The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-11
CLARK COUNTY Repl,Bl ,cANs

ASHLAND, Kan, Oct. 10-ISpeciaL i
Saturday was Republican day here. and a
grand old revival it was, too. The an
nouncement that Judge Peters, or Sam"
Peters, the first and last representative of
the Big Seventh. as the bills had it, was
sufficient to call out the loyal party follow
ers from all over the county. Edward III.
Madison, the silver-tongued son of Ford
county. candidate for state senator, to
succeed Hon. Chester l. Long, and young
Harry Bone. the Nancy Hanks Of Clark
county politics, were also billed for talks.
The word had been sent out to the
calamityites by the wet nurses of that
party in this city not to come to town on
Saturday and to prevent the Republicans
from having a crowd.
Judge Peters was to speak at O'Clock
When the hour arrived the court room
was we'll filed by people eager to hear the
doc'r NJ 8 of protection. reciprocity and
Americanism eXpounded by one who had
helped TO make the Mckinley bill law
BY actual count there were 1873 voters in
the room, twenty-three of whom were
Demcc ats and Alliance men. This was in
marked contrast to Tuesday, wnen the
bare shanked boor of Medicine Lodge was
here. The populists, or ''poops" as some
one has dubbed them, boasted that they
would have two or three hundred in line,
with steam threshers, a barbecued maver-
lck from Colonel Jaquin's herd, and strike
terror to III Republicans. They had ju t
slXty-two voters in line, ana only thirty
three vehicles The threshing machines
didn't materialiZe, and the wolves killed
the maverick; so the barbecue was fail
ure. Hence it was determined that if
they could help it, the Republicans should
have no crowd.
Mr.. Peters delivered splendid address
in which he Knocked the wind out of the
free coinage, government ownership of
railways, and other wild and visionary
IDEAS of the Alliance. The audience gave
him the most careful attention. The
Rational banking act was explained and
defended in manner that closed all un-
frieudliness TO that part of Republican
legislation.
In the evening Mr. Madison and Mr..
Bone talked to the people. Madison was
at his best, and delivered mastery ad-
dress-sound, logical and convincing. Ed
impresses the stranger with the idea that
''he wont amount to much" but before
he talks five minutes this impression
gives place to the highest admiration.
He is a wonderful talker and punctuates
his address with cold, hard facts that can
not successfully be disputed. He is vote
maker and helps the ticket every time he
makes speech. After the meeting clos
ed Saturday night some Repu biicans were
heard to say, Il intended to vote some of
the Alliance ticket, but Pll be blanked if
l vote for single one of them"
Mr.. Bone followed Mr.. Madison. 1t was
his first attempt at political speech to an
Ashland audience, and all were anxious to
hear him. Some were ready to condemn,
Others to praise, but our Harry electrified
them and all gave him the highest need
of praise, He took the position that a rep
reSentative was not good public servant
unless he worked for those measures which
would inure to the benefit OF his constit-
uents. He then punctured the official
record of his Alliance opponent (Ben Nor
Tis) and showed that he not only voted for
"a measure that would increase freight rates
TO the people of Clark, but had tried to
win fame Dy Introducing a bill to allow
linen and women to practice law without
previous study or knowledge of law or eX
animation" Harry and Madison both We're
billed to speak at Lexington last Friday
night. and were invited to do so by several
Alliance people, This is the home of Nor
ris. When the time arrived only two AL
lance men were present, and both speakers
expressed their pleasure that they belong
ed to a party that did not have to he
herd-ed.
The weather is dry. but the farmers are
still drilling in wheat and getting 1t ready
for the rains that Will come.
Van Hardwick, citizen of Liberty
township, was in town Saturday lie had
just threshed 2,370 bushels of small grain,
aud tells Us that he has 800 acres of corn
ready to gather. As a general thing corn
was failure. but Mr. Hardwick did well
with it, and he generally raises enough of
this crop to do him and his neighbors.
Numerous strangers have been among
us lately buying land or arranging TO
break out what they have and get it in
wheat. A few families are coming in, and
more are known TO be on the way or iu
tending to come in the spring Every one
feels encouraged and takes rosy view of
the future of southwest Kansas.