The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03
His Special Reaches SunflOWer
State on Time.
First Stop Made in Garden City
This Morning.
REACHES Topeka $3.50.
Parade Will Form on Lower
Kansas Avenue.
Distinguished Visitor to Ride
at Head of Procession.
OVERFLOW MEETINGS.
One Will Be Held at Grand
Opera House.
Senator J. p. DOlliver Will Di-
vide HOnOrs With Taft.
OVERFLOW MEETINGS.
One Will Be Held at Grand
Opera House.
Senator j. p. DOlliver Will Di-
vide HOnOrs With Taft.

Garden City, Kan, Oct. 3.-The Taft
special train arrived at Garden City,
it's first stop in Kansas. at 7;4O this
morning, on time. A crowd of several
thousand people was at the depot to
greet the train. Mr.. Taft made a
speech about ten minutes in length.
With all factions Of Kansas Republi
cans aboard his special train. Judge
Taft today invaded the Sunflower state
and before reaching Topeka tonight will
have made fourteen speeches. He be-
gan on crossing the western state line
at 6 o'clock this morning when his
train stopped for water at Syracuse. A
good sized crowd was in attendance,
displaying many Taft pictures, deco
rated with sunflowers. The candidate
expressed his delight at the reception,
shook hands with many of the crowd
and made them little speech. He was
followed by w. r. Stubbs. nominee for
governor who contrasted Taft and
Bryan, saying that the former was
man Of few words and big deeds, while
the latter reversed the order.
The Kansas politicians who are MAX
ing the tour of the state with the can
didate include Governor Hoch, d. w.
Mulvane. national committeeman; J.
n. Dolley chairman of the state central
committee; J. L. Bristow. who has just
defeated Senator Long at the primaries;
Senators Long and Curtis; Cyrus Le-
land. who was the opponent of w. r.
Stubs for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton; Lieutenant-G Fitzgerald,
and a large local committee.
These leaders. it was stated, repre-
sented all the factions. and the days
work Is intended to do the candidate
much political benefit. according to
their predictions.
The Taft train is due to reach To-
peka on the Santa Fe at $50 D. m.
The big street parade will form
between Third and Fifth on Kansas
yvenue at 6 o'clock. Get your sup
lers early.
Taft will go from the Santa Fe depot
to the Auditorium in an automobile at
the head of the parade.
Mr.. Taft's first speech will be at the
Auditorium, capacity of which is
about 5000.
While Taft is speaking at the Audi
torium, Senator Jonathan Prentiss
Dolliver of Iowa will speak at the
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capacity of the Grand is 1000.
After speaking at the Auditorium.
Taft will be taken to the Grand and
will speak. Dolliver will go to the
Auditorium.
After the Grand meeting, If there is
necessity, Taft will address an over
flow meeting on the streets.
There are upwards of 1O. 900 visitors
in Topeka, some of them having come
hundreds of miles to attend this great
political meeting. Topeka people
should do all in their power to see that
these visitors are properly entertained.
and are afforded every opportunity to
make the most of their trip.
Taft day has captured Topeka. In
vading hosts of Republicans from all
over the eastern and central portions
of Kansas have seized the restaurants,
hotels. boarding houses. streets and
sidewalks, and this evening they will
occupy the auditorium and Grand
opera house and other strategic posi-
tions from which may be seen-and
possibly heard-the Republican can
didate for the presidency of the
United States William Howard Taft,
Of Ohio.
The forty regular and special trains
which came into Topeka today before
the time of the big parade and speech
making tonight each was crowded to
the limit with people coming to the
great Republican demonstration.
These trains probably brought 10,0 900
people to Topeka. This afternoon
kansas avenue is thronged with these
visitors, and the crowd is getting
more dense all the time. When To-
peka and Shawnee county pour their
delegations of Taft enthusiasts into
the streets tonight, there will prob
ably be $4,000 people waiting for
chance to do honor to the standard
bearer of Republicanism.
The Taft train is due to reach To-
peka at $50 p. m 1t may be a lit
tie late. Such trains usually are a
little late. 1t will very likely reach
Topeka by o'clock, barring serious
accidents out on the line.
AS soon as the Taft train pulls into
the Santa Fe depot. the parade will
have formed with its various divisions
resting on Kansas avenue below Fifth
street. There the parade will await
the arrival of the automobile section
from the Santa Fe depot.
Line of March.
The line of march of the parada
which was first planned to be west ON
Fourth street from the Santa Fe depot
has been changed, on account of the