The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-31
BIGGEST CROWD
IN MANY YEARS
ATTENDS FEAST
Kansas Day Guests Cheer Pro-
nOuncement Republican Gospel
Not Bit of InactiOn in Three
Days Milling.
1000 HEARD THE SPEECHES
Political Books Are Altered IN
Final Hours Of Meet.
Members of Audience Boosted
for Every Speaker.
1000 HEARD THE SPEECHES
Members of Audience Boosted
for Every Speaker.

Five hours devoted to food destruc-
tion and oratory-that was the Ias'
word of the story of the Kansas Lay
club festivities. Nearly 700 people saI
at the banquet tables. Probably 1'oou
men and women heard the speeches.
They cheered pronouncement OF Re-
publican gospel for the campaign ana
went home happy and hopeful-ln
spite of failure of every effort 10 re-
unite the party. 1t was the biggest
crowd which has attended a poAtlcal
BANQUET in the state in ten years.
Right up TO the last minute-wneh
the workers from the outlying districts
were starting to the trains @
wasn't bit of inaction in the thISe
days of aggressive milling. The Gil
max at the banquet was the oress
parade of the occasion. II was
sound sensible Republican gathering
with much steam and action Dehinu
the cause. But the men and women
who sat at the banquet tables ana
hadn't been close to the hotel medicine
making saw only part of the biggest
and most important political show OF
the season.
Political Books Altered.
Three events gave new cause for
altering the political books in the 1lnal
hours of the meeting. The rather IN
sistent statements of r. J. Hopkins TO
his friends to the effect that he pro-
posed to run for the governor was the
first upset of established rules. few
hours later Governor Allen h1mselI
entered the arena-not yet at least
as a candidate to succeed himself
but a champion of his administrator
and defense of the increased tax levy
The third disturbance was the posi-
tive statement of w. r. StuPbs. former
governor. that he was seriously plan
ming to return to state politics and
might make early announcement
Stubbs came to the banquet from ms
home in Lawrence unannounced- he
was in several conferences with
former political associates and mana
gers. 1t was the first time he had at
tended a Kansas Day club banquet IN
a dozen years.
Governor Flags Candidates.
Governor Aliens speech before the
club members at their business ses-
sion in representative hall was the
most spectacular event OF the day.
For twenty minutes the governor
flayed the candidates for office Oh
tax reduction platform. He showed
that various institutions and dapart-
ncnts cost but fractions of a penny
when the unit expense to taxpayers
was considered. There was a ring OF
sarcasm and bitterness thruout the
governors. speech which was directed
against his neutrality-suspicious.
Lambertson, Brady, Knapp and How
ard.
Observers saw in the governors talk
a move by the administration to get
behind Hopkins as a law enforcement
candidate Others believe it was a
laying of the ground plan for third
term move by the governor. 1t was
one of the most important events of
the Republican gathering.
4f,a n ik-fT rsroe T1r1.
At this time. tho the Stubbs demand
is less pronounced than several
months ago. Following reports of his
pan late Monday night several Of his
former advisers urged him not to
start.
Boost Every Speaker.
Those were the features on the side
lines q the big political show drew 10
a close. At Masonic temple there was
q crowC that packed the nal and
made free and unrestrained eating
and fork Juggling an utter impossi-
billy. The crowd was on its toes ard
boosting for every speaker. Presi-
dent Wilbur c. Hawk won fine re-
ception in his short, snappy talk on
Tepublicanism. once out under the
full ead of steam, there was generous
applause for every speaker on the
Hawk Praises Kansas.
Hawk praised Kansas brains, initia-
tive and leadership and in a spirit of
boastfulneSs pointed to the fact that
in sixty years the state has cast her
electoral vote for a Republican in all
except four occasions. He pointed to
strong Kansas laws and endorsed the
Industrial court enactment with a
statement that if given fair trial its
policies would be accepted in every
state in less than ten years.
Then came enthusiastic responses
from the big crowd when Frank H.
Mcfarland of Washington responded
TO the toast of honor. kansas" 1t
was one of the old time impassioned
speeches that will hold a place with
talks before the clubs in former years
by some of the states most prominent
native sons. Mrs. Manley L. Fosseen
was warmly welcomed when she
talked for the women and Congress-
man Joseph d. Fordney of Michigan
held his crowd nearly two hours with
q talk on tariff problems.
There was a noisy home coming re-
ception for Congressman J. n. Tincher
of the Seventh district when he made
short talk following conclusion OF
the regular program. Congressman
Tincher escorted Congressman Ford
ney to Kansas for his speech.
The most brilliant oratory of the
entire Kansas Day proceedings was
displayed by Frank H. Mcfarland OF
Washington. assistant United States
district attorney, in responding to the
toast. Kansas" a place on the ban
quet program that is always assigned
to native son of the state. After
dwelling briefly on the early history
and development of Kansas. in which
he proudly pointed to the fact that
the Republican party had played ar
important part Mcfarland issued ar
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