Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-09-28
ALL KANSAS REUNION SPEAKERS
WITH M'KINLEY.
PETER AN ExPANsI0NIsT
SAYS WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE IN
THE PHILIPPINES.
Paul VandervOOrt. of Nebraska. An
other Populist. UphOids the Adj
miniStratiOn - Ovation for
Gov. Stanley shaw
Speaks To-day.

TOPEKA, Sept. 27.-tSpecial) The Kan
sas state G. A. r. reunion has developed
into q big Mckinley love feast and terri
torial expansion ratification meeting.
Every speaker to-day, irrespective of his
political affiliations with IL single excep-
ton. came out strongly for expansion and
indOrsed the policy Of the national admin
istration in Its efforts TO suppress the
Philippine rebellion. The exception was
jerry EOtkin. eX-congressman-at-larg
and a Popuilst. He did not talk expansion:
neither did he talk anti-expansion. Last
evening he told n group OF newspaper men
how he proposed to hand 1t out hot TO
the old veterans to-day: that If they did
not want 10 hear an anti-expansion speech
they would have 10 stay away while he
was talking. He made sundry dire threats
as to what he proposed to do. too. If he
We're interrupted. But to-day it was diff
ferent. Botkin spoke, but he did not de-
nounce anybody or anything. He WAS as
docile as lamb. He confined his brief
remarks solely to the civil war period and
did not mention expansion once. His was
the tames; speech OF the day and received
the least applause.
Ex-senator W. A. PETER opened the ball
AZ the morning session by making 4 red
WORT. the Populist leader of Nebraska.
closed the days proceedings with speech
equally strong for expansion.
Senator PETER began his speech:
IN the Revolution We had Tories. in the
war of 1872 We were divided in the civil
war We were not only divided, but eleven
states were in open rebellion. Now I'VE
are united people, but have grumblers
because the government is carrying out
the destinies OF war.
We have a right to be In the Philip
pines. right to suppress that insurrection
ana We will do II. Kansas has troops
enough to settle the matter if need be-
(Cheers)
Governor Stanley received a regular oya-
tion when he mounted the platform to ad-
dress the old soldiers. He had the audience
coming his way from the very start. He
said that Kansas owed her greatness to
the soldiers of the civil war and the Grand
Army people. He reviewed briefly some
of the stirring events of the civil war. and
told of the rapid progress made by this
nation after the Union was saved. He re-
viewed the progress made by the colored
| race in the past thirty-fve years since
their chains of bondage were cast aside
and asserted that no class of people on
earth had ever showed such wonderful
Improvement. Then he launched into the
| Issues now confronting the people. He
said that. with the Spanish var, new re-
| sponsibilities had been placed on the Shout
| ders of the American people, and declared
| that they would carry Them without a
whimper and in the end would do grand
work for humanity and civilization The
| ship of state, he said. had never yet failed
| to pass the rocks. and ii never would. The
American flag was dearer to all kansans
conspicuous part taken by the Twentieth
Kansas regiment in the wur.
When the, senate ratified the Spanish
| duty to quell any rebellion on those isl
| ands. and II he had not taken steps TO do
would have denounced him for non-action.
| This question of expansion, said the gov
| ernor, will not be settled by the poll
ticians. II will be settled by the great
common people. They settle all great is
| sues. Kansas will be all right when that
| issue comes up for settlement. too eyes,
| indeed shouted several in the audience,
| The audience fairly went wild when he de
clared that each soldier in the Twentieth
Kansas had more patriotic blood coursing
| through his veins than all of the Atkinsons
| in the world.
| Father Hayden, dean of the Church of
| the Assumption, of Topeka, delivered pa
| triotic address. TO be an American citi-
zen is the grandest title that can be
and never Will, owe my allegiance to any
other power than the American govern
| forming an alliance with Great Britain and
scored Eastern heiresses for selling them
selves TO Titled nobility. He declared that
the American flag should be respected, no
| matter where 1t was hoisted, and that no
one who claims TO be free born Ameri-
! can citizen should never desecrate that
| flag.
Ex-Governor ST. John spoke briefly, re-
| lating stories of soldier life in the civil
| war He did not refer to the war In the
| Philippines. He said that lie king Spain was
hsa,- lr,Nn
| and thrashins her
| At the close OF the afternoon campfire an
| informal reception was rendered to Com
| mander-in-C Chief Shaw He was stationed
in the center OF the tent at headquarters.
| The side curtains Of the tent on the east
and west side were taken down and the
| old soldiers formed III line. passed through
and shook his hand, while Pat Coney and
Captain Coulter sang war songs. 1t took
about thirty minutes for the old soldiers
to go through. Then their wives and chill
dren followed. This took another thirty
minutes. General Shaw said he never en-
joyed an hour better in his life
| Paul Vandervoort, of Nebraska, ex-com-
mander-in-chief of the National G. A. f.,
was oIe of the speakers tonight Van
dervoort, although a radical middle-of-the.
| road Pop. is Il rank expansionist, and be-
lieves that the people should stand behind
| the president firmly until the rebellion in
The Philippines Is subdued. lie declared
that the policy of the Democratic party
under its present leadership. was directly
opposed to the policy of that party main
| tanned by the great leaders of long aG9
| He pointed ouI how every Democratic
| president since the time OF Washington
| EXCEPT Cleveland. not only favored expan-
| sion, but most of them practiced it while
| they were In control OF the government
| ae said that Jefferson was the greatest
! eypansionst that ever lived on American
| soil. ard that when the Democrats meet
| In convention and adopt ant!-sxpansion res
| olulions they should not refer TO the name
| OF Jefferson or Jackson, or any other old
| time Democratic leader
| Conere =snan Chester I. Long also ad
| dressed the old soldiers at the evenin.
| campfire He talked on patriotism anC
| expansion and was frequently applauded
| for IN. exercises at Camp Funston:
| $40 A. mo H. Coulter. presiding: spe
| cial meeting for members of the Crane
| Army: talks for the good of the ordel
| from Conmander-in-Chef A D. Shaw ant
| others l0:o3 u. m--John Beaver Jetmore
! nresidiug: Addresses By Hon. W. A. Cal
derhead. Hon. j. u. Bowersock and Rev
| Mr. Carl Swensol. 200 p. ms l. vii
| SON. Eeattie presiding: Addresses b. com
| rnar,ier-fr- Chief Albert ID. Shaw. Hon. J
burton and Colonel Dan Anthony, anC
| past Commander William Warner. 7:99 p
| m.-Spanisil-A American campfire; Genera
| I X Hudson, presiding: addresses BY
| Naior w H. De Ford. Lieutenant Collin
| ii Ball. Sedan: Major A. VI. Harvey, ans
| Major John Brown.
ingalls, Gets Thirteen Recruits.
MEDICINE LODGE. KAs. Sept. %
| (Specialy Thirteen recruits from Barber