Wichita eagle., 1888-07-11
FREE TRADE.
THAT WAS ALL THE TALK AT THE
TILDEN CLUB LAST NIGHT.
Judge Campbell, Their Candidate
for Attorney General, the
Principal Advocate for
That Doctrine.


house hall At first it didn't look ike
there would be anyone, to call himself to
order. but along about 8:45, when by
actual count there were twenty-three
persons present including the EAGLE rep
resentative, as it didn't look like any
more were coming, the faithful concluded
they had about as well all assemble. \
young ''kainsUcky Dimmykrat," who is
known as u. Whiskers Campbell" max
ing the remark, that there were about
ten times as many present as they had the
night they attempted to ratify the St
Louis nominations.
Along later IN The evening a few more
came in and in all. there must have been
fully fifty persons present from beginning
TO finish, among them six colored men, who
were the proteges, the tender charges OF
Mr.. t. T. McMechan, who is TO have
special charge OF this contingent during
the campaign. When with them, in whis-
pered consultation Mr. McMechan's rudy
complexion and peach-blow pomp4dour
blended III soft, sympathetic harmony
with the positive brunette type OF his sable
brothers. He exercised over them a
parental care. He was their sponsor for
the meeting and after having had the new
brother whisper his name into his ear, Mr..
McMechan would announce for the ex-
pectant candidate, that he was colored
Democrat and would make a speech.
The MEETING
was duly called to order by the president
OF the club, Mr. N w. Hopkins, with
secretary, j. y. Haymaker, on his right.
Mr. Hopkins began oy making an admi5-
sion, sad as it was, that the thing the
Democratic party in Wichita most needs
is little more backbone" The members,
he thought, ought to take little more in
terest in the campaign. He advised the
propriety of ratifying the nominations
made at st. Louis, and thought it was
high time they were doing something IN
that direction.
Mr. Fred Bentlv, referring 20 their dis
NAL failures at q ratification nesting
when the Female Suffragists were ordered
out Of that same hall by the Tilden Club
and did leave them enough people with
whom to ratify, said evasively, that as yet
they had not ratified, because they knew,
with their local talent it would have been
d 1izzle. Noticing the break he had made,
he added, ''Of course we did not want TO
make such fizzle as the Republicans did
few nights ago" referring to the ratifica-
ton by 5000 Republicans in front of the
court house. He had tried TO get Judge
John Martin to come down some time ago
and help them ratify The judge, however,
was too smooth to allow himself to partic-
ipate in ''fizzle,'' and wired that his legal
business required his attention and he
would try later ID accommodate them.
The committee had therefore concluded
not to make any more attempts to ratify
until along later in the campaign. He
said that it was understood that the ''Flar-
entine Mosaic" the Plumed Knight"
etc, would land in this country about the
9th inst, and they had concluded not to
try it again until after that event; TO wait
and hear what would be the first gun Of
the Republicans. They had better rest on
their oars. He believed in club organiza-
tions all over the county. The speaker
was thoroughly understood and apprecia-
ted when he guardedlY remarked that
whatever they were going TO do with
what talks" they had better devote
their energies with it at the
polls and not spend their energy and
money in fireworks. The fight, he said,
was on the tariff question. The prohibit
ton question woald also bring them in
fiuence. He concluded by saying that
they were not in favor of any more demon
STATIONS at present. Mr.. Bently then
added a P. S, saying he had received a
letter from Mr. Logan Carlisle, who is at
Washington, asking for a roster Of the
Tilden club that he might send them Dem
ocratic literature.
At this juncture Rustler McNechan
looked in at the door and turning TO some
of his friends at the foot OF the stairway,
called out: say. come up, boys, she's
opened up" About eight persons came.
There was luIl, when Mr.. r. 7. Bean,
who having been born and raised in Ken
lucky. might be expected TO be a Demo
crat, rose and said he always let every
body know he was Democrat. He men
toned as a startling fact that a number of
Republicans had told him that the only
thing which made them vote the Republi-
can ticket was that they were Republi-
cans. He too favored organization and
exclaimed with v1gOr, I'VE must have II.
1t may be a very small lump of leaven
now, but it will grow big enough by No
yember."
Mr.. J. G. Mccoy. wheel horse OF the
party while in Nj, souri,, urged them t.
organize, saying tha- the Democrats here
are nearer dead than alive.
Instead Of the few we have, We
should see from 100 TO 200
here every meeting" he thought itera-
ture ought TO Re distributed but as he had
only read one speech and few extracts of
others in newspapers, he did not know
which was the best to get. John g. Car
lislr's, the one he had read, he did not con-
slider of any use 10 the western farmer.
but better adapted to workingmen in man
ufacturinG districts. He wanted red hot
Democratic meetings here every Tuesday
night. TO which Democrats should come
with the same zeal that a christian attends
sis eleven o'clock service. y man ought
10 be put into the field to distribute
tracts, kind OF missionary as it Were.
He told how he had done
such work in certain congress
siopal district in Missouri. and the dis
trict after his work actually gave Demo
cratic majority. He even went so far as 10
put in a line or two for himself as good
man in that capacity.
Judge A \. J. Crook, dyed in-thewool-
Democrat who came here from Congress
man Bill Springer's old district in Illinois,
from a county where he had always been
in active management and which never
gave Republican majority until after he
left. tried 20 give the club some ideas
about running a campaign, suggesting
hat the county executive and central
committees should have charge Of the dis
tribution OF tracts. etc, instead OF dele
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