The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02
Tells Newspaper Mem
What He Thinks of Them.
Also Gives His Impressions of
What a Paper Should Be.
OUT AT WASHBURN.
The Visitors Are Given a ROYAL
Reception.
Walter Williams, viii HI. NAYS
and Others Speak.

Bulwarks of liberty and strou gest
safeguards of American citizens" Is
the term which Governor W. P S+ubbs
applied to the newspapers Of the nation
in his address Of welcome before the
Kansas State Editorial association in
the Washburu college chapel last night
. The chapel was well filed with the
members of the editorial association
who had enjoyed the hospitality Of
WaShburu for four hours and the meet
ing was one Of the best of the present
convention, even though two speakers
were absent
Governor Stubs took his place on
the programme early, as he was billed
for a later appearance at the state
labor meeting in representative hall Il
am glad to meet the men who shape
public sentiment in Kansas said Gov
ernor Stubs The newspaper men
have done great things for this state
L am glad to talk to the women of the
state editorial association as well for I
doubt not that many Of the great
things accomplished by Kansas Jour
nalfSts were inspired and carried 10 a
successful conclusion through the eff
forts and assistance OF the women.
We owe as much to the newspapers
as to anything else, as much as we do
to the schools and the churches. They
are the bUIwarks Of liberty and the
strongest safeguards of the American
citizens We cannot say too much for
the newspapers Had it not been for
the American press Theodore Roose-
welt. the greatest president since Lin
coin, would have been poweriesS IN
welding his big stick CAppIause.) In
this state the people have come into
their own through the efforts Of the
Kansas press
But still we find that the press is
not perfect I hope to see the day
when murders and divorces viii be told
in ordinary print and in the feWest pos
-
that time when double column head
VIII not be required for anything ex-
cept that which IS good and uplifting.
Il have always been fond Of the
newspaper business and I think that
when I am kicked out Of politics that
I viii run paper OF my own am
glad to have met with you and wish
that I could have stayed longer, but I
welcome you al as a body and would
be glad to welcome any Of you at any
time as individuals"
WaIter Williams Address
Seldom have Topeka or editorial folk
had the opportunity OF listening to
paper as perfect in its dicttOn or as
address Of Walter Williams dean of
the Missouri University School Of Jour
nalism which he read last night IN
Washburn chapel In The Challenge
ed what IS probably the best compost
ton from a literary standpoint ever
heard in Topeka It is doubtful wheth-
er Nathaniel Hawthorne, with his great
command OF language and smoothly
constructed sentences ever produced
better effort than the one which Mr.
Williams read last night
The skyline changes with each days
sun said Mr. Williams We lift our
eyes TO a new horizon every time We
lift our eye Where yesterday was
wfgwam and stone axe and spinning
wheel today is q palace for a home, the |
electric current for candle light and
carrier the SWiftneSs Of a million |
weavers' shuttIes for a spinning wheel |
Humanity. the spear heads Of the host 1
gIitteriug from the garden Of Eden IN
til now, marching forward. finds each /
day new sky line
The speaker viewed the sky lire from /
various angles He first saw IT from 1
the red barn of the farmstead- Next /
he viewed it from the factory with the
giant STnokeStack- Then he observed 4
It from the standpoint Of distribution 4
through the telegraph pole and the rail-
way train Looking at it from a still
different angle he sees the massive Of
fee building representing millions or 4
dollars invested IN business projects
Then he sees the school house dotted 4
against the azure blue Again he takes i
a different view and follows the sky
line horizon to the hene. where the IN \
dfvfduaT life is shaped The greatest
view of all he sees in the church spires
above the numberless sur
rounding buildings where human life L
lifted up to something better and
higher
Mr.. Williams emphasized the battle
against trusts and took occasion TO
hand a bouquet TO Herbert Hadley,
MisSourTS governor I count II 4 proud
boast Of nv own state said Mr.. VII
liams. that in its capital city. the su
urerne court chosen by one party. upon
the plea OF an attorney general of an
other part@a native kauSaS-uOW
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L unanimous vote a great and brutaIly
rich corporation which broke the law
Z corporation which is Of no party and
with no platform save greed"
The real challenge of the sky line"
Mr. Williams summarized thus: ITO
follow the cross by day. TO follow It
when darkness deepeus and naught else
remains, I summon you Its central
self sacrifice and service II Is no easy
TASK no rosewater campaign to which
summon you It means hardness and
toll the scars and seams Of sorrow. to
Eethsemane. GoIgotha-but please God
to glory just beyond Set up the
cross in the skyline OF the world, amid
Is smoking chimneys. its reamfng en-
sinery. its mighty and new probleIns-
and the kingdom of heaven for which
We pray in word and thought, has
,one TO earth
The Visit to Washburn
The trip to Washburn was an enjoy
-bIe one for the editors President
sanders and his corps Of faculty and
tudent assistants certainly know how
0 entertain editors Many Of the news
aper men of the state were not IA
1tIiar with WaShburu, her size and
ossi ofHties, but none Of them will go
lome with any misconceptions They
low see Topeka's big university in a
lew light as a great center Of learn
zg and will always De prepared 70
peak for it a good word In slang
hraseoIozy-Mr Sanders was 4on 10
is job and knew what he was doing
Fe was showing the editors Z good