The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-04

CAUSES Arrow.
Kansas Day Club Affairs Set by
the Ears.
Election of John Dawson as
President the Cause.
HE MAY NOT ACCEPT.
Objects to the Manner of His
Election.
HE MAY NOT ACCEPT.
Secretary Vernon Blames News
papers for Trouble.

w. H. Vernon, secretary, and John s.
Dawson, president-elect, of the Kansas
Day club, are scheduled to have con-
ference this afternoon to determine
whether Mr.. Dawson will accept the
honor of the presidency of the club
which was thrust upon him at a secret
ballot taken by the clubs executive
committee.
Mr.. Dawson does not want to take
the office in the wa yit was handed to
him, and is likely to refuse 1t. II he
does refuse, it is said that Mr.. Vernon
will resign the office OF secretary
Mr.. Vernon is real mad. He says the
newspapers are trying to bust up the
Kansas Day club. Because the newspa-
pers discovered that certain members
OF the committee failed to tell the truth
about what had taken place at the
meeting, and printed what actually did
take place, Mr.. Vernon thinks the news
papers are to blame for the reluctance
on the part of Mr.. Dawson to accept the
presidency
Mr.. Dawson says: ''If there is any
objection, or any indication of dissatis-
tact1on, with the action of the executive
committee In electing me president I
Will certainly give the committee an
other vacancy to fill.
L was In Wichita trying the custer
suit on Monday, November %. I left
the case In charge of Assistant Attor-
ney General ShukerS, and proceeded to
Texas on matters pertaining to the
harvester trust suit. therefore did not
see the announcement of the meeting of
the Kansas Day club. did not know
that President Brandon was sick, nor
that he had resigned, nor that the ex-
ecutfve committee was going to meet,
nor that president was to be elected
In fact all know about 1t is that after
the CLUB adjourned. member of the
committee called upon me and said
that Mr.. Brandon had resigned and
that had been elected to succeed him:
that as the busy season Of the club was
approaching the club had thought it
necessary to take this action, but that
as Mr.. Brandon was in bad health, and
the committee wanted to brace him up
by letter of kindly encouragement, it
had been decided not to announce the
acceptance of the resignation and the
election of his successor until a later
date"
Mr.. Vernon's idea of the situation
seems to be something like this:i5
THE newspapers are to blame for all
this trouble. They printed in the first
place that there was fight being made
by the square dealers to get the presi-
dency, which wasn'tSso. Then they
said the club tried tocizeep this secret,
and there was nothing Of the sort: we
simply didn't want to give out the in
formation just at that time. If the
this stuff. Dawson would have been all
right, and would not be talking about
resigning. 1 can't see why the news
papers are trying to bust up the old
Kansas Day club. AS far as I am con-
cerned, 1 did not give out the state
ment that we had refused to accept
Brandon's resignation. 1 simply sta
ted that the matter had not been taken
up"
No one is criticising Mr.. Dawson or
Mr.. Brandon in this matter. The only
criticism which is heard is directed at
the committee for attempting to "pus-
syfoot" through a matter which might
as well have been made public at once.
One of the men who attended the
meeting said this morning: II couldn't
see that there was any use in trying to
keep that thing a secret, but neverthe-
less, don't know how it got out. The
committee might as well have an
nounced Dawson's election at the time.
OF course the newspapers are not to
blame for printing the news, and 1t
seems to be up to the committee to
square itself. Dawson is a good man
for president. There is no objection to
Dawson.
''Of course everybody knows that