The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-05
CAMPAIGN Is BEGUN
Chester |. Long Opens It Way
Out in Gray County
MADE A GREAT SPEECH
Crowd Was the Largest Ever
Seen al CimarrOn.
A GREAT SPEECH
Special Correspondence of the Eagle

(Speclal correspondence OF the EaSIe-1
Cimarrou. Kan, August 4.-Here in thi.
little town, the county seat of Gray
county. half way out along the main lin,
Of the Santa Fe, in the real short gras.
/ country, Chester l. Long On Saturday
opened his sixth consecutive campaign
for representative in congress from the
Seventh Kansas district
Here in this little place where a few
years ago they were fighting pitched bat
ties over the county seat; where the boom
! made d city and left a wreck; where now
a good little, prosperous town is the re-
suit Of the mutations Of time and the
| bitter experiences of the citizens; where
/ the sun at midday beats down pitilessly
| on the short. kinky grass indigenous "
J this country, and whose rays strike hard
/ the glintins steel of the polished straight
lines OF the Santa Fe railroad, and rise
in waves to tire the eye and heat the
body; where character Is shown at its
best in those who braved the storm when
the boom burst and have endured suffer
ing and reviling and disappointment untn
they have at last conquered and have
prospered-here Mr.. Long chose to begin
his campaign.
Cimarron is a small place. Gray coun-
~ has not a large population. But from
somewhere-and from all parts of the
county-came enough people to make it
the largest meeting Mr.. Long ever al
dressed in the county. 1t was early. Po-
litical enthusiasm is not AS keenly kin
died as it viii be month OF two hence
There is much work to DO on the farm<
and ranches. But some way or other,
the crowd gathered just the same, and
there We're those who said they came
simply TO see and hear their representa-
tive Anyway, the meeting was a fine
one, and Mr.. Long told the people so,
and they knew it and were pleased.
Mr.. Long was not feeling very well.
This and the fact that it was excessively
warm contributed to his making brief
speech. In fact, he told them in the
beginning he would do so. both out of
consideration for him and them.
But if the speech was brief. it was as
good a one as ever the Seventh district
representative made. It was of the con-
versauonaI order. 1t was quiet, sincere
talk TO an interested crowd of hearers.
Mr.. Long called attention TO the fact
that ne was making his sixth campaign
in the district for congress. He cited the
difference between this campaign and
those that preceded it. He recalled ten
years ago. when he first appeared in the
role Of a candidate. He was then too
young, his opponents charged. to go to
congress So they kept him at home
But two years later, he won. His courss
had been uneven-sometimes the people
let him win; again, they didn't. Those
early day campaigns were trying ones
Then the opposition was Populistic That
great party had just commenced its ca
reer two years prior to his first cam
paign as q candidate It had elected its
cflandidate for congress. That candi-
date had become its leader in the district.
the state and later in the country But
now things had changed. The party had
passed away. and with it the leader had
gone. he had now left the state. The
opposition was now Democratic-a DEM
ocracy triumphant and jubilant over the
the late Populists. Truly. conditions had
in the Seventh Kansas district,
Yet much political history had been writ
ten in these ten years.
Mr.. Long then settled down to an inter
esting discussion Of three great men this
countr had produced, and who had be
come presidents OF the United States
These three great men representa- ideas
and policies. each Of them. and these
ideas and policies had attracted national
attention toward the men who advocated
them. First there was Lincoln. The
older men remembered Lincoln and what
he stood for. Mr.. Long said. In his first
days OF political Importance. Lincoln
had. IN his debates with Douglass. cham /
pioned the idea that slavery should be
restricted in territory belonging TO the |
United States. lie had won national i'm I
oOTtauce as the advocate of this policy I
Later. on his election 70 be president I
and following the secession Of southern |
staets. Lincoln stood for the preservation /
4 the union. lie typifed this policy. and /
he won.
Next there was William Mckinley.
Years ago he had become important /
throughout the country by his advocacy /
II the policy of protection II American 4
Industries. he won attention IS the au
hor of the bill that bore his name That /
aw was not popular until It WAS re-
oealed and then il was speedily rem
acted. Mckinley was made president ty
reason of his popularity throughout the
country. and approval OF him and his pol
cy. Then IN his administration early.
anne the war with Spain This vas
vaged 70 free Cuba from the Spanish
'ule. and was speedily ic-essfuI-
The results OF a war. however. Mr. Long
-eCalled. are seldom such - are expected
p the beginning. We had TO thought
II the beginning Of the war with Spain
# the Philippine islands CA Porto RIO.
RI they came 20 rs as q result OF var.
Sc went to war for Cu5a-s sake -ot C,r
Porto Rico's or that of he Philippines
and then 0ir- Long show~a ne -
uits 50 far as they ant-,cl III, 50 in
lIlar possessions and cuba. Tile lslsnos
or which we had no r0ncern in The L.
shining had proated much. while the ISL
md u cuba. our chief co1ccra nj Tie
.art- had received no help. We leG iepC
ur word rs a nation ana withdrawn our
rooDs from the island upon the estab-
.shment there cf civn government. bat
hat was an. Cuha had suffered conf
nercially. That was what drove her
nto insrrrection asainst Spanish rule.
'here was now. and had been for some
months. a Ike condition existing IL.
'uba- Bu- While this was known. while
-ood men ara true had attasted 70 il.
While congress had been appealed 70. tbs
elcf Cubs sought had 50 Tar been DE-
lied her
one ~ William McKinley's great poiI-