The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-28


Speeches and Sets the Town Wild with
Enthusiesm-FIags and Banners Greet
the Eye Everywhere-Bands Play Pa
triotio Airs-A Big Parade was q Fea
ture of the Day.
Chester l. Long spoke at Cheney yes
terday afternoon. The town was crowd
ed with those who came TO hear the dis
tinguished congressman The streets
had on their holiday attire. Flags float
ed everywhere. The Cheney band and
large delegation OF citizens called on
to The hall where the address was to be
made.
The procession was very long one
and rhe step was quick and confident.
The marchers marched as those who
are marching on 10 victory. Wnen ne
arrived at the hall Mr.. Long was wei
coined by the Woman's Mckinley club
Of Cheney. The women Of Cheney are
enterprising, up and doing. They or
gani:ed their club on Monday with q
membership of sixty-seven. These sixty
seven women met Mr. Long in front OF
the hall and escorted him to the plat
FORM where they took their station,
forming for him as beautiful back
gt1un6 as any speaker ever had
The voters of Cheney would have had
ample excuse for allowing their
thoughts 10 wonder from the discussion
II national AFFAIRS but not once during
The two hours and a half in which the
Speakers voice was heard did their eyes
cave his face. There has not been
iairer consideration of the money ques-
:iou made nor a better exposition of the
result of free silver set forth. His adj
dress was plea to reason for the COM
non interests OF this nation.
After a selection from the Cheney
oand and song from the glee club.
which was called back, Mr.. Long arose.
He was greeted with such a cheering and
hand clapping as never before welcomed
a speaker in that city. 1t was evident
that he was favorite and that he had
an appreciatiye audience
be opened his remarks by saying that
ne was glad that during the present
campaign he did not have to contend
against the prejudices which in former
campaigns had to be overcome. Objec-
tons were at one time made by the
Popuiists because a candidate was a
lawyer, now they have at the head of
their state ticket In the person OF Mr..
Leedy not only a lawyer but a corpora
tion lawyer at that. AT one time the
speaker had induced a conductor TO run
his train on time in order that he might
reach his destination in time TO address
an audience. The train had SO frequent
iy been behind time that the people VINO
saw it on time thought it special train,
hA 1fcf- tlI 1t
cause he rode on special train Now
their candidate for president is making
campaign on special train. These
were all proper and it was a good thing
that such prejudices were removed.
He said that while before the great
political parties met it was decided that
the tariff was the great question before
the people yet after the Chicago con-
ventiOn came out for free silver the
claim Of its party was that silver was
the great question. They said that the
party was afraid to meet
the question but that while still know
Ing that protection was what was need
ed by the people of this nation the Re
publican party has taken up the money
question and shown that the claims of
Tree silver were not only false but its
adoption would embarrass business and
be disastrous to the country.
He then discussed the silver question.
going into its minutest details. He ex-
planned the meaning of free silver and
Of free and unlimited coinage of silver
at l6 TO l. He classed those advocating
Tree coinage into two classes. One class
believed that silver would rise from 65
rents aD ounce, its present value, TO |
N-2S an ounce, Among these Mr.. |
nj lirRas- 10
do not care for silver to rise. What |
they want is a cheap money and a de- |
preciating currency.
Taking UP the lath first among other |
to show the effect of a de- |
preciating currency he showed one of !
the old wild cat bank notes. He said |
that the trouble with such money was !
that those who dealt in money always |
had an advantage. In these dayes when |
a man bargained for an article the own |
Pr always put an extra price on il for |
Tear OF the loss by depreciation that |
when this was practiced first by the |
then by the jobber and |
then by the middle man, a great hard |
snip worked on the consumer. If a man |
took one of these depreciating notes |
with the full understanding that they |
were deprecated yet he was not pro-
tected because though they might be /
quoted az 60 cents yet when he went TO |
the bank he might find that he could /
get only 90 cents, for the banks then Of |
ten took advantage OF such persons. |
he also called attention to the fact that /
Mexico had depreciating currency. He
showed that the Mexican dollar had de-
during the time of this cam
oaign. That il a Mexican az the begin
ling of July had sold a steer and kept |
The money till now he would have lost
per cent by the depreciation. Other
were used 10 show those
who desired a single silver standard,
What its disadvantages would be after
he country would recover from the
,anic which would follow a revolution
n prices.
He then took up the first class. those
Who believe with Mr.. Bryan that silver
would rise 10 1929 an ounce as measur-
d in gold. He then showed that at the
present time there were gold countries,
silver countries and countries who said
hat both should be coined free and IN
limited. In the gold countries there was
liNer. In the silver countries there was
10 gold in circulation and in the coun-
RES where the two metals are presum-
d 70 have free coinage gold does not cir
uiate, as an evidence Of the last he
leid up a gold piece Of Mexican money
nd one OF United States money. rhen. a
liver piece OF each country. The gold
'iece or each country was the same
weight and yalr,a .h,t H. sgr,-,- =. -