The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-11

Mayors, commissioners. councilmen,
city clerks and city attorneys are to-
gether for the purpose of improving
municipal conditions. Some of them
admit that they are here not only to
talk over civic matters but to get ac-
! auainted with the officers of other
cities=and when there is a lull to tell
the reasons why their city is the great
est place IN the world to live and do
business
The meeting this morning convened
at 1890. It was scheduled to begin
at 10 o'clock-but the officers of the
association forgot to arrange for a
minister to give the invocation. Shame
on the Kansas city officials! Finally
DIR. F. L. Loveland of Topeka stepped
out of the elevator and the officers
were given their needed blessing.
Mayor Billiard made the address of
welcome. telling the Kansans that the
gates of the city had been taken off
from their hinges that the municipal
officers might have free access. He
extended an invitation to the visitors
to inspect the Topeka municipal works
and told them the plan of the enter
tainment.
Tho response was given by George
W. Winans. commissioner of finance
and revenue of Hutchinson. On the
program Mayor Truesdale of Lyons
was to make this acceptance of the
city's hospitality, but the leader in the
A-N oLlS tOuiltll Was uOl dBl6 10 dllenQ
the meeting. Commissioner Winans,
taken by surprise, responded to Mayor
Billiard in the regulation Hutchinson
style He thanked the city for its
invitations. spoke of what the conven-
ton would mean to the cities of the
state and paid tribute to everything in
general Commissioner Winans is an
educator and the we'll selected words
and sentences flowed from his mouth
like the trickling of a mountain
stream.
Following these preliminaries of
every well regulated convention. c. L.
Davidson. ex-mayor of Wichita and
president of the League of Kansas NIu-
inequalities, gave his presidents ad-
dress. MI Davidson gave eight type
written pages of sound advice to the
city officials. This speech in part is
: reproduced in another column.
The annual report of the secretary
4 treasurer was given by Prof Richard
R Price of the University of Kansas.
Professor Price is a student of mu-
n1clpalities and he was instrumental in
organizing the league that is meeting
IN Topeka today. Ever since the first
call nearly two years ago Professor
Price has spent time and money work
ing out the plans of the association
ana interesting Kansas cities in the
movement Professor Prices report is
given IN another column.
Who VIII BE Next President?
A campaign for the president of the
League Of Kansas Municipalities has
been launched. II is early in the 7,oaet
Ing to talk of officers and the location
OF the next meeting, but when it was
known that Parsons was pushing their
mayor. O. H. Stewart for president
ana that they were attempting to make
that city the next convention place. a
real campaign was on. Imm ediately
aLler the Parsons announcement for
the next convention, Kansas C,itv eot
into the race Then the movement TO
make Mayor Billiard president of the
ConNentlon was launched. Until late
been mentioned.
From the outlook it is between
mayor stewart Of Parsons and Mayor
the next convention place it lies he
tween Parsons and Kansas CITY. This
Is the dope this afternoon. BEFORE
nlSht and before end of the convention
tom orrow evening several other can
dtdates may enter the field
Mayor Billiard is vice president of