The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-26
Up N LITTLE HARVEY
Immense DemonstrationsWeI-
come Chester !. Long.
THAT THE BANNER COUNTY
And 1t Will be More So Than
Ever This Year.
THAT THE BANNER COUNTY

city had one of the largest crowds that
he ever has had here. There was a dem
onstration, as usual, when he entered
the Auditorium with Judge S. r. Peters,
| Robert Dougherty, candidate for repre-
sentative; Chairman A. L. Greene OF the
county central committee, and Harry
| Bowman. The band assisted in the DEM
onsrat;on, and the people gave their rep
resentative a warm greeting and well
come to Newton.
Chairman Greens introduced Former
Representative S. r. Peters. who presid-
ed over the meeting. Judge Peters said:
TN the Forty-seventh congress a young
| man from congress was placed on the
committee Of ways and means. Upon
him, in the enforced absence of the
! chairman of the committee, Kelly OF
Philadelphia devolved the great work Of
| formulating the tariff law that was pass
| ed that year. That man was Dudley c..
Haskell of Kansas, and he reflected great
( credit upon himself and the state. In
the present congress another Kansan was
placed on that great committee. Gener-
| ally no man is placed thereon who has
not had several terms Of service in the
house, yet in this congress the Kansan
| and that not consecutive with his first.
He has greatly distinguished himself, and
I now present manchester 1. Long.
| Mr.. Long was given another ovation as
he stepped to the front, and in the be-
ginning told how he considered 1t an
honor to be introduced by Judge Peters,
and how pleased he was to speak in
Newton. Later on, in his reference to
the trust question, he mentioned the fact
that one OF the famous decisions that
had been rendered under the Sherman
Republican antitrust law had been pros
ecuted by distinguished Newton law
yer, then United States district attorney
for Kansas, j. w. Ady.
Mr.. Long in his speech last night de-
voted some attention to the fact that
this is not the first campaign in which
the issue of imperialism has been sprung.
He had an exact reproduction of a poster
which had use in the campaign of Jack
son the second time, in 1892 in which he
was shown as an emperor. and denomin-
ated as such. All the mean things that
were said of Mckinley were said Of
JacIAon over sixty years ago. Then,
Mr.. Long called attention to the fact
that LincoIn's second campaign of 1854
and Grants of 1872. as well as his first
in 1868, were not unlike the campaign of
this year. "And as Jackson was tri-
umphantly reelected in 1882. and Lincoln
in 1864 and Grant in 1872 so will McKin-
ley be in 1900" said Mr.. Long.
Attention was also called TO the fact
that the Sulu archipelago and what is
going on there is an issue in this cam
tIar he oft is hainer
made by the Democrats to make it such
THE charge is made said Mr.. Long
'that the flag the listed States is
flying over polygamy and slavery in the
Sulus. The Democrats claim that the con-
stitution follows the flag. We claim that
it does not necessarily do so, but grant
ing it does, or the sake of argument, 1
wkish to suggest that the Thirteenth
amendment to the constitution declares
that neither slavery or involustary servi-
tude shall be permitted except as punish
ment fro crime, in the United States or
any territory under the jurisdiction
thereof. Again, the president, in connec-
ton with the treaty, made with the Sui
tan OF Sulu, said it was expressly to be
understood that nothing therein contained
was to be considered as binding IN the
United States to recognize slavery. AS
to polygamy, I remember that it has
taken forty years to stamp it out in the
United States In the last session Of
congress, we excluded a member-elect,
and I had the pleasure of assisting in do
ing so, who was a confessed and avowed
polygamist. I remember also tina. he was
a Democrat, elected from a sovereign
e.
four years ago, and I presume he still
is. If so, I wonder what he thinks OF
making alleged polygamy in the Sulus an
issue in this campaign.
you need not worry about the con-
tinuance Of these institutions. if they ex-
list, in the Sulus. The treaty must be
ratified by the senate, and this has not
yet ben done. At any rate. this ad-
ministration can be depended upon to
meet this question and dispose of It.
Harvey county has been the banner
county of the Seventh congressional dis .
trict in Republican majorities and intends J
TO hold to that position. Two years ago I
it gave Long $50 majority, and this year
expects to make 1t 100. Mckinley and (
Stanley will also have tremendous ma
jorities.
The Democrats here today tried to
eclipse the Long demonstration OF last
night; the Burton-Hoch rally OF a few
weeks ago and the Stanley outpouring
OF recent date, but failed completely
Former Governor St. John spoke here
this afternoon and John Atwood the
Bryan OF Kansas" spoke in the AuGlto-
rum tonight. but 10 smaller crowds than
at the three great Republican rallies.
There IS no question as TO Haryey's Re