The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-27

ippines In America but the manufacture
ers who want to get their labor cheaper.
If we were to allow them the priv
fleges Of citizenship It would only be a
short time till they would be here so
thick that it would send hundreds of our
people to the poor house.
I am in favor of expansion. But
let us go up and lick Canada Our ex-
pansion heretofore has always been Of
contiguous territory. Let 1t always be.
We don't want the Philippine Islands.
We don't want to admit a horde of ig-
nofant leperouS As1at1cs as citizens or
this country I would not give the life
of one American boy for the whole
Philippine archipelago.
You had right to believe when Nc
Kinley was elected that he would ap-
point a man favorable to the old SOL
diers when he appointed a pension COM
missioner You all know how it has
been almost impossible to get a pension
application through the pension Office of
H. Clay Evans. Need I say that if
Bryan had been in Office a pension COM
missioner that would have attended to
the affairs of the old soldiers in a more
fitting manner would have been APP
pointed?"
Leaving national questions Mr.. Nc
Nail passed 10 state questions. He gave
a brief review Of the good he claimed
was accomplished by the special session
of the legislature when the stock yards
and similar laws were passed and told
what the savings had been to Kansas
people to date.
7 have been in the campaign eight
weeks, recently ran across some sup
plements sent out by the Republican
committee to be used as patent insides
for the weekly papers of the state. 1t
gives a list of foppers from the fusion
forces to the Republican. This list in
cludes 81 names of men from Delaware
county There is no such county in the
state.
TT also includes among the hoppers
Prof. Carl Swensson of Lindsbcrg and
J. J. Frey of the Santa Fe road of To-
peka- Another is Senator B. J. Jones of
Reno county. There is no one of such
name in Reno county and suspect that
we may find him in Delaware county
also.
"That paper also went on to state
that the laboring man may have reg
ular banquet for 20 cents. This is how
he will do it: Two ham sandwiches, S
cents; two eggs, 3 cents; bread and but
ter, cents; tomato, cents; pie or pud-
ding, 8 cents; sugar, salt and pepper,
cent; fruit, 2 cents; drink, cents. Total
20 cents.
''The Topeka Daily Capital said edi-
Lorially not long ago that the coal min
ers Of the anthracite coal regions re-
ceived the sum Of 95 cents per day.
When they spend 20 cents for their full
dinner pail three times per day they
have IS cents left to buy food for their
family. clothing, and other necessaries
and comforts Of life"
Following Mr.. McNalPs speech the
audience called for Major Brown who
was seated on the platform to speak.
He said:
''ReaIizing that II is late I will confine
myself to a few words. used to be
Republican but I am not now. When
Leedy appointed me to my position in
the army he did not say anything about
politics. Did not ask whether I was of
the same political creed as himself; only
asked whether I was able to perform the
duties of the office Now, my Republican
friends, tell me I should not desert the
Republican party because I served a
couple of terms in the county clerks
Office under the Republican control
say they have no claim over me in that
respect. I received more both in honor
and in money from the Populists than
from Republicans The Republicans
have not done as much for the Negroes
in Kansas as the Populists. They re-
ceived more in the two years Of Populist
rule than they ever did in 40 years be-
fore.
It was in the army in Cuba for eight
months. went to help free the Cubans.
But see now that / was not doing what
I thought was; that there is no inten-
ton of freeing them. I believe that af-
ter the election in America. this fall if !
the Republicans should be triumphant
that there will be a bogus election in
Cuba where corrupt men will gain con-
troll and that inside five years there will
be another rebellion.
eff it had not been for the colored |
regiment in Cuba Col. Roosevelt and his
rough riders would all have been des-
troyed- have had that said to me from
members of the Rough Rider troops.
1.-THE battle which viii be fought Nov |
viii result in a political death to |
Roosevelt and many Republicans will /
be wounded"