The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-30

race. Only performer Win WaE reS-
ord. Met the soldiers AZ. they charged
up San Juan Hill, and distinguished
himself in a modest way at Arranged
don. Out Of q job at present, but an
intimate friend Of George w. Perkins.
Ed L. Copeland--Piace and time OF
birth immaterial. Ex-doctor-uncertain
whether horse or man. Averse to
having picture run in paper. Occupa-
ton, track walker and golf player.
Claims acquaintance with Colonel
DOGGY.
Fred Robertson-Born at Atwood
during the crime of '73. Author of
, Thompson's celebrated work ON Jack
Rabbit Justice" Vaccinated for the
law, 1880, End practiced before justices
Of the peace in Rawlins county. Can
It was Morton Albaugh. however.
who made the real speech for Governor
Hodges. 1t was Frank FARRELL who
talked instead Of Arthur Capper; Tom
McNeal who impersonated Henry
Allen; Tom Doran who occupied the
place set apart for E. L. Copeland and
Ed McKeever who appeared in place OF
Fred Robertson. The substitutes re-
sponded when the names were called,
giving no explanation or apology. Later
the real owners of the names were per-
mitted to arise and say anything their
substitutes had left unsaid.
T. F. Doran's entrance was made
upon the stage at the front of the as
sembly hall on a train Of cars borrow
ed for the occasion from a toy store.
A placard advertised the work Of the
Copeland Harmony Serum witch had
accomplished so much toward develop
ing a responsive feeling in the breasts
Of Kansas legislators toward the needs
Of railroad companies. Subsequently
Mr.. Copeland found opportunity to offer
a few well chosen remarks about the
railroad with which he is identified;
his fortunate manner of approach
manifesting the operation OF the
mythical serum" at it's best.
Having been artistically burlesqued
by Frank FARRELL. Arthur Capper was
authoritatively represented by w. Y.
Morgan, lieutenant governor-elect, who
outlined the policies which he would
pursue were he, himself, the governor.
The Star Performance.
It was left to Tom McNeal to make
the supreme sacrifice for Saturday
himself in the character of Henry
Allen it became necessary for him to
part with the flowing mustache which
for a generation back has adorned his
rugged countenance. The expense of
it's removal was betrayed by an appro-
priation from the general funds of the
Saturday Night club. When the Henry
Allen number was announced by Frank
w. Thomas, president of the club, the
curtain on the stage rolled back to
disclose the McNeal impersonation. BY
some dressing room magic the figure
had been shortened to height OF three
feet. The generous girth remained the
same and an enormous pair of hands
fluttered through a ten-minute per-
Torrance OF two-hour address.
Mr.. Allen. himself, took up the bur-
den of entertainment where the au-
thor Of the Kansas Fables left of and
diverted the gathering with one of the
after-dinner speeches which make
him the most successful banquet-hall
orator in Kansas. The Allen elo-
Quence unfolds in sweet cadences. Its
periods can be scanned like blank
verse. It's charm is in its melody and
it is not to be reproduced except by
monograph.
Another orator of hitherto unsus-
pected charms exposed his arts for
the first time last night. Francis NJ.
Brady, assistant United States district
attorney, entwined poetical garlands
in the grizzled locks of the Saturday
Nighters. His chief Fred Robertson
had been called away on business. 1t
was Ed McKeever who was disclosed
seated at the district attorneys desk
upon the stage. This fake present
ment Of the district attorney was in
consultation with Zell Hopkins, of the
mislaid whiskey samples, masQuerad-
ing as Assistant Attorney Brady as to
effective means for dislocating John
Dawson's strangle-hold upon the
available channels Of publicity.
So it devolved upon Brady to take
up the defense of his department.. a
task which he proved eminently quail
flied to perform.
Albaugh as Hodges.
Mort Albaugh as Governor Hodges
gave an impersonation that might, for
realism, be compared to Modjeska as
Camille. AS the closing acts Of a
short but feverish political existence
he distributed the Hodges blessings
and bestowed the gubernatorial keep
sakes upon those who were to be left
behind. As his closing rite he dis
played a painting" Of the governor.
depicted as on the morning after the
election he stood before the mirror
Of his boudoir, clad lightly in his
silken garments of the night, and
viewed the remains.
The governor has been through Sat
urday Night club banQuets before and
knew about what to expect. He spoke
for himself after the imposter had
who identified him as an escaped
1unatic, and in heartfelt words invited
the Saturday Night club to meet him
in Olathe. The invitation was efGhu-
siastically accepted.
With the hour not far from mid
night Chester I Long refrained from
giving the club a full measure Of his
oratorical proficiency when he was
called upon for a speech. His re-
marks, though brief, were found ac-
ceptable and he was welcomed to the
company with which he has mingled
at times gone by, with an effusive
Tagging which bespoke sincerity.
Side Play OF the Banquet.
Imaginary kilograms were read to
the banqueters by Frank FARRELL while
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