUS way across the plains beset by diff
fculties and dangers which would dis
hearten hearts less brave. We see
them build their rude huts upon the
prairies of Kansas We are with them
in battle when beset by marauders.
when their life blood is freely spilled
in defense of wives and little ones at
home. we are with them in famine
and cold when the pitiless winter wind
means a melancholy dirge about their
lonely cabins and driving snow beats
through the matched roofs in fitful
gusts and spreads a snowy carpet upon
the barren floor. We go with them
to the village church where they carry
in one hand a Bible and in the other a
musket as their forefa theirs had done
in New England over two hundred
years before. There they breathe a
feryent prayer to the Author of lib
erty that Kansas may be free. With
them we protest against bogus legis-
latures. and illegal voting. With them
we stand firm and steadfast through
rf SUFFERING nd OF
until right finally triumphs and the
Wyandotte constitution seals the doom
of slavery
The work Of those early heroes isl
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KANSAS" SPEECH OF HONOR.

''NANsAs, SFEECH OF HONOR,
Wilbur f. BrOadie of Winfield, Makes
an Eloquent Address.
Wilbur E. Broadie winner of the
state oratoricaI contest several wears
ago, and third prize man at the inter
state contest. delivered an claimant
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zone hero less on earth,
One angel more in heaven.


But the term j aylayFker no longer car
ries with it the odium which 1t bore in the
early sixties, and although it still selicits
an occasional smile from some eastern
prig who thinks Kansas is an i'll defined
portion of the Great American desert,
peopled only by the cowboy and the
Aztec, yet such lamentable ignorance is
his misfortune and he should betake
himself to the hills of Arkansaw where
the Missouri COMPROMISE is still live
political issue and people are wondering
whether Lees surrender viii really put
an end to the civil war The Jayhawker5
of today represents the highest tvDe of
American citizenship. He is no longer
the butt of fidicule. He asks no COM
miseration He makes no excuses. He
is justly proud of the great state of
Kansas. Some states are noted for their
wealth and their cattle on thousand
hills; others for their healthful climate,
their balIny breezes and exhilarating at
mosphere; others for their educational
advantages, their school houses and
churches, but Kansas like the splendid
of the GFecian artist blends
in one harmonious whole the virtues Of
all with the defects of none. What Won
der that the Jayhawlxer after visiting
lands and peoples of many different
chimes returns to Kansas and with par
donable pride exclains;
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Eve been off on a iourney-just got
home today
and every other way
I've seen a heap of country and cities on
the boom,
But I want to be in Kansas where the
sun Towers bloom.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-13
STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER.

The Galveston News in discussing
very important question, hits
straight from tn shoulder. What the
News says is true in many instances.
and both ends of the proposition stat
ed by the News needs improving for
the good of Texas. Concerning good
roads the News says;
The people complain of the bad
roads and probably wish they had
better ones But they are indisposed
to pay for them, and they will never
get them without paying well for
them. They must submit to taxation,
and taxation sufficiently high to build
permanent as we'll as good roads, or
what they spend on them will be
sheer waste of money. But is there
not some cause for the reluctance of
the people to issue bonds or make
large appropriations even for great
benefit of this sort? Is it not a fact
that, in all too many instances, the
good roads policy" turns out to be
based largely on jobs of favored con-
stituents, on special benefits for the
larger voting communities, on cleo
pioneering schemes, on graft, leading
to enormous debts and little perma-
nent improvement? Is it not a fact
that roads as well as streets are poor
ly made that it sometimes takes for
ty years to pay for improvements that
last less than five years? Does the
fault lie solely with the people who
refuse to pay taxes themselves for
money to gladden. the hearts of a few
jobbers and candidates and grafters?
Not a bit of it. The main fault lies
in the inefficiency of the public ser
vice. In many instances, in the coun-
try as well as in the cities and towns,
the result lies wide open to public OBJ
servation. If the bond money and the
tax money were wisely and honestly
expended the people would be more
willing to increase the supply. One
can hardly blame them TO hesitate.
seeing some of the results of which it
is giong to take them forty years to
pay. In many places the best and
only way to improve the public high
ways is to begin improving the poll
tics and the public service. Neither
inefficiency nor graft will ever make
the good roads policy successful. It
is beginning to look as If the people
Of the state had not yet arrived to the
point where they are able to secure
good roads even by taxing themselves
for them. At all events the safest |
way out OF It as matters stand IS to
use the convicts to improve the high
ways.