The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-06

! ing Thro' Georgia. The people weren't
quite enthusiastic and the captain said:
~Get up, you old vets" "As we
sing tn chorus let every man who has
a handkerchief wave it. If you haven't
a handkerchief wave a boot" Wave
your shirts" mot the bloody shirt, said
Tom Anderson as he swung a large dag
that was handed up from the audience.
Sing they did too with cries, whistles
and calls such have never been
heard since Babel was built. Then the
crowd wanted the Coyotes, changed
| their minds and called for "Old Shady
which was kept up until the Modocs re-
sponded- The audience never did hear
anything so funny.
Old Shady's Great Hit
When the Modocs laughed with Old
Shady in the song and Major Tom An
dersOn shook his long whiskers amongst
the papers on the table in front of him
| the convention went wild. The yelling
for the Coyotes was resumed, which
sounded not unlike the hOwls of that an
imal, and the famous quartette came out
and sang song that had swat till we
count out the votes" for its refrain. but
the delegates faces were cleaning with
such eagerness that they didn't look
like they could do it. Someone
in the audience bleated like a sheep
and everybody knew the fat little man of
, the Coyotes was wanted to sing about
Mary's lamb The Coyotes and Modocs
sang together. however. One of the
singers said he had never seen 1t before
in his life-but then he's a singer, and
besides it was to the tune of "Old Oalken
Bucket" so he didn't have a hard time.
When they sang 'This Queen Lily Con-
gress' and "Their Moss Covered Pledges"
the delegates nudged each other with
delight.
When it was announced from the plat
from that Z. A. Wagener was wanted
at his office, undoubtedly young
Mr. Guthrie of Atchison yelled in
passing along, Another Coxey army"
Cries of Coyotes and General Cald-
we'll" were started, but when the people
called for "Anthony, Anthony" there
came near being a serious difference of
opinion as to which AnthOny-Susan B.,
George T., d. r. or d. r.. Jr.-was
meant, that family being throughly we'll
represented.
The last stanza of the song by the
Modocs and Coyotes jointly was what
brought down the house:
How sweet from their eloquent lips to receive 1t
Cursed tariff protection no longer uphold.
We listened-and voted dinner pals empty,
The factories silent. the furnaces cold
And now far removed from our last situations,
We VeaTn sT1i for o Repubiican adminisffa5fon
And sigh for the congress that served US so
well.
This Fifty-third congress,
This Democrat congress.
This sugar-cured congress,
We wish in - Well.
Cries for Mrs. J. Ellen Foster finally
brought that lady out and she was intro
duced by mistake as the president of the
Woman's Republican association of Kan
sas. This she made right in the first
sentences of her@speech. ~s'- --s-s5
Mrs. Fo-.er RenarIks-
She said: "You have the power to
make every woman in Kansas your ally,
and | am sorry if you can't see it that
way. All the pledges of 1861 have not
been fulfilled for there are places under
son the Both day of March l took to
Washington 16 wage earning women of
Massachusetts. l took them to testify
before the finance committee of our SEN
ate. l went into the factories and asked
the girls what they knew about the
tariff. Some of them said they didn't
know anything and others giggled, but
when l talked about the Wilson bill
they all knew it was something bad. Out
of the 16 women l took to W NashIngton,
all but three worked to support other
people. Mr. Voorhees, was very polite,
but he wouldn't hear US and politeness
without help does not count. We don't
care for soft words Men need soft
words as we'll as women.
"Voorhees, the Democrat talked softly
to me. He said that he would be very
glad to hear the women but that a rule
of the finance committee forbade it But
l did hear from Mr. Aldrich that at the
same time we were refused a party of
importers were heard and their sched-
ules were put in the bill badly
When Mrs. Foster spoke of the SOL
diers, voice said: There are 481 old
soldier delegates here"
Mrs. Foster: S'Is that SO? Well. l am
glad to hear-it. 1 have heard of the 400
in New York, but did not know you had
one in Kansas. Gentlemen of the 400 l
ask you to treat the women of Kansas as
we'll you treated the blacks of the
south. 1t is useless, l know, for me to
say anything. l suppose cannot change
a vote and the committee on resolutions
will make just the report intended.
know you had not intended to hear any
one on this question, but you have called
for me and you will hear me. Now 1
will address the men of the '50O,'
(meaning a majority of the delegates
You are no better than 1. Now, for the
present: 1t does take that committee on
resolutions long time to make up the
committee. 1t can't be that they are
talking over the resolutions (applause(
DO the Kansas women owe any debt
to you. Put them under obligation to
you and see if the result is not Justified
[Applause by women on the PLATFORM
There isn't much applause. know
that there are great many Republicans
here who don't believe in saying you are
in favor of the amendment l hope there
are not 500 of you. 1 want to see the
Republican party get there in Novem-
ber. No, should not say get there. I
should say arrive at the place of destin-
alton. l hope you will arrive at the
place of your destination in November.
Is there a man here who says that he
won't vote the ticket if you put suffrage
in the PLATFORM "a voice.: HE went
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