The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29

mended Madison for the place.
He stated that Speaker Cannon
would speak at Winfield, Salina and in
several towns in the Fourth district
! this summer. He announced his own
! speaking dates ahead as follows:
Americas, Lyon county, July 4.
Florence and Peabody in Marion
| county, July 5 and 6.
Redding in Lyon county, July 8.
| In Coffey county July IL, II, ID.
Greenwood, July Ia and Is.
| Emporia, July 16.
! Miller asked why Stubs, Dolley and
! Bristow did not advocate a revision of
the rules of the Kansas house of rep
| resentatiVeS.
| If noise goes for anything, Usage
/ Citv is surely strong for Miller Be
fore the speaking they rang the bells
, blew the whistles and fired off anv1ls:
| They also had a fiambeau club armed
with shotguns and made enough noise
| to be heard in Topeka. They were
celebrating the gift of a federal build
| ing from the government.
In connection with Mr.. Miller's well
come at Usage City it must be remem-
| bered that the people of that place are
| feeling especially kind toward him in
consideration of the public building
! just secured. They had met to cele-
| brate the event. and the man prin-
| cipally concerned was in their midst
A prominent Miller man said to the
| State Journal correspondent: The
| people in my community are most OF
| them for Jackson. The sentiment is
| in favor of the progressive policies
But the Miller men have done no work
at all up to this time. 1t will be pos
sible to win many of them back.
| saw some of those men at the meeting
| tonight and heard them cheer the
| speaker when he came out squarely
| and took his stand on the issues"
| After the meeting there was COM
ment heard on every hand about the
| fearless stand Miller had taken as g
| stand patter. He. was more pro-
| nounced than he was two years ago
| agreed between themselves as to what
| stand they would take before they left
Washington for Kansas. DOUBTLESS
| they believe that the insurgent wave
has reached its crest and is recedine
| into the ocean of calm thought. Else
| they would hardly be so bold. Not till
| the ballots are counted next August
| can the wisdom of their stand be safe
ly questioned or upheld.
| Two Usage City patriots were talk
/ ing together after the meeting. One
asked his friend: ''Will they organize
a new party?"
| 81 don't know: if they do, they will
1
| The cuestioner was silent for a mo-
ment then he said thoughtfully: well
| Roosevelt is natural born Populist."
| Tom Ellis of Burlingame came over
with a delegation to hear the speech
Those Burlingame people are proud OF
| their town. They believe they have
the prettiest village in Kansas.
| Usage county and Usage City are
4 81 h.
biggest corn crop this year in her his
tory. Usage City is going ahead at g
great rate. They are about ready tC
turn the water in the mains of the
| new $4,000 water plant. They are
working on a $4,000 sewer system
and already have a $4,000 light plant
and boast that Usage City is the only
town in the state with a light on every
! corner Two new store buildings are
to be built this summer, one an $4,000
! furniture store and the other a $4,000
| bank building to be used by the Usage
County bank. The city has many nand-
some homes and FowsS of fine shade
trees make the streets very attractive
in summer.
! This is Charlie Barnes town, and the
] SUPERINTENDENT of insurance is ace higf
in his own bailiwiek. The newspaper
boys found him under his own fig tree
| with his shirt off engaged in killing
rats. Sounds funny, but it's true. He
had a big rat trap full of rats and he
batted them on the head when they
came out. He had a batting average
of 500 when he called in a dog to hell
him Exciting times for five minutes.
Usage City will have nothing left Of
powder or enthusiasm with which tt
celebrate the Fourth of July after the
Miller meeting. They made more noise
there last night than the Colonials ant
the British both together at the battle
| of Bunker Hill.
| The Miller leaders admit that Stubb.
will carry the county of Usage by {
| large majority. He carried it owe
Leland by 1,O31. Some of the Miller
Iites believe that Wagstaff will cut dow
this lead by a few hundred. but 9th
ers, and Senator Miller among them
think that the Stubs majority will b.
about the same as it was two year.
ago.