The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-03
Jim Hallowell

''Some of you may wonder why L re
gard it as one of the prOudest moments
of my life to have contributed to MS
nomination. There is a little book pub
lished down in the old hoosler state ana
they call it Indiana's Roll of Honor, and
in If is printed a story of real life. 1t tells
how thirteen beardess boys wandered
down the banks of that historic stream,
the old Potomac; how in their march tney
ran across forty -three rebel soldiers out on
a scouting trip, and how those thirteen
BOYS in blue marched into the forty-tnree,
and how the captain OF that forty-three
had got the leader of the thirteen by the
body and had hold of him in that hand to
hand struggle: and how the leader or the
rebel horde had snatched bowie knlte
from its sheath on the boy IN blue ana
held it the air and was about to SEND IL 10
his heart. when a beardless youth by the
name of Hallowell seized his musket by
the barrel and felled the rebel with blow
that mashed his head into mass
and saved the life of the Union soldier, his
comrade and friend So one of the hrst OF
the men whose lives paid forfeit for having
arrayed themselves against their country
flag, fell at the hands of follower:
THAT has been characteristic OF tne man
from that day to this.
.'He never had friend he betrayed. lie
never saw a soul in distress that he dldn
come TO his relief. That is the man L
certify to you tonight as worthy OF your
best love. All the way through Ire MS
hand has been open; it has been freely eX
tended: it has been the right hand OF Tel
lowship. always in reach of all men, high
or low. rich or poor, black or white. Then
is il any wonder that all the old fellows
that have got brass buttons on their vest
and copper buttons in their collars rallied
to the standard of Hollowell and helped TO
carry him through.
Who shall ask the question 'can Halo
well be elected?" who shall say there IS
doubt about it, where will his opposition
he? Shall it be said there Will be vote
cast against him in Wichita? Who Is the
man that on next November day can stand
ND and saw we will vote against Wlchlta.
You won't find him. We propose to give
900 votes out of every Thousand that are
cast in this city. Can anybody say, Will
Hallowell succeed? Was there doubt
about Halloweil getting there. One OF
these Is written in the history OF our coun-
try. in the history of one OF the most glo-
rious battles ever fought upon the face OF
this earth. the battle of Nashville, Tenn,
! that action in which the rebel army turned
south never more TO look northward. Old
! Pan Thomas the most glorious hero of all,
! had gathered his battered band around
| him. He held them solid about Nashville
! and bided his time. He tested the mettle
/ of his men; he arranged them in battle
array As his knowledge OF the SITUATION
| dictated to him. all the powers that be
could not make him move until Thomas
/ had every man in his place ana the rlSht
man in the right place.
! in the center of the enemy's line which
! he had determined to break, stood trown
! ing over the line of the Union troops po'
| sition known in history as Montgomery
! hill The first attack TO be made was "a
/ seize the rebel works on top of Montgom
l., hos n =
so affectionately mentioned tonight was
! chosen. Thomas said to the boy colonel
/ ''pur your regiment in front and take
I Montgomery hill" HallOwell put his men
( in line He moved them out as be moves
tonight with his friends, his brothers. ms
/ comrades about him, he moved INTO the
fight: shot and shell poured upon hlm and
/ his devoted regiment, out they went Oh
steadily. braveiy, invincibty-
/ Thomas sat in his saddle and watched
| what IN him was the most interesting
spectacle of his life. This regiment was
/ led on ND the slope of Montgomery hill
the rebel picket line faded away as the
frost in the morning out stllI the me
/ went on. 4 rebel battery was reached
that poured forth volumes Of snOt into ne
/ devoted ranks Of the regiment, but the!
stopped not.
the rife pits, scaling The bTeas'
! works stOrming the battery mai
! lowell and his regiment charged int
! the fort and Montgomery Hin was Ours.
And old Pap Thomas sat watching this
magnificent spectacle. and did thing hs
never did before. he wTung lis hands ~
frantic iov and said. Splendid, boys splen
I did while along the line Of 69.ooo mer
under arms. waiting 70 follow the attscs
I when Montgomery Hill should b taken
rang out the joyful shout: BY Cod Hal
lowell has got there.
And 80 il will De in this campaign upon
/ which we are about 20 enter
My friends. you VIII mo out this "a
will follow him: we Will keep the rank
closed up. and on the evening Of the fourth
dgv Of November, when the batteries o
this more modern enemy have been wake
over and captured and their intreuchment
taken. every man will - "a able say IN III
heart. I thank God, Hailowell has 60
there.
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTING.