The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17


ticed that Mr.. Boyle is losing any flesh
and as for A1cNall he couldn't because
he is only skin and bone now. Cheers
and laughter), and it wasn't long ago
that the secretary of war found out
that we had a state out here in the
west. When l wanted to commission
some old soldiers as officers of volun-
teerS, an officer of the United States
came to me and told me that the sec
retary of war had ordered that no pen
SiOnerS should be sworn in. Well, sir,
said 1, I intend to commission these old
soldiers, and the secretary of war can
do as he likes about swearing them in
That was the first time the secretary
of war found out that Kansas was
state and after he found it out he was
as shy about saying anything about
not. swearing in old soldiers as he was
at the battle of Chancellorsville.'
Governor Leedy then referred to the
war and repeated what he said to the
volunteers on Dewey day. He said
that the United States should cease
paying tribute to Europe and establish
trade relations with Cuba and the
South American countries He advoca-
ted vigorous action with the view of
quickly terminating the trouble, and
said he believed the dilydally policy of
the present national administration was
a plan to cintinue teh war until after
the next election with the hope of again
being placed in power on the strength
of it's war record.
Referring to the matter of a maxi
mum freight rate law he said:
'Win we abandon the proposition of
regulating the railroads because the
supreme court handed down an adverse
decision in the Nebraska freight rate
law? Why, of course We won't. 1t
will only increase our efforts in that
direction. We will simply have to get
the supreme court before we get the
railroads. We will have to tame the
supreme court before we can get our
hands on the railroads. The supreme
court must either corrected or abolish
ed
Governor Leedy then spoke of the con-
dition of the Kansas miners. IF you
want to see reconcentradOs, said he,
you don't have to go to Cuba. In
stead go down in the mining districts
in the southeastern part of the state"
He said that if law was passed
regulating rates so that the miners
would be able to ship a car load of coal
for the same rate as the large opera
tors their condition would be material
" bettered, and for such a, law, he de-
clared. he intended to work. ''Under
the present conditions" said he, the
miners of Kansas are little better than
slaves
Continuing, Governor Leedy said:
''The Republicans claim that in the
past two years we haven't carried out
our promises. Maybe we haven't, but
want to say that the Republicans
will have no trouble in carry
ing out their promises, because
they haven't made, any. We have
adopted a platform with many more
DleQSeS, L
elect me and these other state officers
we will faithfully cooperate to carry
them out during the next two years as
we have cO-operated to carry out the
pledges made in our platform two
years ago.
In conclusion, gentlemen, want
YOU to realize in this campaign we'awiiI
have pitted against US everything that
money will buy. / want to impress on
YOUR mind that this is no Sunday school
excursion we are going into. We will
have to take off our coats and work
with a will but if we do this. 1 am
satisfied that next November the Re
publicans will be buried deep under
tremendous avalanche, and will never
wholly recover in this state"
When the cheering following the con-
cIusion of Governor Leedy's speech
ceased, Chairman King introduced At
torney General Boyle. He was given
great cheers, almost equalling those ac-
corded the chief executive. He said:
This is an age eloquent with results.
The coal shippers, the wheat shippers,
the miners and the mechanics, the men
who earn their bread by the sweat of
their brow. don't want eloquence. They
want results. That's what they want
IF man told you a few years ago
that the banking interests of this state
would be under state control you would
not believe him. But such has come
to pass. Under the efforts of a Popu-
list state bank commissioner, an in
telligent and progressive citizen of
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