The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-29
STANLEY HITS HARD
Pounds the Pops Record
With a SIedge Hammer
HOLDS A GREAT MEETING
At Hutchinson Stanley and
Long at Kingman.

Hutchinson, Kan. Oct. 2s-(Special)-
More than 1000 people packed The audi
forum here last night to near ". Z.
Stanley and Chester I. Long. It was a
Magnificent audience. Round after round
Of applause greeted botn speakers. The
warmth was such that no Republican
meeting ehrethis campaign can ever be
the slightest BIT frosty, so far-reacning
was its effect.
Mr. Stanley spoke first and made the
speech Of the evening. He was enthusiast
tically received when introduced. In the
beginning Mr.. Stanley said:
1T gives me great pleasure 10 stand
here again afoer On extended and some
what arduous campaign, in the hail, on
the same platform. where more tnan four
months ago I received the nomination TO
be governor of Kansas.
I'VE were prosperous in Kansas years
ago; We builded far and wide; we exceed
ed our ability. We built four great lines
Of steel across the stare. We mortgased
homes and towns and cities. Then came
the political demag0gue. He touched the
sore place and irriuated the wound rather
than healing il a party sprans up which
promised you things. il promised you
these things in 1880, 1892, 1894 1886 and now
Is promising still. Let Us see what was
done by the legislature of 1884, in which
both houses were Populist and the gov
ernOr as well. Four laws were passed by
that egislature-four. and no more; a
law against blacklisting Of employees; a
law providing against the discharge of
employees because they belonged 10 labor
unions; a law providing for protection TO
motorneers: a law providing for the pay
ment Of wages in lawful money"
Mr. Stanley then contrasted this by the
Republican legislative record Of more than
:. third Of a century in Kansas. He
enumerated many of the laws, among
them insurance laws. homestead laws.
laws protecting laborers from ganish-
ment. valued policy law, exemption laws,
etc., etc.
STeaking OF school books and stock
yafds, Mr. Stanley said
II am willing TO give the Populists
credit for a sep in the right direction.
! am told the books are bad. / am in
formed but seven pages are devoted in
the history OF the great civil war, while
lands first administration. As 70 stock
yards, what mas been done? Yardage
prices are not reduced and 5000 has been
expended in attorney fees. Who has
gained?"
OF Insurance, Mr.. Stanley said:
Insurance rates are not reduced. You
know it; you concede it. I admit Webb
McNall is nc greatest man Kansas ever
had II you dor. believe II, ask McNaI
himself. What did he ID? Followed in
the very footsteps Of his Republican
predecessors in his Regulations Of insur-
1nce companies; keeping out obnoxious
companies. etc. and further turned in less
money to the treasury by sLG56 than MS
Republican predecessor, Governor An
thony."
Then Mr.. Stanley took up maximum
rates and showed Populist history on that
proposition Now. he declared. the party
had changed front and advocated election
OF railroad commission q by vote of the
people, after having defeated in its own
renate in 1893 such a provision in the Re
publican Greenlee bill. and in that defeat
participated Governor Leedy, then a mem
her OF the senate.
All these questions. though, Mr. Stan
ley asserted, were mere trifling incidents
compared with the great questions aris-
ng from the war as a result of destiny.
Then for nearly an hour. Mr.. Stanley
made an eloquent, exhaustive and argu-
mentative appeal for expansion.
Mr.. Long followed Mr.. Stanley in a
short speech. AIr. Long was given a per-
feet ovation. In Reno county he Is held
high in esteem and il Is ever a pleasure
60 lis people To hear him. At his close.
both Mr.. Stanley and Mr.. Long were paid
homage and respect for many minutes,
and so closed the big meeting-the biggest
Of the year