The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-07
HEPBURN GREAT HIT
Eloquent Iowa Congressman
Addressed 1000 People
DEFINES REAL ISSUE
Sarcastic Review of Past
Democratic Campaign.

silver 1t is the question Of expanding
the labor field so that every wage Garner
of the 100000 in this country may find
work if he wants It, at a remunerative
figure"
His speech was full of meaty statements
of this kind, and he talked for TWO hours.
There were probably 1000 people present
and at times they yelled and swung
their hats and handkerchiefs till the
speaker had to wait two or three minutes
Tor silence. It was a great speech, and
Wichita received it in a spirit of great
enthusiasm.
/ 90 not feel like a very old man." Mr..
Hepburn began, but am several years
older than the Republican party. was
in the first state convention the RepubH-
can party ever held in Iowa and I was
member Of the national convention that
nominated Abraham Lincoln for presi-
dent remember the campaign the
Democrats made then, and it is like the
one they are making now. They urged
the same objections to Lincoln and his
war policy that they put in their plat
form at Kansas City two months ago.
They haven't said a thing of William
Mckinley, God bless him, that they
didn't say Of Lincoln and his administra-
ton. I know, for 1 heard their obiec-
tons, their cries of failure Of the war
their accusation that Lincoln was a
tyrant. Many Of you older men here who
We're at Chattanooga and Shiloh and An
uetam and Gettysburg remember how
they said, just as the Mississippi had
been cleared to the gulf and Grant was
closing in around Richmond and Sber-
man had taken Atlanta and was mar
shaling his men for that great march to
the sea, that the war was a failure and
that halt should be called and the flag
brought back from rebel territory and
another attempt made to negotiate. They
are doing it now. There never was an
instance where history so completely re-
peated itself"
Mr.. Hepburn then discussed the ont
come Of the civil war, the growth Of the
country, showing how the present sItIl-
alton parallels that of the time of the
evil war
Then our circulation Of money was
less than AOz, 600 600; now it is over %. OO0.-
eo909 Then the wealth Of this entire |
country was less than $140O0. 100000. and |
this included $1,000 100000 worth Of slaves |
When the census which is about to he |
completed is finished and brought out # !
viii show that the wealth of this conn |
try is more than $4,000, O0O.OOO Then the
average wage OF the working man who
was not mechanic was from 50 cents
to 70 cents a day, and now it is double
and three times that
1T is a favorite statement of Mr. Rrv-
ans that the Republican party alevatas
the dollar above the man. On, no: that
Is not true. Mr.. Bryan or any other man
who says that has failed to read his his
tory The Republican party has done in
Unite good, and Il there is anv one tbin-
more than another it has struggled far If
IS the elevation Of labor. The Renub1i-
can party added freedom TO labor and
gave 1t value in the money of the
nited States or its equivalent. II rAfus
sd TO allow the labor Of free citizen IN
De put on a level with slavery or Ia
forced to compete with labor performed
N chains Every American citizen who
performs labor now has right to de-
nand Its value returned in dollars worth
1 hundred cents each. and twice as much
money for an equal amount Of labor
performed as when there were 4ooo oco
slaves in this country. Is that pu+tiry
he dollar above the man? Is NOT tba+
adding dignity TO labor so far as an,,
political act can dignity Lahore NJ
Bryan said, and all his supporters sai5
our years ago that we were aoirg -
hell across lots because we did not %
nto an arransement four 80. 80, .
'How the free coinage Of silver n ~.
alto of IS TO J. Every followe,. If r,-,,a-
'eu saw then was eouinne5 Win . -
inc Of Coins Financial school s
He carried n copy Of it in the y,,o,,o+ 90
rs eoattail and he had it we'll tb,,r,bo7 1
re know just whore to turn 10 read hi, ]
ext and find proof of that daetru,4t.,, c
nd damnation for the American -a,,,b-
c and American people which wa aba,5 @
Mess there was free coinage Of silver /
[ once without The co,e,,,t - ,ei c
alton on earth. He could show va, 1,,r,. fl
Mckinley was elected values wopl5 C
brink. wheat would 90 down. si,ve- {
own; everything down excent cold sr5 7
nat you needed 70 eat and wear. {
Now the rashest Of them is comne7a5 s
admit that there is prosperity cold s
as not gone W nor has silver ,,s T
heat gone down Everybody who v.,Dt k
work can set Rntv Of ii AT q esi- % q
Ioneration and the money no & rot5 {
is just as good as gold Mr. rs-,-sr I
aid four years ago that free ooiD,ro 80 a
liver was tho r~oer ;.,,.,,,.-. :,