The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-15
coLoNEL HALLowELL,s SPEECH.

| The following speech delivered by Colo
! mel Hallowell at the mass meeting held
night before last at the opera house will b
| interesting TO the readers of the EAGLE. 4
strong effort WAS made to get it in with
| the proceedings of the meeting, but OWN
to the lateness of the hour and other press
ing work it was absolutely impossible tt
make transcript of the notes in time To
| get the speech in type before the paper
went TO press. In fact the official note:
are not yet transcribed, but from another
source the EAGLE reporter was enabled to
get a copy OF Colonel HalioweEl's address,
which is as follows:
! Mr.. CHAIRMAN, FELLOW CITIZEES-l
! thank for this reception. In this breas;
| there beats heart that hever felt an i'm
pulse of disIoyalty. Within this Uranium
| there puisates gray matter that never gave
| time TO the study of the arts Of the asSas
sin. The two combined have never mar
shalled in the ranks OF treason. either &c
my nation, to my state, to my county, my
| city, or to any friend or any cause that
ever espOused Caesar may have had his
| BTutus, the king MS Cromwell, but Muir
| dock has neither. Fair edgwick and the
| Peerless Princess are TO have no assassins-
During the holidays, in the twelfth
number Of gentlemen who were instru-
mental in bringing "a few dlstIua us he'd
| Republicans iGCo 4 meeting in room
( within the borders Of the state, and after
d talk that lasted until the wee sma'
! hours" OF the night, our distinguished
! fellow citizen, Colonel Murdoch was in
! dnced 10 consent To the use Of his name
/ for the nomination as governor OF the
great state OF Kansas. l was for
his nomination the Il, and have
| been for his nomination ever
since, and am for his nomination now,
| having given him constant and earnest
support. II is useless for me to say that
am for Colonel Murdoch because | love
HIM" / am for him because I admire
him. ara for him because he is draw
ing power. and / love the victories OF my
party. Being Republican, l want sue
cess, and | believe he has the power to
reach out and grasp the. deserter. and point
out to him his wrong course and turn him
back into the camp OF the Republicans.
am for him because he can call back
the Maynard. / am for him because ne
represents the great Integrity OF the Re-
publican party am for him because he
can draw more Democrats TO his support
than any man who can be named; can
bring 20 his support the remnant OF the
Democratic organization that Is left in
Kansas.
He has devoted life TO the interests of
Kansas. years 10 the building up OF this
great metropolis of the southwest. They
talk OF long years in Kansas, Marshal VI.
Murdoch came 10 dwell within her border
when a boy, and over thirty-fve years ago
he broke with yoke of oxen eighty acres
of ground where now stands the machine
shops, the round houses and the depots of
the great Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ee
corporation. 1T the city of Topeka. Poor
but struggling it has been said OF him
that his hair stuck throgh holes III the
crown OF his hat, and swept by the breeze
Of the Kansas prairies. Another writer
has said that there was a letter in the
postoffice Tor him.
From that day to this it has been one
constant battle for the material interests
of the state ard of his locality.
The constitution and laws both written
and uuwritten OF the state. the customs,
the religion of the peopie-all will be sale
in his hands as the governor Of the state.
He, with bis compeer, the lamented John
A Martin, built by their efforts
greater than they thought, an
empire. II has sprung up as if
touched b. a magic rod, and we tonight,
as his fellow citizens, his neighbors and
his friends, are asking the people of that
empire to make him its governor for the
next two years, The people OF Sedgwick
ope mind and l believe It will be conceded.
Aud am in favor OF going TO the state
convention, on the 3Oth OF June, as Tam
many hall goes to the national conventions
in support of her favorite candidate, with
a club of four hundred strong, and | de-
sire to request that all those in this audi
ence who will go to the capital for that
purpose rise 10 their feet, and let US see
the expression of your earnestnesS in this
cause.
(All the Republicans in the audience
arose. Mr. John Fisher, a Democrat, said:
Colonel. there are a lot of Democrats
want to march in the procession; what
about them?' Colonel Haliowell an-
swered: John, l told you that Colonel
Murdoch 5 drawing power was sufficient
so that ali you Democrats would want TO
get on the band wagon and go with us.
The reply WAS greeted with loud and pro-
longed cheeriug)
| remember twenty-three years ago
when l first came TO dwell in the state OF
Kansas, the entire political power was
confined to the northeast corner OF the
state. Topeka, Leavenworth and Atchi-
son controlled all the offices, both state
and federal Indeed. so marked was the
preference for the city of AtchisOn that it
was termed the "HOgtown." IL required
a desperate effort TO losen their hold and
secure the distribution of the Offices among
the people. In fact, no governor has ever
been chosen this far west.
There are thousands of reasons in favor
of our locality which properly presented,
will have their effect.
At the time Colonel Murdoch withdrew,
from the information IN my possession, |
was thoroughly satisfied that he would go
into the convention with at least one third
of the seven hundred and seventeen dele
gates Ibelieve that with proper effort he can
be placed upon "a firm footing as he was
when his letter of withdrawal was pub
lished; aud desire TO say to you. fellow
that as Il delegate 10 that conven-
ton can truthfully say that nothing has
since my selection rs a delegate
in the interests of Colonel Murdoch that
will require me TO break any chains or be
false TO any promises TO support him l
have made no promises | nave been in
structed aud snail carry out those instruc-
tons with the :ailhfulness that is charac-
teristic of my actions. We can nominate
him 1t is the duty of every one of Us TO
talk Murdoch hslloa Murtock, work
Murdoch act Murdoch and De Tor hur-
dock, and victory Will perch upon our
banner.
AT WRIGHT MISSION