The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-05

the opera house by Judge Cummins and
Sam Overstreet, United States district at
torney. Through the kindness OF Judge
Tarsney the court house doors were
thrown wide open and the room was
quickly filed by voters and their families.
WHO listened with pleasure to speeches
made by Ex-Governor A ]. Seay and As
sistant United States Attorney Scothorn.
The speeches made 10y al, the gentlemen
were vote-getters. and went great way
towards preparing the people for the good
things they received from Dennis and
his friend Judge Barnes of Ponca City.
At o'clock, ard while Sam Overstreet
was making his speech, Dennis entered
the opera house. The shout that went up
shook the rafters. Sam had to close rather
suddenly. for the people were anxious to
hear Dennis and no one else.
Judge Cum1nins in a neat speech. intro
duced the man who introduced, through
General Joe Wheeler, House Bill $3.50 and
had IL passed in the senate
Dennis was ssoarse from making an out
door speech at Parvin. and from his ride
over the prairie in a cold wind. He soon
warmed UP. however, and the way he
sailed into Keaton and his hired man.
Rev. Delegate Callahan. was caution
He told the true story OF the joint debate
between himself and Keaton al Perkins
and wound up by saying: "If Mr.. Kea-
ton is satisfied with that debate. God
knows ! am"
For about an hour Dennis paid his re-
spects to Callahan in fine style. He told
how Callahan was going about the terri
tory telling about how Dennis Flynn oru-
Gifted the people and all the false state
ments he was making IN order to get
their votes. He produced tho bill. No.
372. introduced by a friend Of Galatians.
and amid roars OF laughter by the peo-
pie. stated that from the time Callahan
had the bill introduced il never saw the
light Of day until ne CFlynn) fishes It out
of a box after it had lain there for
months
For fear Mr.. Callahan would be too
modest to tell what he had done while
in congress, Dennis told them about a GER
tain wagon road ne had constructed down
in the Indian Nation. He also stated that
while Bill Grimes was on the floor of ts1e
mouse in Washington working day and
night for over five weeks for the free
homes bill, and for which work he never
received cent, Mr.. Callahan was very
busy attending to private affairs.
Dennis told how Keaton stood on the
free homes bill, statehood and various
other matters, including that little $50
land lease transaction of his.
Dennis was interrupted a number of
times by the applause of the people and
after the close of his speech he was COM
al foI1 hs-r Of oil orfi1 los
1t was. without the shadow of doubt.
the most interesting and commendable
speech Dennis has made in the campaign.
Kingfisher being the home of Mr.. Gala
han, it took a great deal Of backbone for
Dennis to tear him and his record up
the way he did. Callahan was roasted
to a beautiful Vandyke brown.
Judge Barnes of Ponca City, followed
Dennis in fffteen-minute speech that was
a fitting finale 10 the greatest exposure of
duplicity ever perpetrated on an unsus-
pecting people.
Kingfsher county gave Callahan a good,
big majority but il is conceded by all
that Flynn's majority next Tuesday will
leave it in the shade by Hundreds of
votes.
The overflow meeting at the court house
was a grand one, every available DIT of
space in the room being occupied. After
the conclusion of his speech in the opera
house, Dennis went over 10 the court
house and shook hands with over 200
voters who did not have the pleasure of
hearing his address in the opera house.
Those who heard Governor Seay's speech
at the court house say he did the subject
justice and was instrumental in making
a number of free home votes.