The Advocate and news., 1898-10-26
Gov. Leedy Talks
To Large Crowds.
Ills Meetings Call Out Standing
Room Only" Everywhere
he Goes.
KANSAS CITY A SAMPLE.

City, haS., laSL week was Will dh ouuA
ence that completely filed the large hall.
The body of the house and the gallery
were completely filed and more than SOO
people stood up In the aisles.
Joseph McGrath, who presided, intro
duced Governor Leedy. In his speech
the Governor said:
II have not come here to make o
speech. While l am Governor OF the
state OF Kansas am only lieutenant
governor of the Leedy family, and the
governor Of the family told me this
morning IL talked more than thirty
minutes ! would be called In.
"The Populist party believes that the
corporations OF this country have been
granted more rights and privileges than
is consistent with the well-being OF So
clety. Now don't refer to all corpora
tions, but those that have gained power
and property by overriding all law; cor
pOratiOns that are gaining power and
property by organizing great trusts. We
believe that their privileges should be
curtailed by legislation. The Republi-
cans believe that there should be no
control Of corporations but that 1t should
be left to competition. We have been
trying competition for years and we have
seen 1t grow less and less year by year.
"They say that we have passed out
rageous laws in relation to corporations
We have passed stringent banking law
and put It in operation. Does any one
want that law repealed? II 1t had been
in force during the past fifteen years
many bankers who have burst and gone
tO-well, l don't care to say where
would be here to-day doing sound busi-
ness and 1t would have saved the people
much money.
I'VE have passed a school book law
which reduced the price OF school books
one-half. | don't need to dwell on 1t.
But II we are continued In power we will
enforce 1t.
1--WE passed the stock yards law. They
say Populists can't pass good laws. But,
fellow citizens, this law has been passed
on by two judges Of the federal court
who didn't want to hold that 1t was good.
But when we showed them the books Of
the stock yards and Its enormous profits,
they had to hold 1t good. Now II we are
kept in power we will carry this contest
to the highest court in the land. No,
we have no apology to offer for this law.
IF the Supreme court OF the United
States overthrows this law we will find
q way to do without the stock yards. If
Kansas City can have public hay yard
to sell hay, the State can have public
cattle yard where cattle can be sold with
out our being robbed by Boston corpo-
ration.
"Now am willing to give the Rebub-
lican party credit for the insurance laws.
They passed them. Now they are howl
ing because we are enforcing them. Be-
cause we are making the companies
come to time and obey the law they are
calling the Insurance Commissioner and
his assistants road agents. From what
they say In this campaign l think that
if the Republican party is returned to
power that they will repeal the insur-
ance laws. Do you want this done ?
(Cries of No! No!) The law says that
the companies shall treat the citizens Of
this State fairly. What does fairly
mean? Surely not less than that they
shall pay their honest debts. The valued
policy law says they shall pay total
losses in full Now If any citizen has a
total loss and they send an adjusteT
around and he wants to compromise
with you, don't you do it. You notify
Webb McNall, and he will make them
pay or get out"
Addressing himself to the large num-
Der Of workingmen in the hall, Governor
Leedy spoke Of the measure which the
labor organizations have introduced In
the country, the initiative and referen-
dunn, and enumerated the great advan-
tages which would come by it's adoption
He urged worklngmen to stand together
for the measures benefting them, re-
gardless of parties.
In talking to the colored people, the
Governor said: II never saw a cam
paign in this State where the colored
vote was an uncertain thing The Re-
publican party has always been like q
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