The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-09
LARGE HIBBEN MEETING.
Held in Tenn esseetown-What Color
ed Voters Are Promised.

GU hOL6IS GAIO 4OA4S0As
Dr. ]. B. Hibben's supporters last wee
ming held a meeting at the colored
church, corner of King and Lincoln
streets, at which there was a large at
tendance. The small audience room of
the church was filed and the windows
were locked shut. There were II white
men present and the rest were resi-
dents of Tennessee town and vicinity
I'll tell you" said DR. Hibben ''the
colored people are for me. 1 am their
friend and they know it I went down
that there were lots of men aboring at
the forge there who were for me-
Logan Spaulding had the honor of
presiding at the meeting, while Prof.
Geo. w. Jackson and Col. A B. Jet
more occupied seats facing the audi
ence. DR.. Hibben's immediate workers
composed of John Haisch, G. S. Sage,
ATTORNEY Lindsay, D. T. Palmer and
others occupied front seats 1t was a
demonstrative audience. When DR..
Hibben made a point in his own favor
and ground the opposition to pieces the
Hibben colored men yelled like mad
men. Then as if an echo had returned
the Fellows colored men in the rear
would yell "Ah'' derisiVely. But their
abs were not loud.
''They say that during the Harrison
administration had five teams at work
on the streets of Topeka said DR.. Hib-
ben THAT is a political lie.''
The audience took a hand and many
yelled, Yes, it's a lie"
A Fellows man in the rear arose and
said: You didn't have five teams on
the streets, Doctor but you had two,
because the street commissioner told me
So
'Wen. you mustn't believe everything
you hear said the doctor. He knows
down deep in his heart that this is not
true"
1.-The records show it," retorted the
man from the rear.
fha cfo
DR.. Hibben made a great hit with the
audience by declaring that if he was
elected mayor he would allow the peO-
pie to keep hogs in the city.
while 1 was city physician did I
drive out the hogs? If I'm mayor do
you think I'll drive out your hogs? MOI
poor man. Some of the people down on
Harrison street might object to it, but
l am your friend
He scored another hit by announcing
that when the refugees from the south
came to Kansas and about 900 of them
We're Quartered in Topeka, some at the
fair grounds, and some in North To-
peka, he did medical services for them
free of charge.
Col Jetmore was presiednt of the
society,"" said he, land he came to me
and said: Come down and treat these
sick and dying negroes; there won't be
any money in it, but there'n be glory in
it. And if you ever want anything from
them they'll be for you. am willing
y
your city. 1 have always been your
friend, and 1 always will be-" Gap
plause on the front seats.)
Col. Jetmore arose and in thunder
tones said that the charge that he was
after office was a fabrication. The on
ly job 1 am AFTER said he, ''is to lay
out Mayor Fellows. 1 think he would
make a beautiful political corpse And
as an epitaph 1 would have: Died be-
cause he was not honest with the peo-
pie.
Il would erect a monument which
would say: Treat the people all the
time alike if you want to be mayor
Then the colonel reverted to the East
Side circle railway affair. He denied
that he was an agent of the eastern
bondholderS and in speaking of the act
of Mayor Fellows in causing the street
to be filed in covering the tracks so
that people could get through there
without a boat he said: He does not
deserve reelection; he deserves to be
impeached. AS taxpayer L have
grievance. I am here for the people OF
Topeka 1 don't want to see not only
an honest people, but I want to see
honest city officials"
At the conclusion of Col. Jetmore's
speech there was loud applause and af-
ter a resolution had been presented and
adopted favoring DR.. Hibben, three
cheers were given for him and the
church was emptied.