The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-30
Representative S. b. Haslxins, New
President of Kansas Day Club.

These two governors had sort of
joint debate at the Kansas Day club
banquet last night, at which their re-
spective views on the banking situation
were expressed George l.. Sheldon.
governor of Nebraska, admitted that
he wasn't a banker, but he presented
a gorgeous financial programme for the
reorganization of the currency which
would have made Coin" Harvey
scream with joy. Governor Hoch of
Kansas isn't a banker either, but he
frankly admitted last night that he
was advocating the bank deposit guar
antee bill as a depositor's measure and
not as a bankers measure The de-
positors seemed to be in the majority
a the banquet for they cheered Hoch
more than they did Sheldon.
1t was the seventeenth annual ban
quet of the Kansas Day club at which
the meeting of the governors occurred.
AS Governor Hoch remarked, the hall
was full of governors. Almost every
other man was a governor, or wanted
to be- There was Governor Hoch, Gov
ernor Sheldon, Governor Bailey, Gov
ernor Leland. Governor Stubbs, Cover
nor Fitzgerald, Governor Davidson,
and many others. Aside from the gov
ernors, there was probably 300 guests in
attendance, and this may have justified
the statement made by certain news
papers that the attendance was the
greatest ever. If it hadn't been for the
large throng of governors present. the
attendance would have been rather be-
low normal. OUT SOOu IOT year Wiich
there is a complete failure OF the pass
crop.
Speeches Were Too Long.
The banquet was served in the base
ment OF the state house rotunda. which
was handsomely decorated with flags.
and was shut off from the wings of the
building by canvas partitions. Stein
berg's orchestra played during the
gastronomic portion of the. evenings
entertainment. while some songs by
~f Il, T,rrr
club were sandwiched in between the
very, very long speeches.
With two or three exceptions, all the
speeches last night were too long, Tar
too long. 1t takes wonderful orator
to hold an audience for 80 minutes on
a manuscript speech. But this critic
ism might as well be Kept standing in
type for the next Kansas Day club
There are always some orators who get
SO interested in their subject that they
forget the unfortunate people who have
to sit and listen to it all. There never
has been a Kansas Day club banquet
without such; there probably never will
be one.
Governor Sheldon of Nebraska is
a big, broad shoulderd young man,
with bushy black hair and large.
gun-metal jaw. He is not much of a
spellbinder, but is an earnest, force
full talker. Coming as he did on one
days notice to fill a vacancy on the
programme. he gave a most excellent
account of himself. When asked be-.
fore the banquet for a copy of his
speech, he said he had no speech
What are you going to say?" was
asked.
God knows" he replied.
And it was evident that Mr.. Sheldon
was speaking the truth, for his talk
was largely of an extemporaneous ma
ture.
Hit the Union Pacific.
Governor Sheldon spared some
time for an opening, and then landed
a ring swing on the jaw of the Union
Pacific railway. He said, 81 read in
the newspapers that the vice president
of the Union Pacific has stated that
5000 men have been laid off by that
company and will stay off until Roose-
welt and his politics are laid on the
shelf And that is said by the vice
president of railroad which has been
making $4,000 year net profit on
every mile of its road between Omaha
and the Colorado line. If it is neces-
sary to stop the development of the
resources of the state on account of
Roosevelt, I say it is better so that
to permit those resources to be ex-
plotted for the benefit of Hartman
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