The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-04
They Both Made Speeches at the
HOltOn Fair.
Talked Politics But There Was
No Joint Debate.
THEY MUST APOLOGIZE
Democratic Candidate Says Re-
publican Committee Isn't Fair.
When Proposition Is Made in
Proper Way He'll Accept.


Holton. Kan, did not have the priv
/ ilege of listening to a joint debate be- |
tween Governor Hoch and ex-senator
W. A Harris at the Holton fair /
! Wednesday afternoon. It was even i
insisted upon by the friends of Harris /
that Governor Hoch should stay at
the hotel while Harris made his
speech.
This plan of campaign was carried I
out, and Governor Hoch talked poll I
ties as he insisted upon doing but he /
did not get a chance to so after Harris
in debate. Harris made his regular
political speech, and talked most about
| the cause of the present prosperity. He I
presented arguments to prove that I
good times are due to conditions /
rather than to politics.
Mr.. Harris was in Topeka this I
These stories in certain Of the |
morning papers that the plans for the /
speaking of Governor Hoch and my |
self at Holton yesterday were accord |
| ing to my wishes. and that had re-
fused to enter into a joint debate with
the governor, are without foundation
and made out of whole cloth, said
| Col w. A Harris, who was at the
Hotel Throop today, having arrived
| there from HOlton last night. Col
Harris will leave during the day for
! Quenemo where he is booked to speak
4 had nothing to do with the ar
engagements for the speaking yester-
day at HOlton. When [ arrived there
a committee met me at the train and
| told me Of their plans, and said was
perfectly willing to abide by their de-
! cision. They told me that I was to
| speak first and that they had decided
| to ask both Governor Hoch and my
| self to make political talks, but they
wanted these talks made separately,
so that there would be no semblance
! of Joint debate. This was agreeable
to me and I followed the suggestions
of the committee in charge Of the af-
fair.
"As to a joint debate, none had been
arranged for the occasion so far as
know. The matter had not been pre-
scented to me. My position in regard
20 a Joint debate with Governor Hoch
is we'll known by this time When
the Republican state committee ex-
hibits any desire TO apologize for til cir
impertinence in their first letter sug-
costing joint debates and asks for a
Joint debate between myself and Gov
ernor Hoch in q decent manner, the
matter will be taken under considera-
ton and I guess Governor Hoch will
| be accommodated. It looks to me as
Though the Republican committee was
thot very anxiouszto arrange for de-
Senator Harris Speech.
Regarding national prosperity Sena-
tor Harris said.in part, in his speech:
TN travelling over the state with her
royal robes of green and gold, I have
! never been 50 impressed with her gen.
eral and splendid prosperity Nature
seems to have yielded to the Emporium
| ing of her people. The same condition
| is not only in Kansas, but all over the
| United States; not only in this country,
but in the Argentine republic, Mexico.
Germany, France. England and in fact
! in almost every country on the civil
| lied globe. The whole world is pros
/ porous Our friends on the other side
l. lie fe he nd
tration of the Republican party and
! argue that here should be no change.
I assert that the basis of prosperity
, does not rest upon the himsy policy OF
any political party. For many years
prior to 1897 the business of the coun-
| try seemed to be paralyzed. The
I farmers efforts brought no return. 1t
was as Senator ingalls, said. they were
the victims of unrequited toll This
| had gone on through all administra-
tions Our Republican friends urged
higher tariff We said that there was
not sufficient money for the volume OF
/ trade.
In 1895 Mr.. Mckinley was elected
| and we watched for the dawn of a bet
! ter day. From November through the
winter to March we watched. There
was no change. He was inaugurated
| in March. 1 took my seat that year
| as your representative in the senate.
The DingIey law passed This went
beyond anything dreamed of. The
ciproca1 treaties were adopted and
| dropped. Still no change.
/ Through the long summer we watch
! ed for prosperity, it did not come. In
September Of that year went to Wash
ington and called up Mr.. Wilson, the
secretary Of agriculture He said,
have something here that will bring
prosperity to your people. He did not
1 have on his desk the Dingley tariff bill.
but he had the worlds report Of the
crop of wheat. It showed the foreign
market was $50 million bushels snort
Kansas had raised more than 80 mill
lion bushels of wheat that year. Wheat
went to a dollar a bushel Then It was
that the farmers of Kansas began to
buv the comforts. The dusty shelves
| Of the merchants began to fill up The
wheels of the factories began to re-
volve again and there was general ac-
tivity.
! clared We made provision to place 4
million men in the field They had to
be supplied with munitions OF war.
! clothing and food. About that time gold
was discovered in Alaska and there be-
gan to pour a steady golden flood from
there Since then there has come from
| there 2844 million dollars IN gold. We
had claimed that as the volume OF
money increased the volume of trade
I would increase. More gold has come
from there since It's discovery than we
had produced for 50 years previous.
"A little later Great Britain attempt
| ed to stamp out the little South Afri-
can republic. She alone put $50. 600
men into the field. Both nations called
upon US for supplies of all kinds. Little
plug horses, worth scarcely SIS, rose to
500 and S125 a head. Thousands of
mules went the same way. Meat.
clothing and other army necessities
were sent.
Hardly had these guns been silenced
in peace when Russia and Japan start
ed one Of the greatest wars Of modern
history Millions of men were put into
the field and we were called upon to
feed and cIothe them. In the last seven
or eight years we have had the great
est crops ever known The sun has
shone, rain and dew have fallen and
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