From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 1, 1908: The new year dawned and prospects for 1908 seem bright here. In Washington, one of the most brilliant functions at the White House in years was the New Year’s Day reception of President and Mrs. Roosevelt when as many as 6,000 persons visited, many of them ‘received’ in person by the Roosevelts. . . . There appears to be growing sentiment to push our W.R. Stubbs into running for the governorship this year. “