Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-26
TAFT LAUDS KANSAS
Tells of States Struggle for
Admission to the Union.
iSPEAKS AT CELEBRATION
Taboos Politics at Anniversary Exer-
cises of Birth of Commonwealth.
TRIBUTE TO EX-CONGRESSMAN
President Declares E. II. Madison
Was Courageous and a Level
Headed Legislator.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. September 70
President Taft was the central fgure
tere today in the celebration of th,
iftieth anniversary of the birth OF
kansas az state. Gov. Stubbs. Sena-
members of the Kansas delegation in
CCnSr. IS were present AMI again
politics was laid aside. All parties and
all factions Joined in the greeting to
the President and all applau lei, his
tribute TO the Sunfiower state. Mr.
Tar alss had something to say If the
inde pcnct..ee of thought in Kansas.
Tne trials through which the s'rte
hrs come" he declared, "undoubt ,dly
have given character to its .nhibi-
taEts They are bold and ori.:inal IN
thought coura geous in eXecuti on. Che
may 6iffer with them in their ccnciu
sioris either upon politics or upon other
issues. but he must respect the SIN
ccr.;,, and the energy. independence
and courage with which the.' support
their c..i,lusions and carry t.,erl tc
t':ei. log. cal result
.'i.e President arrived in Fill .I.;:rs5n
carly this morning and will snenl the
e,,tir. day here. lelving at nid:.ish,
for topeka His program inc;ud ii the
review Of q big parade, the ad.t!rss III
:h-, state fair grounds and an insp e
ton ,f the more important exhibits
at the show. the laying of the corner
stone of the new convention hall mere
and a dinner at the country club
Eulogy of Madison.
la his address Mr. Taft refarra.l II
snIac length to tn. late Represcntt.-
tive I; H. Madison. who died suddenly
a eek 1"o. 1t was at Mr.. Madisnn
Eut:tIns6 n.
His death was a grea. shock to me-
said the President. II had not known
him long. nor can I say that | knew him
intimately. but l knew him we'll enough
to know the strong qualities of his mint
and heart, his judicial instinct. his in
tense desire to be fair. and his clear per-
ceptions of the law as jurist. and his
observation-disclosures as a legislator.
Il remember speech which he made
in Congress on the subject OF excepting
lawless combinations of workingmen from
the application of an appropriation
1t was noble. clear exposition of the
necessity for making all persons eaua
before the law and an exhibition of cour
age and indifference TO consequences ir
the OI d righteous JuuSHent. fls
speech marked him one of the comm:
men of Congress
Dwells on State History.
Mr.. Taft ske:ched the history of Kan
sas in some detail. saying the state wa.
the child of an issue. He dwelt upor
the struggles that preceded the admission
of Kansas into the Union as free state
and on the long fight between the SLAYER,
and anti-slavery forces.
THE history of the state" he con
cluded, lis one of intense interest TIL,
burning issue of the two great contend
ing parts Of the United States was dis
titled into an essence in the birth ant
growth of Kansas to q state. She fur
nished the battle-ground where the con
tending factions of the entire nation in
guerrilla war tried by wager of battle t.
maintain their respective causes. She wa
born in a struggle. and her early year.
We're only those of suffering and travail
In the half century of her life as a state
she has now reached great prosperity
May it always continue