The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-31

the people and honor upon the state L
believes that government by the Repub-
lican party should always mean good
government; that the way to make a
party strong is to keep it clean; that the
way to win public confidence is to de-
serve it,"
viii White of Missouri arose with a
stiff backbone and proceeded TO address
the guests. He rolled from one side to
the other and lighted the beam of
the eye at the flame of ethereal
roesy. And William A. White got
the applause of the evening. He spoke
on the foreign relations of Kansas,
which he said were confined to Texas,
Missouri and hell. This made the fell
lows fall on one another's shoulders and
yell. He said that Kansan has two
ambitions-one to go to heaven, the
! other to Washington, d. c., and he was
content to twang his harp at the right
side Of the throne at both places and do
honor to the chief, whoever he might
happen to be. Whites speech can be
read in full in five minutes at an easy,
dog-trot pace, but with the interpola
tons of applause, as displayed on this
occasion, it occupied half an hour.
Charles Finch of Lawrence. tall, slen-
| der, tight curling hair. thoughtful air
and an inquiring eye. His toast was,
Politicians and Statesmen" He drew
the lines carefully and conscientiously,
with intersDersions of local instances that
| frequently convulsed an already highly
wrought state of conviviality.
Phil P. Campbell of Pittsburg spoke
on Politics and Patriotism" He is
brilliant .talker and made a great in
preston. Speaking to his subject, he
said that at present there was something
of a famine in patriotic sentiment. He
said that there was tendency at pres
ent to narrow politics down TO the &C
QUESTION of selfish and sordid ends.
Love, sympathy and patriotism were
unknown in that school of politics. Such
a policy of politics, he held, had within
it the elements of its own destruction.
He thought that patriotism should hold
prominent place in politics.
Ed Greer, black eyes, spectacles
that loop over his ears, full of
logical elaboration, entertained the
young crowd on "Mystic Societies.
"Kansas has been afflicted by the bane-
full intience of mystic societies since her
BIRTH" he said He spoke of the CALI
ance" and "Videttes" and their we'll
known objects. He discussed the Alli-
ance movement in its various phases.
shut in from popular debate" he said,
''their theories suffered neither explana-
ton nor amendment" He gave history
of the progress Kansas made until the
influence of the mystic society weakened
confidence, destroyed pride and the sub
sequent loss of credit, rise of interest
and recalling of loans. He then pictured |
the humiliation of the people at the |
position of Kansas in the councils of the |
nation.
Senator Chester l. Long presents an |
exceptionally fine appearance before an
audience and his ideas are couched in |
the most forcible style. His arguments |
are cinched with determined manner
and well knit brow. His subject was
"McFlimsey for Congress" and without |
mentioning his name he described the |
socklesS statesman from his town, and |
the wave of unreason that gave him his
congressional seat, in a most enjoyable |
manner. Senator Long said in closing: |
Il am constituent of Mr.. McF1imsey.
We live i'll the same town. l have |
known him for years. / know the peo-
pie of his district. l have an abiding
confidence in their honesty of purpose
and in their business integrity. They |
have made mistakes before, but they |
have always rectified them. They know
when they have enough aud I believe
that on March 4, 1898, McFlimsey will
be returned to our town, where we will
inter him with appropriate and becom-
ing ceremonies, erect a monument to
commemorate his notorious achieve
ments and keep green his political
grave"
j. F. Perdue OF Kansas City, Kan, re-
viewed the history and genesis of the two
parties of this country, which he did in
mastery way.
Judge T. B, Wall of Wichita closed
the entertainment. Judge Wall, with
his concise sentences, open statements,
and eloquent climaxes, made the diners
listen sometimes as thoughtfully atten-
tive as at other times they were glori-
ously hilarious. His toast was "What
Are We Here For:'
owe are here for the purpose of an
nounclng to our seniors in the party,
that if the party will adhere to the car
dinal doctrines of repubhcanism and
lead the advanced political thought of
the ago and questions of the hour, that
they may depend upon our active sup
port and generous cooperation charac-
teristic of youth. We are here for the
purpose of serving notice upon the de-
mocracy that in the coming campaign
they will be opposed by q harmonious
and united Republican party. We are
here for the purpose of serving notice on
the demagogues and blatherskites who
have hitherto injured the fair name of
Kansas and misled thousands of honest
voters, that we give them notice that in
the coming campaign that their pernic-
ious dogmas and fallacies win be exposed
and held up for public condemnation BY
the young Republicans of Kansas"
This event can be summed up. then as
a equalization of the social and fra
terual forces OF the young Republicans