Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-02-04

LOYAL kANsANs IN VARIOUS
CITIES cELEsRATED THE
STATES ANNIVERSARY.
SENATOR LONG IN new YORK
Addresses Kansas Society at Fourth
Annual Banquet--kansas Day
Club Dimes at Topeka
Az Usual.

New York, Jan. Ex-senator Ches
ter |. Long, the retiring United States
senator, in a speech at the fourth an
nual banquet Of the Kansas society
of New York at the Waldorf Friday
night referred critically to his retire
ment and to the quick changing OF
political opinion In Kansas, but stated
that eventually Kansas always rights
herself.
"This is the forty-eighth anniversary
Of the day when Kansas was admitted
to the Union" he said. kansas hal
a reputation for quickly changing her
political opinion. am a good witness
on that point. Kansas now seems to
be in favor Of government ownership
Of some Of the instruments of pro-
duction and strict regulation for all
other instruments"
The senator then referred briefly to
some Of the crusades and reforms In
which Kansas has taken conspicuous
part and spoke Of the crusade against
corporations as being wSged with bit
terness and hate.
Il am not opposed to reasonable
regulation" he said. IT Kansas
hasn't led this policy Of extreme regu'
Iation Of corporations 1t is only be-
cause Oklahoma has been recently ad-
mitted to the Union.
"The issue last fall was one of rea-
sonable legislation as against extreme
regulation and the people elected VIII
liam Howard Taft, the exponent OF
reasonable regulation"
Applause greeted the speakers men,
ton Of the president-elect and then
Senator Long continued his speech in
more personal vein.
Other speakers were Representative
|P, H. Campbell of Kansas, Charles +.
Moore and Thomas e. 'Dinsmore.
kilograms Of greetings were sent to
and received In the Kansas societies
Of Chicago, Denver and other cities.
The topeka DInneT'
Topeka, Jan. 30.-The sixteenth an
nual dinner Of the Kansas Day club
was held at the Masonic hall here
Friday night. An exceptionally large
crowd Of Republicans attended the
annual party feast. The club officers
have returned to the old original plan
Of selecting speakers
All those on the program Friday
night were Kansans. Some years ago
the officers went outside the state to
get chief speaker and that became
q custom. But when the present Of
ficers failed to get Gov. Hadley they
decided to return to the system In use
during the early days Of the club.
The speakers Friday night were Q. W.
Brown, Lenexa; o. G. Hull, Eldorado;
B. H. Grigsby, Chanute; J. U. Brown,
Hutchinson; w. D. Vance, Belleville;
DR.. ]. D. Dykes, Lebanon. S. B. Has
kins Of Olathe delivered the presi
dents address.
The election OF new ot1cers Tor the
club was held at three o'clock Friday
afternoon IN the supreme court cham
bers. There was only one candidate
for each two principal offices. These
were: For president, George Allen,
representative from Wyandotte coun-
ty; for secretary, w. P. Montgomery,
Topeka, private secretary to Speaker
]. N. Dolley Of the house of represen-
tatives,
Kansans In Chicago Dine.
Chicago, Jan. S0.-Although the
wind was blowing a gale on the out
side Of the Auditorium Friday night
and snow was being heaped up in
little drifts in Michigan avenue, in one
Of the banquet rooms Of the hotel
there were big and little sunfowers
in "full bloom" Hundreds Of Kansans
we're there to celebrate the forty
eighth anniversary Of that states en-
trance into the Union.