Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-28


tervIew about the recent meeting
Of the insurgents" at Kansas City
last week which was counted ON being
squelcher for the Taft Republican,
in Kansas.
! Here is what Herbert said and
lust as he said 1t full;
"That was a well writeen speech
Bill white made at the KaDsas z
'frameup' for the insurgents. But
the blaze only lasted long enough
to light the way Of those bent on
destroying party organization.
Nov that the smoke has cleared
away 1t seems that the banquet was
for the purpose Of boosting insur-
gents in public estimation BY COM
pairing them with the genuine Kansas
lreyolutionists Of period when wick
ed wrong was visible and dreadful
war certain. :.
III an old party spellbinder could
|haye contributed an old time Repub-
Iican speech 1t would have added IN
terest to the dinner, but no genuine
Republican speech was arranged for'
so a silver-tongued Democrat ADDED
to the unalloyed Joy Of the event by
welcoming the insurgents into the
Democratic party. The old time Re
publican would have been out OF
Mace there, without an opportunity
To expness his indignation. 1t was
evidently carefully planned to have
insurgents do the talking for the
party which disowns them IN their
present attitude.
"Bilrs keynote was all right for
those he spoke for, but no good Re-
publican would have felt comfortable
listening to it. If he is right IN MS
notion that the people are being
Ewronged by the wicked in powerful
places he could start something be-
sides the more or less ridiculous put
q ia far-fetched to compare the chos-
en- few of our Onward and Upward
movement with the men who put
down slavery and fought for free-
dom.
"who is enslaved at the present
time?
"Who is deprived of liberty?
"Who is suffering hardship under
present conditions?
"The Gravy of prosperity, is cours'
ling down the public cheek. Work u
plenty and wages good. Personally
our state has no better men than the
insurgents but just what wrong they
are SO terribly wrought up over ISM
lust clear. They say all congressman
who voted for Cannon must heSbeat'
an. In other words every Republi'
can congressman is to be dereateo
because he voted with his party
voted with the favor Of the president
elected by Republicans.
speaker Cannon and all who are
for him are to be opposed and smirch'
ed simply because the Insurgents
say that Taft and Cannon and the
i majority are wrong and that they
1.-The minority, beaten in a contention
tt..at Is lost, are right.
/ "There isn't a plank or promise IN
1.-THE party platform to sustain them
1.-THE president Of the United States
elected by Republicans discredita
their position. Yet Bill and Vic and
Joe and Stubs insist that they are
right and the party leaders wrong.
isn't 1t possible and probable that
the president and the majority in
congress are right? Where did the
insurgents learn 50 much that they
speak with so much defiance and
authority? .m
"By what right do they demand
as the Pope did Of old-that Republi-
can Kansas defeat all Republican
congressman?
what the Republican Republic
cans should do is to nominate and
| send the Republican congressman
back to congress with increased ma
jorities.
I'VE have tried the experiment Of
sending alleged men of the people
to represent us. The Pops sent on a
few. They befouled the state and
people and made Kansas the best
laugh of the country.
what reason is there to suppose
that good can be found in party de-
feat? Do the insurgents offer any
further good than the Republican
representatives stand for?
rs there any reasonable policy
proposed that a present Republican
Representative may not espousei
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