The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-09
ON CAMP IGH ISSUES
w. B. Townsend Addresses
the CoIored Voters
AT THE GARFIELD HALL
Large Attendance and Intense
Enthusiasm Features.

! Mr.. ". B. Townsend Of Leavenworth
Kansas, spoke in Garfield hall last nigh
| TO a large and enthusiastic audience
Hundreds Of colored voters listened at.
tentively 10 his address. The audience
was orderly. appreciative and enthusi-
astic The demonstrations OF the audi
ence when a point was made, proved thai
the Republican spirit Of the campaign
were fully appreciated.
Before the speaker appeared the colored
band entertained the gathering crowd
with several selections When Mr.. Town
send and MS party Of escorts appeared
in the hall. the crowd became very enthu-
sisstic and demonstrated its feeling in
prolonged applause
Next came a banner which was the
signal for enthusiastic cheers. II read;
The colored men will repudiate Bryan
! ism and negro dfsfranchisement."
Rev NJ L. Copeland made a short adj
dress, saying:
THE Republican party is party #
principle and execution. 1t always fills
its promises.
"As we look TO the north, the south,
the east, the west. and see prosperity
all over this broad land, is there any
reason why we should not reinstate the
party that has brought such good times
Then, what grounds-what reason is
there for an Afro-American TO cast his
vote for the Democratic party? They
claim TO be our friends-they even claim
to be the party Of Lincoln. They think
to deIude US but they can never do It
with such talk as that We know the
party that was and is our friend.
Mr.. W " Miller editor Of the Search
light and a young attorney, was then in
troduced and took charge of the meet
ing. After making a short but earnest
talk on the issues, he introduced Mr..
Townsend as the leader Of his race in
Kansas. Mr.. Townsend said in part:
We are here to discuss the political
issues Of the day and also decide on
nen for Office who win follow safe poll
cies in administering the affairs OF the
government.
The Republican national convention at
Philadelphia, chose two worthy, distin-
gUished and able gentlemen 70 sit at the
head of this nation and with their names
William Mckinley and Theodore Roose-
welt as our watchword, We shall gain the
victory in November
There was a time when the Demo-
cratic party stood for the death Of gov
eminent rights and the most of personal
M
party now proclaimihg and defending all
the exploded issues which have refer
ence to government policies.
There is another party-or at least
there was a short time ago-the Populist
party. What has become Of the POpul-st
party? II is not 80 much in evidence
now days. And what has become Of the
hobbies the Populists used to harp upon?
They used to talk about sub-treasury.
All you could hera them days was sub
treasury-sub- treasury. What has be-
come OF all that talk? Can you give an
explanation. PopuIist IL End?
Then there used to be a great deal Of
foolish talk about government ownership
of railroads I wonder why that pet
scheme was given up Why have the
Populists ceased to give street corner
orations on the benefits Of such plan?
What become OF Jerry Simpsons
fat money scheme? What has become Of
thu government warehouse scheme?
What has become Of Coin Harvey? These
things are not heard OF now. Ny good
Populist friends, you do not hear a word
of these things now days. md why?
Because. as the coIored bro er says,
you have confused with the mocrats
and there's such 'corfIsfon' Z don't
know where you're at AS & result OF all
this Confusion with the Democrats,