The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

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| spectacle that We ourselves are tramp
ling under foot, ruthlessly and renorse-
lessly, those very doctrines OF equity
and justice TO which We have pledged
ourselves through twenty years OF our
eventfui existence. (AppiauSe)
There has been no adjudication OF
| these cases. There ought 60 De- One
| gentleman IN the convention informed
! US that these rights were trivial. that
they were not property rights and the
| burden OF his argument would appear
! TO be that II il involved IN Importance
the value OF a mustang pony, he would
| insist upon the procedure OF allowing
the parties 10 be heard, but as Il only
involved the honor OF a Republican, the
man who said he was entitled 70 a seat
here and the man who said when the
right 20 seat was denied, that he was
not cheat, that h was not a. scouncrel
that he was not here by fraudulent pre-
| lenses, but that he was elected and Sc
Iected only by a free constituency IN
a question of this kind. involving the
honor OF man. II was 50 trivial thar
| We ought not 10 subject ourselves 70 The
heated atmosphere Of this talk for pur-
poses OF thar character.
Further. I say, with regard 70 the
|
diction, I say there was no proof OF any
character considered by your commit
tee Not one affidavit was read; 10
man knows the verties OF the case
! One who was once a distinguished sen
ator made the statement that twenty
three delegates in the convention that
| would not support him, were bribed. No
| other man said that No mans aft
| davit 20 that effect, stating knowledge.
| was read That distinguished gentle
man said that som ebody else told him
| that upon al occasion, critical indeed,
| Mr.. Addicks contributed s., 600 TO a
Democratic cam aign fund. That was
| the character Of the proof. That af-
| fidavit was not presented Again he
! said that he had learned that the Stand
ard Oil company had contributed $50. 900
| % Addicks' senatorial election case.
Not an affidavit. not a particle OF proof
and these are the evidences upon
which the political integrity OF Mr.. Ad-
dicks is impeached. II there is more,
name It; 81 you have something else that
was brought before that committee.
| bring II out. (Cries that's II, that's IT.
l don't know what affidayits might have
been brought. They were not presented
nor considered by your committee, and
! > u.
stating that he had voted for Abraham
Lincoln for president and for every Re
publican candidate from that day down
| CCheers) Everyone knew, be stated
| that never in his life had ne voted any
other than a Republican ticket, and no
man assailed that statement save by
these wild, loose. irrelevant and I'M
founded stories. There was little gen
tleman there, quite voluble and
might almost say, volatile Qaughter),
and MS intellectual proportions were in
exact ratio TO the geographical limits
OF his state. Oaughter) That gentle
man told US that these five persons
were not Republicans and yet they were
| the head and front OF the Republican
organization there until they preferred
Addicks for United States senator to
Higgins. Their Republicanism ceased
when they failed 70 support the preten-
stonS or the ex-senator. Another gen
tlenan was there. He makes the same
statement. Up 70 about a year ago
they were good Republicans. When did
they cease TO be Republicans? was the
query. When they began TO associate
with Addicks. And yet one OF those
gentlemen was the chairman of the Re
publican state committee that called
corrected the gertleman) One OF those
gentlemen was selected by his vote and
as a representative had there presented
TO Us the endorsement Of thirteen Of
fcers selected by the Republicans n
that county. since this convention
Think Of IL. and he not a Republican
veryole OF the thirteen that have been
selected since the convention Of last
May, everyone OF them ndorsins his Re
publtcs nisyn. Gentlemen there were IN
that convention $50 persons. They as
seTnbied the third Of fourth day after
their selection. Seven OF them had
their SEATS challenged. The committee,
in making UP the roll, omitted those
seven from the list. 80 153 We're there IN
challenged All OF the proceedings Of
the convention were harmonious No
man made complaint until II Ecane 10
the question OF seating or unsesuag the
seven, and when that was raised. fifty
three gentlement went out Of the con-
ventiOn and the seven excluded dele
gates went with them No man claims
that more than sixty men out OF the $50
Joined in the selection OF Senator Hig-
gins, and his five colleagues. II am
wrong, correct me in that Sixty men
cnly-make that a majority OF $50 II
you can. oh, but say these gentle
men, 'twenty-three men who remained
in the convention were bribsd' No evil
dence Of IL has presented Itself
A delegate-That they were elected
by fraud?
Mr.. Hepburn-That they were elected
by fraud-twenty-thr- OF them Mind
you. Delaware IS not very large state. |
There are only three counties sn II |
Here were three OF four days TO estab- |
FISH a fraud il there was any, bu- not a !
word about IL II was never heard OF /
until Il was necessary 70 do something /
20 make 50 a majority Of ISs applause !
and laughter. Then the fraud was dis 1
covered Then the gen Gamen came 70 |
the front. Il Is said. but 10 AFFIDAVIT OF 4
that character was presented 20 the /
committee. read and cons dered- II one !
us.s presented II Was never hae-d Of IN 1
I'll that gentleman brought them n his /
pocket 1900 miles from his home, away /
from the posi- 5lity OF their being re- 1
sisted and then. perhaps. presented 70 1
the national committee. According % /
my adv5ces. none OF them were read. |
not n our committee. We DO !
not know whether they contain aver
meats OF this kind or not Now. gentie-
men. that - this case. II you turn out 4
the contestant, YOU vii leave
The state OF Delaware without an or
sanizaEon; there IS TO other party
there is no other power than thar which /
g b ythe authority q these uler that
can call STATE conventton- Are you
gong % do Il simply because soma nan
says that Addicks * rot sound Re
publican Let ne challenge = statement
made by my friend from New Jersey.
He said this coavel ton was The trsbu-
la 70 determine upon th- Quahh cations
II lis mem be->- I deny - ! say our