The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-16

J. NJ Ross, a middleman.
j. S. Richardson, editor
b. Z. kies, editor.
| T. b. Smith, editor and plutocrat.
90 0 0 farmers.
Neither lawyers, bankers, plutocrats, edi
tors or middle men are producers, henc.
the meeting can not be an alliance one In
the meeting Cleveland's name was men
toned once amid uproarous silence, henc.
1t can not be democrat. The question now
is what was it? Well, as no one can an.
swer it there is no use waiting for a reply
The festivities commenced with torch.
light procession which was d very good one
Eight hundred torch bearers were in line
and be it said to their credit for the first
time this year that boys were
this time in the minorit fully three.
fourths of those in line being voters about
equally divided between the Democrats
and Peoples partyites. From early morn
ing until night the Peoples party commit
tee was recruiting torch bearers and had
wagons out in the country bringing in
every Peoples party man that they found
| willing to spend the time in the cause.
The display of fireworks was very nice, al
though not very elaborate except in front
of the EAGLE office, where they stopped
long enough to entertain the EAGLE crowd
with nice pyrotechnic display. The fun
NEST feature of the whole procession was
the attempt of the Populist committee to
palm off some white men on the unsus.
pecting public as colored citizens. These
fellows blackened their faces, but unfor-
| tunately permitted their hands to remain
uncolored, which was dead give-away.
The scheme was soon detected and was the
subject of no little comment Rufe Cone
& Co. evidently thought it cheaper to in
vest in little lampblack in preference to
getting colored people, by conversion which.
at the present time, is a very diff
cult task. The speakers of the even
ing were Judge John Martin of Topeka,
and Hon. John Eaton of Winfield two
gentlemen who are now now going around
the country debating to Democrats what
to do Notwithstanding the fact that both
of them were candidates for office before
the Alliance convention in this city last
June. Judge Martin was placed in nomi-
nation for chief justice and came very near
being chosen, while John Eaton was a
candidate for congressman-at-large 1t
spicuous in the Packer House scheme
which resulted in the nomination of
Lewelling
Judge Martin was the first speaker and
good speaker he is, too, for he has IA
knack of straddling everything and Great
ing the impression that ne is both good
Alliance man and a good Democrat. He
first commenced by abusing the straight
out Democrats and reading those of them
who are not willing to vote the mongrel
ticket out of the party. He said no Domo-
crat was Democrat who would not obey
the decision of his party in
convention no matter what that
decision may be. The party said that he
should vote for Lewelling, Weaver & Co.,
and he must obey or be Kissed out of the
party. He seemed to forget the fact that
he himself bolted the convention that
nominated George W. Click the first time
because the convention expressed its oppo-
sition to constitutional prohibition. Why
didn't he obey the dictates of his party
then as well as he wants other Democrats
to obey nows is a question that might
properly be asked OF him. He handled
Mr. Mitchell without gloves because the
said Mr.. Mitchell is a Observation-Disclosures.
He said that Mitchell was the railraad can
didate for appointment on the railway
commission. when the fact is he was the
unanimous choice of the employees of the
railways He made a great ado about
the fact that Mr.. Mitchell never gave any
money to the Democratic campaign funds
and never was seen around Democratic
conventions until recently. In other
words he thought that man should
be a chronic politician and d
| contributor of campaign Doodle before he
could be eligible to hold public office
He did not inquire or seem to care how
many times Jerry Simpson attended Dem.
ocratic conventions, or how much Lewell-
ing ever contributed TO the Democratic
campaign funds in the past. Judge Mar
tin simply abuses Mitchell because he is
not supporting the Alliance, in order to
boost him (Judge MARTINI into the United
States senate through an Alliance legis-
lature.
The subject of railroad passes greatly
excited the Indignation of the judge He
worried over it till great big beads of
perspiratiou rolled down from his fore
head. He never for moment intimated
that he is travelling around the state at
present with a pocketful of passes He
never intimated for a moment, either. that
Lewelling and Simpson and Fred Bailey
and other prominent reformers are doing
exactly the same thing Judge Martin also
handled the railway employees clubs with
out gloves and implored them 10 assert their
independence and not be serfs any longer
Here the judge launched still farther cut
into the ocean of demagoguery by stating
that If he was in the legislature he would
pass law raising the wages OF the subal-
trans in railway employment anu cutting
down the salaries of the fellows at the top,
such as the president, vice president, gen.
eral managers etc. All this was very nice
talk but the judge knows better II be
WAS in the legislature be would do no such
Il thing fer legislatures, aud he knows il,
have no power to fix the wages of the en-
ployes OF anybody hut the state. He would
be rs powerless to fix the wages OF brake
man on the Santa Fe as be would be TO fl
the income OF the emperor of China. His
statement would suit the alliapce politi-
tican on the corner of the street hut il
does no, become prominent lawyer who
knows the powers OF legislative body
lie ttrned his attention Ia Ex-Governor
Anthony aud told the suf-ring peo-
nlc beforr him how the ex.
governor is going about making