The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16
HONORED MR.. LONG
RECEPTION RENDERED HIM BY
WICHITA BUSINESS MEN.
He Met Many Friends at Music Hail-Some
Came tn Approve and Praise His Course
in Congress, Others to Thank Him for
Favors. Many to Give Him Suggestions
and the Old Soldiers to Express Their
Gratitude for the Many Efforts He Has
Put Forth in Their Interests-His Irri-
CATION Efforts Also Appreciated.

A great many of the local Republi-
cans rendered a reception to Hon Ches-
ter 1. Long yesterday in Sedgwick
Music hall and it was a pleasant and
agreeable event.
The reception was informal and al
though no notice had been made of it
quite a number of prominent business
men attended it and manifested lively
interest in the young congressman
from the Big Seventh.
The affair was love feast in every
sense and it was mighty agreeable to
Mr.. Long. A great many came there to
thank the gentleman in person for fav-
ors extended to them and great many
others came to express thir approval of
his course in congress.
Councilman Minick, who is also COM
mander of Garfield post, was very
hearty in his thanks to Mr. Long. not
only for the canons he had secured
from the navy department for the post,
but for his generous attitude towards
old soldiers since he has been in con-
greSs.
That Mr.. Long has been a great
been in congress there is no doubt In
fact he has manifested 1t in thousands
of cases. 1t is doubtful whether there
has ever been Kansas man IN con-
gress who was SO thoroughly alive to
the interests of the men who risked
their lives that the nation might live,
than Chester Long. He was not only
loyal TO the interests of the heroes of
his constituency but that loyalty was
broad and magnificent. Politics cut no
figure. All the inquiry Mr.. Long ever
made was whether the man had served
his country and if he did he served
him Whether he was a Populist, Demo-
crat, Prohibitionist or Republican.
Mr.. Long has watched closely the in
terests of these worthy and honored citi-
Zens of Kansas. He has been a daily
caller at the pension office submitting
and urging their claims and it would
not be exaggeration to say that he per-
Sonally attended to department claims
for !, 900 of them
The pension business is a matter of
great importance to Kansas. There are
a great many old soldiers in the state
and great many dollars are paid an
nually to them. This is increased or
diminished as the congressman take an
interest or show a lack of interest in
them. AIT any rate Mr.. Long is very
popular with the old soldiers and doz-
ems Of them manifested 1t yesterday.
Mr.. Long listened to the opinions Of
those who called upon him and weigh
ed them well. Each gentleman report
ed his experiences in speaking with the
pople and they were very encoura ging
1t is very apparent that he has more
friends in this county that either in
1894 or 1892, and his majority over his
opponent this fall was estimated at be
tween 600 and ZOO. These figures were
made on a conservative basis. A few
have left the party but so far as heard
from none have left Mr. Long. Again
II is estimated that a great deal more
have come over from other parties
This Is fact. Republican Populists
who do not want to be swallowed by
the Democrats are coming home very
fast and will come in hosts when the
Populists desert their principles at St.
Louis.
A great many others thanked Mr..
Long for the interest he is taking in
This is another very i'm
portant matter for Kansas. In fact Mr.
Long studies the interests of the state
that are not exactly
involved in national interests-and he
governs himself accordingly.
Mr.. Long looks well and is very hope
full and confident of success.