The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
KIES SKINNED.
LOGIC AND COMMON SENSE KNOCK
THEORY INTO A Cooked HAT.
Nusseller Pulled Every Prop From Under
the Visionary superstruoture Of
the Populists
The Reformers Seek to Break the Force of
His Terrible Arrangement By Inter-
rupting Him Systematically
on Every Occasion.

party. Nearly 1000 people were con
| WINGED OF the truth of the EAGLES state
ment when it said that MuseIler did up
kles like summer coon" at the Cente
school house debate last week 1t was
very good thing that the debate of las
night occurred, for if it had not many no
headed Alliance men would still believ
that the EAGLE misrepresented the Cente
school house affair. Nothing is so swee
as vindication, and in this case the cup i
| filed to overlooking. As debaters both o
| them are really good, but their abiIit,
| goes in two different and distinc
directions. Kies is more OF :acticial
then Museller; that is he can argue from
lalse premises and twist things around il
pretty good shape till he makes them yer,
presentable TO those who are not acquaiut
ed with the cold stern facts. Museller OF
the other hand is logician He takes the
facts as he finds them and without am
attempt at fancy juggling, which is decep-
i've to the comprehension, he presents
them in way that is easily understood.
hles goes good deal on theory while
Museller believes in common sense and in
contest of this kind common sense wins
before practical audience There
were number of people ia
the audience last night that honestly
thought kies had the best of the argu-
mem, but they were enthusiasts; but the
calmer people Of his own party knew, full
wei, that he was no match for Museller.
There was absolutely no Republican but
what knew the honors were largely in
favor nf huSallar ,.-bi
OF FopuiIsts who recognized, before Mu-
seller was talking ten minutes, that he was
gradually and surely pulling away every
important prop that supports the vision
airy ideas of the Peoples party as they
were enumerated by Kies. kies' defeat
was really astonishing, considering that
the opening and closing of the debate gave
him strong advantage If he had the
ability to maintain it. 1t would be
grand thing for the Republican party if
Chairman Cone of the Peoples party had
not forbid Mr.. Kies to go into any more
joint debates with MuseIler after the one
tonight, for if he could have an opportu-
nifty to meet Kies in every township in the
county the defeat of the Populists and
their fusion allies would be veritable
Waterloo.
Garfield hall was filed to its utmost
capacity, the Republicans being on the
left hand side and the Democrats and Peo-
pies partyites on the right hand side. The
Republicans numbered fally 10 per cent
more than both combined At precisely
1;53 O clock Museller entered thu hall and
the most uproarous applause went up
from the left hand side, while absolute
silence prevailed on the right hand side
At Soc Kies came in and the cheers and
silence were reversed. Both shook hands
on the platform, and, then, everybody
cheered-
Hon. Rudolph Hatfield was agreed upon
as chairman and time keeper and at $40
be stepped forward and explained the con-
1itions of the debate which were that Kies
should open and talk an hour on any issue
ne desired, Museller to follow him for an
1our aud half and Kies to closein one
half hour making the debate three hours
oDg. Mr. kies was listened to with the
most respectful attention. His chosen
subject WAS the financial question but he
lid not stick to it very long when he
1ranched off into every imaginable Peo-
1le's party question except the fateful sub
scheme which he studiously
welded except a bare reference to it. He
cad his speech from manuscript and it
vas mostly all quotations and none of
hem was from living statesman except
INGALLS, and few Others, Most of the
quotations were from the utterauces of
nen who have been dead all the
way from twenty to forty years
nd these quotations We're from brief ex-
racts. OF course every man knows that
10 statesman ever lived that something !
ould not be taken from his utterances |
which could be made capital of. whereas |
his whole remarks were given these ex-
rscts would appear in 81 entirely differ. |
Mt light This is what Jerry Simpson
laimed when Judge Botkiu quoted part |
his letter to the Waterman. After /
uoting these extracts for an hour one af- /
er another, and suggesting no evils for |
be calamity he preached, the speaker re-
red and Judge Museller was introduced |
he moment he appeared a storm OF APP
lause went up that lasted fully two min
ties.
During the progress of his speech the
opulists became very rude at some points
here he was driving the nail into the cof-
n of Mr.. kies' hopes in the debate pretty
ard, They showed very bad spirit to-
ards the speaker and frequent
interrupting him in vain
ope of rafting him combined,
0 doubt, with a desire to detrsct from I
le time silotted him as much as possible.
hey went so far with the species of unfair
ictics that Mr.. Kies was twice COM PEELED
appeal to them 70 give the speaker that
,urtsey which the Republican side of the
ouse so generously accorded him. During
le delivery OF Museller's address it
aimed force on every succeeding sentence
I'd as it did so the faces on the right hand
de became longer and longer. The
,ints were made so strong and the argu-
ents so convincing that good deal of
70 genilemsns time was wasted by the
lmerous and prolonged cheers on the
It hand side.
The following are points which be made
his speech as hurriedly jotted down for
is very rapid talker.
Mr.. Nuseiler started of by saying he
rs glad TO see so many OF the starving =
Id hungry" people of Sedgwick county I
lt. he stated that be was not going 70 !
y anything but what WAS absolutely ,
ue, AS he was a Republican. In few
oras he referred TO the Beacon's dlstor-
On OF facts in regard to his com ments On
e EAGLES report of the former discus '
on, aud then Launched st once iato his S
gument He admitted that statistics r
EN- 10 show that the wealth of farmers .
this country las not increased in the
ST forty years as rapidly SIS the rest, but
e farmers were ouly one class of people
this country aud 1t in no wise indicated {
at something WAS wrong He said: / O
Statistics viii bear me out in the state .
ent that most of the indebtedness 10 his ;,
ate has been created In the last FIVE or