The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29
WEIGH SPEAKS.
Republican Campaigner Makes a
Speech at His Home.
Talks In Auditorium to an Au-
dience of About 1000.
TALKS LOCAL ISSUES.
Hold Meeting In
Their Hall.
L. A. Stebbins is the Orator For
FusiOniSts.


day night was the number of people
present who seldom attend political
meetings. In the audience were bankers
and ministers, physicians and business
men who have not been seen at a politi-
cal meeting before during the cam
paign.
R. B. Welch, the speaker, stood before
an audience of probably 1000 people
That is a goodly number for a political
meeting but in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
leaves many vacant spaces. But as the
speaker remarked it was larger audi
ence than greeted a candidate for pres
ident and he was satisfied. He was
playing against counter attractions In
front of the opera house a band was
show on the inside. Marshalis band
marched by on the way to the Auditor
ium and the people deserted the opera
house band and followed Marshalls. The
band played twice on the outside in true
side show fashion to draw a crowd and
then went into the building. The crowd
followed.
Harry Stafford was expected to be
chairman of the meeting. He is candi-
date for representative but has been
confined to his home by Illness and has
not been able to take any part in the
campaign. He thought himself well
enough to preside at Saturday nights
meeting but his physician forbade it and
J. @. Sloneker presided. He said: Harry
Stafford has been confined to his home
by illness since his nomination He IS
800 pounds of good nature as well as 300
pounds of Republicanism. He has been
loyal to all nominees of the party. He is
not able to attend to his own campaign
but he hopes his friends win do for him
what he would do for them. I bespeak
for him the same loyalty and same en-
ergy from all of you were circumstances
different. There will soon be cast several
million votes for the greatest demagogue
of the century and stili we are called
able to maintain lf-government. Two
of those votes will be cast by persons in
Shawnee county on an Independent tick
ct for county attorney and district
judge. Did they ever vote Republican
ticket? And they ask for your support
while they are working for those we are
fighting. What shall we say of Repub-
Hcans who so far forget themselves as to
vote for those who are supporting Bry-
am"
R. B WEIGH, who has been spelIbind-
ing all over Kansas during this and 9TH
er campaigns for the Republican party,
said before he was introduced that he
was never so nervous. He did not show
it at all when he stepped to the front of
the platform. He was not advertised to
answer Cochran"
DO you find airy trouble hearing me
in the back of the hall?'' asked Mr..
Welch.
Yes, If you speak loud enough" an
swered voice from the back of the
hall.
DO you remember T0aC IN 1895 every
street corner was a financial school,
and the Pops were all talking per
capita?' said Mr.. WEIGH. IF you want
ed work done you could get a dozen men
in 10 minutes. In 1896 we selected an
other financial policy and decided we
wanted a change. Republicans said put
us in power and we viii repaSS the Nc
Kinley tariff and give work to all and
we Will bring about prosperity. Demo-
Gratis said the depression was not due
to free trade, but on account of the gold
dollar-we want a cheaper dollar, and
prosperity will be restored. The Demo-
cratic party and Bryan, the leader, said
if a gold standard is adopted there will
be a contraction of the currency. Didn't
| you say so, brother Pop? Yes, you did
| At that time there was $21 per capita
as you fellows say, and now there is $26
| and every dollar equivalent to a gold
| dollar. You said, throw down the bars
and have free trade You howled about
| the markets of the world. In three
| years Mckinley and the Republican
| party have brought the balance of for
eign trade to the United States side of
| the ledger for 81, 456, 900 900 That means
| that there has been manufactured and
sold to the outside world that much
more than has been bought. Some peo-
pie say that cuts no ice. They remind
me of the German who said: If my
'outgo' is greater than my income I
make nothing
You said then the election of Nc
| Kinley meant more debt and higher
! interest mas your interest gone up LII
Shawnee county interest on farm loans
| is from one to three per cent. less than
/ in 1885, The government bonds which
drew 8, and per cent have been
| refunded for per cent, which is the
/ lowest interest paid by any government.
! You said 25> cent wheat and 10 cent corn
| Have you seen any of it? Not a. bushel.
/ While / have been speaking in the
/ state ! have told a story of a Topeka
| man and have given his name, but as /
/ see him in the audience tonight I will
| tell the story and not use his name He
| is a man who is very observing and
| looks into peoples business but not in
| an offensive way. He was talking with
/ a man on the corner of Sixth and Kan
sas avenues. The man said he voted for
| Bryan in 1896 but would vote for Nc
| Kinley in 1900. 'Why2' said John r. -
/ This brought a laugh, as the name
seemed to have been uttered by the
speaker unconsciously, as he had said he
| would not use the mans name. John
r. Mulvane sat in the audience and
| smiled
He asked him Why continued the
! speaker. See those calloused hands.
t said the man to John r. Well in 1886
those callouses were on my feet 1 was
walking around hunting fer work .
The meeting was arranged in the in
| terest of the Republican county ticket
and Mr. Welch referred to the county
| campaign and spoke of Judge Hazen's
| record. In 1888 when he first took his
seat there were 7,011 cases. OF that
| number 3, S22 were court cases, 1,007 jury
cases and 2,1s2 We're dismissed. He
| heard and decided 9,2S1 motions I don't
see how one man could do it but he has
| the genius of work. He has tried nine
murder cases and none were appealed
OF 40 cases appealed to the supreme
| court IS were affirmed. OF so cases ap-
| pealed to the court of appeals Il were
| affirmed. The court used to cost SIS 0OC
a year but the past year cost the county
| 81, 400. When Judge Hazen went into
office the court was clogged. He cleared
the docket in one year Then it was
| found that the circuit court could be
dispensed with in 1895 and the business
| Of that cnllrt Ezent to .I11des IA zara,s