Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-03
THE RErUBLIoAN RALLY.

was not SO largely attenueu hs u
would have been had there been an
important campaign in progress, but
a good mnuy farmers came In to at
tend the day meeting ind IN the even
ing the whole city turned out to see
the flambeau club ana enjoy an even
ing in Springs park. i.
The Hon. S. S. kirkpatrick OF
Fredonia, Kas., was the principal
speaker and his address was listened
to very attentively and was apparent
~ enjoyed by men of all parties.
The Peoples party men were amused
at his filings at the Democrats and the
Democrats were overjoyed when he
scorched the Peoples party, Pefier and
Mrs. Lease. Or course the Republi-
cans enjoyed the whole entertainment
from first to last, and there can be no
doubt that Mr.. kirkpatrick. from
partisan political standpoint, delivered
sound, sensible and interesting adj
dress, and II was considered quite
treat BY most of those who heard him.
lie devoted a good deal of time to
the Mckinley bill, endeavoring to
show that the practical results of that
bill were already proving beneficial to
all classes Of American people includ-
ing the farmers, and that articles OF
domestic use had not risen in conse-
Quence thereof, but were cheaper today
than ever before, aud that owing TO
the extremely low price of all neces-
saries of life and the high price OF
American labor the millennium is
near at hand, and other purely partisan
arguments which do not necessarily
enter into the makeup of an independ-
ent newspaper, but which were put
forth in forcible and entertaining
manner.
But Mr.. Kirkpatrick struck the key
note when he broke loose on the SUBJ
treasury and land-loam scheme. The
| vas,ness of the undertaking which the
leaders OF the third party have assnm-
ed can scarcely he realized by men OF
ordinary comprehension, and the
Speakers explanations ut these inn
nleuse speculative theories were al
most dumfounding. He could not see
how an impoverished people, mort
gagged for more than their actual valu-
alton, aud grOaning under war debt
of a billion dollars. could buy all the
railroads in the United States at u
cost of ten billions in cash.
After u thorough discussion OF tue
Cincinnati platform the speaker turn
ed his attention to Mrs. Lease aud
Senator PETER, both OF whom he de-
nounced in round terms for their
defamatory speeches in regard to the
financial condition of Kansas, "These
vampires" said he, shave injured the
reputation of Kansas abroad more than
the drouth, the grasshoppers and the
cninchbugs combined. They have
fOeen the cause of toreclosing mort
cages, of driving out capital, Of de-
stroying credit, of depreciating the
price of lands and property, of defam-
ing the reputation of the people OF the
state and publishing to the world the
false statement that the citizens OF
Kansas are defaulters and repudia-
tors"
Mr.. kirkpatrick paid glowing
tribute to the state, and declared that
il was the best state in the Union
agriculturally and financially, and
that although we had seen some hard
times and poor crops, prosperity Is
about to dawn upon us and that with
a bigger crop of grain than any state
in the Union we are prepared to com
mence the liquidation OF our specula'
tive debts and would never stop Until
they were all paid.
In the evening Senator Norton o.
Scammon made a brief speech, the
county candidates were introduced ano
Col. Warner talked at some length OF
the, necessity of tho Force bill, which
was killed in the senate last winter.
Mr.. kirkpatrick then wound up the
meeting by levoting an hour to au
eloquent discussion Of the politica
/ questions of the day.
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