The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
Be One of Best and Biggest in
Club History.
More Than 1000 Tickets Sold
for Event.
PARTY LEADERS ARE HERE
Curtis, Anthony, Campbell,
Scott and Others.
Strong in the Faith and with
Fighting Spirit.
NOT DAUkTED BY DEFEAT
Stanley VIII Essay Role OF
Peacemaker.
Regulars COntrOl-Win Pro-
gressives Attend?
Strong in the Faith and with
Fighting Spirit.
NOT DAUNTED BY DEFEAT
Stanley Will Essay Role OF
Peacemaker.

With new fighting spirit born IN
their breasts, Republican leaders
from all sections of Kansas are IN
ToDe1a today to attend the annual
love feast at Masonic temple tonight
and to lay plans for the defeat in
1914 of that common enemy-the
Democrats. More than 1000 tickets
have already been disposed of and the
annual banquet of the Kansas Day
club tonight will be one of the most
notable events in the history of the
Republican party organization.
Never in the history of the kan
sas Day club have members OF tnat
well known organization met IN 10
peka under circumstances similar 10
those which confront the party at
this time Away back in the early
'eOs the club had its inception when
the state was hopelessly in the hands
of the Populists On the annlVer-
sary of the birth of the state, mt
tie group of staunch, tried, true and
trusted Republicans met in Topeka
They came to town not to rejoice,
but to take stock of the future. Some
of the men, who sat at those early
day banquets of the new club nave
since passed to their rewards and still
Others have sought service in the
ranks of parties hostile to the prln-
cipIes of the club. But the club has
lived and prospered through twenty
years of hardship, prosperity, joys
and sorrows And tonight the mem
bers will plan to beat the Democrats
in 1914 and to coax back into the
fold the sheep which strayed from
the herd in the recent campaign.
Some of the most widely known
men in Kansas politics will sit at the
dinner tonight Among them are the
men who have for more than quar-
ter of a century stood firm in the
faith. They are the men who played
a part in making Kansas Repub-
Hcan state. Then, when her political
affairs suddenly became tilted and
the Populists or the Democrats elect
ed men to the nice, soft, fat jobs,
they refused to yield and helped to
deliver their little precincts from
bondage Now, for the first time in
more than fifteen years. members of
the club have gathered in Topeka
with the chances of political victory
against them.
Talking 1t Over.
Until nearly midnight last night
men who have attended every Kan
sas day banquet since the birth of the
club, sat in the hotel lobbies and
talked over the situation" Yet even
in the face of their recent defeat,
there was hope and confidence in
their heart as they planned for the
future. Even that Democratic land |
slide in Kansas less than three months |
ago has failed to dampen the enthu-
siasm of the 1913 gathering. Down in
their hearts the members realized |
that they themselves played a part in |
the subsequent Democratic rejoicing. |
1t was the particular system of voting |
employed by the old guard of the Re |
publican party that gave the Bull |
Moose movement a horrible setback |
But now that it is all over and there |
is time to mediate, the leaders are |
anxious as to the future of the party |
in Kansas.
PerpIexing Questions.
Will the Bull AIoosers return to the |
Republican ranks? Will they gather |
sufficient strength to make them |
factor in the 1914 election? Will the |
Democratic legislature fulfill its par /
ty promises? Will President elect |
Wilson's administration please the |
nation? Will Hodges make good?