The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-01
A FINE SUCCESS.

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assertion that the Almighty has in
creased his jurisdiction. and 1 ask
| this privilege On behalf of num-
Der of those present, who, as I. reside
west of that particular locality.
This club, 1 am reliably Informed.
! is composed of the Republicans of
4 Kansas who meet yearly, on the ami
versary of the states birth, for the
purpose of widening the breach in
their party and furnishing some ma
| chine guns to the enemy for use at
general elections; and therefore L
deemed it appropriate to attempt
Kansas, politically
Fighting Kansas.
kansas is the governmental syno-
| nym for fight She was the proven
| bal infant that kicked the Stats OUT
| of its cradle. Her first lullaby was
ditty sung by the atmospheric resis-
lance to arrows and bullets, with an
obligato of war whoops, accompan-
| led by free state and antf-slavery
bands. To the playground of her baby
hood were attracted the fighting type
of state builders; and fight they did
with nature, the elements and each
other. She became the melting pot
wherein was stewed the spirit of dis
content, yet that very spirit has been
the high powered machinery that in
large measure has forced the state,
materially, into the foremost rank.
But, however much impotence may
have contributed to the material well
fare of our commonwealth, it may not
be seriously doubted that this ten
dency has hampered her politically.
kansas is naught if not creative.
She never was destined to be fol-
lower She anticipates rather than
shares-and therefore has she always
been in the 1imelight of the nation
Reform is q word invented. primarily,
fer use in Kansas, and, secondarily,
for use elsewhere. Is an existing
condition bad? Kansas seeks to de-
stroy it. If it is good. it must be bet
tered; if it is best, it's an unhealthy
condition that requires bleeding-al-
ways and ever must there be change
-change-change.
John j. Ingalls,
'In one of the most notable hours
of the states political lucidity she ele-
waited to the United States senate one
of the most brilliant ana capable leg
islators that ever graced that renowned
forum. Brainy. elegant dexterous
edged leader. The ombination of
sound judgment, moving eloquence,
Incompatible English. and master
craft in satire, personified in John J.
ingalls,, it may be truthfulIy asserted,
has never been surpassed in the his
y
did Kansas proudly bask in the glory
reflected by her brilliant senator, and
with becoming pride took her place in
the state councils of the most high,
where for years she remained a digni-
fled counsellor.
Only One Roosevelt.
"There never was but one Theodore
Roosevelt He is without predecessor,
as he shall ever be without successor
as a president. Whatever our indiVfd-
ual opinions may be concerning the
executive and the man, 1 say, with all
respect and much admiration, that he
vas entirely unique. Perhaps no pres
dent in all our history was as popular
as he, and assuredly none were so con-
stantly before the public eye, at least
in times of peace. Had his successor
combined the wisdom of Solomon with
the administrative eXcellencies of Peri
cles the power of Caesar, with the
love of a Lincoln, he could not, in the
early months of his incumbency, have
embodied the popular conception of
national executive; SO thoroughly were
the American people imbued with the
Interpretation if the duties and prerog-
atives of that dignified station as ex-
pounded by Theodore Roosevelt.
Taft for Second Term.
Fellow Republicans 1 confidently
believe that this country today is en-
dorsing for the next president of the
United States-William Howard Taft
He has come into his own. We have
at last grown to understand and ap-
preciate the massive mind. the quiet
efficiency, the profound and careful
elaboration, the Republicanism that
is too broad for factions, and the
craftsmanship that scorns to bid for
popularity at the expense of executive
dignity.
I'VE are the dominant party. Let's
empty our pockets of knives and
bricks, and fill them with the candied
creations of diplomacy; let's purge
concede that our fellows are capable
of an honest conviction: let's institute
common crusade against the spirit
of unfounded discomfort. Then do L
bespeak for our party--a greater field
of achievement, and for our beloved
state-the eXemplification of her
MOTTO
Nj. p. Gould of New York.
Morris Gould of New York, speak
ing from the subject, "Philistines,"
said:
Il am a Kansan. born a Kansan! by
sympathy, principles, memory and I'M
diving affection, still a Kansan. I am
also New Yorker-because I don't
dare to be anything else; am mar
ried to New York girl. There are
SO many outsiders now in New York
that native New Workers no longer
have much to say about New York
city. New York city is the largest
Jewish city in the world-8OO,OOO 1t
, is the largest Spanish city in the
Worldwide as many as in Madrid.
1t is the largest Italian city in the
world. Nearly every state and locality
has its society in New York
when 1 say that 1 am a Kansan
and that I am New Yorker. 1 do so
] for two purposes. I do not desire to
i abuse or belittle your intelligence by
irving to form YOUR opinions for Won.
| What we need most in this country to-
day is not opinions, but an unvarnish-
ed and uncolored knowledge of facts"
The Young Republicans.
| Harry Allphin of Leoti, speaking
| from this subject said.