The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-15
IOR|)N Is TRUE Blue
Same Story of Crowds Charg-
ed With Enthusiasm.
SOME OF THE "fLOPPERS"
Big Mckinley and Roosevelt
Club Organized.

| Especial Correspondence Of the Eagle.)
Turon, Kan, Sept. 14-As at Canton
Wednesday, so at Turon yesterday, Ches-
ter l. Longs meeting was a record
breaker. Four hundred people got inside
the improvised hall and hundred more
stood just outside the building nearly the
entire speech trying to mar it. Probably
of these 500 persons, more than one-half
were voters. It was the best meeting
Turon ever had and the little town was
proud of its success.
This meeting might be termed rally.
Frank Vincent of Hutchinson, candidate
for state senator in this district, and
Eldon r. Watkins of Sego, candidate for
representative in the South Reno district
were present and each made a brief
speech. The Rock Island train from
Hutchinson which took Long down in the
morning also carried several local states
men from Hutchinson. and the Sunf1ower
Glee club. quartette which furnishes in
spring music concerning William Nc
Klnley and Theodore Roosevelt. At
Arlington several Republicans and the
Arlington band boarded the train.
William T. Morgan, state printer, edi-
tor of the Hutchinson News, chairman
of the county central committee and sew
eral other things, accompanied Mr.. Long
In his capacity as chairman, Morgan had
called a meeting Of south-end workers
for yesterday. at Turon, and they all
turned out. All the morning long an
enthusiastic meeting of these workers
was held, and plans laid for this and
that and the other, calculated to raise
Renos big Republican majority to a still
higher figure. There is probably not
better county organization in the state
than that in Reno-largely due to Morgan
and his workers and associates. The
county thinks it will give perhaps 1000
majority for the Republican party this
year.
All over the county, the state and the
Seventh district changes to Republican
ism are being made this year, and south.
ern Reno is no exception. Just a few of
those in this township who voted for
Bryan in 1896 and who will vote for Nc
Kinley and the straight ticket this year
are:
Thomas Harmon, Turon, liveryman.
James Holland, Turon, laborer.
G. j. Lamont, Turon. merchant
Joseph Sproul Langdon, farmer.
John King, Turon.
The sentiment Of these men is voiced
by G. J. Lamont of this town, mer-
chant, who yesterday said to the CORE
spondent for the Eagle:
-Four years ago 1 voted for Bryan. I
was for silver. After the election I told
the Republicans that if prosperity came,
would be a Republican forever after
ward. 1t came, and if man tells you
it hasn't, send him to me.
'The silver question Is settled. I'm
perialism doesn't trouble me. Our pros
perity at home is enough to make me
Republican from now on
Mr.. Lamont APPEARED in the meeting
yesterday Of the workers and was en-
Enthusiastically received.
Tom Hannah, another "fopper," re-
Gently appeared in Republican primary
here and declared his faith
Joe Sproul is a substantial, prosperous
farmer. He has been Populist. He now
is a Republican.
Frank Vincent. in his talk, takes a shot
at his opponent for senator, B. D. Craw-
ford of Pratt He says:
Crawford SAYS 1 represent a trust
Vincent is manager Of the Hutchinson.
Kansas Salt company. He says this
trust is not good to its laborers. but he
forgets to state that it pays out over
$4,000 annually TO Reno county 'aborers.
He says I represent Miss Helen Gould.
whose wardrobe cost thousands Of doll
lars, but he does not say word ateut
Miss Gould maintaining from her own
purse hospitals where thousands Of re-
turned soldiers from Cuba and Porto
Rico we're treated free and that these
men called her an angel"
Eldon Watkins, in his manly little
speech says; THE opposition tavors
pulling down our flag in the Philippines.
but I do not believe the young men in
dorse this. I do not think the old SOL
ders favor It, for they never ID. I do
not believe this flag of ours ever Will be
pulled down.
Following yesterdays meeting a Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt club was organized
with a membership Of 125
Two years ago Eldon Watkins was de-
feated in the South Reno district for rep
resentatlve by a few votes This year he
will be elected by 100 majority.
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