The Iola register., 1900-11-02

word. Suddenly there appeared on
the canvas, in large black print,
quotation which all could read. His
sole comment was isn't it too
bad"
That quotation was tiny little ex-
tract from the prophecy of w. j. Bry-
an in the year 1896 about the want that
would stalk through this country were
he not elected. 1t took full minute
for the audience to make out the words
One ofsthe first men to understand was
Democrat in the back of the house.
He looked, rubbed his eyes, Hooked
again and he tknew the swords we'll
which he had hugged to his. bosom
as quotation from the Bible fur
years ago. Suddenly he,turned to his
companion: "Hell The mans
Republican ~ And he jumped over
chairs and nearly upset the people
getting out of the hall. A few follow
ed him, but the crowd laughed and
cheered.
The story went on and the politics
that came in was simply the view of
the campaign fromthe soldiers stand
point. With picture and statement of
personal knowledge, Capt. Clarke
told how the fighting began A deter
mined band of insurgents deliberately
attacked a Nebraska outpost.
"Would you fellow Kansans, have
had the Twentieth Kansas fold its
tents, furl the Stars and Stripes, and
come hurrying home as soon as a
shot was fired ?' Cries of "No. No.
On the canvas was thrown letter
which Aguinaldo wrote friend in
Manila warning him TO escape before
the outbreak, showing premeditation
on his part. "Thc people sof that
country who oppose the Americans do
it from baked spite, because they can
not plumber at will, because they are
compelled to clean up, to observe
laws and be civilized.n
Scenes ON the firing line were given
andcountry views called up the Seam.
paign statement that the islands are
not worthkeeping Miueraland wood
in bouudless abundance was cited in
rctutation.
Funston, Lawton, Dewey, Mckinley
We're pictured on the canvas sand leach
warmly cheered. Lawton's famous
statement before he died that il he was
killed by a Filipino bullet he felt that
he might as well have been shot in the
back by an American, because the an
It's in this country were giving aid and
comfort to the enemy, was the reply to
Mr.. Bryan's claim. Dewey's word
was given against Aguinaldo's that
there never was any, alliance or prom
ise made to him by the American
forces.
And in closing, the clear pictures
of the tropics and the beautiful Span.
ish architecture having told the story
of the country, the battles and the diff
liculties, a picture of grave yard in
the far away island was shown. Bur-
led there,were some thirty Kansas boys,
killed by the insurgents. 'Felow
citizens, said the voice from, the
darkness, "when you vote, remember
you are declaring 10y your ballot
whether you think those boys met a
deserved fate while trying to wrong
those people by criminal aggression:'
or whether they died the deaths of
heroes defending the flag of theircoun-
try which was being fired upon by hat
crs of that flag.
1--WE believe" continued the voice
of the man who was carried of the
battle field severely wounded, "that
it is better for the Philippine peoples
that the United States government
should rule than that the Tagalo
tribe should rule. Rather than that
one Filipino tribe SHOULD brand the
other seventy-nine tribes with its bar
barous system of government of plum
der and murder and injustice, that the
United States should bring EIGHTY
tribes under the influence and gradu-
ally into the enjoyment of the bless
ings of the best and most liberal form
of government the world has yet pro-
duced "
Entertained at Cards.
Mr. and Mrs Sandford, of Plainheld,
~ j., and their daughter, Miss Sand
ford, are here visiting Mr.. Sandford'
sister, Mrs. Randolph. Last evening
Miss Randolph entertained few