The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-04
COLONEL HALLOWELL MAKES 1
SPEECH IN WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 1, 1879.

days. While here he has been very busy,
hustling about among his Kansas friends
and looking after matters of Importance
among the departments. The depart
ment officials, with whom he has come
in contact are favorably impressed with
! him. He goes about his business in a
trained manner. There is no hesitation
he knows what he wants and his
straightforward way of presenting a
case secures him immediate recognition
he has not been put off from day to
day as is usually the case.
Wednesday night was the regular
meeting night of the Kansas Republican
association in this city. a reception
rendered to prince Hal amounted al
most to an ovation. Although the even
ing was cold, raw AID blustry hundred
or so Kansans met tc do him honor. 1t
seemed as though all the Kansas men,
in and out of Office, were on hand. OF
course the colonel made a speech-one
of his characteristic speeches. 1t did the
boys good and will result beneficially to
the best party that ever enunciated a
platform. He was introduced by the
president of the association, j. Fl. Frank
| lin, in the following trite manner:
"Fellow Kansans: have the pleasure
of introducing to you that distinguished
| Kansan, Colonel j. r. Hallowell of
! Wichita, one of the victims of 1890. but
| who, / hope, will be victor in 1892.
| The speaker commenced by saying
| that If he did not know better he would
assert that all the good looking men had
! left Kansas. He then remarked that
while he knew most of those present
| were protected by the civil service rules,
their hearts were in the cause and would
stand by the state. He said that Kansas
had received black eye in 1890, and
the first affection was in the defeat of
that brilliant statesman, John j. Ingalls,,
and our second aff1iction had come in
the death of the man we all loved so
well, Preston B. Plumb. The whole peo-
pie of Kansas were mourning for him
and his political enemies were bowed in
grief.
He referred to the appointment of B.
w. Perkins as senator by Governor
Humphrey as wise selection, for, said
l.
Broderick and Funston in the house,
Kansas will be taken care of and will
again arise to that proud pinnacle she
occupied previous to $780,"
Speaking or the political prospects,
he said that he thought that
no combination could be made
that would defeat the party
by this year. There would be no more
boiling. The financial standing of the
state had been assailed and the people
rose to resent it. Although he had been
taught that Democrat would never
vote Republican ticket, last fail they
cast many votes for the Republican
ticket. Their pockets were touched, and
when you touch Democrats pocket
you touch him hard, and they do not
believe in the financial legislation
mapped out by the Alliance party.
He then spoke of the cause of the
political disaster. 1t was caused by the
partial failure of crops two years ago.
No state improved faster-thousands of
miles of railroads had been built, the
towns had improved rapidly and the
farms had kept pace with them. Then
came the crop failures. The farmer had
nothing to pay with. The mortgage on
his farm became due and in many cases
his stock was covered with a chattle
mortgage, for which he was crowded.
He first cursed himself, then quarreled
with his wife, found fault with the
church and then with the Republican
Iarty. While in this condition the AL
lance party came along to lift him out
of the slough of dispond.
The colonel then spoke in glowing
terms of our climate, soil and the won
derful crop and the large part of it that
was still in the granaries and the thous-
ands of dollars i'll mortgages that had
been paid off.
Continuing he said the people had got
their eyes open and had learned the
money loaning scheme at one per cent.
was delusiOn and snare. We viii be
successful this year. There are no fac
lions in the ranks of the Kansas Repub-
licans. There will be contest over the
senatorship, but it will be a friendly
one-no effort will be made to draw
vote from the general success of the |
party. | believe the next election will
give us eight congressman and the Sth |
of November will see Simpson in the |
condition of the parrot. Perhaps you !
have heard the story. An old lady had !
two pets, a pug dog and a parrot. The /
old lady was wont to say, while with |
the parrot, "sic him Pug, sic him Pug" |
One day when she was out of the room |
Poll flew from her perch to the floor and |
after pluming herself repeated ''sic 'em |
Pug, sic 'em Pug" Pug was on hand |
and seeing nothing else to tackle, pitched |
onto the parrot. When the parrot got |
back on her perch with plumage /
ruffled and elongated feathers pulled out !
she said Damn you Poll, you talk too 1
much. Simpson viii fiud that this is his /
In 1890 the worst scald we got was
"whiskers." 1t will take Us six years to (
remedy that, but outside of that PETER
is a good fellow
want to tell you that the new blood
is taking hold in Kansas and us older
fellows are giving the young men all the
encouragement We can. There is also
interest being taken by the
farmers-they who have helped fight our
battles so long are taking hold. In 1891
they commenced holding their meetings
early and this year politics are at least
three months earlier than ever before.
In 1890 we adopted a few platforms
that were skaky. Some thought we
ought TO give point. but in 1897 there
was no foolishness. We want Sherman
money. Mckinley tariff, and Blaine
The Republicans OF Kansas
are for Blaine His name would
strengthen the party IN our state; but
We can carry the electoral vote for any
nan who receives the nomination
Kansas Republicans are proud of tie
Harrison administration. No one can