The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-29
THAr rALK ON TIE CORNER.

| Bryan, Popocrat candidate for presi-
dent Of the United States, in opening up
| one of his catch as-catch-can speeches
at Kingston, New York, the other day,
declared that he never saw crowd
| that he didn't want to talk.
Talk is disease with these Pops; or,
rather, perhaps every man who is
taken with the mouth disease imme-
diately Identifies himself with that
party, whose stock in trade is talk.
No man has any show with that outfit
who has not the gift of CAB. He,
among them, who can talk the loudest
and longest wins their favor the surest.
The secret of Bryan's nomination is no
secret. He simply out talked the other
nine hundred delegates and all the
other candidates. The Chicago Chron-
icle makes the editorial charge, in all
seriousness, that the Pops of Kansas
have talked the state into a decline.
That is about true. Unless they are
shut off they threaten to talk the state
to hades. Abandoning their crops and
farms they congregate upon every
street corner Of every town and village
in the state and vile away the days
in talk. The average Kansas Pop can
outspout Bryan himself. It's phlog
istic mania Their grizzled iron jaws
never cease to clank and clatter over
the holes in their Soles and the rents in
their ''pants." They harrow the crowd
about Wall street steals instead of har-
rowing their fields for something to
eat. They have talked confidence out
of the commonwealth, and talked cap
ital into fight for other climes. They
have talked industry into ruin, talked
good men into taking the first train
away, and talked all spirit of enter
prise to death. The sight Of knot Of
men sets the Pops tongue to wagging,
and if the squad should happen to be
two or three Republicans, his mouth
Immediately pops. Waking or sleep
ing his tongue is ever wagging over a
conglomeration of Wall and Lombard
streets, about sixteen to one, of ratio,
to ruin, stock remains unfed, doors
fall off their hinges and roofs fall in,
and still his talk goes on The sun
shines, declines and sinks, the stars
rise, recede and set, but the wall of the
Pop, like the waters of Tennyson's
brook, goes ON forever"
This Pop talk is disease It's kill
ing Kansas. 1t is all senseleSs senti-
ment all silly slush mixed with silver
and slobber, meaning nothing, avail
ing nothing further than costing much.
What has Kansas to show for her Pop
ism more than PETERS whiSkers and
Jerry's socks, both of which were Sc
cured by Pop talk. Cheap as Pop talk
is it comes high. Leaving out PEI
fer and Simpson, leaving out the Lew
cling administration with all its scan
dals, leaving out Leedy, the last Pop
who has talked himself into promi-
hence, and Pop talk has cost Kansas
millions and threatens to cost her mil
lions more. The Pop who wouldn't
rather talk than eat is in disrepute
and might better belong to the party
Of prosperity, patriotism and brains,
which is now being led on to victory
by the man whom they only criticize
because he controls his mouth, for rely
ing more upon deeds than words.
May kind heaven rescue Kansas
from the deluge of Pop talk which is
sweeping her into gulf of hopeless
ness and despair.