The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-22

sas City's candidacy for the conven-
ton will be presented. John r. Null
peka. Will Invite the bankers to To-
peka and he will have the support OF
hts fellow bankers In the fight for the
next meeting.
Many. men prominent in the pub
lie affairs Of t. state are either ac-
tive bankers or are connected with
banks. Most Of these men found
their way to Wichita for the meeting
this year. Among the most widely
known men attending the meeting
are: Willis J. Bailey. Atchison. for
secretary OF state and Topeka banker;
T. T. Kelly, Paola, former state treas
urer; ]. T. Pringle, Burlingame, for
mer speaker of the house; Senators
John T. Denton. Grenola; w. NJ.
Price, Emporia: ]. D. Joseph, White
Senators Fred H. Quincy. Salina; r.
r. Fulton, Marysville; George, HI.
Hunter, wellington; John E. Wag-
ner, Larned, Democratic candidate
for lieutenant governor; p. E. Laugh
lin. Marysville. Democratic candidate
for state treasurer; Charles M. Saw
yer. state bank commissioner; Will
liam Newman. Topeka, former ma
tional bank examiner; J. M. Reynolds.
Wichita, former state bank examiner;
Charles E. Lobdell. Great Bend; w.
]. Bergman, Ashland; ]. r. Mulvane,
Topeka; E. E. Ames. Topeka; J. b.
G tSsnS Mans Msn's Hi EIdo1sdo " Gope a.
Kansas City: G. T. Guernsey. INDIE
pendence; r. H. Faxon. Wichita; w.
s. Falls, Ottawa; A. C. Jobes. Kan
sas City; w. A. Wayman. Emporia
1t is probable that e. E. Mullaney OF
Hill City, vice president Of the assoc
citation. will be promoted to the pres
idency. Friends of Charles p. LODI
dell Of Great Bend have started boom
for his election as vice president to
succeed Mullaney.
There is but little that the Kansas
state and national bankers demand
in the way of legislation. The one big
complaint at this time comes from state
bankers, who want an amendment 10
the federal reserve act, permitting state
banks to again retain saving bank de-
privilege is denied. A definite stand
will probably be taken by the bankers
in resolutions to be adopted before adj
journment.
But two Kansas bankers are candi-
dates for state office this year. They
are John E. Wagner Of Larned. candi-
date for lieutenant governor. and r. E.
Marysville. candidate for
state treasurer. Both are Democrats.
Both are attending the convention.
r. J. West of Topeka. son Of J. s.
West, associate Justice Of the supreme
court. IL attending the convention as
official reporter for the association.
Nearly 800 women are attending the
convention this year Special enter
tainment features for the ladies were
provided by the Wichita club women
two days of social activity while their
husbands were discussing the financial
situation Of the nation and the effect
of the bumper wheat crop on the mar
kets Of Liverpool.
The retiring president of the asso-
citation is Willis J. Bailey. vice presi-
dent of the Exchange National bank or
Atchison, and former governor OF Kan
sas. Bailey was elected to the assOcia-s
ton presidency at the meeting OF the
state bankers in Hutchinson in 1913
It is probable that w. w. Bowman
will succeed himself as secretary of the
association. The well known Topeka
man is popular among the b-~nkers OF
the state nd his excellent work as
secretary of the association in former
years, may mean that he will be re-
elected without opposition.
Chief Justice W. A. Johnston was to
have talked to the bankers about Law
Making by the Legislature Of Kansas.
Justice Johnston, however, is sick at
his home in Topeka and was unable to
attend the Wichita meeting. His
speech. therefore, was delivered by
Henry F. Mason, associate justice OF
the supreme court.
Two vitality important speeches, so far
as bankers are concerned. were de-
ivered at the Thursday session. At
the afternoon meeting, Joseph Chap
man Of Minneapolis. Mimi. told of
1.-THE Bankers Handicap in Rural Re
ing relations between the banker in the
larger towns and the resident Of the
rural districts. At the night session,
nearly every member of the association
heard the speech Of United States Sem
ator Robert L. Owen, chairman of the
senate committee on banks and bank
ing. Senator Owens speech was a dis
cussion Of the new monetary system as
it related to the federal government
and the people. His speech was one of
the features of the Thursday session.
Meetings of the association are being
held in the Consistory theater.
LABOR WOULD KNOW.