The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-08
POPULIsT ROT.
Lewclling, o'Bryan and simpson Make Speech.
cs NJ the Opera House.

| cs NJ the Opera House.
The Populist campaign closed in this
city last night. 1t was the intention to
have big parade, but they saw early that
they could have none to compare with the
Republican parade and they very wisely
gave it up SO as not to give away their
comparative strength. The speakers ad-
vertised to speak were Mr.. Lewelling, Mr..
Simpson and Ed O'Brien, or Americapized
Scotch Irish" Mr.. O'Bryan. The latter
was used for film or padding, as they say
in the print shop.
They spoke in the opera house and had a
good crowd, probably 1000 people.
1t was fusion meeting, they said,
and it probably was. for large
| amount of Democrats were present In
fact the meeting opened with Demo
cratic performance A man named
Andrews came into the hall and immedi-
| ately announced himself as Democrat
who would vote for Jerry. He had just
about three pints of good old red Ticker"
under his belt and he deliberately walked
down to the orchestra, climbed onto the
platform and addressing the EAGLE re-
porter as Mr.. Chairman commenced a mar
rangue, pulling up his trowsers which
were fastened with a nail, as ne went along
at intervals. He was loudly cheered and
nnally it took two men to make him be-
have himself. He finally sat down pro-
testing that he was Democrat and had q
right to crate ION this occasion.
He was hardly quiet when he
started up again hurrahing for Lewelling
and Simpson, but Pat Healy Gained his
rising Demo-pop enthusiasm and with the
exception of some wonderful cheering af-
forwards he behaved himself nicely
enough. One of his peculiarities was to
insist about every two seconds on the
EAGLE reporter going with him to drink
the health Of Jerry Simpson.
When quiet was restored and the band
bad finished playing Jerry's death march
that eminent Democrat and holiday Popu-
list, Rufe Cone, called the meeting to
order MS fit representative of the money
loaners attachment to the Populist party,
and introduced that other horney handed
son of toll, Lawyer Dave Dale
who has no more use for
the Peoples party than Old Nick
has for holy water except as he can use
them in the interest of the Democratic
party. Dave talked about two minutes
and his theme was, exclusively, abuse Of
the EAGLE. To hear Dave talk about the
bird" one would think that there was no
other issue in this campaign; but
the EAGLE comes out on time
as usual. He introduced the Glee
club, but no Glee club responded
aud seeing this he went on and introduced
Lewelling. Mr.. Lewelling said some
pretty good things and again he made
some of the rankest and most absurd
statements ever made by a man who
aspires TO be governor of great intelli-
gent state His first remarks were like
all Alliance remarks and were slam ut
the state by parading the amount of farm
mortgages. He then went on to show the
increase of wealth to be only per cent,
while he and Others are paying as interest
IL per cent, "a per cent. SO per cent, which,
OF course he considered outrageous not
withstanding the fact that his first intro
duction in Wichita was as loaner at the
rate Of "a per cent. and not as a borrower.
He spoke about the vast amount
of land given to the railways in
Kansas which he characterizes as one of
the greatest crimes of history. He seemed
to forget he fact that no railroad would, |
ut the lime this grant was given, cone into |
Kansas, which was then desert The |
land was given as an inducement and is |
the primary cause of building up a great |
state, such Kansas is today. His refer !
ence to this ''crime of history" as he |
called it, was the merest buncombe and |
does no credit whatever to the alleged |
good Judgment of Mr.. Lewelling. His |
next assertion WAS that there is no pater-
nalism in the Peoples party principles
which caused Dave Dale to smile, for |
when Dave WIS again" the populists last
year his stronghold was the claim of their |
u democratic paternalism and freely |
quoted the subtreasury scheme the land
loan scheme and the naturalization
Of the railways, teFegraphs ami telephones.
With fearful eyes Mr.. Lewelling compared
the condition of the Kansas farmers with
the condition of the people of Ireland and |
showed how worse off the Jawhawker was
han the son of Erin. He didn't show
where any Kansas farmers we're moving
back to Ireland to benefit their condition
nor did he go very far toward encouraging
he berdy son CT the Emereld Isle to emf
CRATE to Kansas. or any other people for
that matter. Beware Of the tendency of
The times" was his favorite expression, in
An effort to brighten the people to the sup
port of the calamity ticket. He spoke
about the great resources of Kansas and
liked ND long train of Kansas products,
from ocean to ocean. and as
serted that they would not sell for enough
money to pay half the mort cages. etc. He
up with discussion of the freight
'ate question, which was the poorest
excuse for an argument, as that subject
heard in this city this year He spoke
,bout the shipping of corn from Kansas
City to Galveston and of sugar from Cali
ornia to the east and showed how Wichita
vas Disseminated against. He said that
when Ed OBryan is elected to the senate
he will make the railroad corporations
deliver sugar as cheap in Wichita as they
10 in Kansas City. II Mr. Lewelling knew
/ little bit about the freight rate subject
he would know better than to say that Ell
)'Bryan and the Kansas state senate will
rave no more power to regulate charges
,etween Galveston and Kansas City than
hey will have in fixing the rate of trans
,ortation between England and The East
midas. The freight rate between Calves
on and Kansas City is exclusively an in
erstate commerce matter over which the
commerce commission and
congress alone have coutrol. He then
pulled the wool over the eyes of his ari-
Hence by showing hat certain amount
# goods is carried over certain distance
n Illinois cheaper than the same amount
4 goods is carried the same distance in
II Mr. Lewelling understood the
irst principals of the freight rate ques-
ION. he would know that the rates in all