Wichita eagle., 1888-07-11

! carried. The following are on the com
nittee: Messrs. Majors, Judge Thomas,
| Bean, Ebby and Mccoy. There was one
more to be named on the committee and
the chairman. not having been posted as
| to their names by Manager McMechan,
said, with a nod towards the colored
brothers at the back of the room, land -
| one Of our friends over near the door who
is as yet not member, but viii be Soon "
1t was suggested that the committee be
ready to report at the next meeting.
| Mr. McMechan now got in his fine work
and with that grace and eloquence known
to and possessed only by the polished ora
tor, announced 10 the expectant chairman,
that they had among them, "a coiored
| gentleman, an attorney, who was Demo
crat from principle" He then introduced
| Mr.. Smith.
| Mr. Smith announced that he only came
as a visitor, simply to see how the club was
| being conducted. He said he was a Demo
GRAFT on account Of the tariff question,
which he announced he had made some
what OF a speciality" and said he would
/ have some more c5lored men with him.
| He was applauded several times. He also
| said someone might think he was Demo
| crat because he thought there would be
some money in it, but such was not the
case.
The travelling editor Of the Beacon here
observed, - see that we have here with Us
! this evening the Hon. w. ?. Campbell, our
nominee for attorney general
The judge stepped forward. ran his
thumbs up along under his suspenders to
straighten the latter, and then proceeded
with MS speech. He began by clarifying
in the spunk of his colored friend in cut
ting loose from the Republican party. i
! have had some trouble with them myself,
and / fully symparhize with you, " said the
! speaker Contrary to the general line OF
/ Democratic speakers (who, however,
seldom have such environments as had
the Judge last night he said that the
colored people as a race had advanced more
in the past twenty-five years than had any
other race on the face of the earth ever
done in the same length Of time. He said,
my late fellow Republicans" take great
credit 10 themselves for having conferred
upon the colored man the boon Of freedom N
/ But he asserted that was done only as a
war measure, and there were even then
some leaders OF the party who, as COM
promise measure were willing to let them
remain in slavery. The judge, not having
prepared any notes, omitted stating what
position he took on that point at that
| time. They were only freed that they
might later be given the ballot in order
| to humiliate their late masters
He said further that the colored people
never received the full benefit Of their free
dom and enfranchisement until after 1876
Hayes, by pressure OF public opinion
! withdrew the military and gave the col
ored people the privilege OF voting as they
pleased. The Judge unblushingly went on
to say that they are still enjoying in the
southern states that blesssd boon OF VOTING
as they please, and the audience applauded
lust like they believed i. and thought that
the Judge did himself. Judge Campbell
had nothing 20 say about whether or not
those votes represented by him as
being so freely cast were ever counted
He was in favor of organizing clubs on
the latest improved Indiana plan and
wanted tracts" distributed among the
! people He did not think congressional
speeches would do much good unless they
could be worked down into the shape OF
tracts He said, II take Henry Georges
paper, and it has list OF fifty very good
tracts, devoted to the single tax idea. They
will do great deal of good" The Tilden
club lie thought the best organization todo
this work. The central and executive
committees would do well enough after a
while, but in the meantime, hire a man il
necessary to distribute this literature.
BY this time the candidate for attorney
| general was getting a little warmed Up
I -I,a+ bai in 81
/ Speaking of this literature, he said, Now,
as TO the kind of free"-but catching him
self in time, he changed his words and
/, said: Now, as to the kind Of tariff itera-
ture that will DO, | would distribute moth
/ ing else but straight-out, unadulterated
free trade literature. 1t won't be much
! trouble after you have converted man TO
| free trade to get him to vote for Cleve-
land You can't distribute too much
Simon pure, free trade literature,
written even by free trader,
and by no politician" One Of the
members of the Beacon staff then handed
the speaker a paper containing the names
OF some simon pure writers on the sub
ject The speaker continuing said, that
! there ought to be a committee to pass upon
the character of the literature sent out
and allow none but the proper sort to go.
While he was on the subject OF Simon
pure unadultetated free TIA le' literature,
lIr. Mccoy asked MIN what he thought. OF
the presidents last message. The judge
said with emphasis, Il don't think there
IS any stronger document on
that issue. That is the only issue. Don't
let anything else be crowded into the cam
! raicr7 II X the crraUdeSt thing ever writ
ten on the subject"
The quotations above made are just as
Judge Campbell uttered them. Soon
after he had finished speaking a I'VE min
utes recess was taken. Several members
OF the club stepped up to the EAGLE repre-
sentative and said, Did you get what
/ Judge Campbell said?" On being an
! swered in the affirmative, they said, Well
don't say now that he said he was a free
trader
If anyone who heard the judge last
night. or w1o reads his correctly reported
expressions in this article can do other
wise than call him simon pure, unadul-
rerated free ira der" then what else can he
be called?
After a few more remarks touching upon
! President CIeveland's action n regard tC
not tuying more bonds, and saying the
! Republicans had nominated a ticket which
consisted OF simply pedigree and
q pocket book, the Judge sat down.
Mr. Collins. who ran for councilman in
/ the Second ward last spring, was the mex;
speaker. He was as q red hot free trader
I as Judge Campbell and gave most OF the
! members OF the club the dd-ets' while