The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11
Stubbs began his inaugural speech.
A Spirit of Pride.

Stubs began his inaugural speech.
A Spirit of Pride.
Behind the pomp and circumstance
of the occasion. the music of the bands
present. the inspiring melodies of the
pipe organ, the military color given
by the uniforms of the national
guardsmen, the eloquence of the
speakers, and the ever present inSpira-
ton and grandeur of an assembled
multitude of persons, behind all this
was the spirit of pride manifest always
in the breasts of the citizens of this
young giant among the western states.
Less than fifty years ago the seat of
government was established in the viii
lage of Topeka in the new state. A few
towns and trading posts We're scatter
ed over the prairies in the eastern por-
ton of the state, guarded from Indians
by the soldiers of the forts. These
pioneers struggled with the virgin soil
and passed safely through the storms
of war and the seven lean years of the
drouth and grasshoppers. Her Gala
mites were so many and her public
characters so eccentric that Kansas
was the laughing stock of the rest of
the union for thirty years. and while
her sister states were not laughing at
her they were sending contributions of
food and clothing and coal to Kansas.
But the foundations of a great state
were here in the shape of natural re-
sources sufficient for the empire of a
Caesar and the breed of men and wo-
men who excited laughter many years
ago was of the same blood that beat
Charles I at Naseby. that overthrew
the Bourbons of France and conquer
ed the bleak country side behind Ply
mouth Rock.
Kansans present at today's spect-
acle have a right to feel proud. Be
| hind the pomp of the ceremonial was
the consciousness of having advanced
from the last place among the column
of the states to the vanguard.
The farms of Kansas where the
grasshopper f1ourished in the breath
of the hot winds are now flowing with
milk and honey and they are called
the storehouses of the world. Gas
| from Kansas wells produces heat and
energy equal to $4,000 tons of coal a
day and great manufacturing inStitu-
| tionS thrive in pOpulouS cities in every
section of the state. Kansas bank de-
positS of 165 millions make Wall street
gasp where once 1t jeeEed
At Gov. Robinson's inaugural here
Just forty-eight years ago county
clerk from Douglas county admins
tered the oath of office in a little room
before a handful of people. The viii
| lage on the Kaw has grown since that
brief period from a trading post to a
| modern city containing almost as
many people as then lived in the entire
state
The auditorium where the ceremon-
| les were held is one of the five larg-
State Is Well Represented.
hundred cities, larger than Topeka
was then, have sent representatives
| here today. The gathering in that vast
hall when Chief Justice Johnston arose
to administer the oath was worthy of
any state in the union.
| Forty wears from the wilderness. The
| greatest nations of Europe had not
| made half the progress in civilization
from first settlement in two centuries
| of time.
| Kansans have a right to feel proud
| today, and if they made their twenty
| fourth inaugural a little more brilliant
| and ceremonious than usual it was to
| honor the achievements of the state
and not in spirit of vanity.
| The auto ride over Topeka. planned
/ for 10 o'clock, for the state officials and
members of the legislature and theiI
count of the cold weather.
Ex-Governor Stanley Presides
After the burst of music by Mar
shalPs band and the last grand notes OF
the pipe organ had died away the peo-
| pie sat very still while TemporarS
| ernor Stanley to the chair to preside al
| the ceremonial. Cheers greeted the ole
| leader of other battles and unforgotter
| triumphS of state and party.
Governor Hoch says Goodby.
| Governor Hoch's farewell official ut
| terance was listened to attentively. His
words of pardonable pride as he mar
| rated the achievements of his two ad-
niniStrationS We're received as greai
| truths and when the moment came
that brought the passing of his higf
office to another there was a sigh o1
regret at the loss of a trusty servant
The country editor, called to the
highest office in the state, had to fac'
many veering winds of public clamol
and reform. many vexing problems o
statecraft, but he made good in his neV
place.
His challenge today to turn th'
searchlight into every nook and GRANNY
of my administration was not an fdl'
boast. The eloquent, honest Methods
4 governor leaves his place at the cap