The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-09
CLICK HOWLED DOWN.
Democrats Compelled Him TO Re-
tire for Overmyer Last Night
OVERMYER CHIDES THEN FOR IT.
The Democratic Meeting Preceded BY
q Fine Display or Fireworks.

the pioneer OF Kansas OemOCrdlss was
interrupted in the middle of his speech
and howled down. The old veteran sat
down without offering a protest aud soon
after left the hall The other speakers
were Gen C. W. Blair and David Over
myer.
The meeting was preceded by a bril-
liant parade aud pyrotechnic display on
Kansas avenue by the Democratic fam
beau club. The hambeau club was fol
lowed BY party Of twenty-five men and
boys with shot guns VINO fred blank
cartridges at every step. Marshali's
band led the procession.
G. K. Holiday, jr. called the meeting
to order and introduced General Blair,
who was suffering from a severe cold
which interfered with his delivery.
THE man who does not vote the Demo
cratic ticket this year from top to bot
TOM" he said, mo longer deserves to be
called Democrat He deserves the SEN
tence of old Ephraim, He belongs TO his
idols, let him alone L have been in
Kansas many years but l have never
seen time when the state ticket was so
worthy Of support az 1t is now. David
Overmyer Is not a politician. David
Overmyer is a statesman in the best
sense of the word The other candidates
are all good men and when we have the
best tic6et in the state why should we
not support 1t?
J
has stood the storm when waves we're
rough, and you would not desert the old
ship now. Why should you wander of
after strange godsf"
The speakers words so fred some
member of the gun club that to give vent
to his feelings he fired his shot gun.
Some Of the women in the room screamed
loudly but the speaker paid no attention
to the interruption.
Il do not undertake to say continued
H-.T~
ernor will be elected but it is better to
go down fighting than to lay down our
arms in inglorious surrender zap
plausel l have fought the Republicans
for fifty years and l still hope to live long
enough to see that party IN d hopeless
minority both in the state and nation and
the only way we can accomplish this is
TO vote the Democratic ticket
|'W hat do these dissenters propose?
They ask you to vote for men who are
not yet cool from the Republican party.
They could not get Office their own
party and they organized a new party
and ask your support" Applause.
The speaker then discussed the tariff
question He said that it would not be
long until the country would be under
absolute free trade. He said the tariff
bill was not as good as it might be be-
cause ''some Democrats were not as
spotless they might be. Democrats
are not often bad men, but when you
from the Republican party"
Ex-G Gov. Click was the next speaker
The Democrats met in this hall some
time ago." he said, "And placed in nom
inatfon a ticket of which any one can be
proud With Dave Overmyer for gov
ernor Wa can depend upon it that the
constitution will be upheld All the
men on thu ticket are his com peers and
are worthy OF the support of every one.
ssThe Democratic party took brave
stand at its convention. 1t did not adopt
a platform VIII tch means nothing. The
party came out datly against woman suf-
frage. The Republicans said nothing
about it, and had tC send their candidate
out here in q grove where he apOlogi4ed
to the women for the silence of the party
on the question. The Populists declared
in favor of suffrage, br1l said no one ID to
be bound by the declaration" Laugh
teri
Governor Click then spoke of the A.
P. A. He said that the Democratic party
is sQuarely opposed to that organization.
Il want to say a word to the old sol
diers," he said. If you were to repu-
date all Catholics you would repudiate
such men as Rosecrans, Sherman and
Meade"
The speaker paused as If expecting
applause at one point in his speech but
instead there were loud cries d cover
myer. Overmyer.' which soon sw,elled to
a tumuIt The ex-governor attempted
to speak but again there were loutl cries
for Overmyer and he sat down.
David Overmyer then spoke. He
chided the audience for their treakm ent
of Click, and said be did not like to
talk aud attempt to follow him. He
said: 1.-The Republican party has lately
accomplished a miracle. They have
raised the dead by bringing Mckinley 10
Kansas lLaugh terE l was surprised to
see a man like him descend to petty
things by limiting that the Democrats re-
duced the tariff on some fine brands of
brandy for the purpose of removing the
tax from the Injuries The truth is that
N 0ney had to be raised and il could be
beBt done by lowering the tax so that i'm
por1ation would be slim uIated and that is
Why IL was done"
Mr. Overmyer quoted from a speech
made by Grant which favored free wool.
and from Blaine and from a resolution
passed by the Kansas legislature of 1888.
IN favor of free lumber, s'and" be cOntin-
ued, 'stIH you brought Mckinley here to
favor a tariff on these articles, and 20
back on your old records. Oh, wisdom
thou hast fed TO british BEASTS" zap
plause.
The speaker then discussed Mayor
Harrison's letter on woman suffrage. He
said: For years the women have voted
IL Topeka, and now what does Mayor
Harrison say about the condition Of the
city. Every city Of the first and second
class in Kansas has had woman suffrage
for years, and every city OF the first class
and nearly all of the second are fuImi-
nations OF IawIinesa. The women would
GO with their husbands excep6 a small
element who would be disturbers of the
peace How are things in Wyoming and
Colorados The women vote and SKILL they
have saloons Mayor Harrison in1imates
that l am In favor of the saloon while
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