The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-08
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the greater part of it, thought they could
not hold candle with Jones of kingman
EDDY O'BRIEN, OR o'BRYAN
The next speaker introduced was Ed
OBryan, the "Scotch-Irishman," whit
wants to become member of parliament
from Kansas. Ed, after trying in his veal
way to pull feathers from the tail of TIT
EAGLE. told a story about preacher. HI
said good Christian brother collected
about "a 600 in New York to build u church
and after getting the money in his pocket
he came out west aud left the church te
build itself. He used this gag" on the
ministerial cloth to illustrate the method
certain Republican had of aiidine
school houses. He then ASS srted that 4
gentleman named Bentley was attorney
for the Santa Fe road. He meant, Of
course. Fred Bentley, one of the Demo
cratic bosses, who has held that position
here for years, but he Intentionally said il
in such a way as to make the audience
believe that it was Senator Bent
ley. agains: whom he is running fol
office. It may be said here that Fred
Bentley and Senator Bentley are in no way
related either in business or blood. Tt is
no disgrace at all for Fred Bentley to be
the Santa Fe attorney for that is his bust
ness; but it was hardly right in Ed to
create the impression that Senator Bentley
was the man for the purpose of preiudiciue
the voters against him. The next thing
Ed did was draw a letter and rail
road ticket out of his pocket The
latter he held up to the audience and
stated it was Santa Fee pass Senator
Bentley had sent to a man named Bracken
in Oklahoma City for him to come up aud
vote for him. He also read the letter and
then he tragically or rather dramatically
the EAGLE man and dared"
HIM to publish it. He fell right into the
trap for that was just exactly what the
EAGLE man intended to do for the purpose
of showing up Eds method of reading the
letter.
He made the audience believe that ne
was turning over both the letter and
pass" to the EAGLE man, but with a
slight of hand worthy Of Japanese jug
giles or circus day shell game fiend. he
kept the alleged 'pass" in his closed fist
for he did not want the EAGLE man to see
it and expose his scheme. The letter reads
as follows:
WICHITA. Kan, Nov. 4. 1892.
c. H. Bracken, Esq
DEAR SIR AND FRIEND-I take pleasure
in mailing to you herein a railway ticket
from your town to this and return. We
"A Auv
Your friend, O. II. BENTLEY,
Don't fail to come.
Where the word ''ticket'' is used Mr.
O'Brien read pass" and where the word
work" is used he said vote Now then
the words ticket aud pass and work and
vote. The fact of the matter is this man
Bracken wrote two letters to the commit
Lee rendering his services for work on
election day and upon the representation
being made that he was a good worker the
went to the Santa Fe ticket
office and bought him regular ticket and
sent it to him, and invited him
20 come up to work" and not
% ''vote'' as Mr.. O'Brien well
Knows for he still has the letter in his pos.
session.. When he acted SO brave in daring
he EAGLE to publish the letter, the
EAGLE man, after he had finished his
speech, insisted on seeing the pass" and
here, sure enough, it was a common,
very day ticket, stamped and punched
md dated in regular form. The Demo
ratio and fusion committees are doing
precisely the same thing and not only
hat, but they are paying the rent on
Houses for voters to keep them from NOV
ng before the election.
'erry Simpson made the poorest speech he
las ever made before Wichita audience
lis voice was bad, his grammar was sim
ly terrible, his pronunciation was n bur-
esQue on the queens English and his ar
Iment was precisely the same as he used
even years ago when he was running for
he legislature. In sly way he gave the
Democratic party couple OF hard hits.
n the first place he denounced
he Democratic plan of tariff reform as
ully as bad as the plan of the Republican
arty. at is tariff for revenue only but
) no less II robbery" said he. In speak
ng about the fusion he SAID he was glad
he Democrats Came over to the Lords
ide, that they could get along without
hem but still they were welcome. He
aid he did not want to talk bad about
hem for they were the guests
( the Peoples party. that they
anne Into the Peoples party parlor
nd put their boots upon the center table
nd all that sort of thing. He told
tory of the yankee at King Arthur's
ourt," which is as old as the hills and is
epetltion of that school book story of
hirty years ago about the fox and the
forks. He said he read it few days ago,
ut somehow or other he must have read
before for he repeated it last July in
his city, two years ago in this city and
,ven years ago in Barber county. Jerry
Ike those who preceded him undertook to
1ast the EAGLE. He first seemed to have
,rgotten the name Of the paper in his
way and with the air of a man
nd asked: "What is the name of your
.sdidg paper here," In answer about
900 people shouted 'The EAGLE" which,
might be added, was mighty correct
nswer. He made the assertion that he
,ould, IL elected. take part in the legisla-
on of the country. He said he
lought we had more laws now than were
ecessary and tina the real work necessary
to repeal some of them. BY the way, in
is two years in congress he never intro
uced a single bill repeating law and
My one to amend law. Hedevoted most
/ his time to defending himself on his
md value theory of taxstion, more COM
,oniy known as the Henry George theory
Ie said he did not believe in the land
TX at all, but he has rec
ri made in that line which |
J handy. In his speech in congress, April |
). 1892, be said:
Proiserty in Land is a. INDISPENSABLE "a