New-York tribune., 1910-01-30
PRAISE FOR KANSAS
SONS OF ST4TE DINE
Jasfice Brescer Guest of Honor
Uichita Editor LipeIu

The Kansas breeze that blew insl,ree,o
.-+o Congress indulged in gentle ,i.,la
lister at the Plaza last night. ernanat,ng
s-,u, the resonant larynx of Henry Al
~ editor Of The Wichita Beacon, sra
sorn,er law partner OF Senator Rris,our
wr Alien. who looks like a tovial ed,t,o,,
II william J Bryan. is distinguished by
hat lack of front and abundarce OF bacL
t.i- iust above the collar line. which ..
/. characteristic. seemingly. Of Western ed
,fors and orators
He had q sympathetic audience in the
r-enbers OF the Kansas Society os Nau-
vork who had gathered at their secors
,rnual dinner. and even Justice Brewer 90
The United States Supreme Court tha
rest Of honor. smiled in acknowledS-,er,
~ the presence of the Kansas idea Inc
,ioe Brewer once lived in Kansas once
The two points which Mr. Allen wishes
- impress upon his auditors were thar
Esrsans had taught and could teach New
York e thing or. two. and that Presiden.
Taft was not favorite in the Sunrouer
stste.
When farmers OF Kansas" said Mr..
Alien. before they got on their feet. asked
the government for land loan to tide
.her. over their difficulties great shrek
~ EAElt-l VEN ~ AlOLl New y Ork and
Philadelphia and other Eastern cities az
the i6ea that the government should help
,he kansas farmer financially. But when
- la07 Wall Streets financiers went 10
washington and got Secretary Corteivou
~ the Treasury TO lend them $50 Dooo. .oo To
-jde them over their troubles no one
laughed Wall Street borrowed this ides
from Kansas. II only serves 70 show the
rrsrzed viewpoint We used 70 think thar
New York. or. rather. Wall Street. was the
commercial nerve OF the country. but We
ind TOW that Wall street is merely a vari-
cose vein. where the circulation OF the
Country IS clogged al intervals
The speaker then took up q consideration
q Ray SIannard Bakers article in the re-
CEN issue Of q magazine in which the
writer anslyzed the insurgnt movement
NJ Baker has given US kansans credit
lie continued. for having distinguished
stztesr-en, but he finds hat we have no
Are Lincoln in the present movement We
vii snow him that he is~rong as soon as
Cur 'Aoe' Lincoln gets Jack from Africa.
kansas was for Theodce Roosevelt, and
more particularly for Roosevelt policies,
and when Taft was nominated II was for
Taft because IL expected him 10 carry out
the Roosevelt policies. but Taft couldn't
carry E township in Kansas to-day. Gilt
rertng Presidential trims do not win in
Kansas. We ike poliees rather than men
Kansas vas for an lsnest revision Of the
-zri@ downward.
Justice Brewer said
Il = often said hat dwellers in the
mountains, as the SlSs. have the strong
est affection for the home land, an affec-
non that goes with 1ern wherever they 60
There ere 10 mountns or hills IN Kansas,
tu- great. rich lain. sloping eastward
from the Rockies the Missouri, and yet
-oW here can there be found more intense
O. unfeiling love Of the home country,
greater pride IN itshistory or greater faith
= future
have traveller extensively through the
Tesr and have iet multitudes OF former
c--izers of Kanss. and from Kansas"
vas alwavs intrcucIion and welcome. We
vho having livd IN Kansas. have been
cslIeE bv The vCe Of duty 10 other places
q work knovhow true are the words
= The rnaEniHenr eulogy by President
Butter OF our recently departed Kansas
friend. your finer president, James H.
CsrEeld
FAT Ears AND LEAN
Il the nanynd varied experiences which
came 70 The ale, especially in its earIv
6svs Il toun an answer 10 the question
Why KsnsSs love Kansas" We knew
t1e nusnThazer and the jayhawker the
80 l=z and q Indian We have seen the
hot wind sH-p through her growing corn
and II don hours destroy the expected