The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

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down the Mississippi river and join Gen.
Banks on the Red river. Major HUDSON
| served throughout that campaign, most
| OF the time as the commander OF De
| tached squads making detours through
| the country ahead of the main troops
| He was in the last battle of the war IN
| Louisiana and Immediately after ms
| discharge he returned to Kansas, IN
tending to practice law in Kansas City,
| but he found that there were alreaoy
too many lawyers in that town, SO
he moved to a farm in the western
there eight years. The printing pee
| began buzzing again and he many
determined to return to his 1ornlsi
trade. He purchased in 1873 the ran
| moved the office from LeaVenWortn 70
Topeka and with his wife took active
charge of the editorial and business
| management of the paper.
Hudson as a Farmer.
While a farmer in Wyandotte
county, Major Hudson was appo1nle1o
a regent of the State Agricultural col
| lege at Manhattan by Governor Us
| born and was active in the manage
] ment of the institution during the days
of its infancy. In 1871 he was elected
a member of the house of representa-
| tives from the Thirty-seVenth Kansas
district. In 1874 he was a candidate ti;
| twenty-four votes. The fall following
J he was nominated for congress In the
Third Kansas district by the Reform
| or Greenback party, and made nara
| campaign, being defeated by only q
few hundred votes.
In 1879 he sold the Farmer, then an
| enlarged weekly farm paper, and IN
March of that year he started the To-
peka Capital under the name OF the
Topeka Bee and continued in active
control of this paper until 1895. when
| his interests were purchased by the
| Capital Publishing company.
In 1895 Gen. Hudson was elected
state printer and held the office two
years when he was succeeded by John
s. Parks, a PopuIist.
May %, 1898. Major Hudson was
appointed a brigadier general of vol
unteers by President Mckinley and
was stationed with the Fourth army
corps at Tampa, Fla, being in active
charge of the provisions taken to pre-
vent the decentralization of the corps of
| the army on account of the sickness
which broke out in the camp.
Gave Up the Capital
On account of financial matters
| Major Hudson had been compelled to
some years before his appointment as
| a brigadier general. On his return
| from the south otter the war he
| again placed in charge of the edf-
charge until late in 1900, when he
withdrew with his son-in-law, Dell
Keller, and year later they
formed a new corporation which
owns and controls the Topeka Herald.
Major Hudson was married April 5,
1853, in WyandOtte, now Kansas City,
West Side. Miss Mary Smith of Sa-
lem, O.. was his bride: Mrs. Hudson
| dren, Mrs. Dell Keller, Mrs. William
c. Smith and Paul Hudson. Mrs.
Hudson was a great help to her hus-
band during his newspaper career.
I
and descriptive articles and the pro-
ducts of her pen have often appeared
in both the Capital and Herald.
Major Hudson was Republican, al
| ways fighting for the Republican par
! ty. He was not a machine man. He
| fought machines wherever he could
| find them and he helped a lot in break
ing up two or three of the tightest,
most ironbound political machines in
| the state. Probably one of his greatest
| political fights was in the early sos,
when he broke up the strongest ma
chine that had ever been organized in
the state. 1t was in the Fifth district
J. B. Wilson was the regular Republi-
can candidate for, congress in that dis
trict. He was the tool of the machine
| crowd, and a complete schedule was
made out for Wilson to follow. He
hardly dared draw a breath without
consulting that schedule and doing as
it said. Major Hudson turned in with
John B. Anderson as a candidate and
before the battle was half over Hud-
son had the crooks in the machine
fleeing the state for fear of prison. Will
son himself was considered fair and
good man personally, but he was only
putty in the hands of the politicians.
Hudson went to a committee meeting
one night and told the assembly what
| he believed. The next day he printed
one of the most scathing editorials
the Kansas politicians ever read.
Funeral on Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held from
the First NJ. E. church Tuesday after
noon at o'clock Rev. Bernard KEEL
ly and Rev. F. n. Lynch will conduct
the services at the church. The ser
vice at the cemetery will be in charge
of the G. A. R.
The active pail bearers are: Mr..
Frank FARRELL, Mr.. Arthur Capper, Mr..
Harold 1. Chase, Mr.. Frank P. Mac
Lehman, Mr.. 7. G. Wear, Mr.. P. c.
Chamberlain.
Honorary pail bearers: Mr.. A. A.
Robinson. Mr.. Geo M. Noble, Mr.. NJ.
A. Low. Senator Charles Curtis, Judge
w. A. Johnston, Captain P. H. Coney,
Gov. E. w. Hoch, J. P. Davis.
The G. A. r., of which Gen. Hudson
was member, will have charge of the
services at the grave. The casket will
be opened at the church Immediately
following the services.
Action by the G. A. r.
The department commander issued the
following special order:
The death of our ever faithful and ex-
allied comrade. past Junior vice depart
ment commander, General ]. K. Hudson,
at 1870 a. m. yesterday, May 8, at his
home in this city, cast a pail over our
order that shadows our assemblage at
this time. He was zealously devoted t.
us and all we ever stood for, in the most
fervent degree.
| All comrades, with or without post
formation will assemble at Lincoln Post
No 1 hall on Sixth street, in front of
| No 119. and form al 1870 D. m. tOrnOr-
| row, May 4 to attend in a body the
funeral services to be held at the NJ. E.