The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-09

leaders. Rarely does the number fall
below 1000. Social intercourse, VS.
itmg relatives, games, and more OF
less love making are attendant feat
ures. But three times day the
crowd guhsers where the platform has
( been rected and coverc@ with green
boughs. There the songs are sung and
| the speeches are spoken.
After every speech there is ~ song.
| Tie volume If sound is tremendous.
/ There is something very familiar in the
strains A quarter of mile away
one can hear the grand old Corona
( ton - But coming nearer you can
/ discover that tile words have been
changed to
All hal! the power OF i1boriug men.
Perhaps the ueNE tune is The Cump-
bells Are Coming. AID SO il goes.
The third party has pressed into ser
vice hymuaI and song-book, but its
writers have played havoc with the old
words. Occasionally the picnic is
seized with IL singing fit, and for an
hour the orators give way. Some Of
the songs are 50 arranged that they
can be strung out almost indefinitely.
There is'oue that starts off like this:
Wen vote for ]. b. weaver
Early in the uiOrnIig,
Wen vote log J j. Weaver
Early ian thc morning,
Wen vote for ). b. Weaver
Early in the nOruihs,
In the fuI. OF uiuuty-two.
rIg.. D. fgrr
Oh, Deumies, dOu't you hear the cry2
Oh, Republicans you may heaye Sign
On, people, don't you pass Uy
Ia inc tall OF niueJy-two.
The next sJiInZI opens with
Wen vote FOR James g. Fields
EARLY ia tho morning.
This is repeated three times, and
then COMES the third stamzu, with only
this variation
Wen vote r0E II. L. Eugent
Early in the morning, etc
In similar way the third party
trebly afiIns its intention TO vote for
Marion Martin, the candidate for
lieutenant governor, for Evan, Jones,
Of Dublin, " for CLARK, Of IuckaBy,
and for every body else who is candi-
date for anything OH the ticket.
The picnic oratory IS entertaining.
It beats Sam Jones lind his brother,
Jim, put together The third party
lI;ls no end of takers. y farmer, with
knots on his hands, a stoOp in his
shoulders, subsof burrows in his face
ana the color of an Arab will climb on
the platform and speak us though pos
sessed of the gift. The or;ttory is
homely, spontaneous and effective if
enthusiasm is the measure.
WHAT gets away with me, - said one
of these unknown and unnamed apps
ties Of the new cause, lis to 80 to town
and see the children of the national
bankers and spectators rolled along
the sidewalks III silver-mouuted baby
buggies, and then ride home along by
the little farm of my ueighbor and see
his poor, dlty little brat kicking UP
his heels on an Old, ragged quilt spread
under persimmou bush, while its
mo her is out in the cotton patch dig
ging her OWN grave in the crab grass
and cookie burrs. tell you, these
things are enough 10 rile IL man.
The nsNJ sIeaker in tins political
experience meeting said: I'VE
farm, Is have to sell every thing We
raise that's lit to eat in order to buy
decent clothes AID other necessaries,
and we eat the refuse Of our products
that ought to be given to the hogs. All
OF tie butter aud eggs is sent to town.
rhe best fruit and vegetables Are sold.
Every fat two-yeur-old steer is taken
to the butcher We, who produce
tiiese things, have to live on what
other people Won't have. We live on
the Stops, you may say.
= bright particular star in the third
party galaxy is the Hon. john o Byrue.
Mr.. O'3yrEe is always introduced ut
the picnies as "the wild Irislilan of
UpshHr.' lie HTS rich BroSue,
somewhat richer ON than OF the stump.
With urroarious erect upon the farmer
lie tells the story of tile two Irishnlen
who discussed finance during the time