The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-19
POPS ON A PARADE
PREDICTED BIG RALLYYESTERDAY
WAS A FAILURE.
Big Pop Guns Were Advertised to
Draw crowd Notwithstanding
Which Less Than Five Hundred
Voters We're in Line-That Leayen-

Inc HOpullstS oil this county neiu tHelr
rally in this city yesterday. 1t surprised
nobody but the Popullsts themselves, for
it vas not near as big a thing as they eX-
| pected. They lay it to the rain oil yester-
day morning, but that, certainly, was not
| sufficient to deter any farmer from coming
| in in time to participate in the parade.
Even granting that it did the rally was
still a failure to great extent for it must
| be remembered the Populists resorted to
extraordinary measures to get out an i'm
mense crowd They published in their
papers and in posters that United Senator
Allen of Nebraska. Congressman Pence of
Colorado, Congressman Simpson of this
district, Governor Lewelling aad Rev.
Myrou Reed, the Botkin of Colorado,
would be here and make speeches. None
of these gentlemen were here and the local
leaders knew they would not be here,
but they advertised them in
desperate effort to get up big rally for
the purpose OF giving heart to the dropping
spirits of their own people, aud
OF seduciDg weakened Democrats
away from their own party. In view
of this desperate effort to get a crowd, to
say nothing of other inducements, the
The procession started from the West
Side at noon and was well arranged. the
teams being scattered nearly 100 feet apart,
thus making the procession from six to
eight times longer than it would have
| been had the ordinary and usual rules OF
| marching been observed.
| The EAGLE took particular pains TO esti-
mate the number of voters in line. The
| estimates it collected after the parade show
| that there were from 400 to 450 voters in
| the procession. The following estimates
| taken at different points along the route
| from men who aid not know what any of
! the other counters had secured. They
Came very close to one another. The dit
| ference of counts may be ascribed to the
| fact that some of the men counted the
bands and some counted as men those
who were only boys. These are the counts:
Lon Williams. corner Main and Doug
! Judge Buckner, corner Third st. and
Fourth ave. 4l3
! Tony Reed, IA North Main st.. $50
William Hayes, corner Main and
Douglas. 4S4
L. j. Beattie, Manhattan Hotel. $50
Doc Worrell, corner Topeka ave. aud
Oak st NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 404
Roy Woodring West Douglas ave.. 403
j. ;. Jones, corner Oak and Main
street. Observation-Disclosures. All
EAGLE reporter, corner Main and
and Douglas. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4S2
William Hayes, who gives the highest
count had with him memorandum of
the number of voters in the parade of the
Pops two years ago. The number of voters
in line then was $40. As nearly as could
be told by Grand Army men there were
| sixteen old soldiers in line. There wsre
eighty-sx two years ago.
The above counts were honestly made
and from them iJ can be said truthfully
that there were not 500 voters in line. 1t
is charged that number of these men
were not from Sedgwick county. The
Williams and Smith families of Butler
county and j. &. Russell of kiDgman
county were in the parade. OF course to
offset this the Populists claim that the
rain kept IA great many away.
The parade was dull and uuinteresting:
nothing new or novel being noticed in the
line of characters. 1t passed along the
streets more like funeral procession than
a political street parade and who will say.
after all, that 1t was not funeral process
sion.
After proceeding through several streets
the procession turned down Main street
towards the fair ground. While crossing
the street car track near the gate of the
fair grounds the flag pole of the
Fifth ward float struck tele
phone wire and broke it. In falling
the wire crossed the trolly wire of the
street car line and became charged with
strong current of electricity. j. l..
Moore's team came in contact with this
wire and one of the horses was killed in
stantly while the other was badly in jul ed
1t was very fortunate the wire did not fall
on the float which was filled with people.
purse was raised among the people and
$50 subscribed to replace the dead horse.
AT TIE FAIR GROUNDS.
The center of the grand stand was pretty
well crowded at o'clock, when l. =.
Campbell, followed by Colonel Harris,
Fred Close aud ). ). King, climbed up
the ladder and into the starters stand,
where they took seats.
As is well known Colonel Harris is an
ex-confeGerate soldier who spent years in
active service trying to destroy the nation
he now so hypocr!tically claims TO be saw
ing With his record IT was necessary To
enact little dramatic scene for the pUr-
pose of pulling the wool over the eyes of
the Loyal patriotic, country loving people
in the audience. In pursuance of the plan
undoubtedly fixed to Introduce this scene
a large flag was stationed TO the right of
Harris and under pretense that IL would
obstruct the view of the speaker Mr..
Campbell said TO the janitor or master of
ceremonies: Take down that flag" That
WIS the cue for Colonel Harris to appear
aud play his part. With a flushed
face lie shouted, so tDdJ everybody, OF
course, could hear him: Don't take 1t
down, sir; oblige me, sir, and leave it
where Ii is" Of course this little scene
caused him to be loudly applsuded by a
few hHir-braiued fellows who hadn't sense
enough to see that the whole little piece
was enacted for the purpose of Harris
showing his patriotism TO the flag he fired
bullets into for four long years. lt was
disgusting scene to people who knew
enough to see through it.
I. Z. Campbell then announced that
collection would be taken no for the Pop
whose horse was killed and after this
Colonel Harris was introduced. Like all
other men who attain to high position
accidentally the election of the colonel
gave him, TO use vulgar expression. the
swelled head. When he ran Tor office two
wears ago he was regarded in the light of a
legitimate statesman, but yesterday he
proved himself to be arrRnt
demogogue. He discussed the various
issues with characteristic Populisiic reck-
lessness and unlike his dignified methods
of two years ago ne fitted his remarks 10
the narrow minds of pin head statesmen
and Kindergarten anarchists. His attack
upon Grover Cleveland because he sent
troops 20 Chicago TO protect life and prop
erty from the bloody hands OF anarchy was
The most viruleut TRADE hurled this year
against Cleveland aud yet Harris rs any
thing but a farmer would be imposs bic
wit bout the votes he received from Cieve
land Democrats two years ago. IL was
that same old spirit of rebellion. He at
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