The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-24
DOC KELLY TALKS
Speaks Upon the Political Situation to
Large Audiences.

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Speaks Upon the Political Situation to q
Large Audiences.
Yesterday afternoon the corner poll
ticians kept the little stone rostrum on
the corner occupied nearly all day as
usual. Thursday the day was very dis
| courasing to but little of his sort OF
! thing. When the sun first pushed his
single. steady, unfaltering, neyerfa,hng,
standard golden disc above the horison
his face was yelled by a cloud which ap-
reared much greater from position up
| on the surface OF mother earth than SIX
| teen times as large. But that same
cloud had a silver epidermis undouot-
edly. and the gold had disappeared from
| view.
Tire crowd began to assemble and re-
su,,ae the discussion where they left on
| two DAYS before. The battle OF WORDS
often badly disarranged, kept up IN
abated until we'll along in the afternoon
But finally Doc Kelly, the well known
/ colored transfer man whom IS a Walking
decentralization of wit and humor, drove
up in his transfer wagon and hsteneo 10
| the discussion. He had nothing to say
until he was accosted by some OF the
| crowd, and then ne seemed reluctant 10
get into any discussion. But the croWd
ceased their wrangling and turned their
| attention to Doc.
tt was not long before he swung
around and said: "Now, gen1'men, I'll
| fell YOU" He got UP in the back of his
wagon. and began a speech which lasted
| at least two hours. There is hardly
speaker who can hold crowd in a hall
so long, much less out upon the street
! But Doc held his crowd nevertheless,
and survived the interrogations of
every one in a wonderfully shrewd man
ner He told his listeners that principle
| was the greatest thing in the world,
| that every man should build upon that
single golden sandard-principle. One of
| the crowd asked why he couldn't be
Democrat. Because I was a slave, :"
| quickly answered he. 1.-The people who
are Democrats now, are the same peo-
pie who fought against us being free,
that's why" The questioner subsided.
Some fellow asked him if he fed his cow
ice, and he was Immediately the but of
such of flow of sarcasm from Doc that
he also left. He declared Mckinley to
be all right and that he would undoubt-
edly get there Where are We going to
get our money!? asked some one.
Work for it, answered he. 'tMr
Bryan tries to make you believe you will
get it without working and maybe you
think You will But it is the same as
when you go to court a woman, you
think you will get her but the chances
are you WON'T
One fellow tried to tangle him up, but
Doc was too smart for him, and told
him he had better go and get his brains
fixed. I'VE didn't have any Coxey's
army when the Republicans were in
Washington, but we did under Cleve-
land We didn't have any big riots like
they had awhile in Chicago
we didn't have any mills stopped
then, but We have now" A man show
ed a handful of silver dollars. Now
then" said Doc, you oughtent to have
done that, some of these Populists
might cut your pocket, and. it's so big
and heavy the money will run out.
What would you do with 81 900 in silver
if you were going out to buy cattle in
the country? You'd leave ii in your
buggy and some fellow would run off
with it. see? Hard times? We haven't
had any hard times yet like we will have
if Bryan is elected. Bryan says so him
self. / wish everybody would vote for
free silver and we could have it for
awhile, so as to convince some of you
1ou dire dIi Ike d Iefu OIL SHecp, some
ornery old ram goes off one way and
you all follow him. If he jumps over
bank all of you Will go with him, and
the sheep that blats the 1oudest usually
heads the gang. daughter and APP
plauSe) You are all stampeded now for
free silver and you won't find out you
have jumped off till its done. Oaugh-
teri
IF you vote for the Democrats and
ago, Woe be unto you You must open
your eyes. it is not the man that makes
the money who gets along, it's the man
that saves it. Don't blame Cleveland for
what ne has done, blame yourselves.
(Voices: 'Why?'D You put him there.
daughter and applause) Cleveland
and Bryan are both the same. they are
both Democrats, didn't Bryan work hard
to get Cleveland elected? Didn't we get
better wages under Harrison? You
must base your mind on sound money
and protection, and If experience will
not teach you what is best, l know God
Almighty viii give you another four
years of hard times, worse than ever to
thrash you back in line. Jerry? did
somebody say He's sll right?' he's out
of debt, and you amt Gaughter)
After talking for two hours or more
he drove away leaving mis- audience as
large as ever. He is certainly an enter
tang talker and If ne had been elucat-
ed he would have been heard beyond the
limits of our city.