Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-11-02
Jerry III the South.

Has Jerry ever said one word tor the
sunfOwer state? Let his speech as de-
IiYered at New Orleans Nov. 9th, 1891,
speak for itself.
You can't accomplish anything by
remaining still. Demosthenes said
that in agitation lie the nerves of the
mind. Then let us see to it that these
central nerves be ever on the alert.
Then let our cause be like the waves OF
the restless ocean which, grit within the
eternal laws of graVILaJIUn ale always
pure, because never sun. IL Is only
Wy cOELInual aHILaLlon LnaC any p5OpIe
Cali ever hope W attain their IIUerLy.
Lie encouraging Signs VI Lne Time art
LI11L ILLS cOuotrVdllte CldSS-Ln6 dSTl-
CULTURAL communILy-haS aL last been
reached W ILLS great reformation.
1ncy have U6en lie pdganS III politics
III tunes gone by. III ancient Rome
Ln0y we're slaves; III Greece, III Europe,
they were slaves and SerIS, according "
CiIeIr condition; but Tie great agrlcul-
LurAl CLASS OF America nave proved that
they are OF different SLuH. They are
| the men who have heWn their way from
| the Atlantic u the Pacific Ocean.
les. 10 their labor and industry you
| owe what you have III this country
They have supplied the raw material
| for your factories; They have come to
the rescue ot the government IN times
that have gone ny, with their hard
earned dollars; they have defended the
stars ana stripes aC the cost OF their
| loyal blood.
Vigorous in body, striking in char
| acter, strong III intellect, lovers OF
nome, fertile IN resources, believers III
God, cannot think that the farmers OF
America will ever submit To become
the slaves snd serfs OF a plutocracy or
al aristocracy, l care not what name II
is called by. L tell you to-day that CO.
operation and organization are wonder
full words that are moving them to &C
ton, and they are graSplng hands With
their fellow labOrerS with grasp thai
means something.
They have come to this new life in
regard to political questions. They are
discussing and agitating them, and the
people " Ill get something that is gooC
and right for them. uUnt come here
tonight to tell you that we have sound
ed all the depths and shadows or leg
lSlation, but What L do say is that we
, have turned our faces toward the light
aud 1 Will tell YOU another thing in thi:
connection, that am glad that l an
D here as the representative of this grea
} organization, and that | come here
a from the state of Kansas which has lee
= in times gone by. When l was IN
Georgia, at that great seat OF learning
Aliens, at a barbecue, the ladies' put a
each speakers seat a bouquet, and a
; mine a suntiOwer, and | took The sun
= flower and held it up and said: Tina
Is the emblem of the state of Kansas
the great suutlower State, That sun
% flower grows wild ON the prairleS in M
+ state, and when the sun rises IN TIT
n morning that sunfloweT turns Its fac
towards him, turning its face To tn
light, and as the rises and mounts il
the heavens and crosses them and sink
IN the evening and sets, the sunflowe
+ turns its face constantly to the ligh
n until the light is gone. That is em
blematic of the state of Kansas" An
now, after proving that they could
% make Q sacrifice for human right, the
a have set out for principle, and sa
n IL Is right that they should lead in thi
!. crusade. this new doctrine that preach
% a the Brotherhood of man and tn
n Eatherhood of God. lApplause.l ON
idea r. TO bring people up to hlgEt
civjIization. Our idea is that men al
4 truly brothers, let them live north {
soufh of Mason & Dixon's line, an
. that we have only been Kept apart I
q unprincipled politicians in TIE past.
% Voters, this is the man that Islander
l. Kansas How do you like that kin
"a Of slander2