The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-23
OVATION TO ALLEN
Tells Colorado Bar Kansas
Court Would Stop Strike.
Arbitrary Decisions Not SOlu-
tiOn of Industrial Problems.
RECEIVED BY HOME FOLKS
Two Thousand KansanS At
tend Big Reception.
Mrs. W. A. McCarter Was on
Program.

Colorado, Springs, Colo. Aug. 23.-
That the Denver street railway strike
would have been stopped by the new
Kansas industrial law and how such
law would have operated toward
that end. was the subject OF an ad-
dress delivered before the Colorado
Bar association by Governor Henry
Allen Saturday.
Governor Allen advocated the adop-
ton of the kansas Idea" in Colorado o
and explained the difference between
these words:
THE essential difference between
the courts of the two states now lies
in the fact that the Kansas courts are
adjudicatory. the Colorado courts are
arbitrary. There is great gap be-
tween the settlement of a case be-
tween the owners and the operators of
an essential industry and that of the
award by persons chosen by the
parties and appointed under statutory
authority.
Kansas Law Recommended.
81 think that am safe in saying
that had the Kansas law been in force
in Colorado during the recent strike
here, the difficulties between the COM
pany and the employees could have
been settled entirely out of court and
the street cars would have been run
ming the entire time.
I'm Kansas under similar conditions
it would have been the business of the
Industrial court to hear the testimony
of both sides and fix the wages of the
employees. Each side would have had
complete and satisfactory representa-
ton and the decision would have been
respected by the contending parties.
Special attention was paid to the
address by the Kansas executive,
which was heard by over one hundred
members of the bar association. The
governor was introduced to the audi
ence by Judge J. c. Bell. Colorado in
dustrial commissioner. who met the
guest of the association as he arrived
in Denver. W. !. Reilly, another of
the state industrial commission. was
present at the meeting.
Great ovation for Allen.s9
Acacia park might have been
wichita, Topeka or any other bust-
ling Kansas city Saturday if one
would Judge from the reception given
to the Sunflower states favorite son
and governor, Henry j. Allens Sun
shine, altho somewhat weak at times,
brought out a big crowd of Jayhawk-
ers. and more than 1000 Kansans and
a large number of Coloradeans and
tourists heard the governor speak to
his "ain folk" g.
It was the annual Kansas day and
proved to be the record event of its
nor let his home folks know how his
pet Industrial court is operating espe-
cially in reference to the troubles in
the Kansas coal fields at this time.
Mrs. McCarter Spoke.
Other speakers on the program in
cluded Mrs. w. A. McCarter. q na-
tionally known writer of western
stories; Mrs w. E. Stanley of Wichita,
Kan; Judge E. c. Cole of the Kansas
court of appeals. and Col. r. NJ.
Chenauit of SCOTS Bluff, Kan
The reasons for the institution of
the new Kansas industrial court in
Kansas and the purposes of the court
were fully outlined in the speech given
by Governor Allen. LAS a result of
the coal strike in Kansas last winter"
said Governor Allen. which forced the
closing of schools and the shortening
of business hours and suffering in the
homes of pc jpIe over the entire state.
we discovered thru II, 900 volunteers.
who responded to my appeal to help,
that it was not necessary to place our
full dependencies on the settlement of
the strike, and the new industrial
court idea formulated itself. Every
other quarrel in the country has been
and is being settled by the govern
ment with the one exception of indus
trial difficulties and there is very
small need for the ability of the law
in settling all disputes to stop at this