The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-07
class speaker and understands his bu-


SinesS.
Another reason why we are going to
whip them so badly is because our peo-
pie are so thoroughly organized and so
thoroughly in earnest. AS an example,
Perry county is Democratic county
one year and Republican the next, and
Duquoin is the political center. When
got there TO speak they had printed
a small and large handful and posted
| Ii over town, giving Bryan's closing ex-
tract from the Congressional Record
You shall not press the crown of
thorns to the brow of labor, nor cruelty
mankind upon cross of gold" 1t
was done evidently to discourage our
boys from organizing a club. Some OF
the boys suggested that we post under
their handbills a suggestion / made in
reply to Bryan that there would never
have been crucifixion If Judas had not
got stuck on silver. 6u1 told them to
hustle in their club. and while the Demo-
| Gratis on Friday night hustled 204 mem
bers Of their club, our boys had mem
bershiD of between 600 and 700.
The truth is. the enemy is very much
diSorganiZed, and our boys are laugh
ing at them. When a man says he for
Bryan the boys ask him which Bryan
he is for? And by inquiring very earn
estly Of an Old Democrat whether he is
going to vote fer Bryan and Watson ON
the Populist ticket, you can get up some
feeling in the course of a short discus
sion
Another thing that misleads our
friends and our enemies as we'll: A great
many Republicans favor some legisla-
ton on the silver question and talk
strongly in favor of it; but when you
come to talk TO them they say they pre-
fer to trust the Republican party on
this as On every other subject. One man
told me he was for leg silver, but 10
was like the old colored lady he heard
Of. She was arrested for stealing a
goose and was sent to the county jail
for six days. She got out on Sunday
morning and dressed up for church.
One of the unforgiving sisters met her
and said: Are you going TO church %
Yes, indeed" she said. This is COM
munion Sabbath and l amt been staid
away from communion for great many
years" Well" she said, wasn't you
in Jail for stealing goose last week ~
Eyes, yes, / was, but you don't reckon
I was going to allow one goose to stand
between me and my blessed Lord and
Saviar." My friend said to me: Il
don't propose to let one expression of
present gold standadr stand between me
and the grand old party because there
are other issues that are more import
ant than the silver question.
Another great advantage we have Is
that while occasionally a Republican
leaves his party on account of free silver
the class of men who do so, as rule, are
not Intelligent giants, and they have no
influence in the community where they
reside; whereas. the men who are COM
ing to us arem en- who have made a sue
cess in life and who have gray matter
in the upper end Of their anatomy to
give a reason for their change of heart,
and they will have on election day more
influence on the result than the other
class have just mentioned. We know
we are all right, but We are going to
hit them hard on every corner. We have
got them on the defensive and we will
keep them there until the votes are
counted.
Another indication which shows how
we ere growing is the fact that at the
opening Of the campaign we never had
such large mass meetings. Golconda,
where I made by last speech on Satur-
day, is in Pope county. There is Meth
er telegraph nor railroad in the county,
but the people are more able to discuss
politics than any class of people 1 ever
meton both sides. In that town on Sat
urday there were present over 10000
people, more people at the meeting than
anyone could speak to and make them
all hear. Such meetings as that would
not be remarkable at the close OF a not
campaign. but it was just so all over
southern Illinois, and shows how much
interested the Republicans are. And 1
will defy any man of the Democratic
party to show any such meetings in any
such community held by the Democrats
since the campaign opened. The far
bers are the safest and surest Republi-
cans, after all. ] have met them by the
thousands and talked to them by the
score. and they can all give an intelli-
gent reason for being for sound money.