The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
First Kansas Day Club Banquet
Seems Long Way OFF.
Many Of Those Who Attended
Have Passed Off Stage.
FROST WAS PRESIDENT
Alluded to. Harger, Herbert and
White as Three Graces.
Most of Those Who Attended
Have Held Office.

Tickets arr on sale now for the Kan
sas Day club banquet to be held in
Topeka January %. Governor Stubs
bought ticket No. L. But the governor
was not a guest at the first banquet of
the club given in 1892. At that period
in Kansas history the Republican par
ty was in the hands of the old men.
The young fellows marched in the
torchlight professions and spilled
kerosene on their clothes; they whoop-
ed 1t up at Qualifications and some
times they were allowed to speak at a
school district meeting on county al
fairs. But the old men held the Of
fees and directed affairs and divided
the profits.
The rebellion of 90, therefore, may
be spoken IF as an affair of liberty,
Just as one speaks of the days of 81
and rs. The young men, a few of
them, got together one day at a din
ner at the 'Chroop hotel and decided
to strike for their affairs and their
So they called banquet at which the
young politicians of the state were to
organize for the promotion of their
mutual welfare.
The plan worked well. The young
men came into their own and 1t is so
even unto this day.
At the second banquet held in 1898
Harry w. Frost, the first president of
the club, in his address said: There
were c. NJ. Harger, Ewing Herbert
and Will White, who may be properly
referred to as the three graces of the
Kansas Day club-the world, the
flesh and the devil"
Continuing further, Mr.. Frost gave
how the date of January % came to
be decided upon as the date for the
clubs annual banquet:
''It was not originally intended to
have the club meetings on January 20,
the date first agreed upon being in the
holiday week. when the season SEEM
ed most fit for sentiment, and the
yearly passes had not yet expired. 1t
will be remembered, however, that
just preceding the holidays of 1891 a
sad af1iction befell Kansas and the
country, in the death of one of the
states most beloved sons and one of
the nations most worthy statesmen,
(Senator Preston B. Plumb, died De-
cember 20, 1919 This, in the esti-
nation of the management of the club,
necessitated postponement of the
contemplated festivities, out of respect
to the memory of the dead and in
sympathy with the states bereaved
hearthstone. The selection of the an
niversary of the admission of Kansas
to the Union for the date of the ban
quet was an accidental inspiration-a
coincidence of necessity and the calen-
dar.'
club were as follows:
President, Harry W. Frost, Topeka
First vice president, G. S. Reed. FIRE.
donia-
Second vice president, John Q. Royce,
Smith Center
Third vice president. r. H. Brewster,
White Cloud.
Secretary. E. H Chandler, Kansas
City.
Assistant. Geo. Smith, Marysville.
Treasurer, Harry L. Woods, yelling
ton.
At the First Banquet
Those present at the first banquet,
Jan. %, 1892, were, J.. w. Ady, Newton;
T.. p. Anderson, Kansas City; W. j.
Bailey, Baileyville; C. c. Baker. To-
peka; P. w. Bean, Atchison; S. j. Bear,
Topeka; w. A. S. Bird, Topeka; w E
Bolton, Greensburg; J. r. Burton, Abb
lene; E. F. Caldwell, Lawrence; Arthur
Callahan, Topeka; Phil P. Campbell,
Pittsburg; E. H Chandler. Kansas
City; Harold T. Chase, Topeka: Geo. A.
Clark, Junction City; G. E. Clarkson,
Ness City; Fred H. Collier, Topeka; F.
S. Crane, Topeka; Frank G. CroweIl,
Atchison; ]. K. Cubbison Kansas City;
Charles Curtis, Topeka; A. W. Dana.