The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-19

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to lawlessness, murder and fraud. The,
rejoice in high-handed wickedness. il
viilainous articles, and in every wicked
device and combination by which thu
Democratic party can be served ant
saved. They are an organized appetite
1 Their sole conception of party is an or
ganlzation that acquires and distribute
I Offices. What the Bourbon Democracy
of the south has not learned of ways tina
are dark and tricks that are vain, SataI
never taught the children of men.
HONEST ELECTIONS OBSOLETE.
"There has not been an honest election
in the south for years" continued Mrs
Lease. after the negro had been en-
franchised the Democracy started ou
with the proposition that it was right Il
count out his vote, and they have follow
ed that up with the idea that it is right
to count out any political opponent
Democracy holds power in the south by
fraudulent voting. They openly boas
of their ability to have full account
and while crying out against force bill
| they have fastened a force bill of the
most dangerous description upon the
people"
"You have been speaking of Georgia
let me ask you what was the general at.
titude of Democracy throughout the
| SOUTH"
'Its general attitude toward US was in
! tolerant and bitter. Tie people carried
their hatred to such an extent that they
| refused US budding or other place In
which to speak; denied us admission to
the leading hotels. They can't stop
ha,1 No
mittees, who sought to engage US quar-
tiers. Some places the proprIetors could
scarcely treat us with civility, and they,
and members of their families, donned
| Cleveland badges in our presence 10
show their contempt for US as their
guests. Southern chivalry is myth. y
ATTITUDE OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
"What was the general attitude of the
southern press toward yourself and Gen.
eral Weaver?
I'm reporting our meetings the press
was vindctively false to a naked degree.
They carried personal and political hos
tility to the bounds of savage warfare.
They sought to incite prejudice against
me by calling me a Yankee and DIS
ciple of John Brown, until | found it
necessary, in order to allay this preju-
dice, to ask the chairman of each meet
ing 10 introduce me as an Irish woman.
The fell spirit of siave-holding intoler-
ance has found its last entrenchment in
the south, and guards It's despotism by
! that same species of lawlessness that
brought about the frenzy of Sumter and
the despair of Appomattox. To exter-
terminate this spirit, every loyal citizen
chnIrlI To 4 o nd he
question of free speech, free vote and
fair count a paramount issue of this
campaign"
rs it not possible that the western
democrats will object to your candid eX-
pose of the methods of their brethren in
the SOUTH:
Possibly they may, but feel that it
is my duty, however disa-
greeable and difficult; my privilege,
however exacting, to expose, and
by exposure defeat, if possible, the men
and methods which have overthrown
thro ghout the South the most sacred
franchises of the constitution. This is
not my cause alone-not the cause of
any political party, it is the cause of
the whole country-fOr there can be no
reform brought about on the economic
questions, ana no permanent prosperity
for the south and nation; no inseparable
union; no stability for society. no order,
law, or justice-nothing worth having
in government without honest and pure
elections. And l for one will never
cease my efforts on the rostum and
through the press until it is just as safe
for General Weaver or any Union
soldier to talk IN the south as it was for
Colonel Livingston to talk in Kansas.
In this question of free vote and fair
count, the people of a common country
should engage in common cause, and,
laying aside all local and personal con-
siderations, reconsecrate themselves
anew TO. the preservation of common
Justice and the maintenance of liberty"
FOUR-FOoTED VOTERS.
care you in favor of applying force