The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-15
THE MINNEHA MEETING.
An Alliance Man Tells His Experience With the
''NOn-PolitIcal'' Organization--The
Voters Ready 20 Hear Facts

Voters Ready TO Hear Facts.
s. n. Bridgeman called the meeting to
order at o'clock and Lieutenant Thomas
II. Means was made chairman He briefly
stated the object of the meeting and intro
duced Judge A. r. Museller, who in an
earnest and effective way spoke of the
legislation enacted by the Republican
party within the last ten years. In the in
terest of the farmer he said that while the
west did not get what it wanted in the
silver bill and tariff reduction, vet all
| legislation was necessarily in a country
IKE our own stitching from Maine to
California, and from the lakes to the gulf
matter of compromise the interest of all
or these localities and states are to be
answered The east was crying for high
protection and asking that the silver coin
age he not disturbed. The Republican
party secured a larger issue of money
and reduction of tariff on the articles
which interested the west and especially
the farmer He should know that nearly
ali the national legislation in the last two
years had been in the interest of the farm
er, the statements of demagogues to the
/ contrary Notwithstanding and that the
! Republican party stood willing to make
such loans as would relieve the debtor
class in Kansas this winter, such as the
stay law law and the equity of redemption
law. Mr. p. A. Rohrbaugh was then in
| PRODUCED. He said the original organiZa-
! ton OF the Alliance was intended to secure
! TO the farmer the benefits of concerted ac-
! ton 10 protect their interest socially and
! economically and such an organization
was both right and necessary; all other
trades and callings did the same The
banker, railroad man. the mechanic and
artizan combined to consult their best in
terest and in such union there was
| strength, and when properly used ex-
erted an influence on legislation. The |
bankers got what they wanted, but not
by the formation of a political party, the
combined influence on the old parties Sc
cured what they wanted. The church /
! could not hold together as political organ !
cation, the Democratic members would not |
allow the Republican members to use it /
for political purposes, and vice versa So |
the Alliance, whose obligation is not to in /
terfere with the political or religious views |
OF any member, will go to pieces on the |
rock politics. The old Grange went down |
on the rock and it has already sounded the |
death knell of the Alliance. He spoke of |
the Kansas farmers having secured /
through the Republican party member
of the presidents cabinet, the commits
sioner of agriculture, and $4,000 year for
ten years to advance the interest of agri-
culture. That the old party of Lincoln,
Grant and Garfield could hear the people
think and always responded to the de-
mands Of the people.
Joe +. Henley, the candidate for repre-
sentative for the Eighty fourth district,
was called for and said that be believed
the Legislation demanded by the Republi-
can platform, controlling railroad rates in
the interest of the farmer, should be
enacted at the next session of the legisla-
ture; that he was committed TO that plat
form; that he was for John j. ingalls, for
the United States senate, and if the farm
ers did not want him they ought not to
vote for the speaker. He paid a glowing
tribute TO Mr.. Ingalls,.
w. S. Morris then spoke earnestly for
n short time He said there were some
things he could not understand. He could
not understand why the Republican mem
bers of the Alliance was not recognized in
the making up of the county ticket by the
Alliance All the county officers nomi-
mated were Democrats. He did not under
stand why it was that whenever the Ali
ance speakers went for blood it was the
blood of Republican.
Charles II. Luling made few remarks,
in which he discussed the methods of con
Quoting the clerk 5 Office. He showed that
his method would have made the common
pleas court of no use whatever; that the
district court could have done all the bust
ness; that he had saved to the taxpayers
S24 600 and the litigants $9S,OOO during his
term.
5. n Bridgeman said he was member
of the Alliance in good standing; that his
obligation left him at liberty to follow his
own political and religious views, and yet
he was practically ostracised by his Alliance
because he refused to leave the old Repub-
lican party and vote with the Alliance
men, the Peoples ticket. He said he knew
some things, and this was one of them
Mr.. c. II. Schamp, president of the ALI
ance. denied some of the statements of the
speaker. He said the reason the banks
didn't go into politics was that they got
into the legislative halls anyway, and that
they would hold a meeting in the same
building, in few days, and invited the
people out TO hear their speakers The
president was evidently warmed up. Mr.. ,
Henly stated that there never was time
in the history of Kansas that the farmers
did not have a majority in the Legislature. !
The Alliance had called special meeting
at this school house, but kindly gave way
to the Republican meeting. 'Minneha is
all right-there is nothing the matter with :
Minneha." The speakers were frequently !
interrupted with applause
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