The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-18
WAS GREATEST
MEETING YET
Young Mems Republican Club
Have Fine Session.
HAL WAS PACKED
Membership Climbs Up to the
800 Mark.

The greatest session ever held by the
Young Mems Republican club. was taken
part in last night by an enormous crowd
Of loyal Republicans. The young and the
old participated and made the meeting
one which IN its great success was q
credit to Republican principles. There
was life in every feature during the
entire evening and the stimulus that the
enthusiasm furnished showed in every
one or the many confident faces there.
Forty new members were voted in and
now the membership Of this thriving
organization is about 500. The speakers
OF the evening were J. u. Knapp. s s.
AshabuSh and Captain Fighbac.z. and
every one Of them MADE fine talks.
The business Of the session was trans
acted he first thing. With Paul Brown
IN the chair andJ.A. Osler acting secretary,
George Alexander made report for the
committee on the demonstration Tuesday
night All members Of Young Men Re-
publican club are to meet at RepUolcan
!, headquarters Tuesday evening at
clock. on the motion of s. V Day
the following committee of ten was az
pointed by the chair TO assist ia railyius
the members OF the Long meeting. Geo.
Alexander, Milton EarriueeT. =. a Dr.
Harry Dedrick, Everett Alexander. p
Hollowen and A. j. Adams Judge
Harvey made q motion. which carried
allowing those making application for
membership before Tuesday 10 take part
IN the demonstration on that night i
committee on election arranged fer is COM
posed o. the following gentlemen: Paul
1r9wn. jas Conly I'd Dill, Harry Dad-
1lck, Judge Harvey, II. Fdmonston. Ezra
Eeard. Frank Herman, (. r. Barrett. z.
y Welsh A. J. Adams, r HOllOweI, G.
alexander Geo. Schadd, clair Morris. Z.
{. Folk, A. T. Cherry and N T. Hol-
lowell After the business was attended
20, music was rendered by the Wichita
Jubilee Club, which was followed by the
speakers
J. n. Knapp spoke on Abraham Lincoln
end his struggles. He handled the great
work Of that great man and brought out
many new points IN his life work lis
words brought rounds OF applause from
the audience. lie recalled how his
srothers and himself had gone 10 way.
How one had been the FIRST TO give his
HE for the union. Hitting the Demo
crafts with pleasant references to history
MF. KNAPP called forth q great deal Of
mfrth- in mere serious vein. he de-
ciareo that the Democratic party was
rot loyal during the war and It's begin
TIngs- Not as individuals, but as Z
party, declared the speaker. "the Dem
ocrats were not loyal" Applause inter
Fvpted Mr.. Knapp as he declared thar
the only way dat the prosperity of the
lest four years can be continued for the
four ensuing. and the disaster Of the four
years from 1892 10 1896 be ave-ted, is by
voting the Repub lean ticket this fail
S. S. AshbauCh was given an ovation
when he mounted the platform. Ills ref (
erence TO the demonstration Tuesday
night in honor OF Chester l. Ions called
forth storms OF applause. He declared
that without exception James c. Blaine
was the greatest economist that has ever
occupied the position of secretary of
state. Could he have carried out his plan.
these United States could have had thar
hich Europe stepped in and took away
1oI which we have had to isht be- com
petition-wOrld 3 markets.
Answering thu CRY of Democrats for .
tariff revision. Mr. Ashbaueh said:
They once revised the tariff. Yes.
Cleveland repealed the Mckinley bin.
The four years Of misery that followed,
the speaker declared, he even hated 10
think of or refer to-
What will you do with the trusts?'
vas asked by Mt. Ashbaugh. lie ans
wered tho question BY declaring that not
ell so-caIled trusts should be destroyed
ir discriminatory no more than should
in SedgVvick county because one man had
committed crime The Democrats
he said. SAY that the Republican ADMIN
Is protecting these combines. .
that is TO say that prosperity protects .
them. Therefore il is jruc that SHOULD
the Democratic party set in The trusts
c,ald nos live"
Fer s64 days cut Of every year. the
1reaker declared. every American is "A
citizen. But on one day. tbe fourth
Gay Of Novembe~. each OF YOU l'ccome
syxrreicn AID let as use our acsyer on
that DAY, said he.
IN speaking Of Roosevelt. he declared .
tFat he was proud Of him. proud that
he voted for him. The audience loudly
clapped and stamped their feet as he
lauded the president for his great wer&
in ths coal strike.
He paid a fine tribute to John Hay for
his great work in gaining the markets
OF the orient from the powerful hand
OF Europe. declaring that his name would
go down in history.
on reciprocity Mr. Ashbaush declared
that he meant only TO tell the two reasons