The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
KANSAS In NEED

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shall attain it depends upon the vision,
the courage, the wisdom of the men
to whom you entrust the shaping of
governmental policies. know that
the minds and the hearts of the Kan
sas people are in tune with these living
principles"
The message of the retiring COVER
nor was received with much applause
"a response that testified to the popu-
larity of the outgoing executive and
, the work of his administration.
In his discussion of Kansas and her
part in the war, the governor asserted
that of the 81 200 men who had gone
to the army camps and had seen serv-
ice at the front, 1000 had paid the
supreme sacrifice. During the days
to come, Governor Capper asserted,
Kansas must meet the new ideals and
the policies of government which the
returning soldiers will urge upon the
| state and the nation. Kansas will give
these men a wonderful we1come-a
welcome typical of the spirit of loyalty
and appreciation of all Kansas-when
these men return as civilians.
Capper's Message.
The governor said:
Kansas and Her Responsibilities,
We have met here today to induct into
office, the public servants to whom the
of state for the next two years 1t is a
grave responsibility We lay upon them. The
whole fabric of the social order in large
portion of the earth is being torn apart
and made over. Measures of Fundamental
and mighty Significance confront every
government in both hemispheres. While
Kansas will not Re called UPON to prapnie
directly with world problems she cannot
expect to escape, even in affairs of the most
local nature, the influence OF the mighty
currents of the changing order AIthO
Kansas has not been over-run by contend
have not been desolated by charge and
counter-charge; while it is our hearts alone
that have been torn by war. We too haye
our work OF reconstruction. Politically and
economically we must readjust ourselves
to the new world which will rise from the
holocaust. And We can hardly be Kansans
true to the genius of our race if We neglect
| or fail to have a part-so far as human
agencies may go-in shaping that new
! We have just closed the most mon1entous
year OF modern history. 1t has fallen to
| the autocratfc rule of might. and to ma Ike
possible the reign of liberty and right
turnout the earth In this great drama
which we fondly believe marks the begin
| ming of new epoch in the history of the
race, Kansas has had the privilege of play
ing part in full keeping with her resources
of men and means. We have given freely
| and loyalty of sons and our wealth
-Four Thousand Make Supreme Sacrifice
More tnan S1,OOO men from Kansas have
served with the colors and 1000 of them
| have made the supreme sacrifice. We have
|
a free-wilI offering to the several war ac-
| tiyisies more than 210 million dollars But
| OF deeper significance has been the fervor
ana patriotic zeal Kansas has shown: the
| forgetfulness Of self and the subordination
| or personal interests: the alacrity and the
unaniniity with which the state has re-
| sponded to every call; the high determina
| ton TO make every sacrifice needed to at
tain our great end. Our lives and our
| fortunes have truly been placed upon
| the altar of our country. Kansas misunder-
| stood, misrepresented, even villified before
the IN day OF actual conflict. has no apology
| conduct during these stirring days She
did not falter in the time of trial
| The men who fought our battles for u.s.
| those who went overseas and those in
camps on. this side, chatting under the
routine of drill, impatient ito get into
| the big game" are already returning to
| MS and their accustomed places in our
community know my Kansas well
enough to know the welcome YOU will give
| them know the appreciative reception
that awaits them. And I nm certain that
higher ideals. with broader vision, with
| a greater love of country and keener ap-
probation of duties of citizenship. Woe
| Of service, in them and in ourselves. which
this war has engendered- On them will
| states well-being in the next quarter cen
| tury- They come back to take up the
| our schools: our business, our press, our
churches will be largely what they make
them If they have sensed the import of
| as believe they have il they come back
| with the idealiSm of true democracy: II
| tney are 1mbued with the spirit of service
| II they have caught glimpse of the
| meaning of the brotherhood of man. God
help rs If We are not ready to join hands
| with them in n program that looks to q
| 1ulier lie under happier conditions.
Warning Against Bolshevism.
| The epidemic of Bolshevism. spreading
| so rapidly in Europe. carries n warming foI
| America 1t is the outgrowth of despair
| the politics of hysteria. 1t is a disease
| certain to appear whenever conditions be-
| come unbearable. The morals of the ma
| ton break down and the people run
amuck in blind effort to redress theil
| wrongs 1t is mob rule; government with.
out steering wheel or rudder. This dan
| gerous state Of mind is highly conta sious
| the disease We know that the spirit OF
| unrest. the chatting under the imposftions
| OF injustice, is not confined to the strug.
Cling masses of Europe. We know that
world which has fought never me1
fought before. to overthrow hereditary
privilege will not for long brook injustice
at the hand OF other privilege wrestied
| from the hands of the people. We know
that world which has crushed a con.
scfencelesS JunkeriSm will not endure
a world which revolted at autocracy. VII
eventually overthrow a money made arts
tocracy- We know that the world has
| fought 10 establish democracy among ths
people Of the earth. and all the Bourbons
| and Tories In creation shall not avail
against them The best. indeed the only
preventive of radical socialism and tbs
anarchy Of Rolshevism Is 10 remove tbs
contributive causes. We must shap.
our program of reconstruction that thoss
l who have vailantly worked at home IN
support of our cause, shall never feel thai