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THE ADVOCATIS3,
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Coxey Meeting la Winfield.
Editor Advocate: The people of
Winfield and vicinity held a rousing
EDS83 meeting at the court house on
Monday evening, April 30. The court
room waa crowded and it is estimated
that 800 to 1,000 people went away with
out being able to get near enough to
hear any of the proceedings. The trees
adjoining the house were full of people
who climbed up to hear what might be
said. The meeting waa called to order
by the chairman of the Populist commit
tee who stated that the object of the
meeting was for the purpose of discuss
ing the Coxey movement and to try to
determine the causes of the movement
and its probable results. In order that
the discussion might be made from
every political point of view, three
speakers had been selected, represent
ing the three political parties.
E. B. Buck was selected as chairman
of the meeting and made a short, char
acteristic address in whieh he stated
that the tariff question had been the
bone of contention between the old par
ties for many years but that the sub
ject had long since been exhausted and
that there had not been an original idea
promulgated upon that question since
the time of Henry Clay.
Hon. John A. Eaton, who represented
the democratic element, was next called
for and the manner in which the ap
plause welled up from all parts of the
house showed that the audience waa in
sympathy with the sentiments expressed.
Mr. Eaton portrayed in a lucid manner
how the rights of the people had been
bartered away by corrupt legislators
and politicians in the years that have
paseed,through the lobbying of bankers,
corporations and monied interests. While
he was not altogether in accord with
Mr. Coxey's idea he believed that the
use of the uprising was the result of
unwise and vicious legislation of the
past and the diliatory tactics of the
present congress.
lion. W. P. Hackney, who represented
the republican element, followed Mr.
Eaton in a speech that might be said to
be "out of eight." Mr. Hackney scored
the corporations and charged the pres
ent condition of the people to the un
just legislation of the past twenty years.
He paid his respects to the present ad
ministration and congress in the most
vigorous style and Senator Wolcott came
in for a blistering that was adequate for
all purposes. Mr. Hackney told many
truths during the progress of his re
marks but his speech must have been
heard to be appreciated. HiB remarks
clearly indicated that he is with and for
the people
Hon.S. M. Scott, of Emporia, who
represented the Populist element, was
the next speaker and opened by saying
that the other speakers had practically
voiced his sentiments and came very
near leaving him nothing to say. How
ever, Mr. Scott managed to hold the
undivided attention of the large audi
ence for nearly an hour upon the eco
nomic conditions which make the Coxey
movement possible.
The most remarkable coincidence of
the meeting was the unanimity with
which the three speakers, representing
the three political parties, agreed as to
the causes which produced the Coxey
crusade. The meeting was composed of
all parties and as each of the speakers
received apparently the same measure
of applause, the plain inference is that
the great common people are not far
apart in their sentiments and feelings
and when they once become divested of
their blind partisanship and get a good
ready to vote for MMollie and the babies,"
It will waka tba head of the average
"plute" dizzy to see the procession
goby.
George W. Scott was next called for and
expressed some doubt as to whether
Coxey and hia host had any right to go
to Washington, and by loafing around
the capitol building obstruct legislation.
J. O. Bradahaw followed and brought
down the house by referring to the ob
struction idea and by asking the ques
tion, "What legislation are they ob
structing?" The following resolutions were read
and passed unanimously with one ex
ception. Hon. F. Q. Powers, republi
can representatives from the Winfield
district voted no. He explained his vote
immediately afterward by saying that
while he was in sympathy with Mr.
Coxey and all that, he thought it a little
premature for us to go on reoord on the
question. He did not object to the reso
lutions because they arraigned the rec
ord of the republican party for many
years past, neither did anyone els j in the
audience, although more than one-half
the audience were republicans:
Whbbias, The universal, unsettled con
dition of commercial manufacturing and
agricultural interests throughout the 1 ength
and breadth of the land, the fairest and
most productive of all the earth; the serious
and apprehensive mental state of the peo
ple, the general unrest that pervades the
masses and the alarming state of publio
affairs demand the aotive, serious and re
flective considerations of our publio ser
vants in the congreaa of the United States
as well as all people everywhere regardless
of sectional differences, religious belief or
party affiliation, and
Whxbias, The conditions that surround
us, resulting from unjust legislation, are
such that millions of our fellow citizens are
without employment and are without the
means of earning a livelihood for them-
selves or their families; and
Whsbias, Thousands of these men arr at
present marching on to Washington to ask
relief of the congress of the United States;
and
Whsbsas, Believing that oongrees alone
has the power to apply the proper remedy,
and believing that these men have the right
under the federal constitution to peaoeably
assemble at Washington and petition the
government for a redress of grievances,
therefore be it
Resolved, By the people of Winfield, and
Cowley county, Kansas, in mass conven
tion, that we extend our sympathy and
moral support to the "army of the common
weal" believing that ths members th ereof
are not tramps or idle from ohoioe, and
hereby admonish them to exeroise the larg
est discretion as well as to use only peace
ful and lawful means for the accomplish
ment of the objeots aimed at We appeal
to congress to accord to this industrial army
a wise, patriotic and considerate hearing,
ever remembering that their appearance at
the nation's capital at this time, is the logi
cal and inevitable result of many years of
unjust discrimination and class legislation.
Winfield, Eas. S. A. Smith.
Seventh District Republicans.
On May 3 the republican convention
of the Seventh district, held at Newton,
renominated Chester L Long as their
candidate for congress. He was defeated
by Jerry Simpson' in 1892. The resolu
tions of the Newton convention are:
We favor a protective tariff under which
import duties shall be levied npon all for
eign produots coming in competition with
the product of American labor, equal to the
difference between wages at home and
abroad; the admission free of all articles
whioh cannot be produced in this country,
exoept luxuries, under just, fair, equitable
reciprocity treaties, whioh, while opening
up foreign markets for our surplus pro
ducts, shall not destroy American wages
nor surrender American markets for pro
duots whioh can be made at home.
