The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
HAD A FINE time.
Were 500 Present at Banquet
to Editors.
Music, Menu and Speeches
Were Fine.
SCOTT WAS IN FORM
lola Mans Effort Most
Happy One.
The Two MOrgans and the
Trip to Europe.


"The editors certainly liked it"
eve were delighted with the enter
tainment.'
In this manner Ewing Herbert OF
the Hiawatha World and Thomas W.
Morgan of the Ottawa Republic re-
spectively commented upon the din
ner which was rendered the members
of the Kansas Editorial association
and the Kansas legislature by the To-
peka Commercial club at the Masonic
hall Tuesday night.
The speakers were in happy
frame of mind and consequently the
after dinner talks were brimful OF
wit and wisdom. The 500 guests ex-
pressed themselves generally as hav-
ing enjoyed the occasion thoroughly.
r.. L. Copeland, president of the Com
mercial club and treasurer or the
Santa F'e, made an excellent master OF
ceremonies.
"It is a pleasure" said Mr.. Cope
land, ito introduce the hrst speAks[
of the evening. the distinguished city
farmer who as chairman of the COM
1nittee on agriculture in congress- Is
by some held responsible for the ex-
istence of agriculture AS Chairman
on the late Republican publicity cam
nairn committee, he is eninently
f,,ai,teS 70 discuss Publicity and
.sT was engaged in the late lamen-
table campaign" said MI Scon'' o va.
q twinkle in his eye. On an occa
sion like this nothing should be Salo
that might call up painful recolec-
TONS MI, ,,..,a
,,ora sand' is more than a conjunc-
tion-it is a flesh and blood hgament
binding two things in one body. There
can be no success in politics without
publicity. ,.,
nairns were won through oratory or
what passed as such. That time mas
gone by The rural free delivery LAX
ing the daily newspapers ana tne
magazines to the door of the farmer
sneIIed the finish. The orator IN a
Campaign now speaks to people VINO
have already made up their mlnos.
People no longer believe what they
1rba+ thew see in the headlines. And
for getting into the headlines no one
ever exceeded the distinguished man
from Oyster Bay. the best advertiser
ehat ever lived. One cannot fully
realize this fact until he attempts to
run a campaign for somebody else
,vban he is a candidate Qaughter). II
7 am an old fellow before know IL
it was because I was up against that
.sTsbe fourth estate in America has
.acome the first estate, the power OF
the press is immeasurable. Ihe eoitor
60 a modest man who hardly reahzes
s1is newer. except in the aggregate.
80 rs as editors pray for the wisdom
70 know the truth, and the courage
70 write it And I believe the latter
AZ the more necessary, and sometimes
too rare.
Nv. Y. Morgan, Suffragist Candidate.
w. Y. Morgan of Hutchinson, who
Introduced as 1.-The next candidate for
governor on the suffrage ticket"
ar has been demonstrated again and
again at our editorial meetings that
we are the best and most powerful
editors in the world, and yet we can't
get the legislators to pass bills for
the editors.
1.-The university professor informed
us today that the editor works so
hours a week for about SO. Where is
his minimum wage law, and a proVis-
ion for shorter hours? And what is ex-
pected of him? Only that he be able.
in the words of the negro preacher, to
define the undefinable, explain the I'M
explainable. the unscrew the inscrut-
able"
The Only Woman on Program.
Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, the
only woman on the program, made a
real "hit'' with two clever stories with
which she began her remarks, and at
the close of her talk she received pro-
longed applause.
She told in an interesting manner of
the hardships which the women in the
pioneer days of Kansas were COM
PEELED to go through. Somewhere in
the courts of heaven" she said
women of the short grass country of
the pioneer days. Danger gave them
courage, and lack of opportunity gave
them the incentive to gain educa-
The q h.
able bulwark of the state.
What of the women of today? No
one is asking the question more than
the politicians. L believe I represent
the sentiment of the women of Kan
Sas.
my great grandfather lived in Vir-
ginia and fought against King George;
my grandfather moved to North Caro-
3 lima and was a Wing of Wings; my
father in Indiana was a lifelong Re
publican. 1 live in Kansas, and will
vote as L please" She paused for the
applause to subside.
Trust the women of Kansas. she
said in conclusion. There will be no
fewer homes in the state because of
broadening opportunity. We do today
the dream of yesterday; tomorrow the
dream of today will be fulfilled. . .
And | would especially like to honor
the unknown women of the state, the
steady, home loving women who make
history"
Brown of Kinginan.
"Give me the backing and the in
fuence of home and can go forth in
the worlds battle, strongly equipped
for any fight may encounter" said
w. L. Brown, speaker of the house,
in talking on The Boys to Home. "
Take from me the memories of child
hood and the many things that cluster
around the hearthstone-the happiest
years of my life-and you have taken
that which prize higher than gold
power
saThe boys at home-God bless them
are the fellows who should be re-