The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27
AT SALINA.
Gov. Leedy Makes Two Speeches
in One Day
At SaIina Where There is I'm
usual Interest in Politics.
A BIG REGISTRATION.
The Largest in the History of
Salina.
FusiOnists of the County Feel
Cheerful.
A BIG REGISTRATION.

Salina, Oct. 27-The fusion forces held
one Of the most successful political ral-
lies of the campaign here yesterday.
Two meetings were held. The day was
pleasant and the roads very bad. The
afternoon meeting was held at the OPP
| era house. The speakers in the after
noon were Governor Leedy and Webb
McNall The opera house was weh
filed, many standing, both on the floor
and in the gallery. Governor Leedy
was the first speaker and after speak
ing of the organization and aims of the
POpulist party said:
1T isn't a question, my Republican
friends, whether you are going to join
US this fall and help curtan the en-
crOachments of the trusts and corpora
tiOns on the rights of the people, but
when you will do so. If not this fall
you will next year or some other time,
and if you do not want to help now we
viii simply have to wait till you do, and
we can afford to wait as well as you
can
The next speaker was Webb McNall.
When introduced Mr.. McNall said:
you are all used once in two years
to turning out to hear political speakers
and reading political platforms to see
what principles and what promises the
| various political parties present to the
voters. When a farmer hires a hand he
does not ask him what are his politics.
he does not say are you POpultst,
what can you do. Now a state cam
patgn should be looked at in the same
light. 1t is simply question of pOck-
etbook. What have the present state
officers done for you? The Republican
party did not declare what they were in
favor of or what they would do, at their
| Hutchinson convention. Oh, yes they
did, come to think of it. They did say
| resolved, that we are in favor of giving
the old soldiers the preference When
| the resolution was presented to the con-
! vention Pat COney, a patriotic lawyer
from Topeka offered as an amendment
| resolved, we are in favor of giving the
old soldiers the Offices and the cOnven-
tiOn voted the amendment down and
gave the nOminat tionS to men who were
old enough to go to join the army when
the war broke out, but who were too
busy then and are talking patriotism
now"
Mr.. NIcNalI then took up the IeyisIa-
ton OF the last legislature and said:
THE Republicans are saying that the
present administration is selling peni-
tentiary coal on the open market in
competition with the miners OF the state
Now the Republican brethren are not
informed on the entire subject If they
We're, and were fair in the presentation
or the issues they would tell you that
the last legislature passed a law which
is found at chapter 1873 of the session
laws of 1897, which prohibits the direc-
tors of the penitentiary from selling anv
more coal on the open market after ex-
fsting contracts are filed. The last ad-
ministration, the Morrill, administration
to keep It's contracts as well as an indi-
vidual."
After speaking of the stockyards
school book and screen laws passed bv
the last legislature and saving that va
rious Republican platforms had de-
manded that such laws be passed, Mr.
McNal said: Why did not the Repub-
hcan party pass these laws and
enforce the insurance laws already
passed? I'll tell you why Recause
every campaign that has been run in
%Io
bosses assessed the stockyards. the
American Book company and the ins11r-
ance companies and the companies have
put up a lot of cash for the purpose of
having an honest election in the state
OF Kansas Now do you know why
you didn't get these laws as long as Won
had Republican legislatures ?''
When speaking of insurance the
speaker sald: -1he insurance companies
collected in Kansas as premiums six
teen hundred thousand dollars Thew
paid back to the people about five hum
dred thousand dollars. What is the
remedy for this? It is state Insurance.
1 have been educated up to this since I
came into office. If city can own ana
run its own waterworks. say the state
can own its insurance company and
save its citizens eight hundred thousand
dollars a year"
Mr.. NIcNaH then gave an extended ac-
count OF his administration of the insur-
ance department
In the evening the opera horsa was
again crowded, with many standing.
Mr.. Leedy was again the first speak
er. He spoke briefly as he had to leave
on an early train. He was followed bv
Mr.. Vincent, candidate for congress-
and Senator w a. Harris
Senator Harris took up the speech Of
Mr.. Stanley in which he is quoted 6
having said the Republican party was a
party that kept its promises. The SEN
ator said that the Republican party had
not kept its promise in regard to an in
ternatiOnal conference in regard to the
remonetizatiOn of silver. He next de-
voted some time to their tariff IegisIa-
ton and claimed that their promised
Dingley bill had only resulted in def
cit on a peace basis on the first day of
July last.
The senator then took up and discuss
sed the state legislation of the PopuIist
party in Kansas and Claimed in tbe
stockyards law, the school book law
and other laws passed by the last Ies~is-
lature the Populist party had come
nearer keeping its promises to the neo
pie than the Republican party had
It was claimed by many populists and
others that yesterdays meetings were
much larger than any other held in this
county this year.
Frank Nelson, Republican candidate
for state superintendent of instruction
was present at the afternoon meeting
ana occupied seat in the middle of the
house When McNau was in the midi
die of his talk and was 'fpitcbing infO''
the Republican party Nelson got up and
left the hall.
OUTLOOK IN SALINE co.