The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-02

son Is very BUSY one the crowd was large,
Delegations were in attendance from
Wellington, Wichita. Harper Kingman.
Newton, Burton, Halstead, Haven, Mount
Hope, Stafford, Mcpherson, Lyons, Nick
erson, Sterling, Great Bend, Larned.
Dodge City, Garden Oily. and smaller del
egatlons from the more distant cities of
the district. Some OF the best known party
leaders of the district were present and all
brought joyful tidings from their respec-
tive localities with referedce to the APP
preaching doom of the disasterous expert
ment that now represents the district. or,
it may be more properly said, ''misrepre-
sents it." The Republicans of the Seventh
district are alive and doing. Everybody
can paste this in his hat for reference on
November O.
AT THE AUDITORIUM.
At o'clock that magnificent musical
organization, the Second Regiment band,
OF Hutchinson, wheeled into Main street
from Sherman avenue and after playing
few stirring patriotic airs a general
exodus was made to the auditorium in
Riverside park which is quite a long dis
tance from the center of the city. When
the vanguard of the crowd arrived there
every seat in the building was occupied
and when the crowd that went with the
band arrived it became necessary to take
all the benches from the park into the
building to accommodate them aud then
many people had to stand up. IL order to
estimate the size os the crowd it is only
necessary to say that the floor contains
nearly 1900 square feet besides
the gallery which was full to
its utmost capacity. 1t was claimed
by people in position to know that there
were between 4 800 and 5000 people pres
ent, but the impression of the EAGLE man
IS that there were not more than 1900
present. 1t was a magnificent audience,
too, and singularly characteristic of Re-
publican meetings, owing to the large
number of gray heads that could be seen
from the stage. Several ladies were pres
ent, and they We'd with their husbands
fathers and sweethearts in their enthusi-
asm, One old gentleman was on the
stage who had gone far beyond the S0th
milestone, and it was very i'm
pressing to see how he looked
on the young Republican chieftain-
Chester Long-with admiriug eyes. He is
a staunch Republican and he expressed
the hope that God would spare him life
long enough to see Kansas redeemed.
When Chester Long mounted the stage
a rousing cheer went up which lasted fully
two minutes, shivering the walls Of the
edifice. 1t was splendid compliment
from such n splendid audience. Chester
was, in his teens a school teacher in Mis-
souri,. and, by some strange coincidence
John w. Roberts, the chairman of the
meeting was one of his pupils. In address
ing the meeting Mr.. Roberts referred to the
contrast between the meeting of this year
and the one of last year, congratulated the
people on the immense turn out and pre-
dicted that if such meetings prevail
throughout the campaign that Long,
whom he referred to as the Simpson ex-
termnator, will beat ex-Congressman
Peters record as a vote getter. After
few brief remarks further he introduced
the famous coyote club of Larned, who
sang some elegant campaign songs, which
provoked great applause.
CAPTAIN JoHNsON'S REMARKS.
Captain J. B. johnson Of Topeka was the
first speaker, and he was receiqed with
cheers After preliminary remarks he
sailed into the claims of the calamity
crowd and literally tore their alleged ar
gument into shreds. He deplored the idea
that claim was made that only one class
of people should be consulted in the af-
fairs of the country, and made very neat
reference to an incident in Grecian myth
ology. He said there were only two parties
in the state, as the Democrats are
orphans and without home. He
referred to the damaging effects of
the demagogury OF Simpson on the finan-
cial prosperity of the state, referred TO the
fact that the Peoples party is an enemy
of the state and expressed his love for
Kansas for the enemies it had made. He
took up the Omaha platform and exposed
its impracticability and inconsistencies
with a degree of accuracy that was really
cruel. He said it was false in letter, spirit
and in everything else. He incidentally
mentioned Grant and other heroes and
the mention the of the name of each |
one caused indescribable applause.
1t is impossible to cover all
Captain Johnson's remarks. He covered
every inch of ground wherein an issue was
and the farther he went into
the Alliance doctrine the more appalling
became the absurdities of the party 1t |
was one of the most convincing arguments !
ever heard in Hutchinson. The last part |
Of hir speech was devoted to Mr.. Long. in !
1888" said he, Chester Long came to my
office young boy full of integrity and !
ambition, with the whole world in front |
Of him and he eager to face it. He |
wanted to read law, and be- |
ing impressed with the boys manners |
brightness and ambition | gave him a |
show. We soon learned who he was and |
and the merit he possessed. He was |
from Pennsylvania where he was |
born to a Pennsylvania German couple. |
He afterwards moved to Missouri where |
he taught school while he was still in his |
teens. Chester was plain, honest, hard |
working boy who was not born with a |
silver spoon in his mouth. He was raised |
On farm and SAW the hard knocks of this |
life. He was sent to no college or acade- |
my and what he is is the result of his own |
bard work In 1855 he moved to Medicine |
Lodge, with no earthly possessions but an 4
honest heart. a laudable ambition, good !
habits. an excellent brain, and less than
zoo in money. l promise you, gentlemen, |
hat he has in him the right mettle, and IL |
7ou will send him to congress he will cast /
10 stigma upon the stat, but will defend /
IS good name on every occasion. He will |
light the traducer of his commonwealth !
ind his people TO r finish, and not encour-
hem in emulation % his predecessor /
Shame on the men who will declare /
hat we are bankrupt and that the men /
nave TO sell their honor and the women
heir virtue for bread, etc. Simpson says