The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-17

women and children. After music by
the Moran band, prayer was offered
and dinner announced. 1t was our
good fortune to be the guests of Mr..
Kennedy, President of the League,
and we soon found ourselves seated to
a bountiful meal alongside of several
of the most radical Leaguers and of
Judge" Smith of the Inter State.
1t was plain case of lion and lambs,
or lamb and lions,-but We were
all too hungry to attempt to settle
which was which, so the dinner was
disposed of in the midst of profound
peace.
After dinner, exercises at the grove
were resumed by the inevitable "mu-
sic by the band" after which "a. c.
Boyle" was vociferously called for.
He mounted the platform very reluct-
antly, but being there he acquitted
himself like a man, making a very ell
oquent judicious and sensible talk of
half hours length. The speech was
well received, as it deserved to be, and
was followed by more music by the
band. Brother Pine, of Salem, was
then called up and was introduced by
the chairman as the man who was
thoroughly terminated by the
streams of modesty." He paid glow
ing tribute to the man whose memory
they had come to celebrate, declaring
that he had built for h.mselfa monu-
ment of intellect and character that
would insure his name place i'm his
tory beside that of Washington and
Jefferson. He then occupied some
time with a recital of the wrongs the
settlers had received at the hands of
the railroads, eXpatiating at some
length on the holiness of their cause,
and consecrating himself and his hear
ers anew to the maintenance Of it.
After loud cheering and more IN. b. t.
b. III. D. Smith was called for. He
mounted the steps with alacrity and
for half an hour swayed his audience
at will with a speech which was no
less remarkable for its elegant rhetOr-
ic, than for its calm conservatism and
its clear and convincing logic. Mr..
Smiths cool Judgment and good taste
were never better displayed than on
this occasion, and the wild applause
that greeted his heroic declaration,
"Shoot me if you will but the League
God bless twill still live" showed
how deeply he had stirred his audi
ence.
This speech, followed by few re-
marks by the chairman, closed the eX-
ercises of the day and the cruwd begun
to disperse. After considerable talk
with various members, we at last
found our way to our vehicle and
started on the return journey, feeling
that We had been fully as we'll treated
as we could wish TO be. Our thanks are
especially due to Mr.. Kennedy for
courtesies extended and for informa-
ton freely given.
Having plenty of time on our
hands we concluded to drive through
the city of Moran. A happy thought,
for on arriving there we found a large
Anti League meeting in progress, and
Immediately applied for admittance
The exercises were about over, and as
a report Of them is given in another
place we need not rehearse it here
Suffice it to say that we found there
some of the best men in that part OF
the county, whose names are guaran.
ty that they will use none but lawful
means to protect their rights. We are
glad that these men have formed an
organization of that character, for il
gives promise of more deterpined eff
. fort to have the land question settled
: And surely every one will admit that
it ought TO be settled, and that speedi-
ly. No one can compare Marmaton
township with Eismore, and fail tC
see what curse this dispute has been
TO the county. The crops in Elsmore
are not SO much worse than they are
in MarmatOn, but the houses are
squatters houses, not made to live in,
an there are no stables, no outbuild-
ings, no orchards or trees of any kind
In short the entire surroundings indi-
cate plainly enough that the possessol
lives in constant expectation of being
compelled to move. at. any time and is
determined not to leave much behind
him. And here we cannot hel p remark
ing how unfortunate it is that man
kind have such an uncomfortable de-
sire to get something for nothing.
Here are two or three hundred men
living for years amid the most uncom-
Portable surroundings, putting up
with every Inconvenience, and indi-
rectly, In the way of lawyers fees ETC.,
spending twice as much money as
their land could have been bought for
in the first place, ia the hope of event
ually getting that land at government
prices. If those titles were once set
! tied we venture to say that in two
years one would hardly recognize the
! faca of tho cnIIptrv The lay that