The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-26

proved. It has been doing very well IN
the hands Of a specialist from abroad.
(Applause).
Now. I haven't a thing to say
against Col W. A. Harris. 1 think
that personally he is a very nice man.
I doubt If in the whole city of Chicago
or state of Illinois the Democrats
could have found better candidate
for governor of Kansas. By the aid Of
the Kansas City Star-which is part
of the time an Independent Demo-
cratic newspaper, they have been
making quite a campaign"
A little further on Mr.. Allen said:
some people like to compare
Bryan with Roosevelt. In some ways
the comparison may be just. I believe
that both are honest and clean in their
personal and political lives. Other
wise, there is no more comparison be-
tween them than between the jaybird
that wakes Us with its chatter in the
morning, and the American eagle that
sails the air above. One is for talk
and the other is for business"
Allen said something about quitting,
but the audience was anxious for
more. go on, go on came the cry
from all parts of the house"
Speaking of the visit of Governor
Folk to Kansas, Mr.. Allen said:
'sThis is the first time that Kansas
has ever been rebuked by Missouri
Governor Folk came over here and
hibitory law. He said the law was
violated right here in Topeka. I don't
doubt that there is liquor sold here in
Topeka There has been liquor sold
here for years. You've never been as
good as you pretended to be. am
glad to have a chance to stand here
and tell you SO. But I want to- say
that there Is not a community in KAN
sas that isn't better from a law abiding
standpoint than any community IN
ri o. IfralT
at home there in Missouri the horde of
Missourians that come over here selling
booze we VIII get along a whole lot
better
Mr. Allen then went after Colonel
Harris He said. ssColonel Harris
came here last night, and declared
from this platform that he was not a
proh1bi6onist We all knew that be-
fore, but he vehemently declared that
he Wasnt 3 prohlbitionists and did not
believe in the prohibitory law. We
have been having trouble with just
that class of people for a good many
years. But Mr. Harris said that he
ought to be elected governor so that
he might enforce the proh1bltory law.
"A little further on in his speech Col.
Harris was talking about the revision Of
the tariff. He ridiculed the idea that
the tariff should be revised BY the Re-
publican party. He said that the Re
publican party was the friend OF the
prohibitory law, and couldn't be trusted
to revise It He declared that the tariff
should be revised by the Democrats. its
enemies, in order to make a good Job
That's what Harris calls consistency.
He wants you to intrust the prosecution
Of liquor sellers to the friends Of the
liquor sellers and wants you to fntruse
the revision Of the tariff to the enemies
of the tariff. Now what do you think
of fhat?''
Mr. Aliens most brilliant oratorfcal
climax was reached IN his description
of the conflict of the puritan and the
cavalier, leading up to the civil war.
Mr. Allen also told some of the best
stories to illustrate his arguments that
any speaker has handed out during the
Campaign. Mr. Allen talked Tor about an
hour, and there ere probably $500 peo-
pie in the hall when he quit