The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-16


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Readers OF this column have doubt
less noticed its omission in the last
two issues OF this very readable jour
nal, and I hasten to explain that il
was not because the editor wanted
the space for political news, although
I think he was glad enough to give
his readers more news OF a campaign
that has profoundly interested every
thoughtful reader, but simply because
I have been living such q strenuous
life for the past month that writing
seemed an impOSSibility.
In the four weeks 1 attended two
conventions first the worlds at BOs-
ton, and then the National WOman's
Christian Temperance Union cOnven-
ton at Hartford Conn., with their
banQuetss receptions teas etc. and
between times and aftsrWard all the
sightseeing / could take in at Non
treal, Boston and its suburbs, Ply
mouth, Salem, Concord, Lexington,
Marblehead, Cambridge, Wellesley,
etc, Hartford, with a visit to Mount
HOlyOke seminary near by, then New
York city and lastly Niagara Falls I
saw and heard so much that II really
seemed like months instead Of weeks
but I am glad TO be home again in
sunny Kansas, prohibition Kansas
Oh, friends, let US value our prOhi-
bitiOn law and strive harder to keep
our state nearer to her high ideals
never in all my life saw so much
drinking and drunkenness; not only
saloons but hotels, restaurants, din
ing cars, all miniStered to this low
are different the editor said last
week, and the principal difference is
that they are more selfish and indif-
ferent to the common welfare
One Of the editors Of the Hartford
COurant was very chatty and sOciable
TO three Of US who stopped to order
mis- paper sent home When I gave
my address, he said, "Oh, you're from
Kansas! Wen, Kansas is all right. I
married a Kansas girl, and she's all
right, too. 1 was out there last year
and was greatly interested in your
growth and the way you do things IN
Kansas. Why, wrote letter for our
paper that filled seven columns all
about Kansas" Then he inquired
what had impressed US most in the
east, and because 1 am a truthful per
son. and because 1 thought he really
wanted to know, / made the rather
ungraciOus reply that the size Of the
| corn fields in Vermont and New Hamp-
shire had amazed me more than any
thing else. I had seen. Why, ac-
tualIy counted the shocks in many Of
them as we sped by on the train. I
cannot understand how your farmers
can make a living" told him.
Then, Of course, ne replied that they
did make a living and laid up money
L
/ industry was not farming but manu-
I features. He told US that Hartford
was one of the wealthieSt cities for its
size, about 100000, in the east. But
Its tough he admitted, full Of Sa-
looms" We'll, what are you going
/ to do about it2" I asked He looked
non-plussed for a moment, then grin
ned and said, "Oh, keep as sober as
I can Guess I can keep one man
straight"
use this only to illustrate my point
/ that eastern people are more selfish.
There he was with the power a wide
/ ly circulated newspaper gave him,
| and the knowledge of what drink was
| doing to degrade and debauch his fell
low tOWnSmen, and with apparently
no sense of responsibility, only to him
self. His paper gave large space to
reporting our convention, but that was
simply good business. Your women
have been such liberal patrons that
we have exhausted our edition Of yes
terday,' he said when I wanted yes
terday's paper; and 1 noticed that on
! the editorial page very little was said
! Of our work. or Of temperance in gen
eraL.
I did not tell him, when he was
/ Boosting Of HartfOrd's wealth, as I
/ might have done, that never before
/ had the delegates to a national w Q.
Il 7. L. convention been offered such
/ entertainment as Hartford provided
\ They are always given lodging and
1
/ hotels, but Hartford slowed about one
hundred and fifty Of them in one large
auditorium, with comfortable cots to
| be sure, but no cOnvenienceS. The
| consequence was that many went TO
| hotels and paid for their entertain
ment- After one night in ''the bar
ricEs'' and the entertainment commit
tee felt aggrieved. Others who had
not provided fer, the additional ex-
/ pense stayed, but naturally were not
| enthusiastic about the hospitality Of
Hartford, although I think they made
| the best Of it in a lady like way.
/ On the last day Of the convention
L the woman who had given the invita-
Il ton the yea before, made a motion
\ that hereafter all delegates should
pay for their Owns entertainment but
/ before it could receive q second, Miss
| Kearney OF NASHVILLE, Tenn, VINO nad
| given an invitation for the conven-
| ton next year, backed by the COVER
nor OF the state, the mayor and com
merciai club Of Nashville, and Mrs
HungerfOrd Of Denver, who had given
a similar invitation for two years
| hence, were both on their feet, declar-
/ ing that there was no need for such a
motion at present, as both Nashville
land Denver proposed to entertain all
/ delegates who came. Boston took
care Of all delegates, but assure you
the contrast between Los Angeles
manner Of entertaining last year, and
Hartford's or even BOstOn's this year,
| was very marked
/ I was entertained at Hartford in
the home Of a formerly Of Kansas"
Il woman; and she's homesick for Kan
sas- After q residence Of several
years there, she confessed 81 just can't
i get used to their ways There's
l lack Of friendliness and god fellow
| ship that miss, and I still feel Ike
an alien"
/ But here my space is all used up
and I've told you almost nothing Of
/ the conventions wish you could all
/ read the account the Union Signal
| gives Ten cents enclosed 70 the IN
ion Signal, Evanston, Ill, will bring
/ the convention numbers to you
/ EVA NJ MURPHY.
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