The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-13
REV. GRANT TALKS
D1sCOURSEs QUITE ABLY UPON THE
GREAT POLITICAL ISSUES.
Iryan Going After the People, Mckinley
Receiving Them - Israslites BowfnS
Down to . Silver Calf This Time-If
Silver Grew on Trees We Woslo Have
to Earn It-Benediction Upon War Is
sues Will Not be Pronsunced Until .
Fair Vote is Permitted South of the
MAsou-Dixou Line.

| Rev. Grant entertained a good-sized
audience last night at Garfield hall. He
discussed the measures of the campaign
quite ably, and in an exceedingly enter
tanning manner. He is one Of the
! brightest colored men of the state and
he talked with the ready tongue Of his
race He IS not the posSessor OF a light
complexion, either. but is just plain
black upon the outside. His audience
! quite naturally were principally colored
voters; but there were quite an appre-
ciabie number of white men in The au-
dience. Mr.. c. NJ. Irwin, and several
others OF the most prominent politi-
clans We're upon the platform. The
speech was highly interesting and the
frequent bursts of laughter and ap-
plaase, tod how it struck the audience.
Among other things. ne said in sub
stance that the great Democratic party
was composed OF three links: Repudia-
ton, free silver and revolution The
Republican party" said he. also is
composed OF three great powerful. gold
en- links: Protection, Jim Blaine's or
pfEan child which was lost in the last
Democratic campaign, and never as
yet been found-Reciprocity; and the
third link, sound money"
He spoke Of Mckinley as true man.
''true in war, true in peace, and true N
every act Of his IN all his labors in leg
fshation and as a private citizen" He
then brought into comparison the DEM
ocratic situation, stating that in all
tee great drama Of politics he never be-
fore had seen a cat with two tails
Bryan n the west, and SewaIl, a Popo-
GRAFT and plutocr'at, in the east. with
Watson ait the side door jabbing the
cat in the region of-the short ribs with
all his might.
The spectacle Of the situation" said
ne, is trafely an interesting one during
this ca -npaign.' One man going after
the people, the other receiving them.
There are lots OF loyal Democrats, IL
you can find them. They are wrong.
the BRYAN followers are going the way
toward eternal darkness. and 1 say re-
turn or thou shalt surely die. l have
more respect for a black rascal than
have for a white one L want 10 De IN
derstood IN this matter, but 1 do also
want 10 say that as long as the south
have their elections as they do now. as
long as the politicians carry everything
for the Democratic party; just so long
VIII Mr.. Bryan'S party be wrong, to-
tally wrong, and fail to receive sup
port from US. We thought that when
General Robert &. Lee surrendered his
sword at AppomattaX TO General Grant
that upon this question the doxology
had been sung. and the demolition had
been pronounced, but it has not ad
viii say that as for me and my house |
We will vote with the Republican par
~. Nothing is fair and square, out and |
open south OF Mason and Dixon's line.
They say there is not enough money |
in circulation, and somebody proposes 1
to build a factory and turn out the /
stuff eI1augrter.) If Bryan is elected /
they tell us that it Will rain silver as it /
did mama in olden times. II the eight I
billion ounces of silver-which consti- /
tutes the worlds amount Of the commo-
dfty-were all in this country; if there
was enough silver piled up here to reach
high enough to kiss the first star and
antangle itself in the milkyway. the
pleiades and the dipper; if every tree
S heavily laden with silver fruit and the
very leaves are of delicate silver; you
had better Tot touch that tree unless
somebody told you to. Oaughter.)
Man must work TO get it, and that is
the only way.
Il don't know why the most bsauti
'ul palaces are adorned with gold IN
stead OF silver. L don't know why |
Pharoh didn't put a silver necklace up
m Joseph instead of a gold one. don {
Know why King NebucadneZ placed
gold ring upon the finger of Daniel
when ne read 10 him the hand writing
lpon the wall instead of silver one, or d
,old necklace about his neck instead Of
. silver one; but do know that wher-
yer SILVER is mentioned in the Bible il
5 connected with descration and death.
udas received thirty pieces of silver
or his act. and he went out and hanged
himself. II he had received II in gold !
e might not have done it" This met
1ud laughter and during all his talk !
requent bursts of laughter applause oc-
Urred He talked slow and deliberate
: and olinched each a-gumemnt with |
title gospel. He is a most entertaining
alker and his audience were not only
ighly amused but very much in
tructed.