The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-27
FIRST WARD MEETING.
Speeches Made by Prof Carson and Senator
Bentley.

Early in the campaign they organized ;
live campaign Republican club. Such Ole
wheel horses of the party as L. u. Covlil
Hon. John w. Ferguson, p. NJ. Bentley
j. K Sawyer w B. Hutchinson, Newton
Alexander, c. NJ. Garrison and others pu
their shoulders to the wheel. The machin
cry was put in motion. Judge Walker
Mr.. Tilford, Sam Fenton and others grown
gray in the service of tine party, had hoi
of the throttle, the machinery moved and
the first ward Republican club sprang
into existence as thing of life. Various
meeting have been held. Comrade Ton
Coyill, as good a Republican us lives in
Sedgwick county was made chairman.
During the reunion the club held nc
meetings, but last evening was their regu.
lar meeting night. Those staunch and
true Republicans, George HuckIns, Viii
liam Kay and Doc Kessler turned out
their drum corps, aud about O'Clock
they woke the echoes of the First ward
with first class martial music Nothing
so stirs the ardor Of the average Republi-
can AS the stirring music OF the life and
drum. Such was the music which inspired
our forefathers. Such was the music-aud
Yankee Doodle" was the tune-plaved on
the top of Breeds Hill, where now the
summit of Bunker Hill monument greets
| the morning
The wigwam at the corner of Lawrence
avenue and Morris street was filled with
enthusiastic Republicans and Others 1t
was subject of regret that Col. W. L.
Burgess, who is one of the best speakers in
this county, on the Republican side, was
1 I'm Ill tn h.
| The first speaker of the evening was
| Prof. j. S. Carson, Republican candidate
for county superintendent. He gave his
! time largely to national topics which he
handled in a mastery manner
He touched upon the issues dividing the
| different parties in the present campaign.
! He said that in reading the platforms of
the Republican and Democratic parties
there was not any great material differ
ence, save the uucomplimentary remarks
and the plank concerning the tariff; and
that had the minority resolution voted for
by 342 delegates in the last Democratic
convention been adopted it would have
made very good protective tariff plank.
be laid special stress on the protective
policy of the Republican party.
Senator Bentley was then introduced.
The chairman said: Every man, woman
and child knows this man. He has repre-
scented us well, honestly and faithfully,
and we propose to send him back to the
state senate.
Senator Bentley said: Professor Car
son has made dandy little tariff speech
one of the best have heard for long
time. Now, everybody knows that am
for the Mckinley bill, and for Bill Mckin-
ley, and for Bill Hutch, and for Wichita
and Sedgwick county, and have always
been. This is a most exacting district. More
fellows want different things done in this
the 18th senatorial district than in any
other. | have tried TO and believe have
served you faithfully and to the very best
of my ability, that | will continue to do if
am reelected. Our people are exacting,
we are noted for our public spirit, and
Wichita enterprise is a household word in
Kansas. | believe in stamping out this
calamity howl. l believe in standing.
up Cor Kansas. am opposed to the maxi
mum rate bill which passed the last house.
1t was drawn by man who never saw a
railroad until he rode on one on a free pass
to Topeka, and it would have wiped out
yards and packing houses. 1t raised all
the short hauls and lowered all the long
ones. This bill is like the Iowa maximum
rate bill, drawn in the interest of the city
of Chicago Do you know of any whole
sale city or jobbing center, or stock mar
ket, or packing center III the whole state
of Iowa? None exist. and never will under
the present railway law. | question
whether Wichita wants maximum rate
bill, especially on live stock. If we have |
any advantage over other towS in the way |
of tonnage we want the advantage of it; |
this we can never get under fixed, ar |
bitrary statutory rate. This would be !
iufieXible. There is two ways to |
reach the matter-6rst by a maximum |
rate law, second by a law increasing the |
powers of the railway commissioners and |
making them bigger than the railways of |
the state. Determine what you want. and |
if am elected whatever is for the good of |
Wichita and Sedgwick county, L will do
my best TO pass. live in Wichita, my in
-erests are identical with yours" Senator
Bentley took up the question of economy
n the last house and quoted from letter
,ent him by the auditor of the state under
late of August -, 1891, and especially the
amounts expended for investigations, by
he house, IN the years named. viz: 1857
amount, S775 Al; in 1SS9-amount, S., 0S1.20
md in the last Alliance house session of
S91-amount, S51, 905 9S. This" said
senator Bentley. puts to flight all Of
heir professions OF economy"
He took up the senate fee and salary bill
md compared it with the house bill on the
anne subject, paid his respects TO local
matters, the present fusion, and closed by
aging that if he wss elected he should
'ote twice for United States senator, for a
uccessor to Senator Perkins in the COM
ng session, and, in the session following,
or senator TO succeed Senator Plumb
pon the expiration of Senator Ptumb's
ERIN; that under no circumstances would
e vote for Il defamer of this state,
alamity howler or a man untrue aud dis
oval to Kansas, but, on the other hand, he
Iould vote for and work for Republican,
man who would honor this state and its
eople, and the choice of this senatorial
istrict for the United States senate. The
peeches were well received very satisfac-
Dry to the club and to the Republicans OF ,
he ward. The chairman announced /
meeting for next Friday evening !
D be addressed by prominent Republican
peakers to be announced later on. S y.
'ridgeman, candidate for clerk of the dis
-ict court on the Republican ticket was
resent and made a few remarks; also !
Ion. a J. Weaver of Grant township,
republican candidate for representative in
le Sixty-seventh representative district. !