The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-21
BREAKS Up SCHOOL
Astounding Result of FIynn's
Visit to Cleo.
CHILDREN RUSHED OUT
Leaving Their Teacher and
Gather About the Delegate.

| Cleo, Q. t, Oct. 2O-As predicted, Den
mis- Flynn's progress through Woods coun-
| ty has been a triumph. A triumph too,
SURPRISING in magnifcance any of re-
| turning Roman general, for it was hearts
| overwhelming with gratitude and a de-
sire to testify thankfulness that brought
the homesteaders of Woods county 10
Dennis Hymns meetings.
The children of the east side school
house were watching for him yesterday,
and as his buggy came into view the
main sentinel passed the word and with
| a whoop for Flynn the whole school
stampeded, leaving the teacher alone in
the midst of a lesson. The boys charged
on the buggy swarmed over it and pull
ed down the top that all might see their
giver of free homes and the Champion
of statehood escorted by the sturdy sons
and bright eyed daughters of parents to
whom he had given so much, he was
driven to the square. AS they reached
that point the children from the two
rooms of the west side school, which had
also made rush, mingled with the es-
cort, and stretched their yell machines
to the limit
Although he was not billed to speak
here, the town was decorated and well
filed with people wearing Flynn badges.
They did not seem to care for a speech
but were content to take him by the
hand and personally thank him for what
he had done.
In contrast with this reception. warm
day." In response some small boys en-
few days ago. He had beeen billed for
ten days; came into town on the morning
Of his date; wandered around for an
hour. displaying the five secret society
badges and two campaign buttons he
wears upon the expanse of chest and
stomach he carries with him; climbed
into a wagon by the side Of store
and waited until the fusion committee
man had yelled Hear ye, hear ye,
hear We, the Honorable Judge Neff fus-
ion candidate for delegate to congress,
will now address you on the issue of the
with the f1eart-love of grateful people.
gagged in a pugil!stic encounter between
two dogs, adjourned the fight and ranged
themselves in front of the judge. Twen-
ty-three men also responded and citi-
zen who knew every man present assures
the Eagle correspondent that twenty of
them were Flynn voters. AS evidence
of the truth of the statement, sixteen of
the men wore Flynn buttons.
Bob seemed somewhat embarrassed,
but soon recovered and proceeded to
whoop it up for Aguinaldo and the North
Carolina plan of preventing Ignorant,
kinky headed niggers from voting"-his
exact language Then he told Dutch,
an Irish and niger story in the
style Of his transforming days and then
climbed out of the wagon.
At Wildwood on the afternoon of the
18th, Flynn spoke to 400 people, and at
Wathall at night. the building, new
school house, was not large enough to
hold the crowd. There was no roof on
the building, however, and the crowd
proceeded to make a gallery of it and
sat on the rafters.
Yesterday at Schilkley's grove In the
afternoon, nearly 1000 people stood in the
mud and under a drizzling, cold rain to
hear him, and shook the trees with the
vibrations of the voice of approval as he
took into his hands the 800 silk flag they
had bought for him.
What FIynn's majority will be is the
subject of much prediction. Those who
live here place it as high as $4,000 and
some place it higher. 1t is safe to say,
though, that after the election, Neff and
his friends will not claim that their effort
was ever to preserve party organization.
They will be buried so deep that not
vestige of Organization" will be left.