Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-10-20
FIZzLE, STANLEY FIZzLE.
PEOPLE WISH TO KNOW WHY
YOU SHOULD BE ELECTEDp
The People aro Suspicious of Corpora
tion Lawyers, willy Politicians and
Deceptive once Seekers, and Propose
10 stand by Their Friends.

OF advertising, petitions circulated,
pledging men to como to the meeting
and every conceivable device was used,
though there is always n crowd on the
streets on Saturdays, yet the parade
was great fiszle, the meeting In the
park abandoned and the little opera
house not full and many left before the
speaking was over The Times con-
cludes:
"The speech to unbiased thinking
men was as much Of disappointment
as tho crowd and parade was to the
rlngsters.
There was an old colored gentleman
on the stage and it was noticed by the
crowd that he was the only man with
whom Stanley shook hands He plead
his case hard with the colored voters
but did not mention the fact that the
only colored candidate before their
state convention was turned down. He
sneered at the notion that any colored
man should vote for Leedy simply be-
cause he was the only governor In the
United States who had recruited two
coloicd battnlions and permitted them
10 elect their own officers and had
given them u colonel, two adjutants
and two majors,
He said he did not como TO talk TO
republicans but to populists and then
denounced and abused them and said
the populist party was the result of
drouths, hot winds and grasshoppers,
when it is fact the populist party
WINS organized in 1900, in Harrison's
and Humphreys administrations
which, republican speakers have since
declared were years Of great prosper
ity.
Ho did not like to talk on state is
sues but said tho reformers never kept
their pledges and after declaring them
selves to be the friends Of labor, only
passed four laws in labor's behalf
which he enumerated us follows;
IAN act to prevent black listing"
San act providing for the health aud
safety of persons In mines"
"An act for the protection of motor
neers,"
IAN net preventing the hiring OF
non-residents MS peace officers"
These are good laws; but tho man
who says they are tho only laws pass
cd In behalf Of labor, is not honest.
He never mentioned the stock, yards
law, that saves the farmers and stock
men 100000 year; the text book law
that saves the people over 100000
year, and is now saving $4,000 in EN-
PORN; the salaries reduction law, that
saves the tax payers S375;0OO year;
the banking law; the antitrust law;
the public utilities law, by means of
which Emporia now owns the electric
light plant and numerous other good
laws that are Of much merit,
His attack upon Webb McNall met
with chilly reception, He denounced
the populists for not passing laws
which he himself opposes. He de-
voted much time to the war; made u
speech to the school boys, frequently
turned and clutched the flag, praised
the republican party for the home
stead net and for freeing the slaves
and maintained of course that colored
men should all vote the republican
ticket. He turned his back TO the au-
dience and spoke to the old soldiers on
ON the stage. He said the platform
pledged the party to give preference
to the old soldiers and that II he were
elected he would fulfill that pledge,
but he never told them that IN his own
nomination that platform pledge was
broken before the convention passing
II adjourned. Stanley never was SOL
dler. Major Hood, John seaton, Fun
Iton and Coburn were all soldiers and
we're oil turned down.
He delighted to use the adjective
splendid" which he repeated over
and over. "As / look down in your
faces" was another favoritc sentence
which sounds very much like his ''go-
Ing down among the people"
There was but little enthusiasm and
most OF his statements were received
lcoldly by the audience. Every reform
,er and sincere voter should not forget
that he never once, in nj his talk, said
what the republicans would do II
elected in November"