The Topeka state journal., 1906-03-31
USESTHE SC0URGE
H. w. Blair Flags Councilnaan
C. Il. Holiday.
Says He Ought to Be in County
Jail.
SENSATIONAL SPEECH.
Reviews Granting Of the Electric
Light Franchise.
Refers to the Shake Up in Police
Circles.
Mr.. Holiday Makes a Statement
in Reply.
SPEECH.

Before 200 Democrats at a meeting
last night of the Democrats o. the
Second ward IN the party nzrno7sau
clubs rooms at Third and kaRsas ave-
nue., c. X. Holiday. the Republican
nominee for councilman from me 80
ond ward. was arraig7ed IN bitter terms
by r. ". Blair candidate for mayor
on the Democratic ticket last faA
Mr.. blair charged the Second Har1
councilman with abusing his position
as a public officer and stated that lls
had violated the law in furrherins
franchises in which ne was iutere=--4 3
and stated that he should be occupying
/ a place behind the bars in the county
] jail
I For fear that he might forget solns
( of his salient points Mr. Blair has
written them down. Incidentally he
/ took a rap at Democrats whose parrT
ardor was not up te the highest he--<
and who have been actively giving
/ support to Holiday. There Wers orher
+ speeches in the evening but taay serveit
merely as hllers to the main one-tiis
4 address of R. W Blair The meeting
was held to whoop things up for AiSs
Heery, candidate for counciluaa s-siIs
the second and was in reality a ward
+
viii be held by the Democrats -nis
campaign.
Bert Snyder, former councilman frr14l
the Second acted as chairman 1lr-
Beery was almost Immediately intro
duced and said in q brief address
i have been forced into q position
I as candidate for councilman from tts=
/ Second ward. 7 thought / was clear
i out Of politics I didn't want the zeilt-
/ fnatiOn but the Democrats seemed 10
/ be too scared down there to take ~
1 If there is anything I ltpe it is 70 s@r
/ into a fight that has something u d.
If there is any glory il ecues in siH-
ming a hard fight Tze only timing Na-lt
hate IN this campaign and rlal .
some of our Democrats are working lE
/ money. If money is to be factor
the thing to do is 20 pick out the man
/ who has the most money / am 4iA1
/ that no dirt has been thrown p -1is
/ campaign haven't said q 1vor4 a4pl-
my rival candidate and haven't naaF4
/ that he has said word against me-
4 Things are kind Of peculiar this year.
For some reason. some OF the FnE3i s
/ have cut loose from their party be-
/ lieve in parties. OF course we have
our little scraps in politics and ] IKE
to see a man drop his party lines oc-
Ecasionally. For some reason j nave
/ had some Of the old time staunch Re-
publicans- come and tell me tha- tney
/ were going to vote for me DON E
think they had anything in favor q
me but something against the ctiier
Z man didn't want to inquire Wnaf y
was and I didn't"
Mr. Blair said:
Blair,s Sensational Speech
what is the reason for making a
4. campaign IN the Second ward2 wiz
tell you. Last gear Joe GrileT had 8
majority of $50 and we want 10 givs
Mr. Heery an even 1 .000 over the inn
! pudent boodling. renegade who i5
running against him. 1t e uos for rne
cause of any fear that Mr. Heery H-lll
not be elected. Because tell YOU JUST
as sure as an election is held neX-
Tuesday, Just so sure VIII Mr. EeerT
be elected When Mr.. Heery was Ia
the council ne was for most Of rne
time the only Democrat But he vas
II recognized by his Republican col
q leagues as a broad gauged. honest
man honest enough and big eacurl
to be eleeted their stdeI1t--znd MS
{ popularity was not gained by getting
railroad passes for the other mena5ers
or by Wine suppers furnished b. gas
or electric light companies- And
when he was in the council TO fran
chise promoter ever said ne paid niru
to come to Chicago and scoIded him
) in public for not being honest enough
: to live up to the agreement made
, there.
sum to run gafnst him. Holiday vas
raised a pet by q fond and rich father
/ He reached mans estate. that is ne
I became p years old without q wish
ungratified or want unsupphed- His
, father was a Democrat and alaavs
supposed his son was on thas
theory he started a Democratic uews-
/ paper for little Charley. who Tor g
. / brief period kept It going BIZ n cans OF
/ the paternaI purse. Finally Charley
: became nominally the head Of the
house Of Holiday and likewise ne be-
came politically ambitious and tha
Z first thing he did was to abands-a his
} fathers party and the next fhirS was
} / to ask the Republicans for an once.
/ and he got It through the treaeherF of
Second ward Democrats. who after
being spit upon and disoWued b. him.
licked his hand and voted for him
81 referred to him once as Faue-
gade. But 7 hardly think ne was A
renegade is one who. having fxe8 and
side. Holiday never had any pTzHct-
pies. political or otherwise 50 that it
hardly IS fair to say that he foppeL
Since in ward politics he has shown
considerable ability IN rounding up
negro voters. and pinheaded merr 5s-a
Eof the city council He has also shown
skin in working through the city coun-
ell franchises IN which he is perso1altg
Interested And he has demonEtratsd
that man NAV I'VE and live wen
without work
You remember how he worked
through the new gas franchise. The
old franchise sti1 had seven years ko
run. but the company Of which he was
the nominal president took advanEsg &c
of the fact that re was In the council
to get new thirty year franchise FOR
which he worked ana voted IN defiance