Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01
BAYARD AT 6at TiMORE.

arms mingled with the sight seers in the
| side streets.
BAYARD AT BALTIMORE.
| BALTIMORE, Oct 31-Secretary Bayard
| addressed an audience Of three thousand
at Orotoro hall tonight. His opening re-
marks consisted of a high eulogy of Pres
| ident Cleveland with references to his
personal intimacy with him. He also
spoke in terms of praise of the presidents
action in elevating Secretary Lamar to the
supreme bench. MIR. Bayard declared that
Justice Lamar was not only beloved by the
southern people but was honOred, respected
and trusted throughout the union,
wherever the name Of Lamar was heard
Secretary Bayard endorsed the president
position on the tariff question and in con-
cluson said
Gentlemen, there are political birds Of
prey that fatten and rejoice over the
carcass of dead and exposed ISLANDERS and
falsehoods. This country has been
the witness in the last week Of
the interruption, for the time being
only, of its relations with a
foreign and friendly power. 1t was made
necessary. The act was not the act OF the
people of the United States, or of any one
in sympathy with them or with their in
terests. 1t was the wretched plot of des-
pairing politician, great applause and
cheersl or conspiracy of desparing poll
ticians to bring discredit upon class OF
our adopted citizens, for the purpose of
creating an unjust prejudice in the minds
of another class of our adopted citizens. A
SANDER upon the one and a foul attempt
to mislead the other. 1t can not be de-
Tended. my friends You can not divorce
political morality from personal morality.
There are weapons Of civilized war
fare and there are weapons denied
by civilized warfare, and the man that
would coin lie to defeat his political OPP
ponent would poison the well of his enemy
in time of war and slaughter his wife and
children. [Uproarous and continued ap-
plausel. Now against this, | call upon
the honest sentiment of every American
citizen to resent the insult thus offered 80
our country by these persons. If, as the
saying goes, the receiver Is as bad as the
thief, what have you to say of the men
who in public speeches will gloat and
cheer and clap their hands over a proof of
infamy committed for the sake of politi-
Cal supremacy? The whole civilized
world shudders with the excuses of the
French revolution, for France grew
drunk with blood to vomite crime,
and in those days when mems minds were
frienzied, prostitution was worshippei in
the name of the goddess of reason. | ask
you, is there not the prostitution OF the
name Of an honest people, and shall men
be found in this country SO base and so
poor as to welcome that which brings
shame upon the name of American poll
tics? Are these the men, is this the
dear land of ours is to be handed
over? No, my friends. whatever may be
our differences as to our personal admin
iStration, whatever may be the question of
our divergence upon the non-essentials,
let us at least resolve that ours shall be a
government OF honest. self-respecting men.
Let US establish and let it be our fiji st duty
to establish such tone, such a standard
of morals all over this land, that when a
man goes abroad into other countries or
stays at home he may say with just pride
and gratitude, Thank God | am an
American citizen" Great applause and
DEMOCRATIC ASSESSMENTS IN IOWA.
WATERLOO, Ia, Oct. 31.-The Democrats
are putting the assessment thumb-screws
into federal officeholders in this state with
great vigor The state committee has
MIXED the COW several times and now the |
national committee is working her for
what is left. A letter from the Iowa
of the national committee, |
j. j. Richardson, of Davenport, has |
just been made public In it he asks for |
in addition to what has al |
ready been given to the state committee, |
and says that the plan of the campaign |
has been changed by the Democratic Ma !
tional committee so as to look to other |
states than Iowa's for success. This is an |
admission that the plan of Rainbow |
Chaser Brice had been abandoned and |
that the Democrats no longer hope to |
break the Republican columns of the |
northwest.
The assessments in the railway postal |
service seemed to be enforced more strictly |
han in any other branch. A Republican |
clerk, who has been connected with the |
service thirteen years, was notified the |
other day to call a the headquarters of .
he Democratic state committee and pay |
up his assessment He declined, and last
Monday he received notice of his discharge |
rom the service. That is the way civil |
service reform is enforced in Iowa The
abuse of the mail service for political pur-
poses is creating much Indignation in this |
state.
At Marshalltown, United States letter
carrier, in uniform, peddIed out circular /
etters from the Democratic headquarters
which did not bear the slightest trac5 of a
stamp. The envelopes were addressed in
he usual manner, probably at Des Moines
out when delivered by the carrier at Mar
'halltown had not a stamp Of any kind on
hem.
BRlCE MAKES A BLUFF.
SAN FRANCiSCO Oct 81 A snecial from