The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-14
COLONEL RALLOwELL IN HUTCH
INSON.

1AOh. u II. I1allOWcn, Tic ucpuDllCdi
candidate for congress from this district
made stirring speech at Hutchinson,
synopsis of which as taken from th'
News is as follows:
Colonel James Hallowell, the Republi
can nominee for congress, delivered Z
speech at the fair grounds yesterday to {
large crowd of people despite the threat
ening storm and clouds of dust will
which the air was filled. The weather
was so inclement that the meeting could
not be held in the open air but was hello
in the floral hall. which was packed
throughout with those who are inter
ested in the campaign and who were de
sirous of hearing Mr.. Hallowell.
Mr.. Frank Martin called the meeting
to order in a short, spicy speech, intro
duced the next congressman from big
| Seventh district. Colonel Hallowell was
received with prolonged cheering. A:
| soon as quiet was restored, Colonel
! Hallowell said:
1T is not necessary for ME to say to
| you that | am not farmer, for you all
| know that | am not. But | can say to
you that am as thoroughly and com
| pletely for the agricultural interests OF
| this district as any faamer can be.
Every one knows that we are now hav-
ing depressed times. The farmer is no
more oppressed than the people of the
cities. We all know that when the agri-
cultural interests of the country are de-
pressed every other interest is depressed.
When the farmer prospers every other
industry prospers. have heard in the
east, people talking about suffering Kan
| sas. l always denounce it. There is no
people on earth who so readily recuper-
ate from any adverse condition as do the
people of Kansas, and today they are
able to take care of themselves without
suffering.
Mr.. PETER, in his speech yesterday,
said: 1.-The depression is due to the con-
centration of wealth in the hands of the
few" How is it, then, that last year
corn sold on your streets at 10 and II
cents per bushel and today sells for 80
cents? By what process has this money
been wrung from the hands of the few?
Is it not correct to say that the partial
failure of the crop has advanced the
price of corn this year? Is it not true
that the price of grain in this country is
governed by the size of the crop? l think
that is true.
But you know the opposition desire to
charge all the ills of the country from its
earliest days to the present, to the Re
publican party. One of them even went
so far the other day as to curse Abe Lin
coin for signing the act empowering the
government to make greenbacks. Simp-
son says the Republican party is piling
up debt and that the youngest child now
living will not live to see the national
debt paid off.
Now, what are the facts? Why at the
rate the public debt has been paid off
since Harrison's administration began, it
would only take seven years more to
wipe the entire debt out of existence.
But some of the bonds do not mature for
seventeen years yet.
Mr.. Simpson was to have been here
yesterday to make speech. 1t was so
announced a month ago. But at the
last hour, almost, he declined to come,
and Mr.. PETER was sent in his place. l
have said, and say it again, that if Mr.
Simpson will meet me III joint discus
sion, will give him choice of date.
place, opening and closing speeches and
pay his expenses besides. He says the
Republican party has been false to all its
promises to the people and especially to
the soldiers. That they give pensions to
obtain the votes of the soldier.
l ask what right has Jerry Simpson to
speak for the soldiers of Kansas or the
country? He never was a soldier. He
enlisted in Illinois for three months.
never was out of his state, never was in
battle aud was mustered out Just ninety
days from the time he was mustered in.
Mr.. Hallowell, in a forcible manner,
showed how the Republican party had
kept its pledges to the people, how it had
guarded the interests of the soldier. how
it was increasing the volume of money
by purchasing 4 800, 900 ounces of silver
bullion each month.
He said that he stood squarely on the
Dodge City platform and that that plat
form d. clares for the free coinage of sill
yer. That the west was for free coinage
and the east, in many places, was OPP
posed to it. So the best and only thing
that could be done was to effect a COM
promise. as that which was passed a
short time since. That is one step in the
right direction and will lead to the free
coinage of silver.
The pension legislation was next re-
viewed and it developed that the first
speech in Kansas in favor of a service
pension was made by Mr.. HallOwell five
years ago. There are now 20. 112 soldiers
in the state of Kansas receiving pensions
that annually amount to S2.S01 $50. 1t is
estimated that under the disability act
four millions more will be annually adj
ded to that amount.
Mr.. Hallowell spoke in the highest
terms of the Alliance as it was originally
intended, but the Peoples party move is
not in keeping with its early principles.
He spoke at length on the two questions
of most interest to this section now, the
free coinage of silver and the question of
transportation. His speech was clear,
forcible and logical, and was repeatedly
cheered to the echo. There were scores
of farmers in the crowd and they were
much pleased with the manner in which
the questions that interested them most
were treated by the speaker. Mr. Halo
well left at I o'clock yesterday evening
for Wellington. where they have a grand
rally today and where he will deliver
speech. He has spoken in five of the
western counties of the district and feels
sure that the big Seventh will come up
with her usual majority this fall. Many
Democrats in the district assure Mr..
HallOwell of their support, and when the
day of reckoning comes Jerry Simpson
will be distanced by the man who repre-