The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-02
pxpsox.r AND CONCLUDING.

Now, my fellow citizens. have talket
much longer than / intended. lCries o.
60 on; go on No, it Is growing late ans
must stop. Hence q few words personal
1t Is said by the opposition that the pisd Ze'
OF the Dodge City platform are not intend
ed More than a majority OF the delegates
composing the convention were Farmers
and members OF the Alliances. They meant
IL, and l mean every word snd pledge
OF 1t and shall give my best ability and
energies to carrying into effect every
pledge therein contained. (Applause.) We
nave set the Tag of western Republication
In advance OF the line and like the
earnest young color bearer Of one o!
the Union regimsnts at ChicKGmaugs.
when his regiment was moving to the
the charge, ran ahead of the line with the
coiors. His colonel called out TO him:
"Bring.the colOrs back TO the line" when
the young hero, tipping his cap, sasId:
Colonel, bring the line up to the colorA.
Loud applSuse.)
The opposition say / am railroad attor-
ney. This is false. 1 never was in any
manner in the employ Of railroad cor
porations, nor did ever receive fee, di-
rectlv or indirectly, from a railroad com
psny. / have kept alOof from railroad en-
nloyment They say l ought not to 20 to
Congress because l am lawyer. / have
practiced law in Kansas for twenty-five
half of whom have been farmers and none
will say / ever betrayed the secrets OF
business or family affairs they have en- =
trusted me with and shall be just rs true
70 the people in Congress as l have been TO
my clients. (Applsuss.)
They make, or attempt to make, great
sport that my intimats friends call me
prince Hail." and try to influences the peo-
pie against me by giving out the impress
sion that l am OF royal blood, etc. when
IN fact | am q mixture of German and
Quaker blood, q commoner of American
origin, laborer and more OF farmer
than Jerry Simpson. He is not farmer
and has not Deen. want 80 tell you how
the name Prince Hal' was given NE On
the 31st of December, 1852, our brigade
was surrounded in the cedar thicket OF
Stone river; attached to our command was
Company "B," First Ohio Light Artillery
Captain Standard. We loved the bat
terry; hence we rallied around IL and for
over an hour fought for our lives, our lib
critics end our battery, until a charge re-
lieVed us, and we not only saved our own
battery but TWO pieces OF artillery belong
ing 20 some other command. During this
struggle Lieutenant Pike OF my company
WAS enthusiastic over some act OF mine
and in referring to II said: "Aint be
priucep The boys had called nas Hal
long before that TO distinguish me from
another Jim in the mess. Since then I
have been called Prince Hal" and while
l don't court being called by that name,
yet II is, on account OF the terrible struX-
gle ia which It was bestowed, sacred, sHd
more particularly since Lieutenant Pike
died a soldiers death and WAS my bosom
friend. If Jerry Simpson Is never called
prince until be earns il rs earned It he
will never be prince. loud cheers.)
Now, my fellow citizens, thanks for your
greeting and kindness. You are all in
vited TO address me, after the fourth day
Of next March, at Washington, d. c., and
l will answer your letters. Uong aud con-
tined applause and the meeting adjourned
with three cheers for prince HaLD