The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-18

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used by a lot Of anarchists no matter
what they claim for themselves after
election"
Times of March a. 1898, Washington
cores pDndence, as follows: The Times
correspondent called on senator Mar
tin and Ex-Governor Click and asked
what they thought OF their Fellow kan
sans Those three men, said Senator
Martin, with tones of ringing emphasis.
these three, Mitchell, Crouch and Dave
Overmyer, are the three monumental
liars of Kansas. and if Satan would re-
fuse to receive them as fully represent
ing his kingdom in that pehalI he IS
not well posted in his business. They
are doing Kansas more harm with their
misrepresentation or would II any one
was SO insanely credulOus TO heed them,
than anybody or anything in Kansas
history. They are after office and the
control of office. they viii fail, and fail
fat They win not get one single grain
of comfort or countenanee ln w ashlng-
ton. They viii be turned out OF the
White house and spanked IN the Sen
ate. Every man of them voted the
Republican ticket and did everything
they could to defeat Democracy and
Cleveland They viii accomplish moth
ing but the disgrace of their state and
their own discomfort, and be forced
to return to their people that they have
slandered and villif1ed with their tails
between their legs.
He also quoted from the Topeka
Daily Press of March 70, 1893, cores
pondence from Washington as follows.
washington, ID C., Mafcn z3 1os5--
( (SpeciaD-In conversation with your
correspondent today, Ex-Governor Geo
w Click said that ne had nothing but
words Of repro baton tOr the acts ana
statements of the sO-called 'StaiAVaFts
delegati0n, AIessrs. OverWnyer, Crouch
and Mitchell, now here. The governor
opinions are decidedly and openly eX-
pressed. SO far rs Overmyer is con-
cerned. had he received the POpuist
nomination for cOngressman-at large
at Wichita last July ne would have
! been singing an entirely different tune
I now The villainous miscellaneous
they are making and the manifest rot
I tenness Of their efforts have convinced
the president and the heads Of the de
spOiIspaFtments that they are only
after spoils. Their interview with the
president the other day was very IN
Satisfactory. The president gave them
/ no encouragement whatever
Mr. Thomas also quoted articles from
the Topeka Capital and Topeka state
Journal of March p, 1898, referring 10
and quoting from Mr. OVerlnyer SO
/ called anarchist speech delivered at
Oakland September 3, 1889. Mr. Thomas
( saving. Mr. David Overnyer said
in his interview March 20, 1898,
when he left washington, viz. The
administration viii not lend itself to
be used by a lot of anarchists, no mat
ter what they claim for themselves
after election "
Thomas then said: Mr. Overmyer
is a nice man to talk about anarch-
lists If j rem Der he made a speech
! before a large gathering OF laoorlng
men at Oakland park September 8 1883,
/ wherein he characterized the pun1Sn-
/ ment of the Chicago anarchists as Ju-
/ dicial assassination and deliberate muir
der etc I viii read the newspaper
article from the State Journal repro
ducad in that paper March %, 1888.
Mr. Thomas then read the article as
David an sAgitator' Mr.. Overmyer
I of u Anarchist
Himself The severity with which Hon.
David OVermyer, at Washington, IS
denouncing the POpulists, while per
haDs it is we'll enough In It's place IS de-
ci6edIv amusing coming from Mr. over
myer. In the autumn OF 1889 he MADE
/ some speeches which are interesting IN
/ the light of his present action Ihe To-
peka Capital at that time thus Reports
one of Mr.. OVermyer'S SpeecneS+
q MIR. Overmyer condemned, IN Sc
I verest language the hanging OF the
/ CHICAGO anarchists. He said. lmpos-
sible as it may appear, this outrage
upon human rights, this mocklng OF
Justice. was sustained by the supreme
/ court of Illinois in an opinion that
will stand while it does stand as a
| monument of judicial falsehOOd, cor
ruption. degradation and despotlsln-
The four men that were hanged were
/ iudiciaIlv assaSSinated and deliberately
I murdered under the forms OF law, and
the residue of that band now confined
at Joliet were not imprisoned Tor crime,
but for opinions sake, tOr having dafeu
to assai the capltanstle plutoclati
despotism which now holds TINS Whole
country in it's grasp
IN the files Of the State Journal for
September 3 of that year occurs the
following editorial. The first half OF
the address was burdened with the cry
of dire distress, gaunt starvation ana
beegary now stalking through the
land He spoke as if he talked to peg
ears tranps and anarchists, not to
men with the great capital OF thelr
trades their abilities, their honorable
occupations.
But the speaker made a worse mis-
take when he said "labOrs cause is
the cause of Fielden, SchWao ana
Niebe." and added, until pubilc senu-
nent opens the doors Of the prisons Oh
Toilet YOU need expect but little inn
provement in your condition Out
upon such rot.
..Tf the president should be shown
these clippings it would be hard for
him to tell the difference between the
leader Of the stalwarts ana the leauel
of the Populists Senator Martin never
made any such red mouth speeches.
as those above quoted
After reading the above clipping, Mr.
Thomas then entered the following pro
test before the convention:
THOMAS ENTERS A PROTEST.
II enter my humble protest as q
Democrat and q citizen OF the state OF
Kansas, against the party sehulAg any
man as a representative from TINS
state to the Chicago convention VINO
has uttered anarchical sentiments and
who has made speeches practically
having a tendency to excite laborlng
men to Instruction and riot Mr. over
lnver has said in his speech to the
working men of Topeka on the 30 day
of September, 1889. that labor's cause
is the cause of F'ielden, SchWab and
Niebe' and has added that until public
sentiment opens the doors of their
prison at Joliet. you need expect but
little Improvement in your condition
..Tf Inc cause of Fielden, Schwab and
Niebe (who are notorious Chicago an
archists and were not executed but
sent to the Illinois penitenuary) IS the
cause of labor, then anarchy is the
- II y lao- As thaese men are LEDL-