The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-26
BIG CROWD GOING
Many Persons Will Attend Bill
lard Indignation" Meeting.
Religious Organizations Urging
All Members Presence.
TO HAVE BRASS BAND.
List of Speakers Now Includes
Several Big TOpekans.
Capt. Waters, Copeland, Hopkins
and Holiday to Talk.

big crowd out for the town indigna-
ton meeting" at the Auditorium Fri
day night. A brass band will be on
hand to play between speeches. The
list of speakers is being swelled and
now includes E. l.. Copeland, Scott
Hopkins, Capt. ]. G. Waters, William
Macferran and Charles K Holiday.
Judge S. H. Allen will act as chair
man.
There is much discussion on the
street on the Billiard" question. The
presidents of the Topeka Local union,
the Epworth League union, and the
Eighth District Christian Endeavor
union are urging the members of
these organizations to turn out in force
to the Indignation meeting.
The business men who formed an
organization at the Commercial club
Tuesday desire that this organization
citation of Topeka. w. ]. Rickenbacher
is president, as previously stated. P.
w. Griggs has been chosen vice presi-
dent.
"since it has been known that we
have established an organization"
said w. ]. Rickenbacher today, "a
number of representative citizens have
come to me to express their sympathy
with the movement They say it is an
outrage to have a mayor who makes
statements detrimental to the interests
of the city.
Several of these persons have said
that as the liquor question was set
tied long ago in Kansas, it is a pity to
bring it up again"
Following is a statement of the OBJ
jectS of the Friday evening meeting as
drawn up by a committee composed of
Z. w. Rankin, DR.. E. S. Pettyjohn, D.
H. Brannaman and H. Ward Page:
1T was decided after some discus
sion to call a public meeting-a town
meeting'-to be held in the Auditorium
at o'clock on Friday evening of this
week, for the purpose of giving public
expression to the general feeling of in
dignation resulting from the published
attacks of the mayor of Topeka on the
prohibitory provision in the constitu-
ton of the state, and also to make
suitable reply to the repeated state
that prohibition in Kansas is a failure,
and in particular that the prohibitory
law has affected business unfaVorably
in this city and in the state.
These statements do not represent
the sentiments of the people of To-
peka and of Kansas. They probably
have little weight in this city and
state where the situation is we'll
known. But they do have weight in
states like Missouri and Nebraska
where the question of prohibition or
the question of county or local OPP
ton, is an issue at the present time.
1T is indeed quite certain that the
present concerted attacks on the pro-
hibitory law emanating from the
mayor and from those with whom he
| is associated. are intended to influence
sentiment in other states, and especial
| ~ in Missouri.
Surely an effective way of refut-
| ing the statements referred to is a
meeting of the law abiding citizens of
! Topeka at the auditorium Friday
night.
They owe 1t to themselves to put
! themselves right before the state and
/ the country. The mayor of the city
! has been heard, on account of his of
| fetal position, and on account of the
publicity given to his utterances by
| organizations of which he is an of
fcer. The citizens of Topeka should
| in turn make themselves heard in no
uncertain way
1.-The meeting Friday night will be
entirely non-partisan in character
The speakers are representative citi-
zenS of Topeka in various walks of
life. They will make vigorous reply
to the published utterances of the
mayor and Of those whom he repre-
SCENTS.
1T will do every lover of Topeka
good to hear them. No citizen can
serve his city and state to better ad-
vantage Friday night than by attend
| ing this meeting, accompanied by his
family. and by his neighbor and his
neighbor's family.
TT will furnish a splendid opportun-
| ity to stand up for Topeka, the clean
| est city in the middle west and for
Kansas, the best state in the Union.
II will be a rebuke to those in our city
who are seeking to furnish aid and
comfort to the enemies of prohibition
| in our sister state to the east.
There will be music by the Knights
and Ladies of Security band.
1.-The following with others to be
announced later, will make brief ad-
dresses:
-. R. Mu1vane, president of the Bank
of Topeka; Rev. DR.. F. L Loveland'
pastor of the First Methodist church;
E. L. Copeland, treasurer of the Santa
! Fe railway system; Scott Hopkins, vice
| president of the Prudential Bank; Capt
j. G. Waters, attorney; William Mac
| ferran, president State Savings bank;
| Charles K. Holiday capitalist