The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
IMMENSE RALLY HELD FOR HIN
AT GARFIELD HALL.
He Made IN Honorable Diguified
Speech Discussing the Principal
Issues OF the COMPROMISING sons
Record Held Up Before the Light
ofTputh.

| aud by O'Clock il was fairly Impossible 10
get in. Everybody sought admission and
| men and women josrled one another in the
| ve.tibule eager TO get in to see aud hear
| the next Congressman from this district.
IL was a great compliment TO Mr.. Long or
| in other words it was nice recognition OF
| The principal that digniiied campaigning
: pays better in the end than demagoguery.
| N-ff's baud was present and played a
! tune in harmony with the crowd-The
Star Spanglrd Banner. The hall was
nicely decorated with Republican colors-
| the stars and stripes
Promptly nt O'clock Hon. P. a. Rohr-
baugh. Chairman of the NEE ing. intro
| duced Mr.. Long. witt out ceremony, and
that gentleman promptly stepped before
| the multitude amid great applause.
| Mr.. Long N ,kes very strong address:
one that goes direct TO the thought of
thinking people. He makes no attempt at
| taking up tue attentions Of serions
people with cheap wit or clap-trap rot, but
| talks business, aud talks plain and honest
| ly. He tells no silly stories, for he i a
gentl man who sincerely believes that the
/ country IS in Ii dreadful condil ion and in a
| serious way suggests remedies for Its ills.
He Is dignIfied in his attitude towards the
| opposi ion, honest in his recital or its
record, and by no staten Mt or insinus-
| ion does he seek 10 deceive any body il his
| audience.
Some people may not like candor, and
| would, perhaps, prefer the jugglery OF
| Jerry Simp-on with CONDITIONS aud
| tLeories, but Longs methods 60 clear TO
the minds OF thoughtful people. HIS
/ speech last night here, as well rs his
speeches everywhere else. makes an i'm
! preston on he minds OF thinking people,
aud his vote on election day will show IL.
He said he was glad TO meet the people
! OF Wichita again aud thanked ih-m
! earnest y Tor tue generous support they
gave hlIn two years ago. He hoped they
would do still better this year. He SAID
the uiStr riots population had changed ma
! terially and that only about 81. 900 votes
| would he cast this Year against TO- UUO two
years ago. He expressed Confidence In the
people OF S-dgwick county To give a pro-
. nuuuced Republican ajurIty IhIs year.
| II proved that he would BE- elected by
! 3.23l M JCriry according 10 III figures of
his "ppouent. Two years ago." aid h.,
| The people voted for Change and they
! gOt II; they VIII vote Tor auoi her change
til, year and they will :-t II, not only in
/ the Seventh district, but throughout the
rniire country. Thy demand something
, better han they are having aud they Can
ouly get it from the Republican party
" hlcu was never yet recreauL ~ the Inter
! ests OF all the people,"
/ He then went iuto a full, clear and able
! discussion or The Demo cratic Wilson bill.
! He is too hone { to tondy to tn Democrats
| at the expense of truth and hattery, but
| his arragnment Of CeYelaud's adminIstra-
| ton and its t,riff tinkering Was dig
/ nified nevertheless. although il Was a
| terrible strong Indictment OF the party.
| He gave complete history of the bill
| through all Its stormy and checkerei
| career and then presented Its destructive
| results. He showed how it destroyed rhe
! -four trade with Cuba which, in 1895
| amounted to GOO 600 barrels good portion
| OF which produced in Kansas. He
| showed how IT threatens the meat trade
| with the German empire whlchiis how
threatening retaliation owing TO the u gar
duty. He asserted and proved that the
Infamous measure could be ayerted by
I POpulisJ votes, If they Were inspired
! more by pa rioii-m than their absurd
| theories ab Ut taxation. He showed now
il fl &C ell the SILT Industries Of Kansas
ana the wool iBdu-trie, OF Texas AMI
| other sheep raising states. He referred TO
! tue ubiaIlDn lt caused among he tia
plate MN OF Wsle-, the silk men OF Lyons,
| sheep men of Australia aud tue manu-
| f+crurers of loudon where Wilson, its re-
/ puted aul hor was gwen such AL ovation.
