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...because he revels in smoldering oratory, Candidate Reed stuck close to his stock speech on G. O. P. "boodlers" and misdeeds, seasoned with a few peppercorns for Tammany Hall. At Dallas, he specially flayed Secretary Mellon. At Tulsa, his special text was Oil, his chief target the Tariff. At Topeka he fell upon President Coolidge and snarled: "Without hesitation I declare that the stratum of the Republican party which has for the past eight years controlled the government is the most corrupt, the most venal and the most vicious body of men by which this nation has ever been afflicted...
...former citizen of Kansas, I have no doubt you remember my record as Prosecuting Attorney of Shawnee County, Kansas, from 1885 to 1889. You will recall, when I took the office the saloons were running wide open in the City of Topeka and that I had promised, if elected, to enforce the law. This promise was, as you know, fulfilled and every saloon was closed within thirty days, and remained closed for the four years I was County Attorney...
Gradually, Myron Taylor cut down his textile holdings and became essentially a banker. He was elected to the directorate of two railroads- the New York Central and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; he was made a trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. It was rumored that Banker Baker persuaded Myron Taylor to become one of the directors of U. S. Steel; surely, it was his support coupled with the approval of John P. Morgan that gave Myron Taylor one of the three executive offices in this gargantuan corporation...
...bags of bones that had once been horses, and an old hack, were his first professional property. He became Topeka's favorite hackman. Between calls he studied law, and gained admission to the bar at 21. At 24, he was elected county prosecutor and, when the Kansans denied themselves alcohol, he had to close up the Topeka saloons. His saloon-closing performance sent him to the Legislature. Thence he reached Congress, in 1893. He was a House member for 14 years, a Senator for three six-year terms thereafter...
Married. Miss Mary MacLennan, daughter of Frank P. MacLennan, editor & publisher of the Topeka State-Journal; to one James A. Farrell* of New York; in Topeka, Kan. In 1897 Editor MacLennan installed a new press on which was inscribed "Mary" in gold letters. On Oct. 29, 1927, the first press was succeeded by "Mary the Third." Said the State-Journal: "So it's good-bye to 'Mary the First,' and 'how do you do' to 'Mary the Third...