The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-22

| east GIll marched through crowded col
ulnns or spectators on the sidewalks on
| either side. All Joined in the deafen-
! ing ~huzzahs' that were sent up all along
| the thoroughfares. The banners bore the
/ words that mean something 20 the voter.
| Che could De seen. Let Well Enough
| Alone On another had this inscription:
J Roosevelt. Progress and Prosperity -
! while still another bore the significant
words: You Mast Choose Between the
! Ruin Of 1892 and the Prosperity OF 1852 -
| Three thousand energetic people greet
! ed Congressman Chester l. Long at the
/ Ioler Auditorium last night This was
! the big congressional meeting of the cam
/ paign this year and the biggest political
/ demonstration in the state. II was larger
! than the Bailey Craddock debate. Wichita
1 and the surrounding country turned out 10
/ give 10 the young statesman from the
! Big Seventh a rOusing reception. AS was
| shown last night, there is not a more
! popular public man IN the state OF kan
! sas than Chester :. Long. When he
/ walked 20 The front Of the stage every
man in that big audience arose and with
! flags and hats waving and feet pounding,
/ and with hurrahs long and mighty. the
! biggest man in politics IN the southwest
] was greeted.
II was a sight well worth seeing and
could not but help crafty 3fr. Long.
| Z mere never was such an ovation given
any man in Wichita as that given last
night. Congressman Long has done his
work Wen. he has labored for what he
conscientiously believed was the best in
terests Of southwest Kansas and the ne
ton. He has been untir!ng in his efforts
TO keep the pledges Of William McKin-
ley He has been opposed and attacked
but has moved steadily onward, until to-
| day he stands the personal friend of the
president for his work in congress His
policy throughout his public life has
been supported by his constituents, as
is evidenced by the number Of times he
| has been reelected. and this fail his
majority viii be larger than ever before
The men of the parade We're seated
quickly when they reached the Audito-
rium. Seats had been reserved for them
IN the center of the house. The gallery
and unreserved portion was well filled
1 long before the parde reached the doors
and the people followed close behind the
parade and walked IN at the same time
Many chairs had been placed in the open
spaces Of the building. These We're filed.
More chhafrs and benches were brought
and filed with people and hundreds stood
along the walls. Ii was the largest crowd
that ever attended a political meeting in
Wichita. People stood ten deep along the
rear wall in both the main floor and
gallery. There were a great many wO-
men in the audience. a much larger num-
Der than usually attend political gather
ings. They listened as intently and were
just as vigorous in their applause as the
men.
1t was an enthusiastic audience that
greeted Mr.. Long. All had read and
heard some OF the arguments presented
by the different speakers who have Wis
tied Wichita, but they wanted to hear
what a man direct from the seat of gov
eminent had to say. Many were heard
TO say as they left the building that they
had no idea that there was so much to
be said regarding REPUBLICAN, policies as
Mr.. Long told them. lie presented en-
tirely new arguments. They did not have
a good idea of the Cuban reciprocity
problem or that OF the trusts. Mr. Long
explained all of these points In a clear
cut. concise manner.
The audience was quick to see the point
in any part OF the argument presented,
and responded. At other times they lis
tened intently. Not one person left the
han until Mr.. Long made his final bow
They wanted to hear all he had 10 say,
and the Interesting way in which he pre-
scented his arguments and his eloquence
held the people in the hall.
a. II. Denny. chairman OF the county
central committee called the meeting 10
order ad introduced Mr.. J. n. Knapp
president OF the old Soldiers Republican
club and congressional committeeman
from SodgWick county. who was chair
man IT The meeting. Mr.. Knapp intro
duced Mr. r. b. WEIGH OF Topeka, who,
tn q short speech introduced Mr. Long
When the congressman walked 70 the
front Cf the stage. the hundreds OF tags
used in the parade began waving those
who did not have flags waved their hats
and everybody cheer5d. This ovation
lasted for several minutes. and when il
subsidized the speaker addressed the chair
and the audience and said:
Five times before this 1 have been 4
candidate for congress from this district
and each time I have had the pleasure
Of speaking In Wichita. Ten years agf
a political party had arisen and Z met
defeat. Two years later I wgs again
candidate ana The people said I was tee
Young To 81 90 congress They seemed
20 believe this and let me stay a. home.
The next campaign went 20 Washington
and have been there ever sincs and an
now 8 candidate for reelection.
when I first entered the campaign
for congress there was q party here that
seemed O. hold che ent.re PEOPLE. Il HELD
sway long enough T. carry The Seventh
district three times ard elect t40 state
administrations. NoN has some into
voluntary liquidation. has assigned
10 aaether party.
Air Long spoke of The Cai-paign 90 1855.
which followed after a great nnsnciaI
Gisa ster The paramount issue ~ that
campaign was some way % relieve the
str.nsency Va. j Bryan said there was
not enough money i0 the land. Mckinley
-ud tba Republican party said leave the
money aIo-c-fhcre Is nat enough bust
ness. We VIII make mere business r
protecting home Industries
alr Mckinley was elected ana iGame-
diately MS policies were pax iuto opera
t.oa. The country was taken eut ~ the
financial wreck ana placed GA . prosper
ous basis Il 1890 the Populsts and Dem
Ocrats voted fer Mckinley. The vote for
Mckinley was FAR larger n Kansas THAI
year than the Republican leaders ex-
pected They were not sure that their
president would win. They had pooled
The state and had but q small majority
When 5he ballots were counted il vas
found that the Republican polls were
nos near as large as the actual vote
And the Democrats and PopUls-s that
votsa fer Bryan that same year when
they heari that Mckinley vas elected
never shed tea-. resident SIC Nin.eT
was lnausuTatei and Iev months AFTER
thai went % Buffalo where an assas-
sins Aaltt cut hiUs down
Mr. Long continued along the line =
the people thoughts VIXEN President
Roosevelt took The cath. The people