Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-02


where the citizens had gathered. Just as
the speakers reached the platform about
800 pupils of the public schools marched up
the street carrying flags and ranged them
selves about the platform and in the
audience. 1t fell to the lot of Senator In
gals TO preside over the early morning
meeting. After quiet had been restored, Mr..
ingalls, stepped to the front of the plat
form and, by way of introduction, said:
Fellow Citizens of Atchison;-The po-
litical struggle in which the people of the
land are now engaged is a hand TO hand
combat between the conservative and the
destructive elements of civilization.
tCheers.) The great war OF independence
was fought that all men might be equal
before the law, and in the contest now
on we struggling to secure equal and
just opportunity for all men. 1t is my
great pleasure 10 be able TO introduce TO
you Major General o. o. Howard. who
will tell you how the great principles he is
so ably advocating are interviewer in the
contest"
As General Howard stepped forward.
Senator Ingalls, called for three cheers Tor
the speaker. and they were given with a
right good Will When the tumult had SUBJ
sided General Howard said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Little Children,
Comrades and Citizens of kansas:-Dur-
ing the war, when in command of an army.
] often found il necessary to get up a little
ahead of my command. General Alger is
in command of this party, but he is rest
ing little this morning, as his voice is
out of repair from the frequent use of II
in the last week. We have been making
an average of fifteen speeches each day.
and at every point where We have visited
We have met with just such audiences as
We see here. All along the route, through
a half dozen of our great Western states,
the people have been coming out to hear
the grea. questions of the day discussed.
] have not been making more than two
speeches each day before breakfast, but
II ] had such audiences as this to talk to
I presume / would forget for the time all
about breakfast.
THE sight of so many people out at
this hour, the ladies and the children
with their flags, is a beautiful sight and
worth the journey to see. l wish had
the power of condensing my statements
like your distinguished statesman, Senator
ingalls,. He stated the whole question in
sentence-.a contest between the con-
servative and destructive elements That
is II exactly. t'-
How many old soldiers have we in the
crowd? Hold UP your hands. About 500
went up) No old soldier needs to get
lonesome out here in Kansas. I would
like to come out West and live a few years
In Kansas. l like to be among my COM
rades. and they are getting pretty scarce
in many places. General Sicleles and my
self are the only remaining corps COM
manders who were at Gettysburg. So
many of the boys have dropped away.
81 have been in the army, as you doubt
less know, and the practical workings of
politics are new to me. The questions prac-
tically are new, but not the thought. for 1
have been at all times careful to follow
the political questions of the day. / have
lived under eighteen different presidents.
My grandfather was an old line Wing and
my father was also Whig, and 1t was
most natural that should have gone with
them into the Republican party. / have
been often called a black Republican, just
why / do not know. unless II was that
am the friend of the black man. ZAP
plause) i am a friend to the black man
and of the white man, of the red man
and of the blue man and of the green man,
even of those who in the Bryan wing of
the Demo--there now, IL / call 1t Democ-
racy then General 'Sickles will get after me.
for he says it is not Democracy. don't
know what to call it. so will siraply call
1t the Bryan wing.
Yes, / am the friend of the blue men.
They will need friends after the Sd of Mo-
vember. But we will have sympathy for
them and care for them and their inter-
ests by giving them a good government,
sound money with which to do business,
and thorough. wholesome protective tar
in (Applause) We will regulate the
schedule after the election, but it will be
for the interests of the American people of
every class.
When General Meade met me at the
battle of Gettysburg after l had assumed
command, pending his arrival, he asked
what sort of position We occupied. l
replied that it was a good military posi-
ton and General Sickles, who was, with
me then, said il is a god position from
which to fight: and so. when ! read the
Republican platform and see It's splendid
tariff planks, its reciprocity utteraneeS, its
strong Americanism. / think. now that
General Sickles is on that platform. tnaS
II is good one from which to fight, and
we welcome General Sickles to that plat
form to battle with us for the perpetuity
of the institutions We love.
THE people have made up their minds
to elect William Mckinley president. The
people of Kansas did their duty whom
there was trouble in the land; let them not
fail at this important time. Don't spend
your time cursing people who are rich
and maybe hardhearted. Such people lived
when the Scriptures were written. They
They are in all parties. They will die
soon and they can't hurt you, anyway.
Dor't go ahead cursing people simply be-
good government and all will be WE'LL
As General Howard stepped down from
the stand he was the recipient of two
beautiful bouquets presented by Miss Ruth
Altman and Master Kenneth Farwel.
AS General Howard left the platform,
Senator ingalls, introduced Adjutant Cen
erat T. ]. Stewart. of Pennsylvania, as a
man who served during the war as a
pr.vate-one of the few privates left, he
added General Stewart would have been
a whole army in himself If he shot as
straight 10 the mark as he talks. 1t toek
HIM just about half a minute to make
friends with every listener Just as he
started with the address, the changing OF
a bell on a locomotive Interrupted him,
and he remarked that he could not talk
against bell.
1.-The bell is Populist," said General
Alger
THE bell has shut me up, don't you see"
Continuing he said:
I'VE have met sixty-five audiences since
We started on our trip, and the same
spirit is manifested in every place. We
have never met an audience in the West
that short of flags. short of old sol
diers. short of loyalty or short of Mckinley
hands when We asked them how they are
going to vote. i come TO you out here in
the West as private to tell you that in
Pennsylvania we are going to carry off the
palm and give Mckinley half million ma
Jority. We Will do IL because are sure
he is a wise and safe statesman. for his
long. useful service as lawmaker and
his conspicuous services as private citi-
zen and a loyal and brave american. We
want such men at the mead of affairs.
We can't afford 10 experiment when We
know that Mckinley knows the needs OF
the land and will apply the remedy. We
have been assured at every place We have
voters are anxious for an opportunity 10
register their approval of his nomination