The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-09


thither by the pushing and showing
| crowd This was in the fall of 1884,
a wear before this writer came to To-
peka. and bought the state Journal. At
this time he was on the staff Of the
| Emporia News There were three
others trying to get this speech. A G.
Stacey, for the Kansas City Journal,
Pope Gregory for the Topeka State
Journal. and, I think. John Coulter for
the Topeka Commonwealth. We had
| pooled on a stenographer. who was
Alden s. Huling now with the Hall
Printing Company of this city.
Huling was taking the notes 1'catch
as catch can" and the reporters were
hanging about him. looking for incl
dents. of Which there were many. At
ter Blaine had finished his speech, and
the reporters had ploughed their way
to a tent HUNG read his notes, white
the repre- -entatives of the press copied
for dear life"
This one hired a hack was driven to
The Santa F'e train leaving early in
the afternoon. got to Emporia as quick
" as possible. distributed his copy
among the printers. and got out the
evening Taper with big headlines. ALL
ABOUT 81 AINE'S SPEECH DELIN-
Erred TODAY IN TOPEKA
It was considered quite 4 stroke of
enterprise ard was the talk of the
town that evening and long afterward
at Flmporia We had so many troubles
Of our own that day that we really did
not know hat kind of a Showing the
rest of The quartette made for their re-
spective papers. but Gregory got horse
whipped. for some ndiserset item, and
ai'siN3'iuS Joiie" an imam" i-slei'
eieSoiS Was ci'S '''e 7'''e
: ourhal' was COCO man. ana not
easllN scared Coulter was one % tne
j best reporters ever IN Topeka after
wards Went 70 Chicago for the New
OK Herald. and IS now New YORK.
/ m newspaper work
I When the present state Fair manage
a.ent gets the old crowds to come this
way. it Will be a big thing and the in
dicsstions are now that the old-time
crowds win be on board next year
There viii be I.076 delegates at the
Republican national convention which
VIII meet in Chicago on the eighteenth
dav Of tune. President Taft win have
-, 81 ,,,o,a tb,r tho r,sio,-;t,- ,,.oes-
60 fo,. ,7,.,,,i,stion TIL = . 80
,,-,.4 ,,7a5la nv +b,.ea set,,ta .,,,Iitf,sfs,,s
1T xS-asi,inetor fo7av a. thu onenjr,e
Of tho TAR canne5en bead,,,,s,1.te,s
rrhese +braa men No v-a,,e i, 1o,,fe7.-
enee are Renresentatiz-a zviIlfan, r
MCKINLEY If Illinois Seeretarv fIi1les
and senator crane d i said the
f5uras v-ara reached afto,,. u caref,,I
canvass Of the co,,p+r tt 49, :
e+,.,,, 80 49,. -, - - -
mo nc ~ iiiose u II
f.o,-a,,,o, e.+,,,,t,- ,.e4 e C.,.-
iioi 9leops ielt LOT OhlcdSo
TINS evening TO attend the conference
which is trying to inform ex-President
Roosevelt what Ibis duty is and
what he owes the country, Tus+ he
lore aePartlils Governor stubbs de-
1.a1+ Ia Is w0ulu lol MAKE Ho0se-
Nell 9peeeiies IN llilnols next week The
= 10 va III 0iieasO lew Gays
-. - 80 d" ANXIOUS Puoic there
eHa1 everything was gong Tor Roose-
Velt The Republican convention
which met about that same time in
-hicaoo voted do,,-,, = ,-as,o1,,+il-.. -
nv to mako t9osa..e,l+ -,
ro+ =. ~ y ~ Ne uoes
IL Will g 40 run Tor the presidency
for a third term, by vote Of s64 to
16S-
The Kansas papers are filed with
favorable comment ,,,o,, -, .4. 5
~, r-.,e..,,. - 0'iOA u
GOO Oi''o Oisaiilzatloh WIFE
ooo t1e teams assembled from all
parts OF the state, having paid their !
own fare to Topeka This Is the fine
resolution which they Dassed he If ra
iilsiiioeiel' Mlenout dissentlng vote
~ ! ii1ii aetioll tne Kansas CITY Star,
u Aiissouii' y Dentthng:
Ia OF ms WISE and patri
fidelity to all public trusts configei ITO to