The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-09

eloquent tribute to the park, the trees, The
evenings aud the surroundings generally
He said that he was an Irish-Anerican
but had been disfranchised by the Alliance
swallowing the Democratic party. Fol
one, he said, he could not and would not
take the dose. He spoke of the fusion in
the state and locally, and said that it was
the result of few scheming mugwumps
and that for one he did not propose &c
stand IT. He said he would
vote the straight Republican ticket. and
he advised all of his friends to Go the same
The chairman then introduced Senator
Bently, who occupied about one hour in q
logical. convincing talk. He spoke with
out effort at oratorical flourish, and said
that he proposed 10 talk matters over in a
thoroughly business way.
Senator Bentley first took up and thor
oughly exploded the claim made by the
last Alliance house as to economy and re-
form. He said that the pretense made by
the last Alliance house that they would
reduce the fees and salaries of county Off
GERS was delusion and sham. When
they came together, caucussed, and dis
covered that, in the previous fall election,
the Alliance had elected the great
bulk of the county officers,
they then concluded, that as they had the
county officers, they would keep the fees
and salaries, and therefore they passed a
fee and salary bill which in reality raised
the fees and salaries instead OF lowering
them. They expended more than s5l, 900
in bogus investigations. The Botkin i'm
parchment trial and the Coffeyville hum
bug, which was an effort TO lay the dyna-
mite bomb explosion at the door of the
Republican party. As TO my vote on the
Botkin trial, said Senator Bentley, that
as SQUIRT and jury, was sworn to fairly
try the issues | heard the evil
dence, saw the witnesses upon
the stand, marked their demeanor, and
voted, if 1 remember correctly, the same
as Senator Edward Carroll, Democrat of
the old school and the idol of the Democ-
racy OF Kansas. On my vote on this mat
ter, as in everything else. my conscience
acquits me, and l have only this further
to say, there are men in this audience who
have sat upon jury trials conducted by
myself. When the verdict has been adj
verse to my client, have never upbraided
them.
"We are engaged" said the senator,
''in standing up for Kansas. heard Mr..
kies speak lately. If l thought so little
of this country as Kies pretends to. /
would not stay in it for a day. Kies is
now standing up for Office or on the other
hand, standing up for Kies. One of his
neighbors informs Inc that during the past
five yeays, Kies has run for Office three
times In as many different counties. He
is a calamity bowler for Kies, and he
howls for office. Judge Doster the chief
Gala nifty bowler in this state who goes TO
greater extremes than most of them,
and who even aspires to sit along
side of Senator PETER in the
United States senate, was the
man whe laid down the startling PROPOSE
ton that the rights of the user are super
ior to those of the owner. / was in Marion
a day or two since, and a reputable busi-
ness man said to me that Judge Doster
has lately declared that the time has now
come to make an equal division of all
property. own modest home on North
Topeka avenue in this city. This acquir-
ed with some little display of economy
and self denial, while Judge Doster has
been paying the national debt with his
jaw, some of us have been at work
do not propose to divide with Judge
Doster. But there is one advantage the
man has over me while he cannot actually
iivide my home, he has, and can depress
md divide the market value of my home,
his is done by the everlasting wall of
calamity going up from this state. But
here is another question which comes
home to US as people; the question of
'ailway rates. The opposition throws down
he glove and on this proposition we
meet them on an open field, with
,ut fear or favor. Our friends, the
Enemy say, that because George Douglass |
md myself did not vote for the maximum
ate bill we are not entitled TO return to |
he Kansas legislature. Now let's see |
bout that. The maximum rate bill was |
,aSsed by the house, they said to us in the |
enate take this or nothing Doug |
ass offered his substitute in the |
louse that was voted down. He voted |
gainst the maximum rate bill in the house |
or the same reason that would have voted |
gainst the bill in the senate, had the |
opportunity presented. The senate COM
nittee headed by N. c. Kelley a practical |
armer reported against the bill. l have
heir report here. 1t stands by the record
q the Senate Journal. They said that the
assage of the bill would cripple every
nine, mill, manufactury and packing
ouse industry in the interior of Kansas"
his bill raised all of the short hauls
within so miles OF Wichita, and tributary
o the Wichita stock market from three TO
light dollars per car, SO says the bill, and
eft the other fellows say that they wanted !
his bill to become law. / don't believe
> he bill would have hurt this town, if you
ont believe me ask Superintendent Du-
,ney or Secretary Runyan of the Wichita
Tnion stock yards or any man doing bust
ess at the yards ASK the packers.
MI stand or fall on their answer. Our
.ock interests are the life Of Wichita. l
ave always stood by them. After the
citing down of the Douglass substitute in
le house and the passage Of the house bill
o one is so unreasonable as TO think that
would indulge in any cheap buncombe
! any attempt to pass the Douglass sub
.itute through the senate.
Senator Bentley was followed by Hon.
gorge Douglass, who made a rousing
)eecn. also. 1t was not long, but il was |
gorous aud full of food for thought.
e confined his remarks nearly altogether
the maximum freight bill, which he dis
Used so intelligently that everybody
,uld see the wisdom of his record with
ference TO the important subject OF
eight rates.
DEARrH OF APPLICANTS
Postmaster received circular yesterday
ON Washington regarding the dsarth OF