The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-14
ED MADISON srEAKs
Ee Talks to q Large snd A rprecistive Audi
erce last Night.

| ecce last Night
/ Mr. Ed Madison. the Republican boy
orator OF the state OF Kansas. spoke
upon the .sssses OF the campaign ST Gag
| field haH last night Captain Pratt o.
the Mckinley Fis-abeau club had the
club out. and para6ed the streets be-
fore going to She ball They started
from I;Sa ciry building and marched 20
! the Carey hoesi vhsre they had a fine
display % fireworks. They then EnarS;E-
/ ed 10 the coEEer OF haiu AID Douglas
elvenuA, performing quite a number OF
| intricate and beautiful n1areuverS en-
rolae. This showed the company TO
be q wei driEed body OF young Reptib-
| Eca-s both physically and mentally.
| They stopped upon the corner 20 give
the club yen. discharge several psases
OF fireworks. and then marched up
I North Nam 70 second. returning and
] passed up First. ard into seats IN Gar
fed hall which had been reserved for
/ them.
Wisn Mr.. Madison appeared he was
: g,eeosd by loud and long applause.
i TIE Republican Glse club favored the
/ audience with a selection which was
( to;sdly appsaudeti. and Ghe applause
I continued until they sang again This
I also was loudly ches-ed. but Harry
! Gordon was here introduced as the
/ ctsaiT OF TIE evening. he was also
/ loudly appiauded as he stepped forward
! and made brief address. at the end OF
which re introduced the speaker OF
! the evening
/ 2r. Madison bowed his acknowledge
rsents for the hearty applause and be-
san. Anong a great many other things
/ he said:
7 an not among strangers here IN
! Wichita. / am oGliy one CT the thou
sands Of young men who left their Oh
1 homes IN the east ard came west. !
received my Kansas education here in
| Wichita and Ike 20 return 20 WIch-
! tia, and I always feel as though !
/ was coming hack home when am CON-
/ ing here We. the young men who were
/ here then. are scattered all over the
country. and no matter where We are.
whether upon the plains OF Timbuckto too
or N the senate or house OF representa-
/ Izves. we always look back toward
/ Wichita as home.
Our friends tel us that this t.
campaign OF education. and viii tell
| you that We are Wiling 70 receive ell
/ the education We can get Q-aughter.)
| My fellow Republicans, you had IN
congress during the last session. one
or The brightest young men IN the state
and might go farther and say on,e OF
Tire Brightest men. young or old. This
| campaign is of more vital importance %
the young men than II is 20 ANY one
! else. because upon our shoulders the
burden OF the management OF every
| thing WI far. and We desire Il To not
fal lupon Incompetent shoulders, nor do
We desire TO be handbag pel.
You have ryy-gp fr1ar, here fy, x,sr-~ s~-f7y
whom 1 desire % ask your support for.
Those two are young men who win take
| uhe natural leadership in the two leg
iSf1a tive bodies OF this state. They are
two young men whom know and they
are honorable. energetic, upright gentle
men, refer TO Harry l.. Gordon and
O5to ESckste.l- (Applause.) I do not
know the other candidates and hence
do not say enythtng about them. but
hope they are just as good ms.n as these
are.
The Republican party came fn Ia
opposition TO slavery and have been
right ever since. Notwithstanding the
opposition saying that we are wrong
Under Republican rule the greatest era
or prosperity this country has ever seen
was enjoyed by the people. From 1852
To 1882 better times were never seen
w lSs-S uLCIt-1St1 dilQ lr!GE 1fitEtlSslr-t
until Mr.. Cleveland took the relns OF
government. No one ever Thought OF
interest bearing bonds during this time
They tell US that bonds were issued
Why. certainly they were, lots OF them.
They were ISSUED at how rate OF fntesr-
est, 20 pay of those issued before az a
high rate, and these were the only kind
Issued.
Mr. Bryan tals US we have not a
remedy. but we can tell him We have:
and ours ia one which has been t-ie,i
and IL q success, and his has been tried
and Is a failure. CApplause.) The Re
Publican party has always been attend
ed by two harSdmaldenS---pro and
an honest dollar. (App1auSe.) Under
Republican rule no one ever was cheat
ed IN any way by accepting a dollar
upon which was stamped the goddess OF
he>ec-ty and thu eagle. It was always
worth 100 cents (AppEauSe.)
Mr. Bryan In 1882 went all over this
country telling US that II We sen. Mr.
Cleveland 10 the pnez5S.n .zal chair we
would enjoy such an era OF prosperity a.
we had never known. i leave e to You
whether we have or not. Now he says
that the issues which were issues ths-n
are not issue now. II ne Tgo-fcuz r-so-
PIE would have remembered hts prom
tses 20 Us then. they would now greet
him by holding aloft ti1sir empty d.nrrssr
paEs- fApplsuse.) There are more
msn today walking the streets afraid 60
GO home, dreadtng % NEST the white
hungry face OF he woman whom thy
had loved long ago and loved yet. WHO
would meet tben at the door and ask
them II they had brought any bread
for rhel lite ones. Was 81 50 before
c5e Democratic party was IN lSogver?''
(Cries Of mo. Eo>'D
M Madison continued fn this tenor
n a most convincing manner, his a.rsIi- |
nenos presented "a a fne, clear cut !
style lie II young orator who VII /
Be heard from many times IN the future 1
and no one who heard hin can dos1bt rs /
thorough honesty ia the fun conYc- |
tons q what he sad