The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-13
TWO WOMEN AT WAR.

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perintendent of pubic instructions was
introduced.
His speech did not suit his audience.
He went back to the time OF Columbus,
and bored his hearers with a recapitula-
ton Of We'll known historical facts hav-
ing no particular bearing the issues
of the day, until they were we'll nigh
exhausted. When he said II will finish
sOon," there was a round Of applause.
Mr. Gaines viii have to talk up to date if
he wants to secure a hearing. He's no
schOol-teachery.
When superintendent Gaines had final
ly finished the chairman introduced
Governor Waite The women stretched
their necks 10 get a good view of his
face, expecting to see fire flashing from
his eyes. while the men listened for the
first word, expecting 10 hear the most
sang ulne utterances. They were all dis
appointed. for his face is mild and unas-
suming and his speech was only made
up Of Populist doctrine of the mildest
order.
GOV. Waite opened his speech by a
refere nee to the alien and sedition laws.
.'Thes e laws provided that anyone who
should say anything against the govern
ment or president or the laws should be
arrested. No man was to be arrested
without process of law and all were to be
entitled to jury trial The law was so
contrary to the sentiment of the people
and so like that of the monarchies that
the old Federal party, which was re-
sponsible for the law, was swept out Of
power.
..There is positively no law which
makes the receivers of railroads officers
Of the United States, bus they are
now considered officers of the gov
eminent Under this pretext they
have created deputies and armed them
and have given these men authority to
make arrests without warrant of law.
They take the men before United States
judge who sentences them to jail with
out trial. There is nothing to prevent
these judges in their discretion from
sentence him 10 1000 years in jail as we'll
as thirty.
''What must happen TO parties which
uphold such practIcesS They will 90
down as the old Federal party which
passed the alien and Hedition laws did.
(Applause.)
Now il ID proposed by the representa-
tIves of the Republican and Democratic
parties in their conventions assembled
that we, the American people. cannot
make our own money without first ap-
pealing to Europe and asking the per
mission Of the Rothschilds-
"lf such things had occurred when I
was 10 years old. which IS fifty years
ago. the parties responsible for them
would have met the same fate which my
adjutant general did in Colorado-they
would have been tarred and feathered."
(Laug hter.)
Gov. Waite then discussed labor trou-
bles in the east and dwelt upon the fight
at Homestead. He said that the work
ing people we're adjudged guilty of trea-
son, while as a fact the Carnegie COM
pany was guilty of that of snse in i'm
porting an armed force into the state
which is especially prohibited by the
constitution. "And still" continued the
speaker, "this man Carnegie is now on
visit TO the holy land daughter He
Is trying to find the location OF a GER
tain mountain where the devil stood
when he offered Christ all the world if
he would fall down and worship him
Carnegie is trying to ind the exact spot
SO that he can take the contract which
Christ refused if it is still open ZAP
plause.
Il do not believe in the militia Of a
state fighting the United States troops
do not believe in violence or strikes and
the only hope of the people l can see is
At the ballot box There Is only one dan
ger-a great danger-Of a bloody revolu-
ton before the wrongs Of the people can
be righted, but | pray that it may not
come. 1 appeal to you my people to sub
nit 10 wrong if necessary, but do no vio-
Ience- Wait but little while and you
can right all your wrongs by the greatest
force IN this cOuntry-the ballot
THE governor who preceded me
Governor Routt, was troubled a great
deal by petitions One time several