Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-02-03
HapgoOd Likes Jayhawker Push.

iIdI SnO"p WHAT an up-lO-Qate, broad
minded easterner thinks of Kansas
and Kansans:
at is to the great glory of our time
that we are coming nearer to the
. ideals of Abraham Lincoln every day.
Such was the tribute paid in his ad-
dress Tuesday night by Norman Hap
good, editor of Golfers Weekly, to the
Great Emancipator.
Every now and then there rises a
man who begins to try to carry out
the ideals of Lincoln, and they are
becoming. more and more frequent,
Mr. Hapgood added. Lincoln was
away head Of his time. 1t is to our
glory that We are taking up his idtals
and carrying them out"
Mr.. Hapgood talked to the assem-
,bled editors Of Kansas, members Of
both houses of the state legislature
and members of the Commercial cub,
at big banquet held Tuesday night
at the Masonic temple. The large
banquet room was crowded to the
doors, practically every chair in the
hall being filled, Mr.. Hapgood's
theme was Morals of Today"
Beginning his address Mr.. Hap
good said that he could spend profit
ably, he believed half an hour talk'n
about any one of dozen subjects that
would come under the general head
chosen as his topic.
"I'could spend half an hour. urging
you to accept the Massachusetts bal
lot" the speaker said. 81 could
spend another half hour urging the
use of the short ballot.
Morals in a broader sense, howev-
er, lam particularly glad to be given
an opportunity to discuss in Kan
sas."
Mr.. Hapgood, in few words, told of
his rise in the world, asserting that
the first money he ever earned was as
an Office boy not far from the Mis-
.Sissippi river where he learned short
hand and rose from 81 to SIS a week
He said at that time his salary was
dependent, to a great extent, upon the
crops that were raised in Kansas. and
that then, and ever since then, he has
been interested in Kansas.
o. Praise For Madison.
Going on to say why he is glad to
discuss the matter of morals in Kan
.sas, he told Of the Alaska investiga-
ton, and declared that of the COM
mittee appointed to investigate, the
majority went there, not to get the
truth, but to arrive at a prearranged
conclusion. He added that one went
from Kansas, whose decision was not
prearranged. He named Congress
man E. H. Madison as the man.
As another reason Mr.. Madison de-
clared there was a little circle in
Washington who decided that the
criticisms of men in high places was
injurious, and ought to be stopped.
lie said that it was agreed that Vice
President Sherman should appoint
half OF committee and Uncle Joe
Cannon was to appoint the other half
OF committee to report that nothing,
had been found against certain men
in high places.
This would have meant million
dollar libel suit brought by Balm
ger" the speaker said, "and the failure
OF at least one publication. But the
plan didn't work. The house of rem
resentatives stepped in and refused
to allow Uncle Joe to name his half
OF the committee. In this a man from
Kansas stood at the head of the great
hight in the house. A man from Kan
SaS fearlessly led the opposing forces
Victor Murdoch, one of the Kansas
representatives. On the other side I'm
Gle Joe Cannon is, as good a represen-
tatives of the camp as we need.
Why He Likes Kansas.
Proceeding, Mr.. Hapgood said he
. was glad to speak in Kansas because
the chief executive Of the state of
Kansas is a man whom the trusts and
corporate interests can not buy nor
intimidate He said this man was
one who, knowing the true earnings of
the great corporations, stood for the
rights of the people against the cor
porate interests, and would not be
called of. Also Mr.. Hapgood said he
the state has showned it was a pro-
ducer of brave men and men of deyo-
ton.
I'm a recent fight in New Jersey ;
the speaker said, the Democrats won
their fight for governor because thew
brought out real man in the person
OF Woodrow Wilson. Some time ago
1t looked as though Oregon was the
only state on the Pacific coast that