Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-01


friends. want to say word to you about that
not that am at all satisfied that this So
called Mr. Murcheson ever wrote any such .
letter. that the British Minister ever replied
to 1t, as is pretended, for should say. looking
at the correspondence, especially at Mr. Muir
chesons letter, or socalled letter. that It boro
on its face such evident marks of downright,
shameless forgery that might be At liberty
At once to denounce It IL forgery and
then say no moro about 1t. [Cheers-l Wheth-
er it Is forgery or not, / don't know,
but this have te say, that be it . forgery
or be it q genuine letter, be it . letter written
by Murches0n or be it letter written by some
cunning Republican partisan. to which Mr..
Murcheson has lent his name, be 1t one or the
other. it is the production of deliberate villain
who deserves to be scorned by honest men.
lGreat applause.1 Why do I say this? Why
this man writes to the British Minister that no
is q naturalized Englishman in California; that
he is inclined to vote for Cleveland. but ho
don't know exactly whether Cleveland is honest
in his free trade doctrines, as he calls it, or
whether he is safe man on the subject Of
fisheries, and he wants, therefore, to know
from the British Minister whether he thinks
that Cleveland IS safe man. not for
Americans but for the British. IApplause.1
That is what he wants to know, and he tells
hiru-now don't pretend to give his exact
words for Can not stop when am speaking to
read. it tires me too much, although have tho
letter right here on my table-he tells him that
the letter IS written in the most profound con-
hdence; that nobody is to see it but himself,
but then when he gets the correct Information
then he can advise his fellow Engltshmen in
California. who also have been naturalized or
mean to be naturaized, how they can safely
vote. and he pledges to the British Minister
that not only shall that letter that he writes to
him be kept secret but that the answer Of tho
Minister shall also be kept secret.
Now my friends, when you come to look ~
the letter itself you see that it never was writ
ten by a man who for one moment thought OF
voting for Grover Cleveland On the contrary
it Is written by some skiiful, IS he thought,
cunning Republican polite an, who thought to
entrap the British Minister and get from him
something that could be used against Mr..
Cleveland In the Presidential election 90
that when that man protested to be
friendly to Cleveland and only seek
lying with every breath that he uttered, with
every word that he wrote. CApplausel When
he said that the answer OF the British Minister
should be kept profound secret he was lying.
for he never intended it should be kept secret
ii he was fortunate enough to get one, unless
that letter should disappoint his hopes. How,
my friends, II that man intended to be or was
what he said how does it come that that letter
of his to the British Minister, which was
marked private. and the letter Of the British
Minister to him, which he solemnly pledged his
honor should never see the light how comes il
that those letters are In the public press todays
But that is not all. Just look at 1t. This let
ter OF Murcheson's processes to have been writ
ten on September last and the British Minis
ter's answer processes to have been written on
September 13, and yet for more than one month
yes, considerably more than one month-no
man ever heard one word of there being such
correspondence except the men who were in
the conspiracy Last week there was to be .
great meeting as it was called, OF Hishmen,
although do not think that many honest
| thoroughbred Irishmen were in the gang
laughter and applause] but it was announced
that there was to be such meeting as that at
Madison Square in the city OF New York and
L ~ >r-A
| meeting and accordingly the meeting was held
| When was 1T held?
Speaker Carlisle answered: 'Last night"
Judge Thurman went on: Last night only
| ence comes oct which is to provo that the
! sworn President of the United States, the
| sworn Secretary Of State the sworn Cabinet OF
| the President, were all . set Of conspirators
against tho people Of the sUnited Staten II
comes out just then on the eve OF Mr.. Blaine's
| meeting the Irish meeting in the city of New
York, and among the first thing that Blaine
does is to hold up his hancs in horror over this
| theme of Official depravity. Why was il this
correspondence did not come to light sooner,
| why was itf It was kept back until the eve Of
Mr.. Blaine's Irish meeting and then brought
| forth to prejudice the American people against
their honest. upright faithful and patriotic
i President and Secretary of State.
Now, my friends, am not going TO say
| more about that because ii were to say more
| it would only look as IL thought there was
Sometn1n8 In th0t correspondence that was
| terribly damaging to the Administration. !
| do not think so at all. How can the Admins
| tration and the party be hurt by what a Mr..
| Murches0n, OF whom nobody ever heard, shall
| write out in the State of California! And al
to the letter OF tho British Minister, If he ever
| wrote it at all, there 10 nothing in it whatever
| OF damaging character TO the Administers
| ton. All that can be said about il is that the
British Minister expressed his own opinion OF
the Administration. and not only Of the Admin
istration, but Of the Democratic party. You
Democrats of Allen County don't want unneces-
arily to plunge this country into war, do you!
[Cries OF mo, MOI You don't The men who
are ready to do the fighting are the last men
who want to plunge the country In an unneces-
sary war. [Great applause.] Give us . good
| cause for war; give us the right side OF a cause
for war and can stand on this platform and
recruit every man within the sound OF my voice
who is of transferring age before I leave the
stand. (Great cheering.] You proved that in
times past and you are ready to prove It again
and the whole country is ready to prove it. But
no man who mas any righteousness in him cares
to shed unnecessary blood. This matter has
brought out a very contemplate donkey and
that is all there is of it.