The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-12
Mr.. FORAKER'S SPEECH
Tt Was ArgumentatiYe and Not
Snowy.
The "Ffre'' of Fire Alarm For.
aker Discarded.
A Very Large Audience Hears Him
at the Hall Building on Jack
son Street.

/ speech OF Ex-Governor j. b Il DIakeI
Of Ohio Saturday afternoon were sorely
/ disappointed There has not been a po-
| Htical address made in Topeka this yeal
/ that was more devoid of OratOrical
[ flights or startling sentences
The people saw a tail gray haired
man with a strong and pleasant voice
/ and they heard him discuss the dnan-
/ clal question from gold standard
! point OF view and make as good argu-
! mengS as they had heard but there was
! no fire to kindle their enthusiasm and
/ Fire Alarm Foraker as he has been
/ pictured was not there They missed
! the clear cut pointed sentences one
/ hears in our own ingalls, or the flashes
! Of enthusiastic eloquence that charac-
] terize the speeches of David OVermyer.
The crowd was large-Very large-in
/ spite Of the threatening weather and it
4 listened attentiyely. Many women were
! in the audience and they We're quite as
/ good listeners as the men, When the
! chairman q the meeting, a. NJ Baird
1 introduced the speaker there was con
! tinued applause and waving Of hats and
] handkerchiefs.
He said among other things:
IT de not suppose it is necessary for
I me To make any apology for my coming
as a citizen of Ohio out here into the
state Of Kansas to partake in your pc
I Htlcal campaign; but if it should be,
and an invitation is not sufficient, let
me remind you that this election you
are going to have concerns us in Ohio
as we'll as you here in Kansas. 1T is q
national contest in which wet are en-
gagged. and when we choose a president
of the United States, he is to be the
president of al the states of the Union;
ana IN this contest we are not only to
choose q president for the whole cOun-
try. but we are also to choose q nation
al legislature, and the people of Ohio
are interested in what Kansas has TO
do in that regard.
When you send man to congress, he
goes there not only to represent the
particular district that has sent him.
g y fnr u "a ranD q
of the whole country For that reason
your congressman affects US, and we in
Ohio are interested as to who he shah
De, and i nave come out here to tell
You that we not only want the state of
Kansas this year to vote Tor our choice,
Governor William Mckinley. for presi-
dent tremendous cheering and cries of
we VIII do ito, but we want you also.
for the reason have given you. to
send back to congress- your true and
lried representative, Charles Curtis.
Great cheering.)
And you have another duty to per
form in which we are interested 1t
shows how we are bound together in
this union of states We, out in Ohio,
are interested in your selection of rep
resentatives from this country in your
general assembly, and in your selection
of senator to represent you in this
senatorial district in your general as
sembly (Cries of We VIII have a good
one.D
Yes. T am sure you viii. but we
about it. for when this general assem-
bly, has been chosen it viii have a most
important duty deVOlving upon it in the
matter of selecting a successor to Sen
ator PETER (Laughter.) We are
ready out in Ohio to excuse Senator
PETER from further public service in
the nation (great applause) not that
we have anything against MIN person
ally, for we regard and esteem him
highly as q man just as you doubtless
do but simply because his views are
not our views. and the legislation that
he makes ia our Judgment is not cal
culated to promote the prosperity of
this country. And so. therefore, it is.
my fellow citizens. that I say to YOU
business, but about my own business,
not only about the business belonging
to Kansas. but also in regard to the
business of the people of Ohio. and of
all he other states Of the Union"
The speaker charged the Democratic
party with being responsible for the
hard times and criticised the Cleveland
administration for selling bonds. Then
he continued:
But let me look at one other item af-
fecting the farmer. Under the Mckin-
ley law it was Provided speak to
you about this because you are inter
esred IN cattle and know that cattle are
being brought into this country from
other countries and sold in competition
with American cattle-a tariff duty of
$40 a head: that is what the Mckinley
law provided; there must be that much
duty paid on every one, no matter
whether he was big or little, white or
black, fat or lean. horned or muley.
but our Democratic friends changed
that i'm the interest of reform, and to
promote the interests of agriculture
lists; they provided instead Of $40 spe-
ciic duty that the duty on imported
cattle should be 20 per cent al valor-
em+ that lis, 20 per cent Of the value Of
the steer on the other side of the line
The Mexican steer down in Mexico is
not worth much; the statistics show