Wichita eagle., 1886-10-24
THE GRAND RALLY.
Scarcely Standing Room at the Mem.
orial Hall Last Night.
Gov. Jcln A. Martin, Rev. G. Hunt, or 81.
Louis, and j. l.. Waller. OK I.eaTenworth.
Address the Immense Audience and
arc Cheercd TO Echo.

= night, people were seen vending their wa
to the hall hoping that an early arriva
% would unable them to secure q seat. At til
% appointed hour all the seats were occupies
i, and standing room IN the rear part of th
:, hall could not be found. The governor di
he not arrive until 40 o'clock, when he wa
escorted up tho islo by Col FL L. Taylor
% chairman OF tho county central Republican
committee. His appearance was sufficient t
draw out hearty cheer from tho larg
!. crowd. The governor by no means seernet
to be alarmed at his hearty reception, bu
looked es though he was accustomed to tha
. sort of thing.
Col Taylor called the assembly to orde:
and placed in nomination as chairman of tn.
meeting Gen. B. B. EgglesGon, who wa:
unanimously elected and soon after took hi:
seat upon the platform. He made a few very
appropriate remarks in introducing Gov.
Martin, who on arising was again greeted
with prolonged cheers.
The speaker asked the silence Of the audi
ence as the two months hard campaign work
had very much impaired his voice. He said
he would endcavor to make himself heard by
all but questioned his ability to do SO. 81
appear before You this evening"" he coltin-
ued. 'as cendidate for reelection as gov
have worked for the principles set forth by
that party from boyhood up"
lie then reviewed tte history CT the
party embracing its many brilliant achieve
ments from the time it gained tie
control of the government to the present. He
said that he believed that many of those who
| claim to be Democrats were in reality GLAD
that the Eepublican party had p!ayed as
conspicuous part as they hal il orr nation
al history.
lie reviewed the many beneficial changes
tao Republican party had made in the post
Office department. All Of then. had at first
been pronounced q failure by the Democrats
until they proved a'success then they ceased
| that cry and changed to something else thai
also proved q beloft He referred to the
! Republican party as being business party.
| It's leaders iad shown rare ability in that di-
| cecticn. History would always pay tribute
to the personnel OF the party. He named
SDiic VI 'biti N.OSStt iiov
with Blaine and Logan which brought oat a
good long Republican cheer.
lie said the Republican party was proud OF
its history and 10 one OF it5 members was
ashamed to refer to il while the Democrats |
asked that their record be blottod ont and
forgotten.
The Democrats hsd gained the control Of |
The government through false ptcsenses. Ore |
statement was that ths Republican party |
had urnecosgarily hoarlei M a large surplus
which they, if placed IN power, would dis
tribute among the people. They called it |
robhing the psolle and grew Wild over the
subject. They had now been in power nine
teen months and what v-as tho result. They
They had paid off less government bonds in
that whole tins than in any three months |
during the last two years the Republican |
party was il power.
In the last presidential campaign, lir |
Thomas A. Hendricks Lad said in ono OF his |
speeches thai the government now employad
60 600 moro Inen IAN was necessary to carry
or the business. lie had said that IL the
Democrats got in power that mum
ber would be dismissed ard their |
places allowed TO remain untitled. The |
party had not complied with that statement;
but on the contrary had created three thous
and new Offices. The most striking change |
appoint rebel b,isadiers.
That party had also said that the annual
expenditures OF the government was szz0,-
000, 600 more than it should be. They had |
promised % cut down the running expenses
that much. The expenditures for tie first
year they vera IN power showed so, ,OCG, ,01o |
more tlc, Use ~ the Republican party. So
the expenses Of the government had been in
crease inst, al OF ,lininishad.
The president had paid but little attention
to the great wost. Tho state of New York
and the solid sonth had captured his eye
Nine .ee--tw on..ieihs OF the appointments
1.4a:e lad ieen made ia those sections. The
men who had beon appointed to represent
TIC nation abroad were mainly rebels.
The Democratic party had claimed that
ahe Rspuhlican party had been identified
viii Wall street. Every vhiff,t of {, Demo
cratic stump speaker h-d bloved s.bo,t Wal,
street, and many of iLem were not aole to
.ol ii what state it YVES located Ee .hsn
referred 10 the Iact that Grover Cleveland
seemed to be mashed on Wall street from the
cabiast ilo lad chosen. I:o lad sehcte,
more members from Wall street than any
other president
The governor then discussed state politics.
Ic took IL, al the leading Issues ald had
diei them in logical way.
and seemed 70 be so recogni-ed by the audi
erco. When lie closed he was given another
,ons. round OF cheers.
Nhan he he'd taken his seat Gcn Eggies- |
ron introduced Attorney Henry A CLIFFORD, /
WHO resi an original poem. It's rare excel |
.once calls for its publication. The follow !
ms isa cory:
LINES TO So. JOHN.
''Ccrio my St. JOAN, oad leave al mean
things
To lor ambition. and the pride OF kings"
Con,c, sit awhile at stern old Reasons gata.
ms, In The situation, ncdi ats;
sn6. r,ecifating. tel Mo, ii you can,
A,.aati IS youT lile prohibito-y plan! /
"lT le.re tAe ea;' Of pores N its flight,
And hesln to raise the Democratic kite!
Hhy slanGer. bassl.y, n the public ears,
The s-Tanj OLD party. which. for many years,
ia s1iy O. state 50 sallartly mas 1nan,,e,i,
AID seielr eIiisei, Iyith Q r'aStsr hand,
IL prohibition b2 Your earnest ,helae.
My sal your bark upon the ugly stream
q ilce1lSs, from wEose sleep sI.d lofty bank
Your Democratic allies cast their plank
Why seek where prohibition is tie law.
10 stlr up strife, o. counsel opeu war;
l. ''.tl.e 0r rum" bc ,5o,.r purpose bold.
Jeelrelnilar satan, in tha daVs of CID