The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-28

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suasion could get him to his feet
Now those chairs are mortgaged-
he said. do you want me to fore
close it?''
That ended all persuasion
Again a knock was heard At at the
''colored constituent of Governor
Capper demanded adn1ittance-
\ Capper Constituent.
E W. CtPfnkfe") Wingart in an
excellent black face makeup burst into
the room. A petition five feet long
signed by colored constituents de-
handing more pie" was presented to
the governor.
The why of the Rubber Stamp"
was Governor Capper+s subject He
Endorsed the rubber stamp as handy
instrument and jabbed back at the
previous speakers remarks regarding
Sears Roebuck premiums by announc-
ing that he intended to give rubber
stamps away as a premium Then
the governor dweIt Interestingly in
"reminiscences of the days of the old
Press club when he occupied the
proud position of star reporter when
the staff comprised a city editor, a
star reporter and cub.
Interesting History.
A play given by the old club ruined
it, the governor declared In order to
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play was announced At the end or
the second act it was so fierce that
Oscar SwayZe, the producer. came out,
made curtain speech. apologlzed and
announced that the third act would
/ not be given
Also the governor gave his listeners
q touch of the old fighting newspaper
days in Kansas by describing a ban
quet given by the Press club in honor
of out-of-town newspapermen. Col
Dan Anthony and Major Hudson, NOR
tai enemies. were speakers
/ Colonel Anthony was the first speak
er ard eulogized his sheet. Finally,
in burst of oratory. the colonel de-
clared that truth was the one thing
he demanded of editorial writer's and
reporters This was too much for
Major Hudson
The you do" suorted the
major.
1t took considerable diplomacy for
the other guests to keep the two fire
eaters from a fist fight From then
until the present day the Anthony pa
per, the LeavenwoTth Times. carries
! this ca tion at the head of it's editorial
page
! The Times Tells the Truth
Dave MuIvane'' Calls.
/ Again a knock was heard and -Ses-
/ sions announced that Dave MuIvane
desired an audience with Billy Nor
gan. A. L. f''Dutch) ShuItz ap-
+ peared smoking the MuIvane brand of
1 cigarettes. A confidential heart-to-
heart one-sided talk in which Dutch"
took jabs at a number of prominent
politicians was INDUCED in with the
! lieutenant governor
Those present were: W. Y Morgan
Frank p MaeLennan. Governor Ar
/ thur CappeF, J. L. Bristow, Jay E
House, Arthur ]. Carruth, jr.. W. r.
Smith. DIR. H. L. Clark. Frank Curry,
Albert Miller. Charles Lagerstronn V
D Detwiler, G. w. Swan, c. c. Booher.
jr., Frank Brown. B. P. Bartlett, Tom
Brown, Carl Bolmar, W. T. Beck HoI-
ton; W. G.. Clugston. Harry Doyle, w
E. Davis, D. A E1Iworth. J. E Greiest,
Abe Gordon. Harry < Green. J. W.
] Howe. Cecil Howes, P. S. BIaisdell
Dwight Thacher Harris. Don r.
Health, George Hart. Frank FARRELL
K. T. Erwin, Walter johnson, J. viii
Kelley, William Kercher, Ray Lattner,
Jack Maxwell, J. c. Mohler, D. o. Me-
/ Cray, John Macdonald, Ed Nenninger,
/ C l. Mitchell. C G. ("Pete"1 Well
ington. Kansas City; F. 3, Nichols. A
L. Nichols, P. c. Powell, Paul Rankin.
A l. ShuItz, Charles Sessions, Cliff
Stratton. G. c. Stuckey, Samuel J.
I Stockard. H. c. Sticher. Usage CITY;
Merle Thorpe. Lawrence; c. H. Trap,
D. A Valentine. E W. Wingart, R. o.
Wales, o. D Wolf. C. D. Yetter, Imri
zumwaIt, Hampton A Steele.
Press Club Notes.
I B. P. Bartlett, the clubs excellent
baritone, led in the singing of parodies
I on the guests of honor. Don Health
was the pianist. The first verse of one
parody read:
/ Mrs Morgan's Lament
My Billie lies over the ocean,
My Billie lies over the sea,
Nv BILLIE lies TO the convention