The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-31
JOHN BROWN MEMORIAL
Second Annual Meeting Kansas Native
Daughters Was Success.

The society of Native Daughters of
Kansas closed it's second annual meet
ing late Tuesday at Memorial hall.
The meeting was a memorial for
John Brown, and Governor Arthur
Capper was the principal speaker of
the afternoon. John Brown" he
said, lin his day was considered by
his friends little better than a mad
man, and by enemies and strangers,
traitor to the country and an exercra-
BILE law breaker. This society is made
up of women who respect law and
stand for loyalty. How. then, do they
honor John Brown? 1t is because he
loathed the most awful crime of, hu
man slavery, and he saw no other
way than his way to get rid of it. He
saw that nationally little was being
done to rid the country of the blot,
AID that the law makers were not
moving toward the liberation of the
slave. He believed it would require
bloodshed to do it, and that in his
way lay the least of that bloodshed-
He was fearless, overwhelmed with
the Importance of his mission. and
believed himself obedient to a higher
law than the law of the land. He
started the conflagration that purged
this nation of it's worst STAIN
John Brown Park.
Mrs. E. A. Stanley of Osawatomie
/
John Brown park. She said that the
little town had already given upwards
of $4,000 for the park, which was a
large sum considering the size and
wealth of the place. She emphasized
the fact that the park was not a town
park for Osawatomie, but a memorial
of statewide interest and pride. I'm
the east are everywhere seen memoir
ials to the great men of the nation;
Illinois thinks more of John Brown
than Kansas does. for there is a colos-
sal statue of him in Lincoln park.
O., but Kansas has nothing but a
neglected piece of ground. with the
cabin this hero made with his own
hands lying partly on the ground"
Mrs. D. A. January of Osawatomie
spoke on John Brown Cenotaphs.'
She urged the Improvement of the
park. by restoring the cabin and put
ting in suitable drives and walks.
Survivors, Paper.
Luke T. Parsons of Salina, the only
survivor of the Osawatomie battle
sent a paper to be read before the So
ciety. 1t was read by Mrs. Sadie P
Grisham of Cottonwood Falls. The
old soldier was a close friend of John
Brown, walked with him across the
state of Iowa, and all his life knew
him intimately. He gave an interest
ing account of the battle. of the char
H.,
many i; cidents of his life.
A poem on John Brown was writ
ten and read by Mrs. H. o. Garvey
Mrs. Garvey also presented to the So
ciety- plea for their membership in
tie League to Enforce Peace. Her
o flee in the league is state secretary
81 women's organizations.
A pleasant feature of the afternoon
was the singing by the Sunflower
quartet, the members of which are:
Waldo Haywood. Howard Searle,
Hugh Smith and Frank Ripley They
sang with accompaniments, THE
Stars and Strips Forever" by Sousa,
and THE Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lie Miss Marguerite Gohlke, accom-
panied on the piano by Miss Myrtle
Radcliffe, sang the Kansas song by
w. r. Jones, and John Browns
Body"
Governor Capper declared himself
in favor of the bill which the Native
Daughters are working for, by which
the John Brown park will be made
fit. The governors father was a
! friend of Browns, and Mr. Capper
was born not far from the scene of
| Browns Kansas home.
! The program closed with an ad-
dress by W. E. Connelley of the State
| Historical society. in which he ex-
planned the incidents in connection
/ with the John Brown relics in the So
/ ciety archives. which were shown to