The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-23
WHALEY Is SENT FOR.
A Committee Dispatched from the
Populist Meeting
TO BRING HIN TO ITS MIDST
where He was 20 be VVeleOmed-Bue
MT. WhaIey Was HI and CouIdn'S
Go-PrOmised 10 Come Later.

Mr. WhaIey Was HI and C0uldn's
GO-PrOmfsed 10 Come Later.
The Populist women celebrated their
success in their own party last night at
the Populist league room. They had
prepared programme of their own but
were headed off by the men who had the
first inning and consumed the greater
part Of the evening with Populist
speeches The ladies had provided re-
freshments consisting of cake and lem
onade. As usual with men, they did all
the talking and ate and drank most Of
the good things.
The disappointment OF the evening
was when a committee consisting of l.
T. Yount A. N. Harvey and =
Barnes was appointed to call
upon the late Populist convert, T. T.
Whaley, and invite him to be present
When the committee returned, they re-
ported that Mr. Whaley was confined to
his bed with a high fever, and could not
be present, but that he would be with
them just as soon as possible. This state
ment was greeted with cheers
II. II. Brown made a suffrage speech,
IN which he predicted that the Peoples
party would win, because it had dared to
endorse woman suffrage. lit was women
who emancipated the slaves, and they
will now emancipate the people from in
dustrial slavery" he said 1--WE have
cast our bark in the current of progress,
and woman's hand will be the first to
raise the sail that will carry US to vic
tory"
State Treasurer Biddle said: 81 am
in hearty accord with the suffrage move
ment and l am sorry can not help with
my words as / would like to. / am in
favor of equal suffrage because 1t is
right and Just and because l am assured
haf ha ar criU
suffrage it will result in a more exalted
system of government and a higher and
purer system of politics. Whatever l do
In this campaign will be for suffrage"
G. G. Clemens was called and respond
ed with his usual alacrity: 81 under
stand that our special business is to be
surprised and have sense enough not
TO keep supper waiting" Still he talked
for half an hour. He told how he had
been converted to woman suffrage and
said he would rather see the Populists
defeated with the suffrage endorse ment
than to be successful without it
While Clemens was talking, S. NJ.
Scott walked up the aisle to the speak
er's stand, in full view of every one. One
brave little woman started to applaud,
but no one else Joined her.
Scott was next called for, and started
out with pun prepared for the cam
paign. "You have heard Of moral and
political ruin" he said, land | have one
man in mind who will meet Morrill, and
political ruin ia the coming campaign"
He told how Mr.. Eskridge as chairman
of the committee on resolutions in the
Repu blican convention had clipped off
the ruffies Of the Republican party dress,
and he called the ru files free silver, pro-
hibition and woman suffrage. With a
reckless disregard of grammar, which is
characteristic of Mr.. Scott, he said: II
am glad the women Is with u.s.
The chairman then asked the next
lieutenant governor to stand up and Mr..
Eurbeck modestly came forward.
Some one then made a motion to give
the rest Of the evening to the women
end it was carried as all the men who
had anything to say had said il.
Mrs. Bina A Otis introduced Mrs.
Furbeck who read an address telling the
men how the woman intended to help
them.
Mrs Otis was then in turn introduced
by Mrs. Furbeck.
Mrs J. r. Hague recited an original
woman suffrage poem. and Mrs. y. III.
Hargrave read address. Mrs. A
Wardall and Mrs. A. D. Struble also spoke
and then the California Coxey quartette
sang one of their songs.
The ladies brought out the cake and
Iorunna1a