The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-29
ALLEN A SPEAKER
Governor Addresses 200 Native
kanSans Here Today.
Praises Work of Men Who
Mined Pittsburg Coal.

About 200 native Kansans attended
the annual meeting of the Native Sons
and Daughters of Kansas. today at the
First Methodist church.
There was practically no deviation
from the program planned. 1t had
been planned in q brief way, accord
ing to Mrs Cora Wellhouse Billiard.
OF Tonganoxie. president. so as not to
interfere with the many who intended
to attend the presentation Of The
Price Of the Prairie" and other meet
ings held this afternoon.
A short musical program beginning
at about 1870 O'Clock followed a ger
eral reception and registration of visi-
tors and preceded the luncheon in the
church at 1890 O'Clock
Mrs. Billiard. president Of the Ma
tive Daughters presided at the speak
ers' Ia BILE with Sen J. Z. Hickey, OF
Lyndon, president of the Native Sons.
Mrs Billiard condoned the absence of
Mrs De White c. Nellls. president
emeritus. on account of sickness.
Mrs. Henry J. Allen was introduced
as the first speaker. She spoke brief
" of her interest in the success of the
organization. Her talk was made very
brief on account of being scheduled to
speak at another gathering.
Processing that women were not
noted for profound silence, Mrs Bull
lard then made her own address She
declared that Kansas was essential to
the welfare and success OF the ma
ton as a leader The men and wo-
men who made Kansas are passing.
Mrs Billiard said. and the control OF
the government is now being inherited
by a generation OF Kansans born and
raised in the state.
Sen. J. Z. Hilkey. president OF the
Native Sons next introduced. asserted,
we all know how big our state is and
do NOT need to be told
He closed his brief. clever remarks
with the suggestion that his own talk
must be very short as Governor Allen
was there and was ''rarin' to CO.
successful Coal Digger"
Mrs. Bullard then introduced Gov
ernor Allen as the most successful
coal digger Of Kansas. Governor AL
len sugges- ed that altho he was not a
native he had come to the state when
two years old and had lived here ever
since. The governor moulded his talk
around the industrial court and his
pet hobby. the land tenantry bill.
In the recent labor difficulties, the
governor asserted, the supreme court
had been the only organization TO
show any real courage eXemplltled IN
their turning over to receivers $oO,-
600, 900 worth of mining property. AL
len declared he had never doubted the
success OF being able to dig coal as he
had seen Kansas men in France and
knew what might be expected Of them.
As an example of the "God-glven
rights of the unions" Governor Allen
mentioned threats made against
woman. the wife of q miner. that un-
less she stopped washing clothes Tor
soldiers they would burn her home
He declared that there had been 364
strikes in the district recently affected
in thirteen months in which miners
gained a monetary advantage of
$7S741 at cost of s1.60O,000 in
wages. In his opinion the Industrial
court will help TO establish new class
OF labor in Kansas. =
Governor Allen briefly pointed out
the advantages of the land tenantry
proposition. Indicating that at present
few farmers owned thier own land,
and stated the belief that the future
would see a back-to-the-farm move
ment of men intending to own their
own property.
Hear WattIcs and scott.
4. other numbers on the program
were an original poem, The Old
Woman's Part" by Mrs. Margaret
Perkins Briggs a talk on Our Late
Cnpleasantness' by Chester Leasure;
Descendants of Pioneers" by VIII
lard WattIes. and an address by Sen.
Charles F. Scott. on account Of the
length of other parts of the program.
Senator SCOTS talk was crowded close
to the time of the opening Of the
matinee which all expected to attend.
on the musical program were songs
by Miss Marion McAfee; violin solo.
Miss Fayeben Williams; song. Miss
Gertrude Burning: whistling solos by
Miss Helen Whittlesey. Accompanies
were Miss Myrtle Radcliffe. Miss Isa-
bel Suthrin. and Mrs. c. A. Whittlesey