The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-22

SOOOS Suippeu, on the SIounuS Oh ueIdiieu
items of switching" ETC. He denounced
the soph:scation of river basing lines and
the injustice of long and short hauls in
the interest of corporate greed. He held
up 10 shame the mysterious hidden pro-
cedure of rebates to certain combinations
and associations which brushes the small
shipper out of existence or with giant
strength throttles his enterprise. He
gave for an instance a Harper county
man who had melon farm and was
making money selling the fruit until the
railroad discovered it. Then they sent
man down to see what chance there
was for the melon industry and to en-
courage it. They encouraged it by
| doubling the rate on melons. Mr..
| Matfets talk was not so much for his
own personal pleasure in Haunting red
| rag IN the face of the railroads so much
as to warm the newspapers up all over
the district to the importance of the &C.
casion and to wage rigorous battle
against the grievouS wrongs in discrimi-
native freight rates against the people of
Kansas. BY the intelligent discussion
which followed he would seem to have
gained that end.
Next came L. II. Axline of the Medi-
cine Lodge CreSset. Lutte" as he is
called by all his friends and by all who
get into the magnetic circle of the young
mans companionship, has one of those
hirsute adornments that il the opposite
sex has a mysterious reconcile connec-
ton with a white horse. Lutte is an
original thinker and good talker. He
gets his feet planted well apart, his chin
well up in the air, frees his hands,
and sails in. He spoke on the Farmer
and the Mckinley Bill" Mr.. Axline's
talk was highly original and entertain
ing and was voted one of the very. best
features of the whole meeting.
The next paper was Reciprocity" by
young Mr.. Allen, editor of the Newton
Republican. Mr.. Allen is young man
with sharp eye to the excellent points
of question and quick detection of
the bad features He is a rapid and
precise speaker and his unusually excel
lent paper on Reciprocity" was per-
fectly placed in setting of pleasing
oratorical delivery.
Later in the evening the business SEES
sion of the association was held. This
proved to be circus. The iangles over
parliamentary points and forensic jun
bles were frequent and fierce. Some
times the air hung about in blue mole
cules and it looked like coats would be
off and circle formed before anybody
could say Jack Robinson" But this
was more seeming than real, though the
apparent discord would have made the
heart of the Alliance leaders leap with
joy with the prospect of fatal split
among the Republican editors. But it
wasn't that serious. 1t was the result of
a pardOnable pride that each man felt in
his individual precedence over Cushing
on parliamentary points The points at
issue were immaterial and met the COM
mon fate of passing into oblivion by be-
ing laid on the table.
The next meeting, it was decided
should be held at Wichita next Septem-
Der.
The new officers elected were S. G.
Mead, Mcpherson Republican president;
]. f. Junkin, vice-president, Sterling
Mrs. George w. Moffet,
Anthony Republican; W. E.
Bolton, treasurer. Greensburg Signal !
Executive committee: James Kelley, !
Pratt Times, Victor Murdoch, Wichita |
EAGLE, j. l.. Sponsler, Hutchinson News, |
w. S. Allen, Newton Republican, j. j.
Miller, Santa Fe Monitor.
In the afternoon the guests were ten
dered drive over the city and accepted. |
They also, with true editorial modesty,
had their pictures taken in group at
the Cooper Memorial University.
The elimination of it all was the /
banquet in the evening. Over
4 hundred gathered around the board
and the editors eyes bulged out at the
sight of an array such as this;
Oyster Stew
Celery Olives Radishes
Columbia River salmon Hollandaise Sauce
Saratoga Chips
Ham Tongue Egg Sauce
sliced Beer Dressed Lettuce
Baked Turkey Cranberry Sauce
Baked Chicken White Gravy
Charlotte of Fruit Wine Sauce
p., Cream "a 9 Pqffs sGalI9 gss , Oysters
French Petis Pois
Mica Panis de Franchise
Strawberry Short Cake
COcoanut and Almond Macaroons
Fruits e'OH assorted CAKES ak Nuts
Tea Coffee Milk
Mr.. J, l. Junkin, TO whose untiring
.fforts, as to those of his associate, Mr..
3enn, the success of the Sterling con-
7ention was largely due, acted as toast
master and introduced each toast with a
bright bon mot. Mr. +. N. Spencer
ffered the Invocation.
r. +. Bond made a bright, graceful
.esponse to the toast "Our Guests"
Mrs c. w. Maffett, without whom
he association could not get along. and
Who is ever on the alert to ealiven in-
crest among the editors and formulate
lsns for their pleasure, received loud
nd long applause when she was called
pom To respond to the toast ''The
,dltor's Wife" IL suffices to say for
he toast that the applause was greater
tier than before.
CoIonelBIl Bolton, whom nature made {
road and wide to accommodate heart :
f stupendous dimensions within.
nd whose jolly face is
ever missing at an affair OF this kind IN
outhern Kansas. responded o'the toast
Tn glad come. He was glad he
anne. and So was rybody else.
Judge H. y. Lester q Syracuse arose