The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-12
ANNA SHAW AND INGALLS,.

Something About the Republican Plat
form Being Like Furnished Brass.
The Woman's Progressive Political
league held a meeting yesterday after
noon at Representative hall
Mrs. Bina A Otis delivered her an
nual address.
Miss Susan B. Anthony was called.
Among other things she said: 81 have
received letters from prominent Repub-
licans begging me not to go before the
POpulist convention to ask for a suffrage
plank. They tell me they are afraid it
will in ure our cause. They have grown
extremely solicitous all at once about the
suffrage cause" This was said with
tinge of sarcasm which provoked a great
deal of laughter
"Now," she said, 81 will say to you as
Napoleon said, wait till you see what
your enemy is going to do and then do
the other thing"
Rev Anna Shaw was the next speak
er. eve asked the Republicans for a
suffrage plank" she said, "and the only
thing they gave US was a low, coarse,
vulgar, contemplate song which was a
disgrace to the state" (The speaker re-
ferred to the song entitled, Throw
Dollar at Me-" sung by one of the Mo-
docs, attired to impersonate Mrs. Lease.)
Speaking of the Republican platform
she said: "Ingalls says it is smooth as
FURNISHED brass" l think it is, for it is
SO smooth you can't stand on it any place.
Collie IEOLu OOWn cast, Wn0T0 Lney nave
cells, but l never saw an eel as slippery
as that platform"
Mrs. Chapman Gait spoke for few
moments. She closed with the words:
''If l were a Populist 1 would rather go
down to defeat with suffrage plank in
a sensible platform than to victory with
platform that means nothing"
Mrs. Diggs introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted without
dissenting vote. The delegates present
voted for the resolutions:
Whereas, The Peoples party came
into existence and won its glorious vic
tory on the fundamental principle of
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none, therefore be it
Resolved, That the delegates of the
Woman's Progressive league, in conven-
ton assembled, declare in favor of the
pending constitutional amendment, and
we ask our party to place itself on rec
ord in favor of this measure of justice.
THEY DEMAND A CHANGE.
Opponents of the Present Administration
Hold M Letting.
An decentralization meeting was
held at Trades Assembly hall last night.
The crowd was about evenly divided be-
tween those favorable and those opposed
to the administration, but the delegates
who were for the administration were in
the back part of the hall and applauded
vigorously any favorable reference to
Lewelling.
N III. Thompson of Wyandotte county
was the chairman of the meeting.
Frank Radford of Topeka was the first
speaker, and arraigned the administra-
ton for political manipulation of the
Populist county convention.
An affidavit was read from Patrick
Langdon, ex-police commissioner of
Atchison. The affidavit stated that joints
and gambling houses were run at Atchi-
SON. The police board had been
fixed up to wink at the evasion of the
law and that the old board was dis
charged because they would not cater to
the whisky element 1t also stated that
Adjutant General Davis was sent to
Atchison by Governor Lewelling to
make this change, and it was currently
understood that he had received $500 to
have the old board removed
O. A Baldwin, chairman of the county
central committee, of Leavenworth, de-
nounced Governor Lewelling for APP
pointing Mrs. Blackman on the police
board contrary to the wishes of Leaven-
worth Populists
7. II. Gallagher of Leavenworth, said
that the administration delegates were
allowed their expenses to the convention
and given So besides.
F. H Pettengill, president of the
LeavenwOrth county alliance: "If the
delegates from our county vote for the
administration they won't express the
sentiments of Leavenworth Populists."
Ed S. Waterbury of Lyon county: 81
have found that you are not all sore
heads, but 1 am for the administration"
d. j. Smith, member of the Populist
state central committee, from Mcpherson
county: 81 got out of sick bed to come
here and | am not well enough to talk
to you, but | could tell you story of
Dick Chase, Breidenthal and others; of
fraud and debauchery, that would cause
the scales to fall from your eyes. want
to predict that if the old crowd is nomi-
mated we won't be in it in November,
and many good Populists feel just like
do"
Warren Foster of Hutchinson: II am
for LewellinQ and l consider this the
most disgraceful meeting 1 ever attend
ed" The words had scarcely left his
mouth when there were loud cries of
"shut up" and "put him out" "why
don't you get out of here, then?" but he
held his ground and made an administra-
tlon speech.
s. w. Coombs of Riley county said he
had been boycotted out of that county be-
cause he was Populist and that he had
come back to fight the administration
because it was made up of fusion
crowd.
Nels Anderson a man of Swedish
birth, of this county, made hot admin
istration speech. He said Lewelling was
a friend of the poor and that he would
like to exchange bank accounts with
him on high. He then marched males
ticalIy out of the hall as if he were afraid
some one intended to call upon him to
balance his account.
Cyrus Corning spoke against Jewell
ing.
Judge Hadley and C. w. Marsh, dele
Uatas from Arkansas Civ both said thew