| He said that it would lie a far hett-r ching
! 20 have a mar et tor American products on
! the banks OF the Hudson ihsn on tue
! banks of the Thames aud pred ctrd ihat
/ the nation would rise up and sly so next
| month. ii cDnUTts Ell the ovtripn- Nc
! kInl-y WAS getting from Americans at t e
same time that the Cocknrys were >!oboer-
! ing all over Wilson. H allegei that tue
tariff was plainly an simply question IF
! wages and proved il by figures. He said
| that the Republican party WAS the only
party th't guaranteed protection. The
| Democratic party was IN favor Of ttTi IT for
I r vruu- regardless of proi ecj ion while tue
/ Populist party l., if jerry ; mpsou repr L.
| SCENTS II, in favor of la ,d tax aud believed
| in the repeal OF all t,rlf laws anu the
sale Of custom houses at auc ion His
! PopulisJ opponent said that property IN
/ law WAS as iudefeusibl- As property ia III n
| nd that l. should be taxed cut Of phi
yate ow worship. Mr.. l. ~ said that lie
| vas a Lincoln Il publican aud therefor
did no, believe In tue property # mt,I aud
| for b. same reason be be lived Ia properi Y
| in land. for Republican laws We're 80 ii de
| ~ 10 give every amb L o Is c,tlZen a piece
of land I'D homs He refereed To the
! Pops saying they Were Ii co 4 .pubu-
| cans aud aid they could not BE- u iiess
/ they favored protection Co American 'bor
, and to he home m trket. ''if," said Liu
coin. "we buy 80 worth of rail, from
, l. gland, we would have the rails aud
/ Engl tud the mou-y; but X We bought So
| wOtI h If rails IN y mel lea, W. AmrTIcHn-
| would have the rails aud the money, 90 "
On the question of money Mr.. Long de-
clarrd himself uual erably IN favor OF the
unlimited coinage OF both gold aud >i.v T
OF a parity of 10 10 /, Dut lie favored tar
I coinage or American silver first. De san
that his opponent, while pre- ending Il b.
I free silver Insu, was, IN reality, IN Svor
/ OF the demonetiZ4t OF both gold aud
silver aud the substitution therefor ia
paper money. Il support % this stale
I ment he p-o iuced uIli intrOdu ed In con
rress by simpson 10 prevent the cOIu. :,
J of any sud als IN is after one - ear vXCep
I half dollars, aud at tie end Of three years
I prohibiting the c,iuage Of metal IN
I any termination. the withdrawn.
of all uoiu In cIrcu "A ion, milling 10 IatO
: bars and selling tbrm a. n commerce ID
( rommuiisy. Wniie lie was de al a. :. e,.-
I n ,mm-r blows at the tiuanciii record Of
Simpson lie noticed hat gentleman iE
that audience and very maxHnmIuou>. y
I requested County CnaIrmal II. l. cord.
TO escort him 10 she stage Mr.. Gor,tou
| went 10 Mr.. simpson. cautiously IHvIJel
| him TO "A seat On the stage, but he declined
il. incidentally Mr.. l. 'ng remarked Z at
! ne b ID invited Mr.. Simpson "a meet tn
naouls with han face TO lac but that hv
refused to do It. Mr.. Lou- dos not rotss
Sjtupson or speak in any way di>rrsp-ct
fu.y of him: be simply takes up his record
! aud holds it up before he people Ia an
honest. ialr ana GiguIiied Way. he III ,de
| a strong argument IL favor OF pelsIous.
Int said that without protection and the
| revenue derived t5errfrOm peu>l ms could
! not IL, d id as a revenue tar always t.
| suited in a treasury d-iicit. de then show
/ Ell the record OF Simpson, ou, be autl-opt.O-l