Wichita eagle., 1888-09-22
The Autocratic Methods Of the Dominating
Regime Shown Up in Plain Terms
Backed by Records.
An Exhaustive Presentation Of the Position
of the Republican Party Upon the
Great Questions Of the Day.
The Tariff. the Treasury Surplus, the Rights
and Interests of American Indus
tries and American Labor, the
Fisheries Blow Out, Immi-
grafton C0mprehen-
siVely Discussed.

The train bringing the Hon. Sam r
Peters reached the union depot yester-
day morning at 1915 where the dlstin-
| guished speaker was met by Judge Sluss
and E. B Jewett, who accompanied him
to the Douglas avenue depot. As the
train stopped company A, K. n. G. COM
menced firing cannon and sever shots
were given for the Seventh COMPRESSION
al district
The ingalls, Marching club, Young
Mems Republican club and many other
Republicans, numbering about twelve
hundred, were on hand with band and
drum corps. Mr.. Peters was soon seated
in carriage with Messrs. Sluss, Jewett
and Adams, and preceded by the band
went to the board of trade rooms, fol-
lowed by the clubs, making a long line
of march. A reception was held for a
short time, which was abbreviated be-
cause af Mr.. Peters not being well.
! He was taken to the Carey, where he
sought rest, with little success, however,
as his many friends were calling on him.
| At o'clock the Crawford contained a
large and enthusiastic crowd. For
nearly an hour after they were enter
tanned by the Wellington glee club, a
band and drum corps.
An invitation was extended to all those
who had voted for .'Tippecanoe" to come
to the stage, and amid cheers the follow
ing gentlemen responded: j. r. Watts,
Wichita; R. E. Guthrie, Wichita a. j.
Cook, Wichita; J. E. Blair, Wichita
Hiram Bigelow, Waco township, voted
in 40 in Maine; Daniel Stockham, Wich-
ita; John Miesner, VIM. White, Wichita;
G. w. Benton, George W. Norton, Solo
mon, for Clay and afterwards Harrison,
J. c. Paxton, for Clay also; w. d. Hen
derson, of Derby: c. S. Robinson,
DR.. H. Repperton, Ohio township. Rob-
ert Caldwell, d. R.Allen James belong,
who voted for Clay as well as Harrison,
! DR.. T. l.. Andrews.
Judge Sluss read a letter from Senator
Plumb stating his inability to be present,
owing to pressing business, but promised
Wichita a speech during the campaign.
Mr.. Peters was introduced and spoke as
! follows:
! Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen.
! The modern and new tangled Democ-
racY Of Grover Cleveland is now before
the bar of public opinion for trial. Oc-
, casionally we hear some witness giving
in his evidence and mentioning 'Jeffer-
sonian simplicity" and preparing the
Grover Clevelandism Of the pres
ent day with the Jeffersonian
Democracy OF the olden time.
But ever the sombre-faced Demo-
! Crat who has never smiled since his party
was whipped in 50, laughs out loud at
the absurdity of the comparison.
Some of you have doubtless attended
Democratic conventions as spectators,
Have you heard Rally round the flag"
or johnny comes marching home" or
Marching through Georgia" or "Old
John Brown" or any other patriotic
air: No; the Democracy can't sing such
songs. Too much ike singing at its own
funeral. 1t does sometimes attempt to
justify its treason and order return of
the battle flags of the war, but the old
union war whoop, yelling up from the
loyal hearts everywhere chokes back the
order, and the great representative of
Democracy. seeing his fatal mistake, alb
ruptly and cowardly tried to cast the
blame upon subordinate. Oh,
no, you will never hear the Democ-
racy sing Marching through Geor-
gia," or "Old John Brown" or
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are
Marching" Even if it had any music in
its soul it could not sing these songs. |
am glad that l belong to a party that can
sing such songs, in conventions and
everywhere. lam glad that belong to
party that can JON with the Grand
Army and with the boys in blue in sing
ing Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Bows
are Marching:" | am glad that | belong
to a party that can join tne Grand Army
of the Republic in denouncing the order
that commanded return of the battle
flags which had been captured by the
Union soldier from the rebels on the bat
tle-tields of the war; | am glad that | do
belong TO a party that can speak out in
favor of the poor old veteran who has
gone over the hill to the poor house; |
am glad that | belong to a party that
can denouIce the unfeeling veto of even
the chief magistrate of the United States
when 1t goes outside the performance of
executive duty to hurl an insult at the
widow of an old soldier: / am glad | be-
long to party that does not measure its
gratitude TO the old soldier who saved
the union by an apothecary's scale: am
glad | belong to party that has deter
mined TO protect the families of the he
roes who riSked their lives to save the
country, and saved it, and that
insists that the obligations of the veteran
survivors shall not be neglected or for
gotten. l am glad that l belong 10 a
party that believes in protecting the
rights of the humblest citizen TO cast his
ballot, and 10 have it counted as cast. |
am glad that l belong 10 party that
believes in protecting American indus
tries against foreign competition; | am
glad that | belong TO party that be-
Aeves IN protecting American labor
against foreign pauper labor of the old
world; | am glad that | belong 10
party that believes in home market:
| am glad that l belong to a party that
beiIves that every foreign product man.
ufactured III other countries and brought
into this country and sold, displaces
American labor. I summon the enc
mics of the Republican party before the