Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-01

districts to suit themselves. he came
within one vote of being reelected
to the United States senate
This Indianian declared that a
better ticket could not have been
selected and said when it came TO the cleo
ton il November the farmers of Indiana
would simply turn the hogs in the corn.
let the calves run with the COWS, turn out
en- masse and elect General Harrison By
giving him her electoral vote. ID. Morris
was frequently cheered.
Mr. Stanley here suggested that the
band play some such air as Marching
Through Georgia He said that Repub-
licans could sing 'sDixie" or My Mary
land'' with perfect good grace, but that
Democrats could not sing such Repubii-
can songs as America" 1.-The Star Span
gled Banner or Marching Through
Georgia" at the conclusion of which the
band got off a lot of picnic music, evidently
being loaded with other styles than he
publicans delight most in.
MIR. Coffin was the next speaker He
said that he hailed from Indiana and that
state was going to help elect Har-
rison and Morton He said that King
Grover had been weighed in the balance
and found wanting. and that this fall his
kingdom is to be divided between Benja-
min and Levi Mr.. Coffin asked il there
| was any Democrat, even, whose ignorance
was so monumental as to induce him TO
ask the question, why does the country
demand change from Democratic mis-
rule. He told his listeners in forcible and
logical array of ideas what the success OF
the Republican party this fall would
| mean. Mr.. Coffin was frequently cheered-
Mr.. Leo Redding was the speaker VINO
followed Mr.. Coffin. His allusion TO the
| fact that the Republican vice-presidential
| candidate, Levi P. Morton, had sent TO the
! sufferers in Ireland donations amounting
! to $50 900 elected great cheering. He said
the Red Bandana' as the symbol Of
| Democracy was not new in its use in this
campaign. that it was worn by the mothers
Of many bleak republicans while they
| toiled in the cotton fields for Demo cratic
masters and under Democratic overseers.
| The speaker said that Republicans will
continue TO ratify until the ides OF
November shall see she stars and stripes
of the Republican party, victorious over
the red bandana OF Democracy. LCheer-
| ing.l
Mr.. e. w. Jones next said that the
people of this country would by removing
Grover Cleveland from the presidential
chair, this fall, declare that avoirdupois
shall not sit, where brains have won't TO
hold sway. He said he was for General
Harrison for president, among other gooe!
resons, because he knew he would not
like President Cleveland go fishing on a
day when the rest of the nation was she'd
ding tears over the graves of dead heroes.
He expressed the greatest certainty in the
success of such ticket as the Republicans
present. aided by James G. Blaine, to
shout !'Vim, vigor, victory" lCheers.]
The band played medley of patriotic
airs. Columbia" Marching Through
Georgia and others which were loudly
cheered. The crowds joined in singing
Marching Through Georgia.
Mr.. Harry l. Goron was the next speak
er and made one of the most logical and
best received efforts OF the evening. He
| said in answer to the thread bare Demo
cratic talk aboutithe mission of the Repub
lican party being ended, that no one need
tell him that it was ended until the many
and glaring ills enumerated by him and
existing and fostered by the Democratic
party are corrected. When these are
righted, then, but not until then could any
one claim that the mission of the Republi-
can party has been ended.
Mr. Emmett Callahan said that ne could
not understand how any of his Irish
friends could be anything but Rtpubli-
cans. He could not see how they could
consistently be Democrats or anything
which has the slightest vestige of English
at its back. Among other reasons
why he is Republican, Mr
! Callahan gave as one that he
had -four brothers who died on The
field of battle, all killed by Democrats
AS another reason, he said that he has g
| gray haired old father living on quarter
section of land out in Kansas, who to this
day carries in his body six leaden bullets
placed there during the rebellion by Dem
ocrats. Mr. Callahan was greeted with
cheers when he sat down.
Mr.. j. W. Adams said that the Repub
lican party represented intelligence as
against ignorance represented Dy the Dem
ocracy, bravery against cowardice. He
made several telling points in the review
of the history of the Republican party
and was roundly applauded.
Mr.. Noah Allenwas glad to see so large 6
crowd, and supposed they came because
being able to read they knew what would
be ratified. He then humorously described
the feeble attempt ia short time ago. Of
about twenty-five Democrats who at
tempted to ratify in the same hall where
the female suffragists were to have q
meeting that night. After the suffrag
lists had been driven out, the Democrats
not having enough to do anything else
promptly and properly adjourned.
81 He quoted O prominent Democrat. whC
had recently said in speaking Of The
''ready-made'' Democratic platform, that
the president wrote it to suit himself only
and that after it left him there was not al
dotted or crossed. They took theil
dose of Grover, but had to take Thurman
to remove the bad taste. de coatrasted
with this the manner in which the Repub
hcan platform was made He paid high
compliment to the magnanimous act O
James G.. Blaine in declining the nomina
ton. The allusion TO Blaine raised tire
medous cheering. He referred to Genera
| Harrison as a man whose viens were
swelling with patriotic blood Tunning
clear back to a signer OF the Declaration
Of Independence lie nkened the Repub
iicsn party in the present campaign &c
Joshua when he was about to cross tbs
river Jordan and called upon Lew tc
bear safely over the ark of the coveuan;
and then called upon Benjamin &c
assist in the capture of tie city OF Jericho