The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-21
A GREAT MEETING.
The Republicans of Minnesota Turn
Out to Hear Long.
An Immense Torch Light Procession and
the Large hall Crowded Beyond
Its Capacity.
A Democratic Beer House in Wichita At
tempt Dirty Trick Which Failed
Of Its Purpose.

Chester l. Long, the next congressma
from the Big Seventh. It was a gram
meeting and Mr.. Long himself asserts tina
| it was the most orderly he has seen thi
year, owing to the practice and organized
purpose o. the Demo-Pops to interrup
him. Owing to the lateness Of the trail
in arriving there, many farmers who hat
been waiting had left for their homes, Blu
nevertheless there were enough left t,
overflow the largest hall in town, which
is fifty feet deep by twenty-five in width
Seats had been provided TO
400 people, and fully 200 hat
to stand up and the most compli
mentary thing was that not soul left thu
hall during the progress Of Mr.. Longs
speech, which was two hours and little
over. The Wichita Flambeau club at
tended and they with over 800 Clearwater
torch-bearers made a fine procession al
though the main street was, owing to the
recent rain. very muddy. The hall was
handsomely decorated with national flags
| and bunting, while some fine house plant.
adorned the speakers stand.
One of the shabblest campaign tricks oil
the year WAS perpeirated by q
ASuA'NAotiS pCCi AOuSC VI " lCultds
which is taking very active
part in this campaign with Lewelling,
Simpson, Cone and company. 1t is a well
known fact that there are many staunch
Republicans in Clearwater who are Prohi-
btionists and who are against the use OF
liquor in politics Cone and company
know this, and to injure the Republican
party in this section of the county, and
especially to injure Mr.. Long. who has
Jerry on the run, they conspired with this
Democratic gin mill to throw dlscredit on
last nights meeting To do this sent two
barrels of beer and jug OF whisky to
Clearwater and addressed it to the Wich-
ita Republican club, 80 that it arrived
there some time before the Wichita dele
cation. They also sent hired mes
senger to see it taken off at Clearwater,
and then to report the fact around the
little city. The plan was not as successful
as it might have been, thanks to the in
tegrity of the agent at that place. and the
fact the messenger himself got
drunk and loafed around "a
joint instead of circulating the
infamous lie around town in accordance
with the conspiracy. When the train ar.
rived at Clearwater the agent informed
the officers of the Republican club that he
had some liquors for them. The officers
smelt a mouse at once and Investigated
the subject. The result is that the liquors
are there and nobody can take them out of
the Office but the Wichisa Republican
club, and they will remain there until they
rot and the enthusiastic Lswelling beer
house Of Wichita will be out the price of
the goods. 1t was a dirty, shabby trick
and has already commenced to react with
desperate force in that section of the coun-
try.
The meeting was model one aud Mr..
Long made scores of friends. He handled
all the subjects which engaged his atten-
tion in mastery manner. but made a
speciality Of two subjects which he said
concerned the people of this district most.
These were the subject of taxation and
the subject Of standing up for the good
name of the state, the district and the peo-
pie whom a congressman should represent
Speaking about taxation Mr. Long said:
l differ from the present congressman on
the subject of taxation-I am opposed to
an increase of taxes by raising the revenue
to run the general government by direct
taxation. On April s, 1892 he made the
folio wing statement in congress:
Il am free trader-absolute. / am not
one of those men who are ready to COM
promise wrong. stand for absolute free
trade in every sense of the word"
On April L. 1892. he made speech in
congress in which he said:
1.-The mere abolition of protsction-the
mere substitution of a revenue tariff for a
protective tariffs such a lame and tim
- l.
ciple that it is a misnomer to speak of il
as free trade. A revenue tariff is only a
somewhat milder restriction on trade than
protective tariff.
Free trade in its true meaning requires
not merely the abolition of protection. but
the sweeping away of all tsriffs-the aboli-
ton of all restrictions tsave those imposed
in the interest Of public health or morals)
on the bringing of things into a country
or carrying Of things out of a country.
But free trade can not logically stop with
the abolition of custom houses. 1t applies
rs we'll to domestic AS to foreign tSade, and
in its true sense requires the abolition of
all internal taxes that fall on buying, sell
ing, transporting or exchanging, on the
making of ans transaction or the carrying
on of any business, save OF course, where
the motive of the tax is pubic safety,
health or morals Thus the adoption of
free trade involves the abolition of all in
direct taxation Of whatever kind and the
resort TO direct taxation for all public
revenues"
But he not only favors raising the $780,
100000 necessary to run this govern
ment annually by direct taxation but he
believes that land values should bear the
entire burden. while personable property
should go untaxed. In his speech Of April
IL. he says:
Taxes on land values are thus the only
taxes from which, In accordance with the
principle OF free trade, any considerable
amount of revenue can be raised and il is
evident that 70 carry ont tue free trade
principle to the point OF abolishing all
taxes that hamper or lesson production
would of itself involve very nearly the
same measures which we have seen are
required 10 assert tire common right 20
land and place all citizens upon an equal
footing
But some may think that this burden
would be too great 70 bear, that land
would be rendered va!Ieiess. This Is
what the congressman advocates. He be-
lieves in the destruction OF private prop
erty in laud, and holds that man has no
more right TO possess. property ia land
thsa in ai.: sunsiliar or in his fellow man.
Ia has speech OF April 10 he says:
Properly in land is as iatieiensible as
property in man. It is so absurdiy inn
polite. so outrascously UNJUST Sd Ia
GRAVITY sabverssye of the true right of
property, that IL can only he instituted by
loSce and maintained by confounding ia
the popular mind the destruction between
property ia land aud property ia things
that are the result OF labor. once that
distruciio ion Is made elrsr-snd thorough
discussion OF the tariff question muss soon
make it ciear-and property in land is
doomed
The only way to abolish private prop
erty in land is by the way of TAXATION
That WAY is clear and straightforw Ii
consists simply in abolishing, one after
another, all imposts that are IN their
nature really taxes and resorting for pub