The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-10-24
The Republican Rally.

The Republican Rally
The republican meeting held in this
place last Saturday afternoon was
amusing, to say the least. Senator
| Smith led off with a lamentable plea
for the election of his candidate for
representative from this county and
repetition OF the charges made in lsst
weeks issue of the Mercury against
MIR. Tatum, the democratic nominee
for the same Office. Mr.. Smiths
manner, while delivering this part of
his address. did not seem to indicate
that he was at all confident OF the
veracity of his statments. True,
chattel mortgages, to the extent the
senator mentioned, may be entered on
the records against Tatum & Tuttle,
but is it not possible that these mort
cages were sold after being placed
upon said records? If such is the
case, MIR. Smith could not, without
deliberately misrepreseting the facts,
accuse Mr.. Tatum of evading the pay
ment of an equitable proportion of
his taxes. MIR. Smith then took up
the proposed iniquitous tax bill,
defended it as whole, apologiZed
for the majority OF its provisions and
promise6 to have them amended be-
fore the meeting of the next legislat-
az, ;co.7 another shot at Tatum, and
retired.
Mr.. L f. Lambert of E;nporia, who
all this time had been listening with
profound attention to the remarks of
Mr.. Smith as if the speakers con-
struction of the tax bill was some
thing decidedly new and novel to
him, then arose ani addressed the
audience. His opening remarks were
delivered in heavy, labored style,
and the faces of his auditors ex-
pressed disappointment and dismay
as they pr, maturely concluded that
they were not to be treated to the
usual"h ash-up"o of Roosevelt roots"
"anti trust fats and "railroad sand
wiches. But the speaker rounded
to after awhile, and after painful
effort, during which his body twisted
and writhed itself in all manner of
freak contortions, he succeeded In
bringing his audience to stage
bordering on enthusiasm. Mr.. r. A.
l Andrews, who is the republican OPP
ponent of big Phil Molesor for sher-
: if, was conspicuous in helping the
speaker out of his difficulty. Had
3 Mr.. Andrews not been there, the
D speaker would probably have received
D the s.chilly glare" throughout the en-
a tire course of his remarks. Mr.. An
D drews may have been there to lead
l the applause, but when the returns
. come in on the night of November
4th, ''Big Phil" will ''be there with
1.-The goods'-aud then some!
Mr.. Lambert told Q little story that
y he had clipped from q newspaper.
J, which in itself was very interesting,
e but its application to the subject un-
e der discussion was anything but ap-
propriate. Catching sight of IT,
# amused smiles from the few demo-
crats and populists who attended the
= meeting to help GU. their republican,
: friends in their efforts to draw a
g crowd, he first ridiculed them in an
k embarrassed manner and then, sud-
!. denly recollecting that he was there
: for the purpose of making votes for
e the republican ticket, he changed the
: tone of his discourse and piteously
q appealed to them to vote for his re-
e publican friends! Yea, verify, re-
: publican consistency is jewel, and
q a stone of great price! Not once did
! this slow-tongued spell-binder refer
r to state issues. His speech was made
q up entirely of lackadaisical express
u ioLs for the flag, whoops for Roose-
: welt, apologies for the non-enforce-
4 ment of the ANTITRUST laws and SINH
q lar republican rot. After about an
: hour of unmingled torture to his pity
b ing friends, and with a feeble attempt
t to finish with rhetorical peroration,
e he brought his remarks to a close, to
= the great relief of the few listeners who
e courteously remained to the final end.