The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-09
MADE A GREAT HIT
HON. ]. B. BUTTONS FAMOUS
SPEECH IN WICHITA.

He Pointed Out Why the West Should Not
Unite With the south-He Said the
West Believes That Labor was EnobI-
ing; the South, That it was Degrading
The West Developed, the So0th was
Only Developed by stranEers-one Pro-
dueed Statesmen, the Other Politicians
Who Were Eloquent But Unreliable.
The auditorium was filed at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon with as fine If not
a. finer audience than ever listened 10 a
political speech in that building.
There were about as many ladies
there as gentlemen and all were filled
with enthusiasm
Chairman Wilson opened the meeting
ny introducing Mr.. W. B. Sutton OF
Russell county who made a twenty
minutes speech on protection, resi-
procity, national credit, employment o.
labor, etc. He said that ne himself IA
vored the coinage of silver, for which
he was cheered, but anticipating the
action of the st. Louis convention he
did not dwell very long or exhaustively
on the subject
Colonel Lewis of this city was intro
duced and he read an original poem
composed by himself.
The speech of the afternoon. how
ever, was made by ]. r. Burton OF Abb
Iene, who again demonstrated his Won
derful power and force as an orator.
His speech was certainly superb and
his remarks al times, were greeted by
vociferous applause. He avoided de-
clarations to a great extent and asked
questions which were certainly very
striking and their unanswered answers
very convincing between the interro-
cation points and periods. LAS the
campaign is not opened yet" said ne.
81 have been at a loss TO know what
10 talk about ] thought 1 would be all
right tonight at which time l mad
agreed to speak. Then the other speak
er would have spoken and 1 could
grumble and fault find. l thought /
would speak about prohibition but the
committee told me that would never
do. I then said that I would speak
about resubmission but the committee
told me that was unnecessary. / then
he told me TO talk about fat money but
I was again told that would not do. l
then thought l would say nothing about
politics but would talk about the Ia
dies / never had any trouble with the
ladies. My trouble has been with the
men. 1 always found 1 could trust the
ladies; they are honest and, besides,
they have more sense and truth than
no Ia hav fnf
about a man named Ruggles and the
Apollo Belvedere which, while highly
amusing, illustrated the fact that in
the royal honesty of a good woman she
always saw something greater in her
own husband than in any other man.
This provoked great applause among
the ladies. Now ladies and gentlemen
this is a hot afternoon and you Will.
1 hope, permit me to wander through
the political field and say what l please
if you promise not to use it against me.
would like to take up statistics and
examine them but 1 have not the time.
Some alleged statesmen have said that
ii is about time the south and the west
had formed an alliance In politics. !
have been in the south and the west
and don't believe in an alliance be-
tween then. Neither do l believe in q
political alliance between the south and
the north or the west and the north. 1
don't believe in an alliance between
any sections. / think we ought to
have but one political alliance in this
country and that is what hundreds OF
thousands of soldiers have fought for,
one country united and inseperable.
The union sword destroyed sectionalism
and every patriot should abide by that
result without any alliances between
this and that section Of a common coun-
try" This sentimen was received
with great applause. There is no
sense in looking toward an alliance
with the south from a business stand
point. / challenge any man TO prove
to me that in a century the politicians
of the southland they are politicians,
not statesmen-have been able to ra-
ttonally discuss either a political, eco
nomic or business question. The
statesmen OF the south left there at an
early date and left none but the politi-
clans with thoir narrow, partisan, plat
forms. II has domino ted the Demo
cratic party since the days of jefferson
and viii dominate IL at Chicago next
month. They claim to be chivalric and
brave, and maybe they are but their
on all vital questions is alb
surd and shallow. They don't know
how 10 do business and do not know
how to make money. Their ore and
their coal and their timber resources lie
dormant except when touched and
utilized by the business genius Of the
north. They did not believe in intelli-
gent labor. they do not believe N IL to-
day. They do not believe that honest
intelligent labor can be dignified and
ennobling. They do not believe n free
schools or in anything else free. but