The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-24
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year to vote the Republican ticket. Gap
plause)
This is a peculiar campaign It ap-
peals to you old soldiers, for instance. It
reminds you of 1854 and the attacks made
upon Abraham Lincoln, then candidate
for reelection. (Cries OF rightly Doesn't
this remind you Of that campaign? tories
Of sYes.) And when you Democrats, who
intend to vote for Bryan. go into the
booths two weeks from today-you. Ill Of
you will insist on voting that way. hope
that there Will be enough who viii vote
the other way to re-elect President Nc
Kinley. daughter and applause.) Why
do I say that2 Because the country is
satisfied; you are satisfied. and you want
no change You might-mind you / say,
night-have as good times under Bryan.
but you are a little nervous about it
you don't care to take chances on IT.
You want to vote 10 re-elect President
Mckinley. I believe, In the face Of this
magnificent demonstration here tonight
that a majority of the people OF Sedg-
wick county will vote to do that thing. It
is conceded eerywhere that the people Of
Kansas win do it 1t is generally under
stood everywhere that when the returns
are In the people OF this great country
will have voted to indorse William Nc
Kinley and his splendid administration.
and not TO condemn him. There is moth
ing in that record that needs condemna-
ton.
"a peculiar condition exists in this
campaign. We are not taking issue to
any extent with the Populists. Their
party has been about destroyed. They
have no longer a national organiza ton.
Four years ago they named Mr.. Bryan
and then named a candidate Of their
own for vice president, but before the
end of the campaign they were COMPEL
ed to abandon him and substitute the
name OF the Democratic nominee. This
year, profting by their experience OF four
years ago, the Populists thought they
would do differently. They nominated
Mr.. Bryan. They thought he would run.
/ Q4aughter.) In that they were not mis-
taken. Gaughter) He had never stop
ped running since 1886. Gaughter.) And
he will continue running until November
6. and then he viii stop, 10 run no more.
! Oaughter.) When it came to a vice
presidential nominee they went outside
/ their party. They named a silver Re
publican-a very fine man; I know him
well, having served in congress with
! him. They thought since they had done
/ this, the Democratic party would accept
/ him. But the very fact that they had
named him caused his downfall in the
I Democratic convention. He was not only
not nominated-forced off the ticket-but
4 they named the tail-end Of the Cleveland
gold standard ticket OF 1892 The Popu-
lists were forced to accept him, and
though Mr. Towne objected strongly, the
Populst committee finally substituted
Stevenson. Stevenson was named to
catch the Abraham Lincoln Republican
vote. daughter among the old soldiers.)
And you old soldiers know how he will
catch that vote, and where he will catch
it and when he will catch It IT isn't
necessary for me to go further-you IN
derstand daughter and cries of 'Yes.')
1.-The Pop1tsts are, to use a slang ex-
I preston, up against it Gaughter)
This is tho year when they must decide
whether they will go into the RepubE-
can party O. the Democratic party or
the Socialist party, or the Prohibition
party or take to the woods. Iaughter)
For these reasons you will pardon me if
do not refer to the Popullst national
platform. This IS a practical campaign.
There is no one standing or running on
the PopuIEst platform in the nation or In
this congressional district. Therefore
I viii call attention to the Democra dc
platform, for upon the one at Kansas
City. there are candidates running. and
-
Of the opposition is making his campaign
up on it.
''You will observe that the Kansas City
platform calls attention to a paramount
Issue Il is a habit the Democratic
party has generally fallen into. Now,
by paramount the Democrats mean
something upon which they hope they
can defeat the Republicans. There was
a paramount issue in 1854 and 1881 and
1892, and it was the tariff. The Demo-
Gratis won on that paramount issue in
1892, but in that winning they lost. They
made II possible for no party IN the next
. years to make tariff reform the para
mount issue. In 1886 II was IS to J. That
campaign was fought on that paramount
issue. After the election, even. Mr.
Bryan declared that war which had been
begun against the gold standard would
be continued; that 1896 was the first bat
tie; that the year 1900 was near at hand
and that hostilities would never cease
until the gold standard was driven from
this country back to the shores OF Eng
land. where. he said, it rightfully be-
louged. He talked it, up to the time OF
the Kansas City convention. Sixteen-to
one was placed in the platform. but It
was not in the campaign. Why, I don't
know how its is here in Wichita, but
7 have been in this campaign for thee
months. and I have not yet found a man
advocating Is to / I desire TO make
inquiry whether there IS such a man here
tonight. I should like 10 meet him. |
should ike TO take him with ne the |
balance Of the campaign and exhibit him |
as a political curiosity
where's PETER IN this campaign-the |
man who left the Republican party in \
1890 on the money question: who at |
tempted 10 show the people the WAY
out. but which did not prove 70 be the 1
way out for them. but rather the way n
Ter hin-into the United States senator
Where's PETER? Making speeches FOR
William Mckinley and predicting that
Kansas will give him Asa majority
(Applause) Where's Stewart. Senator
Stewart OF Nevada the father Of Is TO !.
who discovered the crime Of 1873. twenty
three years after its coumission-ths
man who has filled more pages Of the I
Congressional Record with silver
speeches than any other man. living OF 1
dead-where's Stewart in this campaign? /
Supporting William Mckinley and de- /
cIaring that that flag shall never BE
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