The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

mental either directly or indirectly IN (
forming the committee and TOOK no T
Fourth-It was asserted that am re- F
erousfble because Shawnee county only +
has seven votes in the state convention I
and because the Democratic ticket re- +
ceived less than 10000 votes IN this state F
win the vote of 1894 as a basis. Shaw I
nee county is only entitled to seven T
votes. There was and is no other fair F
or honest basis Of representation eX- I
. cent the vote of 1894. Not only because I
it was the last regular Democratic vote f
cast. but because it was the only one {
since 1890 j got all the votes j could, /
not only in Shawnee county but
throughout the state The men who J
voted against me last Saturday. voted
against me then, and now blame me
for not getting their votes, and for not
getting enough votes TO give Shawnee +
county O. larger delegation in the state
convention If they and such as they.
had all stood by me instead of secretly. Z
by buttOnhOltng and private cOrresp0n-
deuce. knitting me. and circulating the
most infamous calumnies concerning
me, Shawnee county might have had 30
delegates ia the state convention now
instead Of seven
Fifth-It was charged that Z have
been ON all sides OF an parties, that /
ann q turn-cOat, etc. I turned my Re
publican coat off and put on a Demo-
cratic coat ten years ago, having acted
substantially with the Democrats for
three years prior to that time, and not
Z because "there was SO many Of them
either L have never belonged to or
acted with but two parties i was once
q Republican. am now a Democrat and
4 whoever says more simply falsi1ies.
Several other matters were brought
/ UP which do not concern the public.
and VIII only be glanced at to show the
animus of these fellows.
The public don't care whether or not
/ Henry steele lost his place on the p0-
/ lice force, that is not a burning issue.
and though his statement that 7 wrote
letter against him was not true
am free to say that as he declared in
7 1894 he would never vote another Dem
/ Ocratic ticket. and as he was cruel
+ and over bearing policeman, should
not have hesftated to do So
Whether Charley Holiday has found
places Tor one or for seven Democrats
ON the police force does not concern
7 the people of Shawnee county nearly
SO much as the question whether
standard money shah be gold alone or
/ both sold and silver, but as a matter of
fact he mas found places for more
+ Democrats, than We're employed under
dwellings police board, but they were
not all the same fellows. hence these
tears. Whether I did or did not make
Bob Kepley q promise in 1894 that he
should be kept ina his place on the
board Of public works is not a matter
which should determine whether Bland
OF whitney shall PIE the nominee at
1Alclgo but the fact is. i made him
no such promise as he himself admit
tea 70 q man whose word he viii not
question; whose Office is ia the same
ley for sheriff, thought he was nv
friend and was amazed, not more at
ms original statement i'm the Journal
imam at the fact that he kept on re-
peating that statement after having
admitted to his friend and my friend
that the statement was false
Prank Thomas saws came to the
state In 1880. helped to fasten prohfbi-
ton upon the state. talked prohibition
etc He knew that that Utterauce was
an absolute IalSehoOd- came to Kan
sas September H. 1882. prohibition was
/ then the law I was a Republican
made four Republican speeches in eve
/ ~ one declared that I was not pro-
hloluonlst, but criticized the Demo
/ Gratis for not declaring broadly for the
/ enforcement OF all laws instead OF
/ All just laws as stated in their plat
+ form, said but little about state IS
sues but confined myself chiefly to
national topics. Thomas quotes extern
siNely from the Washington dispatch
es during the patronage fight of 1893.
me language imputed to me I never
uttered Inc newspaper men were in
venting so-called interviews every dav
i'm order TO keep up the great Kansas
sensation.
Mr. Mitchell was very severe on the
ANARCHISTS and Crouch was not far
behind MIN, but used no such lang
z uage.
Thomas fears that if I should go to
Chicago the anarchists would cali nm
Z On me and perhaps scandalize the del
egatlon- IF he should go. the delega-
Z tion would not be smothered with PEG
pie coming to see him.
had my opinion as lawyer Of the
4 proceedings of the court that convict
ed the anarchists and have it vet I
agreed with Ben Butler who stated be-
fore the supreme court of the United
I states that this trial was anarchy it.
self. / objected to it as Thomas well
knows not because was an anarchist
nuL because upon the contrary I was
/ and am the strictest of legaIsts and
r could but revolt at the spectacle of the
court tlampling upon all law and pre-
|HHH HH nrHaaA .U-
as mere IN Kansas i have uttered q
ceaseleSs protest against brea king
T down all the restraints of the consti-
+ tuition and ancient rules of law for the
f sake of prohibition
Fortunately my Oakland speech was
published correctly in the Democrat of
this city and can be found in the files
of that paper. I invite all who are suf-
hciently interested TO read it all MY
/ judgment of that trial has been vindf-
Gated by events, by the almost unani-
nous opinion of lawyers, by Governor
4 Oglesby Offering pardon to the con
demned if they would recant their an
archistic opinions How could he do
this if he believed them guilty Of the
( great crime of murder2 Second by the
pardon of Fielden. Schwab and Neebe
by Governor Altgeld, the present leader
I Of the Democratic party of Illinois now
universally regarded as the ablest gov
ernor Illinois ever had; the great free
SAY ST lEeAAeA VINO py ms courage and
ability has eNtorted the praise even of
his enemies When he spoke at the
great meeting the other night he was
not troubled by the presence Of an
archists- He had the same opinion Of
that trial that I held, but he was elect
ed governor Of Illinois all the same.
Prank Thomas now protests against me
as an anarchist / was good enough TO
be his godfather in Democracy, good
enough for him to ask me would I