The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

yer Cleveland he will be told: Very
well, get into the same oven with
them
True Kansas Republicans are so IA
miliar with the argument for home
markets that they have resolved to re
open again the mines of Colorado the
best home market they ever had, closed
by the gold standard. Admitting that
an eventual benefit is to spring from a
policy of protection they are opposed to
leaders who put together a system of
taxation which increases the price of
nearly everything we buy and de-
cpeases the price of everything we
sell. From every Kansas homestead
the voice of desperation cries out
against a system under which incomes
dwindIe and debts double. Though
every political slave driver at st. Louis
cracks his party lash across our backs,
they shall not plant another Sicily here
on the plains of Kansas.
They have thrown down the gaunt-
let and we cannot honOrably avoid the
conflict Within the last u months We
have been told that we hold the right
of trial by jury at the sufferance of
federal judges. King Charles lost his
head for less. Within the last
twelve months they suddenly dis
cover that the great fortunes of
nfIlionaires cannot be taxed to sustain
the Republic. King George lost an
Empire for less reason. Civilization Os-
cillates like a pendulum from Solon
the Lawgiver to Alexander the Con-
queror. from wOlf-reared ROmulus to
Imperial Caesar, from Alfred the
LiberatOr to Charles the Tyrant, from
Charles Martel who saved to Louis
Capet who squandered christendom,
from George Washington to jefferson
Davis, from Abraham Lincoln to Grover
Cleveland. At the end of each epoch
stands a DemOsthenes Brutus, a
Hampden. a Patrick Henry, a Mira
beau, or a John Brown Of Kansas.
In a few days William J. Bryan,
from the prairies of Nebraska viii
stand in Madison Square Garden-the
champion of Lazarus at the gates of
Dives Both will be present. The
Roman ambassador stood before the
Carthaginian senate and said: I hold
peace and war in the folds of my toga.
Which shall I shake out to yOu?" The
The Carthaginians answered WAR,
war" and We're swept from the earth.
There be men in this country who viii
do well to listen to A1irabeau lest they
soon hear the voice of Danton. The
people have accepted the challenge
Wall street issued at st. Louis.
'' Pleasant it is for the Little Tin Gods
When the Great Jove mods.
But the Little Tin Gods make their
mistakes
That they miss the hour
When the Great Jove wakes"
so we assemble in the assured con-
victiOn of the ultimate and believe the
immediate triumph of the peoples
cause. To doubt it is to impeach the
intelligence of the American people; to
deny it is to question the justice of the
Great Creator We believe that this
country is still ruled not by the al
mighty dollar but by an Almighty
God"
At the mention of the name of w. J.
Bryan the delegates arose and waved
their hats and cheered.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Little's
speech the following nominations for
secretary were made: w. p TOmlin-
son and r. w. Turner.
Mr. Turner requested that his name
be withdrawn.
The rules were suspended and Mr..
TOmlinsOn was selected by acclamatiOn
and Amos McClain of Wichita was
chosen as assistant SECRETARY. Colonel
TOmlinsOn read the call under which
the convention assembled.
A motion was made and carried that
the chair appoint a committee of seven
on credentials, order of business and
resolutions and delegates.
An adjournment of fifteen minutes
was taken in order to give the chair
time to select the committees.
ON RESOLUTIONS.
The committee on resolutions con
sists of the following persons:
John E F'esler, Holton CRepublican)
First district
P. P. Elder CPopulist) Second dis
trict.
William Butler CPopulis) Third dis
trict.
o. F. Hobbs, Eureka, Republican)
Fourth district.
Col. NIB. Brown, Concordia, (Republi-
cam Fifth district.
R w. Turner. dankato, CRepubIican)
Sixth district
J. A. Ray, Wellington, Republican)
Seventh district.
At 3:2O Albert Griffin was addressing
the convention while it waited for re
ports of committees.