The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-11-02

rApplan-c.1 know no p,rty and no sect:
/ know on The great isaue Of the colored
nan thew Lave tried to disaffect them.
/ say 10 them that they call me scoun-
dreI, a gambler, bat the churches call upon
me and I help to support them. Laugh
teri Tes. they tell you don't vote Tor Jen-
nison, he i-nt sound But | was march
ing men and arming slaves long before any
one else. and YOU know Lincoln ordered me
out. lChees.] You recollec my procla-
nation. that a disloyal man had no right
which q loyal man was bound to respect. A
voice, ye,, and applause
They meet YOU in the street and take you
to saloon, and ses you drunk while you are
lying around town. Yea, and then they say
behind your backs ,d-n negro. Appliance.
I will aay also as to Lnhmen-but n DIR.
Crooke here! mo Response.
Ny opponent i. . nice fellow. Laugh
teri Idon't believe it however. Laugh
ter. But if am better man
vote for me. Yes, l ssy to you,
take the whole Republican ticket. Then
was never 10 good ticket nominated before.
IA yoice-"How about the Germans ?"l
Maa-you have Mat. He is German
He docs not need 10 make . canvass, because
his strict adherence to busiDe.s, and his in.
,eeri,y. You all know. He will roll up a
vote, a larger one than any on the ticket.
Applause.
George Smith il pulling my coat-tail be.
hind. Laughter. Maybe he don't like 10
hear that. But I'll pay NO attention to him
Laughter. The issue il this, vote for the
men you think will represent you best.
This is not my usual speech. No, it is Z
moral talk. But let me say here that
Jennison's sale takes place day after to-rnor
row laughter and ! invite you all to oon.s
out there, who wish to purchase stock.
was speaking Of morals, just now. Let
me say one thing. Morals? l passed
through the streets Of your city; heard then
oppose me on the ground of immortality.
said, in the language of George Franci'
Train, "What a cheek y Sensation.
Mark one thing-I say it frankly-I de-.
any man in Leavenworth TO say that he ha'
purposes that / have. Applause.
| demand him TO say 40, il have 90
given more than anv brother. Excitement.
Yes, they took it-took it with all its i'm
MOI ality, tremendous sensationl and cam,
for the second, and came again for the thirc
time. [Noises.l They took it, and Say
again, they pu, it in their pockets. with al
its immortality.
could give names. But l will only as!
YOU what constitutes Christian. Yes, wha
is it, Pay your debts, and il you meet a
sufferer, take a dollar from your pocket, i
you have two, and give it to him. Sensa
ton. Pay your debts, that is it, and mo-
TO make loud speech in the pulpit, and ID
unjust to your fellow-man. Applausel
Bat one illustration before l close, fellow
citizens. They are building q new churci
over there, back OF the Jail. have give'
10 all of them. They came to me, and sai'
Now give to u.s." Yes, l will call I'd,
name. 1t was Gen. Wright, bridge contrac
tor. [Sensation,l You all know him.
Well, took the list and looked il over
the highest name on the list was twenty five
dollars. ! subscribed fifty dollars
[Applause1 And now l heard to nigh
that they said: "Jennison is nominated or
the Republican ticket, We will catch him lor
fifty dollars more" Laughter.
That's just it, you rec, fellow citizens. Th, J
say am an immoral man, but give ii
much, more than any Of them, and Chris
u al uouc-t hihp "u' So
whether he is rich or whether he is poor
Applause.
Now. my opponent is a good man. as
said, but he canno; represent yen as enersei'
ically AZ | can. 1 will represent you physi
cally if must Any bill that you send me
will go through; and first. last and all the
tune l will be for Leavenworth and your in.
terests. Applause.
And row, all that have to say to You IL,
come 10 JenbisOn's sale day after Tomorrow.
Lang ter.
The Colunel then retired. captured his
bearer, gave PARTING glance At the exhaust
ed reporters, and disappeared in the yawn.
ing month Of the hotel, when the band be-
low blew a soft sweet air, and the other
speakers took up the thread Of OBSCURE,
while the audience gradually thinned away
until the hour Of adjournment.