The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-20
HURRAH FOR ANTHONY F!
THE BRILLIANT Elk /. GOVERNOR
TALKS TO AN IMMENSE AUDI
ENCE AT THE GARFIELD.
In Eloquent Language he Makes Won
derful Expose Of the Fallacies of the
Principles Of the Populists Which he
Characterized as the Magni-
fed Missries Of Men"

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| Hon. Geo T. Anthony, the brilliant ex-
| governor of Kansas, aud republican cam
| didate for congressman at large addressed
an audience last night that filled every
| inch of space, both up and down stairs, il
! Garfield Hall 1t was magnificent meet
! ing by ali odds the largest in door meet
! ing held in this city this year. 1t was en-
thusiastic too and when Mr.. Anthony
entered the hall the cheering lasted ill
f, long after be had taken his seat on the
| platform Many of the most distinguished
| citizens of the city attended with their
| wives.
| A J. Wyatt, secretary of the Republican
| committee, called the meeting to order
| and announced that Colonel j. r. Halo
well had been appointed president of the
meeting. When Colonel Halloweli ap-
peared he was loudly cheered. In few
| brief remarks he introduced Mr.. Anthony
as the friend of Wichita.
When the ex-governor stepped forward
IN response shout of applause was raised
that lasted exactly two minutes without
ceasing. II was fine illustration OF the
esteem in which Mr.. Anthony is held in
Wichita. He commenced at once by re-
ferring TO the seriousness of the ballot box
and the Importance OF the questions at
issue between the parties.
He opened up on the Peoples party aud
showed how and by whom it was organ
lied. He said the party was based on the
"magnified miseries of men" and quoted
from the speech of Streator in this state
four years ago to show the tendency of the
party and its ultimate purpose to disrupt
and dsorganize the government. The
seed that was sown then and Is being sown
now is discomfort, unrest and doubt. He
disciaimed any attempt at rhetoric saying
that the solid rocks of fact are what are
now most wanting to meet this alarm
ing situation that has been brought about
by the vicious and pernicious teaching
and preaching of demogogues He read
from their platform to show to what an
alarming extent they had advocated the
idea Of paternalism In government. He
quoted the statement of PETER which said
that the people of America have been di-
vested of their rights as freemen since Lee
surrendered at Appomatox, and dealt PET
fer hard. but certainly a we'll deserved
blow for such statement He quoted the
language of an American Anarchist at
Brussels, and as companion piece quotes
a piece from Jerry Simpson which was
really worse. He gave series OF splendid
and highly logical representations OF the
power of government and from whom 1t
derived such powers. This was really
grand affair and was in itself lecture
on civil government that should be taught
to every voter in the country in order that
he might have clear idea of the relation
ship that exists between the governing
power and the governed. He talked about
the Alliance idea of money and compared
it very cleverly with the invention OF a
Yankee for the purpose of separating the
flesh and the bones of herring, which
illustration was not only very apt
but very amusing. He followed on
with the reading of an array of clippings
from official documents that bore the rec
ord of Alliance statesmen and Peoples
party conventions All these documents
were properly verified. From them one
could deduce evidence sufficient to convict
their authors of insanity before any level
headed jury on earth. He challenged any
body to take issue with him on his state
ments on a question OF fact, aud said he
would deem it more of a pleasure than an
interruption, but nobody had either
the temerity or any grounds
whatever, for an interruption.
He completely knocked the props from
under every Peoples party claim and when
he thought anybody had any doubt of any
certain claims he made he would prove 1t
by either a simple line of reasoning or by
history. The method he adopted in ex-
ploding the visionary ideas of the Third
party were so easily understood that PEG.
pie laughed fer their own folly for ever
giving any thought at ali to such absurd
and nonsensical theories which. after the
crucial test of the ex-governor's logic, APP
peared more like the product OF a
mad-house than the utterancos OF
supposedly sane people. Finishing
the financial question he commenced on
the freight rate question and for half an
hour or more he threw more light on this
important subject than all the Alliance
orators in the seventh congressional dis
trict could do in month He referred 10
the fact that Mr. Leweliing is making
good deal OF noise about the freight dis
examinations against Wichita, but he also
referred to the fact that he was four years
on the state board of railway
commissioners aud never in all that
time did he hear of man named
Lewelling putting in a line of complaint
against these determinations which ad-
mirably illustrates the chief alliance or
Peoples party characteristic of always
talking and doing nothing. The ex gov
ernor spoke for nearly three hours. and IN
all that time not dozen people left the
hall, which illustrates the interest people
took in the speech. The unanimous opin-
ion was that better or more convincing
political speech was never made IL Gar
field hall.
After the speaking commenced Hon
Chester l. Long entered the hall with
Frank Goode. president OF the city council,
aud was loudly cheerea.
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