The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-29

to speak at but one banquet, and it is
this wise precaution that has kept a
few from occupying the limelight and
has given the state so many talented
young men to take part in its affairs.
George r. Allen, President.
George T. Allen of Kansas City, pres
ident of the club, who will act as toast
master tonight, will also deliver the an
nual address in his official capacity
His subject will be the Republican
Party, Its Achievements and What 1t
Stands for Today. Mr.. Allen won a
reputation as an orator In the last
house of representatives of which he
was a loading member.
The president of the club was born In
Atchison county. Kan. He is grad
uate of the law department Of the state
university and taught school for several
years before he began the practice Of
law. Mr.. Allen was frequently spoken
of last fall as a candidate for congress
IN the Second district, but he declined
TO enter the race.
w. p. Montgomery, Secretary.
w. P. Montgomery, secretary of the
club, upon whose shoulders has rested
the burden of making the banquet
success is a young Topeka attorney.
He graduated from the university law
school in 1907. During the last session
of the legislature he was secretary TO
Speaker Dolley. and last summer acted
as clerk of the state grain department.
OF Attorney General Jackson.
Henry j. Waters.
H. J. Wa .ers, president of the Kansas
State Agricultural college, who speaks
on THE Meat Boycott at the Kansas
Day banquet, was born in Missouri in
1865, and educated in the common
schools. He graduated from the Uni
versity of Missouri in 1886; was assist
ant secretary Missouri state board of
agriculture, 1886 to 1888, and assistant
q kI,o eta
pertinent station, 1881. He was pro-
fessor of agriculture at the Pennsyl-
vania State college. and agriculturist 10
the experiment station, 1892-99: director
state agricultural exhibit, Louisiana
Purchase exhibition, 1904 Studen at Uni
versities of Leipzig and Zurich, 1904-5;
president Missouri board of agriculture,
190S-9; dean of the College of Agricul-
ture and director of the agricultural
experiment station. and professor of
agriculture at the University of Mis-
souri,, 1868; president of Kansas State
Agricultural college, Manhattan, 1909.
Robert LOufbourrow.
Robert Loufbourrow, who speaks on
the subject. THE Party and Its Lead
ers," was born in Kansas in 1873 and
spent his boyhood on a Kansas farm
He worked his way through school and
college, graduating from Baker univer-
sity in 1901. During his last college
year he won the Interstate oratorical
Neodesha and was an active member in
the last legislature from Wilson county
o. I'll. Foster.
o. H. Foster mayor of Garden
City, will represent the western part
of the state at the banquet speaking
on the subject. THE Interpreter"
Mr.. Foster was born in New York
state He moved to Kansas many
years ago and begun the practice of
law in Finney county. He is the Sc
fnr- mo 1aar. Of Low -
ter, Evans & Dunn and is known over
the Seventh district as a lawyer of
ability and especially as an eloquent
pleader before jury.
Will S. Rupe.
Will s. Rupe of NORTH, who speaks
on Patriotism and Party Fealty,'' is
Brown county product. His grand
father was one of the original settlers
in that locality coming to Kansas be-
fore the civil war. The town of Rob-
inson in Brown county is built on the
site of the original family homestead.
Mr.. Rupe attended Lane university at
Lecompton and also the state univer-
sity. He is a school teacher, who is
spending his spare time studying law
and he expects to embark soon in the
practice of that profession.
A. NJ. Erbright.
A. NJ. Erbright is 1.-The Young Re-
publican" at the banquet tonight.
The young man who represents old
K. U. on this occasion went to the
state university from Baker; and has
also taken post graduate work at the
Missouri university He is a we'll
known athlete, and while still young
man has played professional ball for
six years and is now coach of the K
U. baseball team. Mr. Erbright also
stands high in his studies at the uni
versity and a large delegation of stu
dents are here today from Lawrence
to give him a send off tonight.
Il. l.. Plat.
Mr.. Platt will respond to the toast
kansas at the banquet tonight. He
should be qualified for the honor for
he was born in the Sunflower state
and now runs a newspaper. His faith
er was one of the pioneer Congrega-
tional missionaries of the state, set
Ting in Wabaunsee county before
the war. He was married in Topeka
in 1856 and preached the first ser
mon in the pioneer village of Wichita.
The younger Platt was born in Eure-
ka, Greenwood county in 1872. He
graduated from Washburn college in
1896. In 1896 he represented Kansas
in the interstate oratorical contest.
After leaving college he taught school
for several years. For the past eight
years he has been the owner and edi-
tor of the Kirwin Kansan.
Charles o. Whedon.
Charles o. Whedon of Lincoln, Neb.,
who has accepted the invitation of the
cruz DIS principal speaker at the pam
quet tonight. is a native of Ohio and
the son of a farmer. At an early age
he came to Kansas and secured an
education at the State Agricultural
college at Manhattan. Mr.. Whedon at
tended the law school at Ann Arbor,
Mich, and began the practice of law
35 years ago at Lincoln. He later
formed a partnership with o. P.
Mason. the first chief justice of Ne
braska, which continued until Judge
Mason's death in 1891. Only recently
Mr.. Whedon has been retained as spe-
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