The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
SPIRIT OF KANSAS
Warm and Responsive to Poll
ties in Western Sections.
Enthusiastic Crowds Meet Gov
ernor on His Trip.


should work in western counties. There
is the real spirit of Kansas. While /
the big towns of the western half of
the state are cool ana reserved and
unrasponsive, the little western towns
OF the Sixth and Seventh districts dis
miss schools, close their stores, stop
the trial of important cases. declare a
holiday and go to tie political meet
ings fired with enthusiasm and with
the spirit of crusaders
For nearly two weeks Governor
Capper has campaigned IN the western
counties He has not only met large
crowds-crowds which in the main
could not find standing room in the
largest halls OF the towns, but he has
actually stirred up much enthusiasm
and from all indications has made
votes for Hughes. the state ticket and
the congressional candidates. And
the Republican campaign book does
not list Governor Capper in the class
Of Henry Allen, Chas. Scott, James
Troutlnan, Roscoe Stubs, Billy Nor
gan orators, either
Concluding mis- trip thru the Sixth
and Seventh districts with his speech
in Mankato today, Governor Capper
has unquestiona bly, set some new rec
ords for crowds in his western trip.
He has not only met with crowds and
considerable enthusiasm, but he has
hung up a new record for campaign
Ing Twice this week the governor
campaigned in four big Sixth district
counties each day and made an aver
age OF eight to ten speeches a day
Governor CaDpeFs trip into the
sixth and Seventh districts was made
primarily to help Republican congress
s1onai candidates. He has also talked
state and national politics and urged
the election of Hughes, a Republican
state ticket and a Republican legis-
lature.
One of the features of the trip has
been the attendance of school children
at the meeting. OF course the grade
school boys and girls will not have a
vote next month. But their attend
ance was an evidence of the local in
terest IN the meetings. With the clos
ing OF the schools, the local banks
nave IN many towns been closed The
courts IN some county seats suspended
the trial of cases and the towns made
the most of a visit from a real live
honest to goodness governor.
When the trip extends into the east
ern counties probably there will be
an absence of the interest that has
surrounded the trip into the short
grass territory 1t will be but natural
In western Kansas, tho, the trip has
been the spot light feature of the cam
paign-
Hill City, Graham county, dismissed
schools while the governor talked to
a crowd of 500 people in the court
mouse square But the same day
Stockton and PIainviIle and MorIand
also dismissed schools. Between Stock
ton and PlainvilIe, the car was stopped
for five minutes while the governor
TAXED TO pupils IN little country
school. where a vacation had been
declared and the children were lined
along the highway awaiting the gov
ernor's arrival.
In the eastern portion of the state
one hears much of the great highways
of western Kansas. There are some
good roads in the western counties
But there are also some mighty rough
ones. The governor was routed over
most of the bad ones in the day run
from Stockton to Hoxie, a distance
of 100 or zoo miles. There must have
been ten thousand hills on that road
and half of them were in Graham
county. A mere reporter who rode in
the rear seat of the governors car
bought all of the arnica Il Colby drug
gist could spare when the days run
was ended
Hoxie had prepared for the COVER
wanted to give Governor Capper a
larger meeting than the one accorded
Governor Hodges in 1914 So the
crowd waited until after o'clock in
the evening for a forty-minute speech.
Colby and Thomas county peopIe
waited an hour for the governor It
was after o'clock at night when he
started speaking. But the crowd filled
a big opera house. Many people dorve
twenty miles across the hills for the
meeting
Chairman McLoud and Frank Nc
Ivor, legislative candidate in Sheridan
county, took the governor from Hoxie
to Colby. From Colby to Oberlin, the
Mckinley and A. ShowaIter, repre-
sentative from Thomas county.
When the governor reached OberIin,
there was a demonstration that sound
ed like a victory yell at a Kansas Mis-
souri, football game. The main street
of the town was crowded and the
school children, with yells and songs,
were out to give a welcome
and Norcatur. In Norton there were
no college ye1ls, but attentive
crowd OF 500 people. Phillipsburs's
crowd waited for the late arrival of
the governor and contributed a crowd
of 500. while good crowds heard the
governor in early evening speeches in
Kensington and Smith Center.
Lebanon was the night stop. The
governor arrived an hour late, but the
crowd was equal to twice the capacity
Of the opera house and many people
who drove across the country for the
meeting were unable to hear the
speech
In his speeches the governor urged
the election of all Republican legis-
Iative candidates. His speech for SEN
ator Mahin in Smith county was one
of the strongest endorsements given
legislative candidate He declared
Senator Mahin was one of the strong
est members of the 1913-15 senate and
had been the author of a number Of
the states most constructive laws
lAIAMTO DrnEHIEDCu