The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-07
RAILROAD NEWS.
More Kansas Editorial Comment
on Santa Fe ''Party."
SunfIOwer Editors Declare 1t a
''Top Liner"
BRING ALL TOGETHER.
One Paper Says It Solved the
Harmony" Problem.
BRING ALL TOGETHER.
Other Items of General Inter-
est in Traffic World.

| pel want to know the sentiment of both
/ the dailies and Weeklies of Kansas.
AS a result second list is printed
4 below. After a thorough search
! through the Kansas newspapers this
week not a word has been found against
the Santa Fee buffet-luncheon. Not an
editor has taken it upon himsen TO
| denounce the affair claiming that II
| was a scheme of the Santa F'e to
| slip it over on the press of the state.
One editor has remarked that the
| luncheon was worth mllllon nollars
in advertising to the Santa Fe. The
Santa F'e officials in Topeka admit that
| the dinner was worth a million dollars
but they claim the value comes IN the
| fact that for once in lifetime 1t has
| been possible for the editors or the
state to look upon railroad otnclals as
| human beings
| 1T was worth many times the ex-
pense'' said an official this afternoon
| ''It was worth 1t to become acqualnt-
! ed with the men in Kansas VINO
breathe through the editorial columns
| every day and every week, opinions
| that represent the true sentiment OF
| Below will be found another list of
clippings from Kansas papers-cllp-
pings that have been cut down on dc-
Manhattan Republic: 'Belshazzar the
king made a great feast to thousand
\ of his lords
That feast of the king. Of Babylon
has been celebrated for over . CEN
tIries as the greatest feed in the known
history of the world. Every man, Wo-
man and child knows all about that
spread. It has been without rlVaI
| in the history of the world up to Jan
/ l1ary 1911. But BelShaZzar IS now a
| has-been. Compared with the santa
Fe he couldn't cut as much ice as
/ standpat congressman at primary;
The banquet rendered the editors by
| the Santa Fe railroad in Topeka is
| far and away the most notable thing
! ever pulled off in the feed line within
| the boundaries of the great common
wealth of Kansas. Not that the amount
/ to eat Der capita was any more nor
any better than the usual Thanksgiving
/ dinner on the average Kansas farm, but
/ the trimmings were remarkable and not
/ a soul among the Toasted could ten
! the name Of a single item on the menu
! and no one had the remotest idea OF
/ the processes of its manufacture. There
] was one exception, the editors all seein-
| ed to know what turkey stood for
! The banquet Monday cost the Com
mercial club $500, this must have cost
many thousands.
| Then. better than all. was the spirit
of good will. The big officials OF the
road were there with their wives. ana
| seemed more than glad to extend the
| hospitality of the Santa Fe to the nun
| grv and appreciative editors and were
AS the luncheon progressed and the
boxes of, Huyler's best confectionery
were opened and good tobacco began
| to burn, this spirit of hospitality be-
| came manifest in speeches of welcome
and the appreciation IN the talKlets on
the part Of the guests.
In no way was this feast marred, as
| was Belshazzar's. when he was most TO
the lords of the earth. From the lips
| Of the most radical came the well
dome" and the Santa Fe was pronounc-
ed the best of all the railroads on
/ earth, and there were none to say nay,
Anthony Republican,: We had the
pleasure of the company of two pref
/ ty, clever and modest Anthony girls
Loratory and eatables rendered the ed
itors by the Santa Fe railway.
Trego County Republican,: Topeka
and Santa F'e railroad company did
fine job of entertaining the editors and
the reports published in the daily pa
lpers were not overdraWn.
Barton County Democrat of Great
Bend: 1t was one of the most success
full and best attended meetings ever
held by the association One of the
main features on the progrem was the
luncheon given the editors by the San
ia Fe railroad company.
Mcpherson Freeman: The Santa Fe
lproved in it's luncheon and entertain
ment given to the editors that it new
er does things by halves, and that what
, is said about the road in this regard
is moro than true.
II It was conceded by everyone after
III the luncheon that it was the mos
II elaborate affair of it's kind ever given
III in Kansas luncheon with which
| al ho
/ and spirit of good feeling that could
not be eQualed.
II The luncheon and the accompany
ing program was one of the big feat
ures of the meeting, in fact perhaps
| it was the feature, and the Santa Ft
spared neither work nor expense III
making 1t a success in every partf
! cular.
3 Arkansas City Traveller: The Santa
( Fe railway forever endeared itself tt
the hearts or stomachs of the Kansas
] editors. The Santa Fe on this occasion
:, gave a dinner to the newspaper men
, And what a dinner 1t was. There Il
: no use to try to describe it because
. you cannot. Such a dinner to be ap
: preciated, must be seen, tasted, eater
7 and digested. We hope that thi
i splendid custom, begun by the Sants
r Fe will not be allowed to die soon.
lola Register: Tuesday noon tn
e Santa Fe gave the most interestin;
T and elaborate luncheon ever held il
the west. The crowd stood and locke,
: and admired them and it required al
d the eloquence of Santa Fe officials t
I convince the unsophisticated countr.
I | newspaper men that they were to cal
n All had French names and had BEEF
! prepared by a dozen crack chefs o
: the Harvey eating house system afte
i | a weeks labor The writer did no
Il recognize a single dish until he sam
a pied a we'll laden plate served by on
lof the chefs. The pick of the Harve