The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-19
the worthy successor of that grand
and truly great commoner Pres

kerchiefs and the tin horn patrons exer.
clsed their lungs to their fullest capacity.
senator Perkins, without any question.
made the best political speech made here
this year and fully as good as that made
by Governor Foraker at Hutchinson, and
this statement does not detract in the
least from the we'll deserved glory and
| fame of the ex-governor. The senator's
style is pleasing he does not indulge in the
least suggestion of vituperation or demo
gogury. but on the contrary
his remarks were dignified as bebomes his
position, genteel in every respect, simple
and chuck full of logic. The youngest
child in the room could comprehend every
WORD he uttered and every statement he
made. He proved himself to be gentle.
man of unbounded political information
and his application of conditions to facts
is both interesting and convincing. He
commenced by thanking the good people
Of Wichita and Sedgwick county for the
honor they conferred on him by getting up
such a remarkable demonstration, the like
of which he acknowledged he had never
seen in Kansas. cit proves one thing to
my mind' said he land that is that the
old spirit which has made the Peerless
Princess famous is animating the people
once more. 1t proves that you are not only
standing up for Kansas" but standing
up for Wichita as well. have travelled a
great deal, and have spoken before many
audiences; but nowhere can / see more in.
telligent, cultured, better looking people
than in my own beloved Kansas-this
much berated, badly abused Kansas Of
ours. We all want good government and
good legislation What will be good for
the farmer will be good for the merchant,
mechanic, clerk and artisan; for the Demo-
crat. Populist and the Republican alike.
/ have no sympathy with that school that
seeks to divide US into classes before the
law, as this is government of the people,
for the people and by the people. We
must get what we want through political
organization, and not through
clans. factions and classes. In
my own judgment there is no
more pernicions or dangerous thing under
our free institutions than the organization
of the people into classes. Instead of di-
viding into political lines movement is
on foot to divide us into classes and to ar
ray one class against the other Mr.. Per-
kIns then dwelt on the results that would
follow such a system and made very able
argument on them which touched the
head and heart of every man who has an
interest in the welfare and perpetuity of a
government of the people. He said that
the interests of all classes were more or
less related to and connected with one an
other, hence the legislation beneficial to
the farmer would help the merchant and
the legislation beneficial to the merchant
would help the farmer. He made some
very apt and convincing arguments along
this line of reasoning which went home to
every man present. He asked the Demo-
era is and Populists to suspend their preJu-
dice during his remarks, promising them
in return that he would treat them per-
sonally very fair and liberal.
''There are three great organizations"
said he. II am charitable enough to ac
the Peoples party to be great
for we can afford to be this
year. with the fine political prospects that
10 before us. The Democratic party is our
Did enemy. We have met it face to face
every year for nearly third of century,
and we have battled with it with ell our
might and main. We have met it again
his year, but not in Kansas, for it has
got out of business in this state, at least in
is own name. 1t is doing business in the
name of its sister-in-law, Calamity Jane;
It is doing business through the Peoples
party, and while the members of that
party think they are casting their votes
'or General Weaver they are actually
casting them for Grover Cleveland" Here
Mr. Perkins showed in detail the plans
and purpose of the Democrats and the re-
suit they are expecting to attain through !
4 fusion with the Populists.
He called attention to the Democratic
claims Of two years ago, with reference to
he Mckinley bill, how it would ruin the
and how they would abolish it If
they were successful at the polls. Many |
people believed their false accusations. and |
elected them to con gress by such a major |
ty that we had hardly enough Republic |
"a rs in the house to keep them on their |
good behaviour Have they done anything
towards repeating the Mckinley bill? No,
not a thing. One southern man. thinking |
they were serious in their premises. intro
iuced bill to that effect. The committee !
in whose charge it was given never even |
loticed it.
Senator Perkins also called attention to |
he Billion dollar congress" cry Of the |
and showed by figures that the |
Democratic congress exceeded them lin |
at the end of the first sess-
ion by $50, 900, O00 aud this, too, in the face |
If the fact that they did not appropriate q
lollar for any public building, for the |
.epair OF public building or for even the |
of public buildings COM !
nenced.
He also referred to the promise of the |
Democrats to remonetize silver and proved /
now insincere they were in this claim by |
showing that the Democratic congress not |
only failed to keep their promise but |
actually defeated the Republican senate !
dill gotten NJ for that purpose.
He called attention TO the public land |
policy of the Cleveland administration |
lnder General Sparks and showed tina, |
very man who expressed willingness to |
AXE I'D land was considered forger and |
william generally in violation of that /
system of jurisprudence which has de- |
,euded to US from Rumsymed and which /
)resumes that every man is considered in /
locent till he is proven guilty. Cieveland's |
and policy was designed rather TO hinder |
han to encourage settling in government |
and
He made a very able showing Of Cleve-
aud's absurd financial policy. He also
made a very pathetic ailusion to the pre- |
ominatory official passion OF Cleveland /
o veto pension bills and not
My vetoing them, but insulting the men /
mo women who applied for them. He
hen pointed out some of the achievements