The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

papers and get paid $2,500-0O a year
for it. larger salary than any re-
porter has yet drawn from either of
the Topeka dailies? Then, too, the
Thought" or Second Wind" conducts
column every day in the morning
paper, wherein he reports the fanciful
the strange, and the unique, and he
gets an additional salary for it. There's
]. E. Griest, sitting opposite, of the
Capper publications He's busy re-
porting to mis- chief the big revenues
from advertising in one of his impor-
tant periodicals at $42 per inch, when
l am only charging from Sc to 10 cents
an inch in the State Journal and find
some difficulty getting even that from
at least one big local advertiser. 1
think the best work that I have done
has been as a reporter. Experienced
reporting comes high. The other day
l reported the condition of an opera
house in this city, based on the official
report of the fire inspector, and bill
has since been presented to me on that
account for $4,000. Last Friday 1 re-
ported what Col. Theodore Roosevelt
had done, is doing and will do. and
the article seems to have created con-
sidera BILE interest. and the stand-pat-
tiers are falling over each other to get
into the band wagon and vote for
Roosevelt. l was deply touched, not to
say more than pleased when 1 heard
the vote a few moments ago in re-
Spouse to the question of the toast
master. "All in favor of Roosevelt for
president please say aye" others
no" I did not vote on this ques-
ton. The ayes seemed to be a scat
tering few of the Kansas City Star
men present. The avalanche of noes
came from the members of the Press
club, who remembered the existing
rule, firmly impressed upon them by
the president of the club at a previous
meeting, wherein he said: Whenever
favorable action must be taken on
motion, the members must remember
to vote no. and not follow the custom
followed in ordinary clubs, on voting
affirmatively by saying AYE"
Mayor House i'm Revenge.
Short talks were made by Sidney
Houston of the Star, and Harlan
Thompson, assistant city editor of the
Star This was followed by remin-
iscences from Mayor ]. E. House in the
absence Of Governor Capper. who was
called away. Mayor House told of
| hundreds of attempts made by him in
| the lean days" to get on Kansas City
newspapers, of his failure and his
| final triumph in later years when he
had an opportunity to turn down a
| job proffered him on the Star.
Last came short talks by E. w.
! C'Pinkie") Wingert of the Associated
Press, and L. B. Nickel of the United
! IGSS 1AdTlle sessions described
| their talks as contests for a trophy
| which went to the United Press man.
Walter L. Johnson, managing editor of
the Capital, rendered the trophy.
The "Bull-Con," edited by Walter
johnson and Arthur Carruth, was is
sued for the occasion.
Among those present at the dinner
were:
B. P. Bartlett Tom Brown. Gilt
Stratton. Robert Maxwell. A L.
Nichols. V. V. Detwiler, r. E, Lewis
Of Alma, Q. X. Swayze. F. P. Mac
Lehman, Abe L. Gordon, Charles
Booher, jr., c. H. Trapp. A A Miller
E. w. Wingart, A. L. Shultz, A. ]. Car
ruth, jr., Carl Bolmar, George Hart
P. c. Powell, Frank farrell, Jack
Maxwell, Walter A. johnson, William
Kercher j Will Kelley. Jay L
House, Dwight Thatcher Harris. Oscar
Wolf. Don Heath. c. ]. Dillon, X
Erwin, F. B. Nichols. w. c. Markham
H. c. Green, John Macdonald. Merle
Thorpe of X. L., A. Perry w. f
Davis, Hampton A. steele. DIR. H. L
Clark. John NJ. Padgett Harry Doyle
]. C Mohler, c. d. Yetter, d. A. Val
entine. Earl Akers, Imri Zumwalt
Senator ]. w Howe. ]. f. Griest, Les.
: ter Filson, Charles Sessions. Ceci
8 Howes, Lew Williamson, ]. H. Cooper
) Charles Lagerstrom, Henry Sticher o.
; Usage City.