The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-01
NO FORMALITY THERE.
1nsurgent Leaders in Kansas
Present.
Governors Dinner a Notable
Event in States History.

state to attend the Roosevelt dinner al
the Governor Stubs home at Law
renee last night. The occasion was a
political conference rather than a So
cial affair. An insurgent conference
The ex-p-esident was surrounded
by such men as Senator Bris-
tow, w. A White, Fred S. Jackson,
Robert Stone, Senator Young, ]. n.
Dolley. Henry Allen, Alex Mitchell and
all the chief fighters of that wing OF
the party. About sixty-five guests sat
down to a splendid repast served IN
the third floor of the Stubs mansion.
William Allen White described the
banquet as a whole. when he said 20
Bristow: This is the best chicken
ever tasted in my life"
There was never such an lnSurgent
crowd gathered under one roof as that
which broke bread with the African
hunter last night. Every one was happy
and the colonel appeared to be the
happiest man in the house. He had
had hard day at OsawatoTnie and did
not arrive at Lawrence until $50. Aud
he made a short talk to the Lawrence
citizens, stopping to dedicate a new
fountain on the way to the Stubs
house.
He retired to his room for an hour
and then came down stairs as fresh as
paint to mingle with the guests until
supper was served at $3.50.
There is not a bit of formality about
Governor Stubs. He is host in a
thousand. and his guests were soon at
ease. Only one guest. William Allen
White. was attired in a dress suit.
The time before supper was spent in
the parlors milling" much as they
used to do in the old Copeland COL
Roosevelt stood in the center OF
crowd of a score or more OF hansans
and talked and 'Jollied" with them as
Kansan.
Judging from your speech today. =
said some one in the crowd, i shouN
judge. colonel. that you either wrote
the Kansas platform of TUESDAY Tor
William Allen White, or Mr.. White
wrote your speech"
Roosevelt the Magnetic Center
The colonel held up his hands. I'VE
are both exposed" he said
The colonel walked upstairs to din
ner with Governor Stubbs. He talked
throughout the repast, entering Win
enthusiasm into all the subjects
broa ched nv the diners. His personal
itv has always been underdrawn by
the many men who have written SO
much about him in the past ten years
1t is simply impossible to describe the
man in print. When he is introduced
10 a man, a stranger unknown and OF
no particular consequence, he appears
to drive every thought of other men
and things out of his mind for the
moment and devote his entire attention
to his new acquaintance. He shirts
his train of thought, interrupted by the
introduction. instantly to the stranger
and talks earnestly and with purpose
full force on any subject that that
stranger brings up in his word of
greeting.
Sitting at the table and talking with
those around him. the colonels voice
is 40 full of repressed energy as when
he is on the speakers stand. His
tones are low, but they vibrate from
the power inside the machine.
He won every man in the banquet
hall last night as his friend forever.
After the supper he gave his first at
tention to the dozen young Lawrence
society girls who helped Miss Lenora
Stubs serve the dinner. The colonel
surrounded by the young girls dressed
in white made picture not down in
the political handbook.
No FOrmality There.
The guests staid in the dining hall
for an hour after the dinner and the
electric fans blew all formality out the
windows. The colonel talked with the
guests in all parts of the room. sitting
down or standing, just as it happened.
Only one subject was tabooed, and
that was the candidacy of the colonel
for the presidency. The Kansas in
surgents present were as happy as
CLAIMS and they had every word
they desired from the most distinguish
ed American except this one thing.
Roosevelt gave aid and comfort by
the ton to the insurgents. and his lieu
tenants Pinchot and Garfield, gave
even more. but the presidential boom
was never allowed to get start. Given
an inch and it would have Travelled a
mile. Twenty-Five newspaper men
from the east and the west were pres
ent and eager for just one word to
start the ball.
The following guests were present at
the governors dinner:
Col w. r. Nelson. William Allen
White. Clifford Pinchot. James A Gar
field. p. H. Madison, J. L. Bristow. ]
n. Dolley. David D. Leahy, Marcellus
Murdoch, Henry j. Allen. Ralph Stout
Harold Chase, Fred S. jackson, Alex
Mitchell l. d. Young. r. r. Rees. Chas
A. Finch. ]. L. Brady. John T. Stubs
George ]. Barber Charles Kerr. Geo
w. Daley of Chicago. Robert Stone
The following newspaper men were
present: American Press association
Wade Mountfort, Jr.; Associated Press
Lucius F. Curtis, Charles f. Kern anc
Edgar T. Cutter; Brooklyn Eagle, Ar.
thur NJ. Howe; Chicago Examiner. W
H. Culver; International News associ.
ton, John B. Pratt; New York Evenins
Sun, H. F. Griffin; New York Press
]. ]. Doyle; New York Sun. A. E. Sam
Iels: New York Times, Oscar K. Davis
New York World, James Cooper; News
paper Enterprise association, Gilsol
Gardner; Philadelphia North American
A McSween; Publishers Press. Home
Davenport; United Press association. E
r. Sartwell; Boston Globe, NJ Hennes
sy; Chicago Tribune, R. H. Little
Kansas City Star, Fred Bullene, Les
lie Wallace: Kansas City Journal. Chas
Sessions: Topeka State Journal c. A
Cain: Kansas City Post, L. ".
Rucker; Topeka Daily Capital L.
Hodge.
When he crossed the Kansas lin
Colonel Roosevelt seemed to catch tn
Kansas insurgent spirit and he com
mitted himself while Stubbs' guest t.
the cause of the insurgents to a great
er degree than at any time since hi
return from Africa. His friends, Pin
chot and Garfield, surely would no
dare to speak any other than his senti
ments and they praised the Kansa
insurgent platform and its makers t.
the skies
Mr.. Pinchot and Mr.. Garfield mad