The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-26
,h.-a would be blood on every


election there would be blood on every
/ poll box.
/ 1t seems to me that every man who pc
lieves in free speech, in free elections anu
/ fair count could not voluntarily, hoS
wisely, seek an association of that klno.
do not mean to say it might not come IN
connection with all the Union but tno
! kansas Alliance along with Georgia. Ala
/ bama, South Carolina and MISSISSIPPI,
would have neither influence or power
| It would be a tail to kite. 1t would %
used up completely.
| There is such a thing as affiliation IN .
/ general way that answers a good purpose
! Men affiliate who look at the same series
I OF questions in the same general way. The
people in this locality are the people VINO
+ nave moved from east to west and who
/ have been n part of the history OF the
country which records its history and It's
I progress Do YOU think you would bo
/ safer in an Alliance with Georgia, MiSsis-
! sippi. Alabama. south Carolina, with prac-
( ticaIIv no free schools, with no free cleo
+ tions' than YOU would be In an Alliance
/ with Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio
and all the states Of the east, where tae
/ appliances we are using today In tins state
/ in regard 10 elections are in voguel
Will make another application OF tact-
/ This Is Wichita. \ year ago stood on
J the dock at Norfolk, Virginia, looking on
Hampton R0a,lS There were $50 miles OK
stIure line with safe harborage for ships.
I II l. the greatest harbor not only on the
I Atlantic coast. but upon the six thousand
miles of coast of the republic. A gentle
Z man sat opposite me who had come from
! the north who had lived there for many
/ Years, the president OF bank;
and he descanted upon the merits OF Nor
/ folk. lie didn't think he found in me u
ready listener aud finally said: You
I dOn't { seSRn 70 be catching on TO what am
saying. Yes | said. Il am catching
on. but ! am going beyond" He said,
/ What do you meAns' | said, Il am not
thinking OF this indented coast, of this
great standing room for ships, OF this
ocean OF ;.>h. Of this fine climate. of this
world OF al kinds of cheap food. and Of
iron aud coal aud timber lying back OF
these convenient mountains; / am think
/ ing OF tire men who make up Norfolk
And | said 20 him. what / repeat. that II
could remove all the men in Norfolk and
put in alf the number from a certain
town in my state-frOm Wichita-l would
soon have u town OF 200 900 people.
Look at Galveston. situated as it Is. It
could not even get agoyernment appropri-
alton without coming up here TO
get Kansas to help her IL Wich-
ita had Galveston would like TO
invest some money down there IL is no5
what kind % people, good as they are, but
conservative beyond season, prejudiced,
unenterpTisng. with whom we want 10
make alliances. Every man goes as he
pleaseS here. The lines of intense and in
telligent energy along which have been
built up not only cities but prosperous
forms and farming communities in this
country, along whose trails are school
houses and churches, and ali the APP
pliances of freedom and of civilization, are
on "A line north of Mason's and Dixonis
line If we are TO do our part in working
out the great problem of self-gOvernment;
If we are TO make this government respond
to the highest interests of the people; our
alliances must be with them because they
are like us, and of us, and because their
methods are the same 9s ours.
| could not go away from Wichita au-
dieuce without saying that know this city
too we'll to believe that it will ever fail
20 take advantage OF any advantage offered
To it; it Is the chance 20 elect clean,
straight, clear-eyed high-minded, enthu-
siastic upright man TO congress-; It is tho
chance TO elect a man who can speak so AS
10 be heard, and whose words in congress
will find answering echoes in the breast OF
every man who represents "A Republican
constituency; Co elect n man whose election
will honor Wichita aud honor the district,
and honor the state; will give additional
vital and useful energy 10 the organization
Of which he is "A member, and the triumph
of which Is in the interests Of all the peO-
pie OF the United States.
/ could say one other thing ! was sit
ting 10y my desk one morning last summer,
looking after some letters from my con-
stituents. Somebody came in and peer
ing down over the pile OF papers in front Of
me said: How are yOuW / knew 10
could be nobody but George Douglass and
it must be something urgent that brought
him away from here, says, What do You
wantYn Said he. II want the federal
court for Wichita and want IL quick
"We'll have TO take that into consider
ation," ! said. No" said he, that sin't
what | came for want 10 before ] 20
back ." and he hadn't been there two days
before the bill was in, and don't think ho
more than got home when, as a result 0t
his convincing arguments, both houses OF
congress had passed the bill | should be
false 10 n friend II I did not say that that
act was characteristic Of George Douglass,
and that all the interests OF Wichita will
be well taken care Of in your legislature IL
elected 10 serve this city, as he ought to
be
/ would like TO say one other thing. and
then wilIcheerfully quit. This southern
question that have spoken Of, that makes
men feel that IL Is the black cloud
in our horizon. We elected HlrrisOn
against them When we had elected
him they began 20 say. '"ThOse fellows up
there beat us every time: we might we'll
give if up. ~ They are waiting now % SEQ
how the northern people will vote In an OIL
year Do they vote any different In an than
in presidential year, Did you ever heaf
Of any temperance. Independents. kesub-
mission movement. or anything Of that
kind, that ever made n dent in the armoP
OF the Democratic party In Georgia. Missis-
sippi or AlabamA2 By no means. You
never will They know the benefit Of a
ding organization They ars willing
10 trust their fortunes with the Demo-
cratic party Aud ! say now. As have
often said before that n the northern peO-
pie would Tor four consecutive year. be- az
faithful in = good cause the southern
people are in % bad one. and would reso-
lntely elect every man who is nominated
on the Republican ticket from governor %
constable. the southern question would
disappear. because they then would
say these men have got the same spirit
they had from '6l % -.
And 20 I .ay. ~ J said before. the Re
publican party viii respond 70 the public
opinion Of thi. country The Republican
party will do as b has heretofore done.
justice BY the bu-iuess Of the country II
will take care of all interests. and II iB duo
time 10 doe, not apply the corrective %
whatever may bs wrong. financially or
otherwise. 90 wi.l be because the American
people have not bid u n do 70.
! shall never believe until / SO the re-
turns that this city 81 Wichita and this
great county Of Sedgwick will ever ~
false 10 the princi pies Of civilization auc
freedom which brought men here, and ~
and in which sign they have conquered
tGrcat applause
NOVELTIES - SILVER.