The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-26
OHIO MAN KISSED.
Republican Congressional Candidate
Talks Silver to the Dismay of His
Audience.

! Audience.
Cleveland, Sept. 26.-The Republican
campaign managers are considerably
| annoyed over two events which occur
red Saturday, and there is talk of the
| Republican congressional committee
being called together for the purpose
| of requesting Congressman Beaeh's re-
| tirement from the ticket
1t has all along been known that
| Beach was inclined toward free silver,
| but it was believed he, with other Re
! pubhcans who held similar views would
accept the edict of the ST. Louis con-
vention and place himself in line with
the gold advocates. For a time it was
not thought that Mr.. Beach would ac-
cept a denomination, so well defined
were his financial views, and there were
several candidates announced for his
place. But the congressman was by
party usage entitled to two terms and
did not see fit to waive his rights.
Shortly after Beach had been renom-
mated he made q speech in this city in
which he declared the Republican par
ty was, and always had been, the friend
OF silver, but it was not thought he
would virtually repudiate the st. Louis
platform. This he did in a speech at
gainesville. Lake county.
Lake is one Of the strong Republican
counties of the state and formed part
of the old Garfield district. The farm
ers there, as in other counties in the
western reserve, are strongly impreg-
mated with the silver virus, and the
party managers have been laboring
hard to get them into line for the St.
Louis platform. Documents have been
distributed there in large quantities,
and Republican speakers have been in
all the infected precincts.
This special meeting was advertised
as county rally, and Mr.. Beach was
announced as the principal speaker.
On the platform were seated members
OF the Republican county committee,
some of whom could not suppress their
FEELING, and who Kissed quite vigorous
~ as the congressman made his points.
Mr.. Beach dealt mainly with the finan-
cial question He said at one point:
No sane man, no man acquainted
with the history of this country, no stu
dent of political economy; in short, no
man of common sense, can deny that
the act of 1873, demOnetiZing silver, was
the greatest wrong ever perpetrated by
any government upon its producing
class. BimetalliSm alone can save this
country from financial ruin and mer-
camille bankruptcy. We must have it.
prefer to secure it by international
agreement But if we cannot have it
in that way, then we must have it by
our own Independent action"
Further along he said:
Since 1873 there has been a steady
decline in values by reason solely of the
decentralization of silver. All agricuI-
tural and Industrial products have gone
steadily downward in values. All labor
has steadily fallen. Take the depres-
attributable to that cause. If am not
correct in this line he added, turning
to a prominent member of the RepubIi-
can committee who sat on the platform
TASK my friend, Bob Moody, here. He
can tell you all about iron and wire
nails and the affect that the demoneti-
cation of silver has had upon their
manufacture"
For the first time the singular spec
tacle was presented of a Republican
congressional nominee speaking by in
being loudly Kissed by his constituents
and as loudly applauded by his politi-
cal opponents.
At the close of the meeting there was
called a special meeting of the Republi- |
can county committee at which all of |
Mr.. Beach's Lake county speaking en- |
gagements were Cancelled. The Repub- |
lican committeeman denOunce the |
congressman in round terms but the |
farmers seem to be highly pleased !
with his position. It is feared if Beach |
once be named by the Democrats and |
POpulists and carry the district, not |
it is largely Republican.
A similar state of affairs obtains in |
the Seventeenth congressional district |
where Capt. Mcclure is making a free |
silver campaign, although he is the |
regular nominee of the Republicans. !
Some time ago the Republicans of Tus- |
county met in convention and |
passed resolutions calling on Congress |
man Mcclure to either get on the St. |
Louis platform or get off the ticket. |
He has refused to do either and there |
is a wide division of Republican senti-
ment as to what course should be pur-
sued in these two districts.
The other incident which is giving the
Republican managers deep concern is
the treatment accorded Mr.. PoWderIy
at his meeting here last Saturday ev-
aning. The labor element was out in
force and allowed no opportunity to
pass to show their dislike and distrust |
Of the ex-Ieader of the K. of L. Mr.
POwderly made the mistake of trying
to prove that Marc Hanna is the friend |
Of labor, and this but added fuel to the
flames. After the wage workers had
their disapprOval to their
hearts desire, they began to leave the
hall, and the confusion which followed |
made it impossible to hear Powderly's
speech. At its conclusion Senator Gull
om made a few remarks and was given
a respectful hearing.