The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-30

with other big papers, and fought the
battles of the smaller papers.
Right here I might introduce a lit
tie further evidence to show that Mr..
Arthur Capper and the editor of this
paper are warm personal friends and
that their friendship is not to be dis
turbed by the interference of busy
bodies. The proprietor of this paper,
for many years, has been member of
what is known as the advisory board
of the Central Division of the Asso-
ctated Press, including the states be-
tween the AIleghanies and the Rockies
and north of the Ohio river and run
ming up into the DRkotas and Mime
sofa and Wisconsin. There are five
members of this advisory board. which
meets twice year. in November and
April at meeting of the Divisions
| that IS the papers published in the
states of the Divisions. These mem
oers pay for the fun of going, on their
own expense account, and they all
think they get their moneys worth in
the exchange of views at the meecings.
Now this board is elected every year.
There are five members of this adj
visory board.
the writer of this paper has been
on this Board for many years, entirely
too long, and last April at the meeting
OF the Division held in the assembly
room of the Waldorf Astoria for the
election of the members of this par
tlcular subsidiary Board, the writer
declared he was not a candidate, and
said he ought not to be again selected,
as he had served long enough and the
thlng ought to be passed around.
Thereupon, Mr.. Arthur Capper arose
and protested, saying, mr.. MacLennan
ought to be reelected on this Board.
He is thoroughly acquainted with the
duties,' etc. etc.
Now what could those other mem
bers do. Here was Mr.. Gamer a RI
val publisher. proposing the election
of his competitor on this board. The
result of it was that Mr. MacLennan
was again elected; but he desires to
serve notice here now that he posi-
lively will not consent to be elected
on this advisory board of the Central
Division at the expiration of his term
in April, 1912; but that is another
story and here is one which we wish
to tell at this writing:
Colonel Roosevelt when he wan
president was far and away the best |
friend the Associated Press ever had; |
for he was the first president to have |
all his messages out in time. He |
saved the Associated Press enormous |
telegraphic expense by writing his /
messages SO far in advance that they
could be mailed to everyone of the |
eight hundred papers instead of being |
wired, as heretofore. Colonel Roose-
Welt possessed wonderful forethought
and consideration for the newspapers
in the saving of time and expense to
the Associated Press which is the
same as saving time and expense to
the newspapers themselves, and we
fear there will never again be a pres
ident equal to him in this respect, or
possibly in many other respects. for
the colonel was certainly, in his own
best Interpretation "a corker."
He kept up this excellent practice
when he again became a plain colonel.
1t is 70 breach of faith at this day
to say that in the State Journal Office
there has been, at one time, as May l.
as four of Colonel Roosevelt speeches
on hand, simply waiting for him to say
The first word. One day we were all
almost crazy around this office. 1t
vas last October, after the co1one1s Re
urn from Elpa", with his bag full of
,boes. hart beasts and imues. or ami
mails to that effect, when the colonel
wired the State Journal, and
al of the other Associated Press pa
,ers to make a change in his Sioux
speech. There had to be a paragraph I
Inserted. Do you know we could hard
Y tell whether he meant his Sioux
City, Iowa, speech, or his Sioux Falls. {
south Dakota, speech, for I'VE had
EN- BOTH" not only that, but we had
wo others at the same time. one to !
,e delivered, by him at Omaha and the
,ther, which he was delivering that {
ifLernoon and which had come by wire i
arly in the cay, the famous John z
Brown" speech, at Osawatomie, Kan. {
But this is good deal Of stuff to
un in as a "Reminiscences" The :
writer was feeling pretty good this
morning when he. started in on this @
HAPPIER for he was not recalled as q
resident of the great Saturday Night
Tub of Topeka. The Gentleman from i
Jew York, who HAD instituted the re-
all, found that with the aid of the h
ote of the Gentleman from Utah, and b
ne Gentleman from North Carolina, s
e could Gust the Gentleman from o
oregon from the chair, and take pos a
sssion of the presidency and hang it
} his belt along with the presidency
f the Commercial club and the Coun- h
" club which now dangle from his Il
ipe. v
The president of the club was not c
sleep but was handicapped. Greatly o
} the CONSERVATION of the Gentleman "
,om New York the Gentleman from a
tab had failed him in his extremity. e
Ie was absent The Gentleman from a
RECON still continues as president OF Y
,a club and still carried things IN h