The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-31
Interesting State of Affairs Be
tween Two Kansas Democrats.
}. II. Atwood Said to Be
Responsible
FOR THE SUPPRESSION
Of Overmyer's Letter to the
Bryan Banqueters.
Atwood Said to Be Posing as
Bryan's FaYOrite.
)R THE SUPPRESSION

j. FL Atwood Of Leavenworth is max
ing a strenuous effort to attach himself
TO the United States senatorial chariot
4 in Kansas. He was one Of the speak
ers of the Travelling Mems BANQUET at
Lincoln Neb., and made a resonant.
( NOT TO say fulsOme speech in relation
70 MT Bryan which may or may not
have pleased that gentleman. who is
given considerable credit for shrewd-
ness and acumen
Mr.. Atwood's campaign. it is said, is
to appear as the especial friend and
protege of Mr.. Bryan and thus secure
the senatorship because Mr. Bryan
would like him to have it." Much as
the Populists and free silver men of
Kansas admire Mr.. Bryan, they would
scarcely aequiesce in any suggestions
from him as to whom they should select
as senator from this state.
The Kansas City Times is the esnacfaI
guide and friend of Mr.. Atwood 1t
headlines" him and ''potraits" him
from day to day. and ever allows him
or his friends to pay for special teIe-
grams" from Lincoln giving informa-
tion about him in large sections. or per
haps speech or two. Not content with
these perhaps legitimate advertise
ments, however, it is reported today
that it was Mr.. Atwood or his friends
who suppressed" David Overmy yer's let
ter which was to have been read at
the banquet at which Mr.. Bryan was
present.
It viii not do to have too many ia
vorites at court, and Mr. Atwood alone.
1t is said, desires TO shine as chief cOur-
tier there. In order TO accentuate the
favor in which Mr.. Atwood appears to
be held, special dispatches We're sent to
Kansas already paid for announcing
that Mr. Atwood had been invited to
dinner at the Bryans' after the ban
quet, which clearly indicated that he
was not only hand in glove politically
with the chief Democrat IN the United
States. but socially as we'll
1t has been matter of common gossip
in political circles for a long time that
David Overmyer and J. H. Atwood
We're persona non grata to each other
Oxermyer is too powerful and master
fuI a man to be looked upon with
equanimity when one is seeking a Unit
ed States senatOrshfp. Ii would not be
good policy to permit him to gain an
advantage. The reading of his letter
couched in strong language might
arouse undue enthusiasm among the
more impulsive of the travelling men.
This story of the suppression of
OveImyer's letter may NOT be true in
detail. but il is the one that is given
credence in Topeka today.
How much different in tone J. H At
woods Oration was can be judged by
the following selection from it, He
said:
Mr.. Bryan's presence here procIaims !
to the world that honor among the ma
tons leaders is not a legend
'-fThe first roar of the renaissance of |
reason in the land rolled from ocean to /
ocean; but bove it all, like the bugle's /
call above the blasts Of war, sWelled I
the voice of him whom we hail with 1
pride as our chief: a voice clear as the |
silver tOcsin that peals across the val !
ley from the watch tower of Mount 4
Enid, q voice that told the why of the /
peoples coming, q voice that no CRY of I
contumely could still; louder and clearer 4
it rose tin it echoed from the Sierras /
TO the Adirondacks, till it mingled with /
the murmurs of the western sea and |
blent with the roar of the breakers I
on Cape Ann, till it sounded in the I
hearts of all the people as no voice has |
sounded since Lincoln died
we glory in his leadership and feel /
i'm him the same pride and the same
devotion the French soldiery felt for
Napoleon. And it is with pride. indeed,
that / remind you of the fact that the
electors of my own fair state consti-
tute a corps of honor in this grand
army Kansas is a Beulah Of beauty; 4
from the Missouri to the western limits
where the guardian peaks stand senti-
nels TO the land. Being like Brlsadier
Cirard ready ever to sacrifice
On the altar Of truth l am
bound to admit that the women of our
men are the most pious, of any in all
the nation
my state is one Of whom her sons
may well be proud. She is common
wealth that was Graded in strife for
liberty's sake and whose lullaby was
freedoms battle song. But there is not
in all her annals a day more brighter
or more glorious than the 3rd day of
last November. when she stood with
YOUR own magnificent state in the great
battle for humanity that has been lost
THE first battle has been lost, but
the cause is not lost. and never can be
so long as our leader lives We re
member that success always follows
failure when truth is at stake. We re
that if SOcra tes died. Plato
lived. that while the age of Scion passed,
The age of Pericles came; that if Long
Island was lost yet that Yorktown was
won and that while the Great Master
sobbed out his life on the felons tree.
vet the sign of the cross today rises IN
very land.
and our great cause shall be eXalt-
ed in the eXaltation of our great cap
ain The rising sun of a new century
shall see the standard of the silver star
the capitol. and shah see him, who IS
our guest our friend and the cham
1ion of the people, on the imperial
hrone Of the republic"
The question that presents itself to
the average mind after reading the
lbove is. Is Mr.. Bryan strong MANI
Can ne stand up bravely under tor
.ent OF gush2 To some men such Ay-
nettus sweets delivered full in the face
without even palm leaf fan to hide
me s bushes sometimes produce nau-
seating effect
When it is remembered what a deep,
'onorous, resounding voice Mr. Atwood
aas and ha1- 1iuaitlazE fz he hor- of his ,