The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-06

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Of freemen that the world has ever
| known; that star after star has bean
| added to our flag, ship after ship has
been added to our fleets. factory after
| factory has been added to our re
sources; millions upon millions have
been added TO our wealth; city after
| city has been developed from our vii
| lagos, and the land has been laced with
| a network of iron rails, and the furnace
| fires have illuminated the night, and
| the grand diapason OF labor mas been
made 10 sound throughout the CONT
| nent."
DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE-
| But Divine Ornnipotence said, with
| experience 1 will chisel the lesson Of
| free trade, for the American voter, upon
| his ilearthstone, before his cold and
| hungry family. / will clothe his chill
| dren with the rags Of free trade will
| spread his table with il and let his fam
! lily nibbIe at the crust Of starvation. /
/ viii paint ii before his eyes in the wan
| look Of despair in the face OF his wife.
| l will thunder il into his ears by his
children crying in their sleep for bread.
1 viii spread It throughout this land
| with idle furnaces, dismantled factories.
smokeless chimneys, and armies OF IN
| employed workingmen looking for Ia
Dor. / will make the lesson 50 complies
that the Republican party of protec-
ton viii be returned TO power for half
| a century, or until some succeeding gen.
Grafton again forgets and disregards
the wisdom and experience OF their
fathers.
NO ENDORSEMENT.
Great genius TO great madness IL
allied
And thin partitions do their wall.
divide"
Here comes the Democratic party, de-
nounced by every other political organ
ization in every platform before the
people, refusing absolutely and over
whelmingly 10 endorse the record Of its
own administration, in convention as
sembled, repudiating its own acts, and
deeds, in one breath, AMI asking for a
reelection in the next. Renouncine
the record Of its past which is but a
party or an individuals character and
place for the fulflnlent of promises in
the future. By denouncing the one, Il
unwittingly forestalfs itself as 70 the
other. The people are done electing
parties upon promises alone. They
tried the Democrats at one end of the
string and the Pops at the other. and
found it bad business to say the least.
THE MONEY DIGESTION.
The Democrat is making a great par
ade upon the money question. Suggest
10 him TO discuss the beauties of free
trade as portrayed in 1892 and See how
quickly he will change the topic Of con-
versation. Suggest to him that the
party that made such a dismal failure
upon free trade will do the same upon
the financial question, and that jumping
from the frying pan into the fire is not
a policy calculated to win votes in this
election. Then tell him in short. that
you have looked up his record upon the
money question. and that II is more
spotted than the leopard, more change
BILE in colors than the hameleon-con-
sistentonly IN inconsistencies.
Then tell him, then tell him that you
don't Ike his record upon the old
soldier. Tell him that Thomas jefferson
said that IL the soul Of James Monroe
was turned inside out not blot would
be found upon it. Then tell him IL the
soul of the old soldier was turned in
side out and exposed to the Roentgen
ray, and then reflected upon a canvas
there would be seen engraved upon that
soul an image OF the American flag.
more beautiful than the human eye
had ever seen, surrounded and in
wrought in a setting OF loyalty and
patriotism more admirable that the
human mind had ev-- conceived.
Let US stand by the American flag
Set Republican genius radiating from
its silken folds, Illuminate the world.
Then VIII we be proud OF our happy
sons of toll: proud of our mines and fac
tories; proud of our beautiful farms,
happy villages and magnificent cities:
proud OF our land where liberty has
erected her affairs and invited the devo-
tees of freedom TO worship.
John A Doran placed Frank Bolt IN
nomination for temporary secretary,
and he was elected by reclamation.
Fred ]. Cossit was made assistant sec
rotary.
The usual committees were then pro
vided for. When Chief of Police Burt
moved that a committee of seven be ap-
pointed on credentials Mr.. Z. B. Jewett
made an amendment to the effect that
the creden tails committee consist OF
one member from each ward and town
ship.
This is when TIRE first clash came IN
the convention Mr.. Chandler OF God
dard opposed the amendment because Il
was against the usual practice. Mr..
Jewett made a very eloquent reply TO
Mr. Chambers remarks In which he
stated that there would be a contest OF
Importance proposed and he desired 10
have the committee 10 act on thai con-
test rapresen tarive Of al sections OF the
county. He thought the wisdom Of
twenty-five or thirty men representing
each township and ward would reach
the merits of the contest more readily
and judiciousiy than the wisdom OF
seven men selected in the usual stereo-
typed way John Doran spoke against
the amendment and a delegate asked
him whether II was fact that he d.
RAM did not know y, s-s~-soe who the
members OF the committee would be.
Before Mr. Do-an could reply the chair
man said he would not allow any side
remarks to be made. ". P. Campbell
spoke against the amendment on the
grounds that large bodies move slowly.
and he wanted business done quick, :
he expected that firebrands would be
thrown which would prOlong the con-
venrion anyway.
When a vote was taken the amend
menr OF Mr.. Jewett was lost and Mr..
Burt's motion carried.
On motion OF T g. Wilson five gen
tlemsn were appointed TO ss.ecC dele
gates 20 the state convention. after
which an adjournment was taken Until
> O'Clock
AFTERNOON SESSION.
II was nearly ; O'Clock when Profess
scr Carson called the convention 20 or
der and the report OF the COMMITTEES on
order OF business was read without OBJ
lection and adopted.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The report OF the committee OF reso-