The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-03
STIRRING ADDRESSES.
Hon George Douglass AMI Captain B8rEese
Make housing Speeches in the EIrst
Ward.

The regular weekly meeting Of the First
| Ward Republican club was held last night
and the attendance was mighty good, over
sixty members being present. These
meetings are great source of enlighten-
lnent to the people on the burning issues
| of the day and it is gratifying to note that
/ the interest taken in them is simply in
! tense. Captain Burgess and Hon. George
! Douglass were the speakers.
! Captain Burgess address was an array
| OF argument touching the Legislation of
the nation upon i'm proyements, the home
stead law. the silver question, tariff legis-
lation. His arraignment of the Democ-
racy upon the coinage Of silver was COM
plete and he demonstrated that we had
virtually free coinage as the entire output
Of silver mined was coined by the govern
ment under the purchasing act Of '9f, and
that the free coinage would simply be the
transfer of the profits accruing to the gov
eminent from the present law to the
pockets Of the mine owners. And he gave
the figures substituting on this point to
the satisfaction of all present. As to the
tariff being tax he cited the duty on salt
and fish and many other commodities
foreigner and not by the consumer. The
tariff was protection to home industries
and manufactures, that it sustained
American labor and had opened and in
creased the trade of all industries, and was
not a tax but protection. and lesseued
the cost of living. He demonstrated the
position of the Democratic party on this
question and said their failure to propose
measure for the repeal of the Mckinley
law was confession of its advantages,
and that it WAS the true American policy
He said President Harrison's administra-
ton was of such business
character that the Democrats had
not even criticized upon any great ques-
ton or policy. He then showed that the
Democrats had surrendered themselves in
Kansas to the Alliance party aud that the
Alliance representatives had not proposed
in the congress of the United States
single measure which engaged the Dem
ocracy of the nation in one hour considera
ton. His speech WAS full of facts and |
and was received with ap-
plause and conviction that he was sound |
on every proposition he laid down.
Mr.. Douglas gave scattering review of |
the Omaha platform and showed the folly |
of the measures proposed by the Peoples
party. He handled without gloves the |
work being distributed by the Alliance
entitled the "Seven Great Conspiracies,"
and declared it was without parallel in the
history of parties. He discussed the legis-
alton of the Alliance legislature and dem
1nstrated the absurlty of the bill adjusting
abroad freights and showed that
he measure would have destroyed the
business of Wichita and all southern in
ana cities; that the substitute measure he
Introduced by himself WAS a measure in
he interest of Wichita and would have
broken the combine now established in
avor of Kansas City and Missouri river
owns. His argument was close, convinc-
ng and indisputable. He then passed to
he consideration of the results accruing
the Alliance should be placed in power
nd showed that disaster would follow,
rade be diminished, business stagnated
nd the grand achievements in commerce,
nance and general prosperity be annul- !
ed. He showed that the policy of the ,
overnmeut in paying the nations de-
enders pensions was justice and meas
re that added glory and prosperity to the
Ountry. He was very eloquent in his ,
resentation of these questions and his :
emarks met with the hearty endorsement
f all present. The meeting was one to .
arm the hearts of all present and mar ;
bal the club to aggressive work for the
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