The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-23
HELPS OUT HOLIDAY.
GOV. Waite's Meeting Presided
Over by Charlie Holiday.
MR.. WAITE ENTERTAINS HIS AUDIENCE

with Stories and C1everIy Werded
Statements That Draw Forth APP
plause-Exc0riates the Democrats
and Charlie Holiday Chaps His
Hands.
The meeting addressed by Governor
Waite last evening at Hamilton hall, was
a sort of a Charlie Holiday boomlet
The young man who aspires to the seat
on the supreme court bench now occu-
pied by Chief Justice Martin came to the
meeting early and took a seat at the left
of the stage. 1t was plain to see that
there was something on his mind, The
people did not know but he did that he
was to be chairman and to be allowed to
deliver his carefully prepared speech.
; After Charlie had made his talk he
sat near Gov. Waite and listened intently
to what was said. 1t was astonishing to
see the chairman who is rated as a
Democrat in the political directory of
Kansas applaud most vigorously when
the fiery ex-governor delivered d blow
from the shoulder straight in the face of
the Democracy Col Tomlinson was on
the platform. He is Charles stage
manager and he was there to see that
things went off smoothly. There was a
satisfied look on his face which indicated
that he was pleased.
GormIev's band kept the people on the
streets informed that there was a meet
ing, and at o'clock very satisfactory
crowd had arrived, perhaps a thousand
people. There was room for more in the
hall, but a political meeting in an off
year seldom draws as we'll. Col. L. j.
Close called the meeting to order, and C.
II who Teaches
school near Oakland, nominated Charlie
Holiday for chairman. He was elected
without opposition and walked TO the
stage without assistance, while some
of those present applauded.
Charlie made a very low bow
and raised his hand as a signal that he
was about to say something and the audi
ence kept quiet.
sit is perhaps fitting and proper" said
the chairman, Sin these day of gold bug
prosperity that we gather for congrat-
ulation We are prosperous because the
god bug Kansas City Times says we are
and the Kansas City Times knows what
it is talking about because it has already
gone where it is trying to put this gov
eminent, into the hands of receiver.
We know we are prosperous because one
real estate company in Topeka owns 300
homes.
"We know we are prosperous because
our la boring men are unemployed, and
because real estate has al last reached the
zero mark. Some time ago Republi-
can senator said that there was but So
per capita now in circulation, but no less
an authority than Senator George Vest
of Missouri in a speech at St. Louis re-
Gently said that there is but So. so per
capita now in circulation. l am of the
opinion that in u short time the gold
bugs will have Us where they want US at
81 per capita. And then" The speak
er raised his hand in the act of
making ii sweeping gesture, looked first
on one side of the hall and then on the
other, seemed to be groUing for some
thing, and stopped impressivaly saying:
s'But you came here to hear Gov. Waite,
and l will not keep you longer. ! will
now introduce ii man who needs no in
| PRODUCTION, Gov. Waite of Colorado"
The speech delivered by Gov. Waite
was not a disappointment. 1t was a
PopuIist speech in which there were no
Incorporate utterances. His logic was
| good, and it is doubtful if the Topeka
Populists could lind a more con
vincing speaker. Some parts of
Governor Yates speech were the
same as that delivered when he was
! here last year and he touched upon the
| same subjects and followed the same
! lines of reasoning.
| Gov. Waite did not like it when Presi-
! dent Cleveland sent soldiers to his state
| and he has been talking about it every
| since. He gave that as one of the in
stances in which the president usurps
! his power. "The constitution says dis
tinctly that no armed force shall
| be sent into any state except on the re-
quest of the legislature, or if the legisla-
| ture is not sin session, then on the re-
quest of the governor" said he. "None
| of these conditions existed. The legis-
| lature was not in session, and the COVER
nor made no request for troops. Why
our county authorities were perfectly
| able to take care Of take care OF the dis
| turbance if there had been any. Besides.
sending the soldiers nto our state the
United States Marshal swore in 300
| deputies who were the worst hoboes on
earth and they were given orders to pay
no attention to any orders of the state
courts. Don't you see that this was sus-
pending the habeas corpus and sent
! little telegraph to Grover Cleveland pro-
testing against the suspension of the
habeas corpus. He did not answer it.
| (Laughter) l heard the next day that
he had gone fishing"
The speaker quoted from utterances of
| Thomas jefferson and Andrew Jackson
to show that the Populist party had only
adopted the teachings Of those men and
had nothing new in the Omaha plat
form.
"Debs is in Jail now at Woodstock
continued the speaker, land will be
| there until next November and he has
been imprisoned without trial by jury,
and he was arrested without a warrant.
What excuse do they make for their
so,ion They say that it is in accord
ance with the practices of the English
courts of chancery.
snow would like to know he con-
| tinued, what in the deYil-no [ do not
| mean that. I want to treat every Dem
ocrat and Republican with courtesy, and
will change that and say: What in the
name of the Honorable Mr.. Devil have