People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-09-21
WHO ARE THE ANARCHISTS?
A Specimen Of Republican
Love for the Free" Negro.

The people of Wellington had it
plainly demonstrated Wednesday
evening that the republicans are the
the anarchists.
Mr.. Beal, a republican farmer, who
has Topped back and forth for the
past four years, spoke on the street
corner to large crowd of people of all
political parties. They listened re-
spectfully until he was thrOugh-al-
though the republicans themselves
were bored and thoroughly disguised.
After he had finished it was an
nOuned that Mr.. Gibbs, cOlOred Pop
ulist of Kansas City, Kansas, would
speak. Mr.. Gibbs is sergeant-at.armS
Of the state senate. He had been sent
to Wellington by the state committee
to address the cOlOred brethren and
Others. Finding Mr.. Beal was billed
to speak that evening, he challenged
him for joint debate. Mr.. Beal de-
clined to enter a debate: then the
POpulists requested that Mr. Gibbs be
allowed to address the people from
the same platform after Mr.. Beal had
his say. This was refused and rather
than disturb the republican meeting
by calling another at the same hour,
the POpulistS obtained platform and
lights. and after the conclusion of
Beal's harangue, they repaired to the
opposite corner of the street, and Mr..
Gibbs mounted the platform to speak
in the interest of his race and the Ia
boring men of America.
During the afternoon John Haughey,
the stuffed exclamation point who is
chairman of the republican county
central committee. had said that he'd
be id if any niger POpulist shall
speak tOnight"-and he evidently had
his hOOdlumS posted.
After he got fairly started Harry
Woods, republican candidate for cOun-
ty attorney, and Constable Sam Dick,
the mascot of the ring, organized a
crowd of republican chumpS and put
Mike Magruder, an ignorant cOlOred
man, on box on another corner and
started him to spOuting like a rhinOc-
eros with a catarrh. That was bad
enough, but we would not complain if
they had gone no further.
They made sport of their own speak
er, and the poor darkey thought they
were applauding him.
However the drunken towards set
up howl like an insane asylum full
of hyenaS and tried to drown our
Speker OUTPUT he paid no attention
to them further than to remark that
kicked dogs will howl"
j. G. Campbell, editor of the Mont
tor organized a tin pan brigade.
They got bells, whistles, tin pans and
drums, and hOOted, whistled, pounded,
marched up and down the street and
acted like drunken coyotes treated
with tin cans and turpentine.
Mr. Gibbs talked on in a natural
voice, referring to them only once
again to remark that they are now
using their best argument"
He spoke abOt ten minutes after they
tired themselves down and the drunk
est ones were steered home by those
who were only half drunk
The mob Of republicans disgraced
themselves and the town in which they
live-and their gentlemanly leaders.
won great big gObs of esteem by their
action.
1t is due to the respectable republi.
cans present to say that some republi-
cans, both white and cOlOred, behaved
themselves and listened to Mr.. Gibbs
short speech.
The POpulists tried to accommodate
the republicans by waiting until theil
speaker was done talking and thus
the republican anarchists of yelling
ton returned the compliment.