The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-14
FLYNN OPENS
CAMPAIGN IN
COM ECTICUT
Western Delegate Given Heart
ty Welcome at Hartford.
PROMINENT MEN PRESENT
National Issues Ably Discussed
by the 0kIahoman.


Republican town committee, and a can
dicate for lieutenant governor, who in a
few words introduced Chairman Andrew
I Gates. of the Republican state central
committee, as the president of the meet
ing.
The vice-presidents and secretaries of
the meeting, who occupied seats upon the
stage, We're:
Vice-Presidents James P Allen, John
Allen, Henry 5. Atwood William Angus.
VIM. G.. Baxter, Joseph Z. Berry. DR.. II.
Bicl1ford. J. NJ. Birmingham, John Z
Bruce. Morgan G. Buckley, John r. Buck,
August Budde, Alexander Cameron, W j.
Carpenter, Horace J. Case. Dwight Chap
man. Thos. ?. Chapman, Louis r. Cheney,
Charles W Cole. George A COnant, c..
Il. Cooley. John a. Chilly J. 3. Daven-
port F. w. Davis, John Deadly. w. W.
Prayer, George II. Gilman, Sidney NJ.
Giadwin, w. S. Goodrich, VIM. G. Goven,
VIM. Graham, Robert 4. Grifing,
Lewis c. Grover p. Hansling, jr., Foster
F. Harvey, Willard D. Hastings. Lewis
r Herrick, Ebea B. Hill. NJ. L. HILL
Harry L Horton, Newman Hungerford,
Pliny Jewell, II. II. Keep, Charles H
Keyes. Carlos c. Kimball, Geo. B. King,
Everett J. Lake c. II. Latham. Chas
II. Lawrence. Thomas Livingstone, Vim. J.
I.Cveridge, Sol. Lundin, 7. 5. Luther
Robert NJ. Marchant, Stephen Maslen r
Z. Y. Maxwell. DR.. Nathan Mayer. Pat
rick NcGovern, VIM. a Moore. Thos. w
Morgan, Giovanni Motta. Olaf Noord c.
w Newton, Allen H Newton, Clarence
L. Palmer. Walter Pearson, Allison l..
Pease, D. c. Perkins. Halsey B. Phil
brick. Chas. II. Pietsch, Henry s. Robin
sen, JudsOn II. Root. Lyman Root, Dr.
Joseph Z. Root, 2. c. Royce, Edwin w
Sage Emil Schmidt, W. S. Schultz, J.
Stanley Scott. Geo. y. Seidler, Chas. E.
Shelton. Henry Slesinger. E. J. Smith,
Lewis z. Stanton, Solomon Steiner, D. G.
Stoughton DR.. H. T. Sweet, John NJ Tay-
Ter. Samuel Taylor, George B. Thayer,
Fred. n. Tilton. Joseph Uricchio, Walter
L. Wakefield. John Watson, Jordan C.
Wells, VIM. II. Whitelaw, VIM. Z. Whit
tlesey, I. Wise, Frank Zinn.
Secretaries Milton Bacharach, NJ. Tos-
can Bennett, Geo. Crosby. jr., A. i. Fair
brother. Chas. ". Fem, Earl f. Free
nan, Thos. Garvan, r. J. Goodman. G.
Edgar Holister, c. +. Hubbard w j
/ ozelle. Frank N. Mather, Jerome Mayer
Or. ]. B. McCoOk 9. Hazard Pearce
Charles J. Sellers, Charles G. Stone, Fred
y. Tucker, Herman a. Tyler, Clarence L.
Whitney.
on assuming the duties oe presiding
officer, Chairman Gates made a short ad-
dress. during which he said that the only
reason he had heard advanced for Demo
=
that in 1852 and in 1892 the Democrats had
elected their state ticket, the inference
being that once in ten years the Demo-
cats might carry the state. He then
81 oke of the excellent condition in which
the Republican party goes into the pres
cnt campaign presenting strong, con
servative ticket which will command tho
sudrages OF a majority OF the voters in
November Mr.. Gates said further that
the voters desired no change in the man
aeement of the affairs of the state. and
v ould not vote for a change. He then
introduced to the audience the speaker Of
the evening. Congressman Flynn.
Mr.. Flynn was received with applause.
and in beginning his address said that
he felt at home in Connecticut from the
fact that Senator Piatt had been infuen-
tial in the creation of the territory Of Ok
lahoma. He then discussed the political
situation and said that the Republican
PARTY stood today where under Mckinley
IT, stood two years ago. For its advanced
projects in regard 10 annexed territory.
il has been accused OF imperialism and
yet the projects met with the approval Of
the people and the charge OF imperialism
had fallen TO the ground. Alr. Flynn
referred in fitting terms TO the death Of
President Mckinley and 10 the love and
affection in which he is held IN the
hearts Of the people He then spoke
OF President Roosevelt and of the sue
cess with which lie had carried forward
and developed the policies instituted by
President Mckinney. He reCited the sa-
lent features % the life Of Theodore
Roosevelt. and described the signal ability
with which he had administered the du-
ties Of every office TO which he had been
called.
In regard TO the policy 81 the Repub,i-
can prty Mr.. Flynn said that il was
the policy OF William Mckinley carried
out by Theodore Roosevelt. and the only
question before the people was as 10
whether that policy should he carried out
or 4 change made In the policy u the
party which is against progress and
stands for retroCression.
Turning 70 affairs in Connecticut. lIr.
Flynn spoke az The great services of Sen
ator Plat III furnishing q solution CT the
Cuban question Congress passed the
P.att resolution and as result the prom
sSc given 20 Cuba and o. the world at
large had been carried out There was
bur one honorable thing for the country
G. do and that was u i've Up 20 the let
ter OF our promises 70 Cuba
As opposed 10 the policy - the Repub-
lean party Mr. Hymn asked what the
Democratic party Rad 20 offer. He re-
viewed the administration u Grover
Cleveland and said il was such g failure
AalA- even Ms tFrA- 1a-s ffe--.-
none Of him II was orly By The votes az
the Republican party that the credit o.
the country was saved when the Demo
c-atic party left Grover Cleveland IN
rega I'd - the present leaders If The Dem
ocrattc party Nj. Flynn said thai che
only ones presented or heard q wers
David B. HEu and William Jennings
Bryau. and even these two could NOT
seree.
MI Flynn then said that b. had beard
81 much q The poor wo-sinsuan ~ Yea
England that he had asked q - shsT-n
evidence ~ that Eestitlt-on He hal
been through Connecticat. but b Rad
Il und none . the sauai-r ard wrttche1-
ness the Democratic orators in the Wes-
had described rs counca through New
Eneland. The Democratic platform was
always The sErne. ~Te are uaalters hiE
opposed u TIRE Republican party. Il
vas the same ola platform and woC.d
aiwavs * the same. Appeals wouic also
made 80 sectional ure5ldlce. bgt %
Marty which relies CT such risak as that
had 10 place "a Amer-c11 sWL He then
sad that for the past twsn years che
Democratic party bad been n the hands