People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-03
THE BRYAN CLUB.
A Healthy Working Organize.
tiOn In Wellington.
ORGANIZED ON SATURDAY
Geo. Bailey and Geo. II. Smell
ing Tell Why They NOmina.
ted Long for Congress
and Now Oppose Him.

ment a Bryan club was organized at
the Armory hall Saturday night. Too
late for publication 10 the VOICE
word was received from Hon. Geo. R.
Smelling, Of Anthony, that be would
be present to address the club in re-
spouse to invitation. He came and
favored the club with a splendid
speech.
The Republican club had a meeting
in the wigwam on the same night,
addressed by Hon. Ashbaugh, OF
Kingman. The Military band, two
glee clubs and a solo were
resorted to for the purpose of
holding the crowd away from SHELL
ing's exposition Of why he could not
support Long for congress after hav-
ing placed him in nomination before
a Republican convention, and to some
extent it succeeded. There was, how
ever, a good crowd present to hear
Smelling, but the threatening storm
kept many away and made those pres.
ent restless.
andy reports that there were 1000
present at the Republican meeting
and that there were only 80 at the
Bryan club, but the people of We'll
lingtOn know andy's reputation for
veracity and do not take it seriously.
We did no counting, nor were we
present at the Mckinley club, but
parties who we're at both meetings
tell us that there we're as many vot-
erS at the Bryan club as there were
at the Mckinley club. Be this as it
may, it "cuts no ice' anyway. We'll
lington is Republican town and will
always turn out larger Republican
crowd than any other kind-until
they learn to regard principle more
than a name.
The meeting was called to order by
Geo. T. Pitts, who stated the object
OF same. Geo. W. Bailey was placed
in nomination for president, and was
elected by reclamation. Upon taking
the chair he was warmly greeted. He
said that he was glad that he was a
free man. He felt freer now than a
few months back. He had broken
the letters that bound him to a polit.
ical party with which he had been
many years associated. He was a
partisan, and every man who is q
partisan is a slave. Now he was free
and would ever remain so.
He thanked the friends before him
for putting literature in his way
which gave him information that
opened his eyes and led him to the
truth. No, 1t was not true, as had
been reported, that he had gone back.
Gas dog returneth to his vomlt, so a
fool returneth to his folly" He had
changed his political affiliation from
principle, and would be found work.
ing for Bryan and silver to the end Of
the contest. He was loudly cheered
Mr.. Bailey then took great pleasure
in introducing Hon. Geo. r. Smelling
Mr.. Smelling briefly told why he had
left the Republican party. He wa:
for the free coinage OF silver because
he thought the interests Of the people
Of the country demanded it. He
would have been satisfied with the
demand for the coinage OF the Amer
lean product, but that has gone by
the board, and there was no othel
course left but to cast his vote anC
Influence with the party and people
who favored silver, and against thost
who opposed it.
He had nominated Long undel
these circumstances: Long hat
written him that he would make hil
campaign on whatever platform tn,
congressional convention might make
On the strength Of this he pledged
the delegates that Mr.. Long woulC
stand upon the platform they hat
made (which demanded the coinag,
Of the American productl, and urget
bis nomination.
After the st. Louis convention b.
he began to hear rumors that Lon,
would not stand upon the platform o
the convention which nominated him
but would declare for the gold stand
ara in consonance with the St. Loui
document. He waited for confrma
tlon, which he received when Lon,
made his speech at Anthony a few
&c ago. He at once declared, a
an American citizen, that he woult
support no man for congress VIII,
would not stand upon the platform
upon which he was nominated.
Mr.. Smelling then proceeded I,
make splendid silver speech, IL
. which he cited the manifold advan
, tages to come TO this country through
bimetalism. The restlessness OF thl
audience on account Of the storm de
stroyed-much Of the good effect Of hi
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