The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-29
KANSAS DAY CLUB NOTES

| KANSAS DAY CLUB NOTES
Secretary A. b. Crossley. who is in a
large degree responsible for unusuai
attendance at today's meeting OF KAN
sas Republicans, will not be cano1-
date to succeed himself as secretary of
the Kansas Day club. He goes to WASH
fngton In March as private secretary to
Charles Curtis. United States senator
elect.
Many Republican editors spent the
day In the hotel Hobbies milling with
the club members. In the crowd were
faces OF some of the most widely known
Kansas publishers. E. E. Kelly. presi-
dent of the State Editorial association;
r. w. Hoch. Marion; Doc" Moore
Pittsburg; Herbert Caveness. Chanute;
A. @. Miller. Belleville; Charles Finch,
Lawrence; Seth G. Wells. Erie; Ralph
Harris. Ottawa; w. Y. Morgan. lieu
tenant governor, Hutchinson; A. 3.
Dennis, Dodge City: Tom Thompson.
Howard; Bert Walker. Osborne; Charles
Harger. Abilene: and other well-known
Kansas editors were in the crowd which
filled the hotel Hobbies. A number OF
Democrat editors in Topeka for their
annual conclave, also spent an hour in
the hotel "just to talk things over"
The dinner tonight will begin
promptly at Z O'Clock. The hour is
later than usual, but owing to the fact
that the number of speeches has been
limited, it is believed that the an
nual dinner and feast of reason Will
be concluded In time to permit wish
tors to return to their homes on night
trains.
Dell Travis, of Wichita, is attend
ing the banquet. Travis is former
state fish and game warden, and his
DR.. L. L. Dyche has been urged by
hundreds of members of the sports
mems association and by men prOmi-
nent in Kansas political affairs. 1t
is probable that Professor Dyche's sue
cessor will be named in the next two
or three weeks
A delegation from the Third district
today came to boost for J. w. Lacy,
of Independence. for Third district
vice president Of the club.
Scores of Kansas Day banqueters
went to the state house today where
they watched the legislative machin
cry in action. This afternoon the SEN
ate adjourned unit. Saturday morn
ing, enabling Republican members to
spend the day with party workers.
Shortly after noon today it was re-
ported that Bert Cornell might with
draw from the race for secretary of
the club and urge the election of E. T.
Thompson of Smith Center, an assist
ant in the office of Earl Akers, state
| treasurer.
State officials, or at least the Re-
publican department heads, spent a
portion of the day with the visitors
from the country districts. Even JUS
tice John s. Dawson, who is removed
the non-partisan judiciary act, found
it impossible to stay away.
Lee Meadows and wife of Gaylord
are among the newspaper publishers
| and their wives who are attending the
| Kansas Republicans. Meadows is edi-
tor Of the Gaylord Sentinel and the
Cedar Enterprise and is one of the
most widely known publishers in the
Sixth district.
There are many familiar faces
| among the Kansas Day club visitors.
Among the men in the hotel Hobbies
today are some of the organizers OF
the club and men prominent in Kan
sas public affairs for a quarter of q
century. Chester 1. Long. Charles
Curtis, T. T. Kelly, David Mulvane
Morton Abe gt, Seth G. Wells, Will
lis ]. Bailey. E. w. Hoch, w. H. Has
kell, ]. H. Stewart, T. A. Noftzger
Charles Harger. and several score
more familiar faces are to be seer
in the Hobbies this afternoon or at the
banquet tables tonight.
Fred PARROT of Clay Center, presi.
, dent of the club, was on the grount
early. He came to Topeka Thursday
and has been a busy man since his ar
rival. With Secretary Crossley, he il
, experimenting the feeding Of $50 mel
: and women at the banquet tonight.
Charles Kagy Of Beloit. former pres
/ ident of the club, is combining thu
j, pleasures of his trip to Topeka. HI
/. came to town to attend the meeting o
i the Bar association and with a mum
1 Der of Republican lawyers win be pres
: emit at the annual Republican Dime
!. tonight.
= Perl Barton and HI. L. Harris
; publishers Of the Herington Times, ar
). here to attend both the banquet o
Kansas Republicans and the meetinl
: Of the Editorial association. These tw
n members of the younger generation o
d Kansas newspap@r men are MAXIM
n newsy paper which IL literally pat
e ronized.
The western half OF the state is wei
represented at the Kansas Day clu'
dinner this year. Almost every west
ern county sent ono or more delegate
to the meeting and the attendant
!. from the short grass country is large
y than at any time in the last five or 81
years.
" Two candidates for warden of tn
y state prison are attending today
). meeting. They are w. H. Haskell
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