Wichita eagle., 1888-11-04
REPUBLICAN RALLY.
THE COURT ROOM CROWDED LAST
EVENING TO HEAR REPUB-
LICAN DOCTRINE.
The Hon. John L. Waller. State
Elector at Large Makes a
R0using Speech. Followed
by ". Z. Payne and 7.
T. Oliver. Esq.
REPUBLICAN RALLY.


| Coyington, chairman Of the meeting
THE HON. JOHN A. WALLER
Was introduced and received with cheers.
| He said he was glad to assist in firing the
last gun in the campaign. Announced if
anyone had to leave the hall he hoped it
would be a Republican and not Demo :
crat. He had spoken every night, except
Sunday. since the first of September. lie
was glad to speak in Wichita, in the city
in which he had heen placed on the Re
publican ticket: the only man who would
cast an electoral vote for president He
insisted that Kansas had done more for
the colored people than any other A
member of his race had been auditor Of
state. "The coored people of Kansas
honored more than the coored people of
any other state" He said it would be
ungenerous not to remember such facts
He referred to the plank in the Repuhli
can platform referring to free ballot and
fair count. He then quoted Harrison's
statement on the same question. The
speaker proceeded to discuss whether
Cleveland reached the presidency by fraud.
Kansas with 265, 900 votes and South Caro-
lima with $1,000 each having nine electoral
votes Iowa with 10000 votes and Georgia
100, 900 and each have the same power in
the electoral college. lie gave a number
of similar instances taking in all the
southern states and comparing them with
northern states showing a vote in the
south has much more power than
vote in the north The coming elec-
ton was to decide if the country should
continue to be ruled by the manority.
TIL speaker was aware of the fact that
the Democratic party was very sensitive,
but if honoring the men who saved the
nation was waving the bloody shirt, it
would be waved.
The Republican parry had made the
negro even, equal to Democrats, although
rather hard on the negro. When the Dem
ocrats came into power hey found the first
surplus ever found By a Democratic pre'-
dent. Twenty miliOu dollars in the vault
when they came into power and every cent
accounted for by the Republicans in
twenty-five years. They had promised to
put the surplus in the pockets of
the people, but it failed to flow.
Now the president says they
has sl3000O.CO0 and Cleveland squeals
about il like a spanked baby.
Kansas since the Democratic party went
out OF power getting out for the Republi
cans He stated that the Republican par
ty was the greatest civilizer on earth.
AS to the surplus the speaker said he
would deny that there is a surplus, The
government was in debt and had 10 sur
plus until debts are paid. $3.50 zoe, coo
bonds due in three years. The admins
tration is Instructed TO use surplus toward
paying off bonds, but Cleveland has
strange misgivings about it, Cleveland
had disgraced the Office by shaking $40 900
over the heads of thu people,
thus saying, This viii. help make
you people re-elect me- Such
thing had not been done by any other pres
dent. The president had made offensive
partisians out of his cabinet and all his
high up appointees by making them give
UP money and make speeches for his re-
election when four years ago he thought
one term long enough for any man to be
president.
The speaker referred to the farmer who
asked Mills why sugar in the south had a
tariff of GS per cent and wool on tie free
list, when Mills replied, 600 soak your
head" The American people ask that
question today which Will be settled next
Tuesday and the Democratic party will
soak their head.
The s2es ker referred to Cleveland's pen
sion vetos more than the other presdents
three hundred and sixty pension bills
vetoed 10y him and decided that no colored
soldier shout he allowed pension. The
co'ored maa who would vote against the
over his grave traitor" Surprised at a
white man being a Democrat and could
not see how a colored mau could be IA
Democrat unless through pure ''cussed
ness"
The colored people were made American
citizens by the Republican party. He
asked tie colored man who thought of
voting the Democratic party, ask himself
where he got that ballot which he holds in
hands. No Democratic state voted TO give
the negro a vote and no Republican state
voted againstit.
The speaker referred TO Thurman's Port
Huron speech, in which he stated 1.-THE
negro is a prolific animal" He also re-
ferred TO the fact of Thurman's efforts to
say he did not mean to say it The
speaker then read Thurman's letter in
reply on that prolific animap' statement
The answer showed that the Republican
party had given oolored people the power
to be respected by Thurman and his gang.
The apology was like old Dan Tucker
who came too late to get his supper"
Thurman had said the declaration of indie
pendence written by a Democrat had
given the colored man his liberty. \ far
fetched statement
The Democratic party never freed any
thing. Thomas jefferson was not the
kind of Democrat that fred ON the
American flag. \ shame that the Demo
cratic party OF TODAY shoUld claim any re-
lation to Jefferson
Thurman in % denounced the black
man all over Ohio aud succeeded in de
feating the negro in his struggle for suf-
frage Why did he not tell that colored
delegation about that when they called on
him few days ago." The speaker read
Thurmau's speech in 60 against the col
ored man.
There were 90, ogO colored soldiers One
cur OF Eve never returned home. They
implore the nation by their ST.
lence TO care for their wild
ows and orphans The speaker
told of the effort of Mrs. Shaw, of Nash
vile, Tennessee, TO get pension after
giving her three sons 10 the union cause
Concerning her efforts the speaker read the
decision on the ease. stating Mrs. Shaw
was slave at the time her two sons were
killed and hence they should not have a
pension. Two hundred and twenty-eigh,
colored soldiers fromthe south and the