The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-27
A Great Gathering of Free Sill
yer People Last Night
Entertained BY Ed Little With
Wit and Argument.
Mr.. Little Says He viii Never Guess
Again IF This State Doesn't
Go for Bryan.

hail last night.
Mr.. Little at once hunted up Webb
McNalI. Look here Webb said he,
what does this mean2 have been
abused and bounded to death and now
when / come to Topeka to make a
speech you neglect me and do not ad-
vertise my meeting"
Now. now" said NIcNau. impatient
ly, you had better take something for
your liver, and taking Little's arm he
walked him UP street vaInly endeavOr-
ing to pacify him
When the hour for the meeting ar
rived Little WIS 10th to go to the hall
He waited until o'clock and then
went with his friends. w nen ne reach
ed the door his spirits leaped with ex-
element. The big hall was already
packed and he and his friends had to
elbow their way through the crowd
around the door. The people caught
sight Of Mr. Little and a cheer went up
that might have aroused the vanity Of
a. less susceptible man than Mr. Little.
AS he took his seat on the platform
and surveyed the array Of anxious
faces before him Webb McNau leaned
over and said. II think. Ed, that in
the course Of an hour or Two the hall
viii fill up
1t was one of the largest meetings OF
the campaign. People crowded around
the nerance who We're unable to get in
and there was talk of an overflow meet
ing
u. O. Boyle, the candidate for attor-
ney general was to make the first
speech He is not five feet tall and does
not look as if he is out of his teens. AS
he came to the front Of the platform a
lady who sat near remarked. He
ought to be in the kindergarten. But
when Mr.. Boyle warmed to his work
no one thought of his youth. He speaks
we'll and he made an excellent impress
sion.
1--WE have been following a torch
light procession and a brass band so
long" said the speaker, that we have
forgotten what they signify; the people
have bowed down to party idols so long
that they find it difficult to do anything
else but the time has come at last when
the people realize their true position
and this year they viii vote their seni-
ments."
The speaker referred to the action Of
the gold Democrats and said. I am not
here to criticise their action, if they
thought that what they did was best
for the Republic When, however, the
Republicans who have dared to break
away from old party ties are abused
and maligned and all sorts Of unclean
things said about them ] say it is not
fair and they should at least be credi-
ted with the same interest in the Re
public that Cleveland and his assocl-
ates have.
They tell us that tariff is the issue.
If that is true why do Democrats like
Cochran. Cleveland and Carlisle who
form now support Mckinley, the avov-
ed champion of a high protective tar
if p
When the speaker discussed the sill
yer question he brought loud applause
by a vivid illustration. You hear
great deal Of talk about so cent dol
lars said he. II was in Kansas City
the other day. and I saw some children
going home from school I went up to
one little curly haired girl who was
about z years old and said: Little girl,
can you tell me how many pennies
there are in a dOllar2
she opened her big blue eyes wide
and said. Poor man; don't you know
how many pennies there are in dol
lar.
oh, yes; I think I know said T.
but I have heard so much about it that
my head is in a middle.
Wei, I'll tell YOU said the child.
There are just 100 pennies in a dollar
Then she ran away to join her play
mates and I could hear her telling them
about the poor man who did not know
how many pennies there are in a dol
lar"
still there are men, great bearded
men, going up and down this country
telling the people that there are only
so pennies in q dollar. Let them learn
their lessons from the smallest school
child in Topeka"
Mr.. Boyle said that the Republicans
Of Kansas have always been in favor
of a bimetallic standard. 4 fancy,
said he, that if you could get under
the cuticle Of the Republican brothers
right here in Topeka, you would find
there, stamped in letters of living light,
.1e to T.
When Mr.. Boyle had concluded Mr..
Tilotson, the chairman, introduced Mr..
Little as one Of the Republicans of
Kansas who has dared to walk under
his own hat"
Mr.. Little was given a hattering
ovation He had been given a bunch Of
ehrysanthemums. 16 white and one yell
low one, and he gave them to Webb
0FcNan to hold while he talked.
John Sherman has said" said Mr.
Little, lin a campaign like this we
should all rise above party. Well
have risen. "A distinguished citizen Of
this state said that a man has to be a
political acrobat to stand on the Re
publican platforms. Since ] am not a
circus rider, 1 got off
Just then one of the f1ambeau clubs !