The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-03
Why Silver Republicans Must
Not Return to Fold.
Capt. j. G. Waters Replies to
Eugene f. Ware.

procession AS Mr.. TOWne entered the
door of representative hall he was greet
ed by tremendous applause.
The far-famed '.Modocs'' were present
and sang a number of patriotic songs.
Following this Webb McNall, chairman of
the convention, arose and introduced DR..
F. B. Lawrence, of Ell Dorado, the pre-
siding officer. 1t was the pleasure of Dr.
Lawrence to introduce Captain Joe Wat
ers. He prefaced his remarks by pointing
to the portrait of Bryan standing behind
MIN and saying that it gave him great
pleasure to lift his hat, so to speak to
the next president of the United States
Towne.
Captain Joe Waters was introduced and
said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
In view of the fact that there is present
50 distinguished an orator from neigh
boring state, 1t is useless for me to make
speech. Let me say, however, that in
this city resides a poet, who is a lawyer,
a statesman, a philosopher, and who is
also the wielder of an Ironquill. For 35
years Kansas has sheltered him and his
brood. l now hold in my hand a pamphlet
by this author. 1t is a most outra geous
thing to give to ones friends and Kan
In this pamphlet he states that Kan
SaS mas not grown, that the death rate
dollars absent from the assessment rolls.
and that the cause of fusion victory was
the downfall OF John J.. ingalls,; He calls
Silver Republicans snakes and dirt eat
ers, and Democrats owls.
He did not know what he was saying
must be laboring under a second attack
such as troubled him before Mr.. Lewell-
was elected he would move from the
state, because, he says, if the fusion
naive stateNConne s1l OscA u MS
In regard to this, Mr.. Waters read an
original poem from which the following is
taken:
A gentleman I viii not, name.
Is going back from whence he came;
He says If Pops shall win,
That hell would presently begin;
He'll load his traps and household Wares
And then without an if or but,
He's off for old Connecticut.
Forgetful of his own bad verse.
Claims ingalls, Knockout was our curse;
That deaths exceed the birth each year,
And everything is out of gear;
In nineteen pages airs his woes,
And then he leaves the beaten rut,
With threats of old Connecticut
He's going to the nutmeg state,
OF old Blue laws and witches fate:
land of garlic, rum and rocks
And old Seth Thomas wooden clocks:
OF safety pins and wooden hams
And where they speak with mouth all
shut,
Mr.. Waters introduced the speaker of
the evening, Mr.. Chas. A Towne, who
MIR. Chairman and Kind Friends: The
welcome given me on this occasion does
me honor. 1t gives me pleasure to escape
from the turmoil and exciting scenes
which attend the convention about to be
held in Kansas City, where everything is
shrouded in uncertainty. and slip away
and come to your city where the cOnven-
ton has just made a unanimous choice
I'VE are today, my friends, in danger
Glorious republic was founded We need
to be reminded of our history of the
past 125 years, from time to time.
My friends, there met in Philadelphia
anniversary Of the first one held on June
II, 1856, by the Republican party. In June
Of the Republican party. They adopted a
platform. placed ticket in the field and
went before the people seeking their con-
fidence. After this convention adjourned
many gave notice, and there marched out
of the Republican party splendid army
there adopted held good This conven-
ton had abandoned the primary princi-
pies of the party 1t was the official
creed, and no one ever questioned the
power of the convention to adopt gold
standard. but in doing so the party took
iect it REQUIRES the support of its men If
party changes, unless the individual
changes, the party has no right to expect
when this platform was adopted every
Republican was absolved from his obliga-
onf d 5 the ine inpdyidua did follow
LAS l said, the convention met recently
in Philadelphia Now who has ever made
a pilgrimage to the colonial capital who
has not felt his heart thrill with the mem
DRY of that great day, July 4, 1776, when
the greatest statesmen this country has
ever known, gave Us the Declaration of
Independence
I'm the convention of materiaIists and
commercialists.. which recently met in
Philadelphia. room was left for the
memory of that Declaration of Independ-
ence, nor of that convention held A years
before. 1t may surprise you to know that
not a single syllable may be found in the
Ph1lAdRlnh1l. D4ATI0Tm referring
Declaration of Independence. and to know
that at the same time the convention
adopted language equivalent to its repeal
when 1t said that 1t was the policy of the
administration to give the Inhabitants of
our dependencies such liberty as in our
judgment they should have.
IF any person had, three years ago,
direction OF congress. wage war in an
endeavor to add few dependencies to
our government, and still have the sup
port of his party for another term his
intelligence would have been questioned
Mr.. Towne then went on TO say that the
issue OF the next campaign would be the
monetary question and that it would be
thoroughly discussed He explained at
length the question and proved his asser-
lions with statistics
He said that it was impossible for a
country to long hold OUT under a gold
STANDARD rule, that the two metals should
be so related to each other as to made the
monetary system stable. He cited num-
Der of gold standard countries and said
for a panic inside of a year or perhaps
even six months
Mr. Towne closed his speech by reading
a poem Dy DIT Iayior. OF Chicago, which
will be read at the opening of the conyen-
ton in Kansas City.
1t was decided to hold the Free Silver
putting out state ticket at Fort Scott,
on July "a 1900, at II o'clock