The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-26

moved to amend the resolutions by
making the peroration of Colonel Bird
part of them.
The motion as amended was then put
| and rising vote called for. Over 3. coo
people voted for the resolution and two
| men and one woman voted against
| them. Colonel Bird stated that when
| more than three persons in that vast
audience could not be found in opposi-
| ton to the resolutions that he would
declare them passed unanimously
Great cheering followed the adoption of
| the resolutions accompanied by loud
calls for Eckstein.
OTTO GIVEN AN OVATION.
When Otto Eckstein, representative
in the legislature from the southern dis
trict of the county, responded TO the
calls made for him he was rendered a
great ovation.
"A few years ago." said he, "I stood
by one Of our distinguished citizens at
the door of the Copeland hotel at To-
peka and saw vast procession of BUSH
ness men of Wichita carrying his ban
ner up the streets of the capital city
they We're there urging his nomination
for governor. / looked at that man and
with tears IN his eyes he said: L am
prouder of the confidence of my fellow
citizens than if L were governor of
Kansas We were all with that man
freferring to Colonel MURDOCH that day
and We are all with his today. He rep
resented our interests then and he rep
resents them today. We know where
he has stood in the past,wher he stands
now and where he will stand in the fut-
ure. We think he would make repre-
sentative governor of Kansas and we
think so yet"
Mr.. Eckstein then proceeded to dis
cuss the situation in his usual brilliant
manner. He said that he was friend
of temperance but that thelaw could not
be enforced. He said that its enforce
ment was tried by its friends and that
it was failure-that IL had been tried
and found wanting. He did not wish
to see the condition that prevailed dur
ing Governor Humphreys administra-
ton when the town was full of boot
leggers and corn field joints. He want
ed to see the traffic regulated so that
the police could have control over it.
He said that the present police COM
missioners were the right kind of peo-
pie.
When reference was made to the pres
ent board of police commissioners the
audience applauded wildly. He said the
system that prevailed under Governor
Humphreys administratio ton bred more
corruption than was ever known in the
state.
Referring to statements made by
Colonel Lewis that the law could be en-
forced he said: Colonel Lewis was on
the board of police commissioners once
having at his back a county attorney
that had been a preacher, q man who
was in hearty sympathy with the law.
an assistant attorney general that was
a Sunday school superintendent in
Brother Colts church and that the law
was not enforced that there was a sa-
loon in every hole, alley. corn field and
barn" To prove his assertion he said
that during the past six months there
were only 1S6 DRINKS in the police court
while during a similar period of Colonel
Lewis administration there was 320
DRINKS. He said that Wichita was
community more addicted to sobriety
and good morals than any city in the
state and denounced the statements
made by the man who went to Topeka
and told the enemies of Wichita that
there was nothing left here but few
saloons and gambling houses.
Mr.. Eckstein. without mentioning
any names, paid a high tribute to Po-
lice Judge Hatton "a man." said he.
that has done more in the line of gen
eral reform along temperance lines
than any man on the other side. He
then read the following letters:
Topeka. Kan. July %. 1895.
Judge Chas. Hatton, Wichita. Kan.
Dear Sir-In accordance with your