The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-06

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COW.
Sometimes, in primaries we are in
the position of wanting certain fellows
nominated and they don't get the place
have been in that fix myself and been
turned down. Since ceased to be your
county attorney 1 have been turned out
of church choir. That hurts.
''At the primaries, we submit the
ella ms f our friends to the people.When
our men don't get nominated, it is our
duty to put our shoulders to the wheel
and push together. There must be no
backsliding"
The candidates on the Republican
county ticket, Frank Stevens, John
Wright, Porter S.Cook, and H. NJ. Phil.
lips each appeared before the audience
and spoke of his wish for support in the
coming campaign. Mr.. Burton had not
as yet arrived and County Attorney
Jetmore was called upon and amused
the audience with the story of the king
who discharged his weather prophet
because he did not propesy correctly.
He looked around for another man to
fill the place and found an old farmer
who was very anxious for the position.
He gave him the office and found him
accurate to a minute. One day he ask
ed the farmer how he knew when 1T
was going to rain and the farmer said,
when it is going to rain my mule
pricks up his ears and then 1 know that
1 can tell you without a doubt that it
will rain" The king thought the mat
ter over for awhile and then he dis
charged the farmer and gave the place
weather prophet to the mule. Ever
since then" said Mr.. Jetmore, EVERY
jackass in the country has been looking
fer office" This set the crowd in roar
of laughter and some of the candidates
looked rather taken a back so Mr.. Jet
more explained by saying that the
same story was told him many times
while he was running for Office. Just
as Mr.. Jetmore finised ]. r. Burton, ac-
Ayres and Col. J. w. F. Hughes drove
into the park. Mr.. Burton was greet
ed with round of applause as he step
ped upon the platform. He was intro
duced by Mr.. Vanorsdal as zone of
the grandest orators in the United
States" Mr.. Burton spoke as follows:
'One short year ago we were in the
midst of national campaign. At that
time prices were low, banks were fall
ing, railroads were not earning operat-
ing expenses, the husbandman was dis
couraged, the merchant stood idle be-
hind his counter, the fire had gone out
at the forge and business was locked up
in the paralysis of hard times. Now
all is changed. The farmer is happy
the merchant is busy, idle capital is
seeking investment, the lines of traffic
are glutted with loaded cars on their
road to the mart of trade, the fires have
been relighted in our manufactures,
and the pulse Of quickened industries is
beating throughout the entire land.
I'm a brief talk with Mr.. Bryan, the
only time 1 ever met him, last Febru-
airy, he facetiouSly asked me if I had
met the General His fine elocution
and consummate acting caused me to
inquire, What General?' and with keen
sarcasm he answered, General Pros
perity.' I observe that the triangular
convention in his own state, day before
yesterday, acknowledged the presence
of general prosperity. and attributes its
coming to Providence. Well, perha pS
that is right. Providence did have
something to do with it. 1t was very
kind Providence that saved this coun-
try from BryaniSm
THE great state of Nebra ska should
praise heaven for our prosperity. But
let us look little further into this con-
glomeration that was made this week
in Nebraska. 1t was representative in
character. 1t was made up of three
political organizations. 1t was called
POpulist state convention and the silver
Republican state convention. They or
ganized separately, adopted different
platforms, then nominated the same |
ticket. They had sent to other states !
for representatives of the several par |
ties. Teller was there from Colorado, |
Towne from Minnesota, Simpson from |
Kansas, and all under the inspiration |
and guardianship of Bryan.
THE Populist corner of this medley Of
political conventions declares that pros |
the General-General Prosperity-was |
here, his presence is acknowledged, but |
that he came not at the bidding of Re |
publicanism, but in spite of it Well |
edged. II is a great relief to hear
calamity howlers confess that good |
times have come again. After years of |
cave of gloom talk it is pleasant to |
hear something about the rainbow.
THE fellows in the sideshow tent-the
silver RepublicanS-resOlVed that we
recognize in the bountiful crops of this |
country and the entire failure of the |
crops in competing countries a special |
advantage to our people by raising the |
prices of farm products, but we deplore |
famine in other lands and want a pros
perity that dOese not depend upon the |
adversely of the balance of the world
1T is safe to say that nineteen out of |
every twenty of the leaders in the Pop |
ulist party are socialists or anarchists |
They range in grade from Debs, Glenn |
ems, Tillman, Altgeld-the more violent |
down to the conscientious humani- |
tarians like Mrs. Diggs, Senator PETER |
and Jerry Botkin. 1t is also true that |
the wing of the Democratic party led |
by Bryan believes in socialism and I'M
der the guise of being the friend of the |
labOringman they are leveling their
guns at one of the vital cores of govern
ment, namely the right of private prop |
erty.'
Mr.. Burton also said that after the
debts were all paid in Kansas that this |
years crop would leave a profit of IFS |
millions of dollars for the farmers.
After Mr.. Burton's speech the band
and dance platform held the interest of |
the crowd until train time. The Re-
publican central committee intends to
have another picnic at Wakarusa in
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