The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-20
LOCAL POLITICAL NOTES.


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LOCAL POLITICAL NOTES.
Chas. F. Scott will address the PEG
pie ON the political issues at Diamond
school house next Tuesday, Oct. "A,
and at Usage Center next Friday Oct.
p. Meetings will open at 8 o'clock.
All are invited.
1t was extensively advertised
through newspapers and hand bills,
that s. ID. Bartlett would address the
faithful Populists of Savonburg and
vicinity on Thursday evening Oct II
The time came and Mr.. Bartlett came
but the faithful did not. There was
absolutely nobody there but the
speaker and no attempt was made to
hold meeting. Nowonder the boss
es are getting discouraged. 1t must
be very dismal business to be a
leader without any followers.
va good many people have wonder
ed why Mrs. Lease never came to AL
len county to make speech. The
reason is that her speeches cost too
much good money. In her case "mon-
ey talks, no money, no talk. And
the dear brethren here can't afford it.
Every voter in reach of Moran
should be there next Tuesday night,
Oct. "a, to hear j. X. CubbisOn. He
is a stem winder.
Our sanguine friend, John Bale,
pretends to be so sure of his election
to the office of sheriff, that they say
he has already rented his farm and
has'spent considerable time looking
up house in lola. Brer Bale is a
great buffer.
Gov. Lewelling can certainly not
complain of the reception accorded
him in lola, ON theOccasion of his Wis
it here last Wednesday. The Opera
House was crowded and he was given
a respectful and attentive if not an
enthu siastic hearing. The Governor
is a "good LOCKER" tall and comedy
and with the air of prosperous bust
ness man. He is not an orator in any
sense of the word, but he speaks in
an easy, conversational tone, and is
pleasant to listen to. AS to the mat
ter of his speech, that is another
story. We misunder stood the hour
of the meeting and so were half an
hour late, but we are told that most
of that half hour was kindly nsed in
advertising the editor of the REGIS
TER. For this His Excellency has
our thanks. 1t is easy to annihilate
an opponent when the opponent is
not there to hear and when, if there,
he weuld haue no opportunity to re-
ply. When we reached the hall he
was rehearsing his old calamity speech
of two years ago, lauding the blue
ruin declarations of the Omaha plat
form and showing with great gustO
how the Kansas farmers are every
Y ear getting deeper i'll debt. After
about an hour he approached, with
evident reluctance the discussion
the Topeka "war." He repeatedly
declared that he didn't like to talk
about it-and We can readily under
stand why. When at last, after much |
preliminary hemmiDg and having, |
he did begin to tell the story of the
Leg islative struggle, his stumbling |
was pitiful. He fatty contradicted
himself again and again, and contra
dicted the facts and the record from
beginning TO end. We havenot space
this week to point out his Dumberless
gross misrepresentation, but we hope
to find room to do so next week. Suf-
flee il now to say that there was not
a material statement which he made
touching the vital points at Issue in
the org anization of the two houses
which cannot be proven by indisput-
able evidence to be absolutely false
We would have cheerfully contribut
ed S25 to the Populist campaign fund
for the privilege of presenting this
proof to the same audience to which
the Governor spoke. We hope to
present part of it at least to readers
Of the REGISTER next week.
George l.. Douglass had magnifi-
cent audience on Thursday evening
If last week, and he made magnifi- ,
cent speech, 1t was devoted entirely
% the ''late war" and it riddled the
POpulist claims and pretensions so
thoroughly that not one shred of their
argument was left hanging to anoth-
.r. Those who heard Mr., Douglass
and who also heard Gov. LewelliEg i
IAN easily understand why the Gov
,rnor declines to clover the dignity" '
If his office by engaging in a joint
Douglass knows the facts d
md tells the truth. The Governor ,
Knows the facts and doesn't tell the
ruth. That is the verdict every =
audience would give if they should v
Ippear together.
When an indignation meeting was t
leld in lola last winter to condemn i,