We favor bi-metaUism and are opposed to
monometallism, whether of gold or of ell
ver. We believe that by wise legislation
the annual output of the silver ujln-f pf pur
country can be added to the money of the
country, without disturbing the equal values
of our gold and silver coin. We are in favor
of gold, silver and paper money coined end
issued by our national government, inter
changeable at par and in volume sufficient
to meet the demand of the agricultural and
commercial interests of our country.
We favor national legislation for the en
couragement of irrigation.
We are in favor of the prompt payment
of liberal pensions to our ex-Union soldiers,
their widows and orphans, as a sacred obli
gation and patriotic duty.
We oondemn the unjust and unpatriotic
policy of the present administration in at
tempting to repeal and nullify our pension
laws by unfriendly construction.
Suffrage Mass Meetings.
A "sweep" of 100 two-day county masa
meetings has been arranged for May and
June. Four of these meetings will be in
progress each day. The dates are, in
part, as follows. It will be observed that
they overlap:
May 8-9 Lawrenco. Douglass county.
May 910 Topoka, Shawnee county.
The speakers at the Topeka meetings
will be Susan B. Anthony, Rsv. Anna II.
Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman-Catt, Mrs.
Annie L. Diggs, Miss Helen L. Kimber,
Mrs. Rachael L. Child, Laura M. Johns
and Mrs. Theresa Jenkins, of Wyoming.
At Lawrence the speakers will be Mrs.
Annie L. Diggs, Mrs. Carrie Chapman-
Catt and Rev. Annie II. Shaw.
May 10 Ilolton. Jackson countv. fMra. Chan.
man-Catt
May li Hoyt, Jackson county. Mrs. Diggs.
May 11 Netawaka. Jackson countv. fMrs.
Jenkins.
The following meetings will be ad
dressed by Mrs. Chapman-Catt, Mrs.
Diggs and Mrs. Jenkins:
May 11-12 Valley Falls, Jefferson county.
May 14-15 Atchison, Atchison county.
May 15-Hi Hiawatha, Brown county.
May 16-17 Seneca, Nemaha county.
May 17-18 Frankfort, Marshall county.
May 18-19 Washington, Washington county.
way wm uonooraia, tioua county.
May 22-23 Mankato, Jewell county.
May 23-24 Belleville, Republic county.
May 24-25 Manhattan, JiUey county.
May 25 Chapman, Dickinson county. Mrs.
The meetings at the following places
will be addressed by Miss Hasan B. An
thony, Rev. Anna II. Shaw, Misa Helen
L. Kimber and Mrs. Rachel L. Child.
May 11-12 Burllngame, Osage county.
May 13 Kansas City, Mo. Miss Anthony
and Dr. Shaw.
May 14-15 Osage City, Osage county.
May 15-16 Cottonwood Falls. Chase county.
May 16-17 Kmporia, Lyon county.
May 17-1H Burlington, Coffey county.
May 18-19 Oarnett, Anderson county.
May 21-22 Ottawa, Franklin county.
May 21 Leroy, Miss Anthony.
May 22 Osawatomle (Miss Anthony.
May 23 Pomona Mrs. Child.
May 23-21 I'aola, Miania county.
May 24-25 Pleaaan ton, Linn county.
May 25-26 Ft. Scott, Bourbon county.
Remainder of dates will be published
later.
NOTES AND COMMENT.
A bill was introduced in the senate last
week for the unconditional repeal of the
state bank tax.
Senator Stockbridge of Michigan died
on April 80. This gave the house and
senate an excuse to adjourn on the day
of the Coxey demonstration.
The Pennsylvania Fopalist convention
held at Harriabnrg May 1 nominated a
state ticket with J. T. Allman as candi
date for governor.
The city of Cleveland, O., is having
trouble with its resident army of unem
ployed. Last week extra police and
militia with gatling guns were called
into service to quell a riot in whioh
about 2,000 deeperate workingmen took
part. These be prosperous times.
Colonel Breckenridge is back in his
Eentaoky bail wick confessing his sins
and asking to be re-elected. He has
been forgiven by the church of which
he is a member and by the politicians.
It only remains for the women of the
district to let up on him and he will be
elected.
Hon. Tom Johnson, the single tax
congressman from Ohio, introduced a
resolution calling for an investigation of
the beating? of citizens by the police
during the Coxey demonstration. As
might have been expected of that com
bination of (ignorance and bigotry,
Speaker Crisp rulod it out of order.
A book entitled, MQnr Money Wars,
The Examples and Warning of Ameri
can Finance," written by Samuel
Leavitt, and published by the Arena
company, has been excluded from the
mails because its cover waa embellished
with representations of a paper and a
silver dollar. There is a foolish law
prohibiting such designs on mail mat
ter. The cover will be changed and the
book will soon be ready for mailing.
STATE CONVENTION.
Call of the People's Party State Central Com
mittee. A delegate convention of the People's
party of Kansas will be held in the city
of Topeka on Tuesday, Jane 12, 1894,
convening at 10 o'clock, a. m., for the pur
pose of placing in nomination candidates
for the following offices: Governor, lieu
tenant governor, secretary of state,
auditor of state, treasurer of state,
attorney genera), state superintendent of
publie instruction, aasooiate justice of
the supreme court and congressman at
large.
The several counties in the etata will
be entitled to representation at said
convention as follows:
Allen 5,
Anderson i
Atchison 7
Harbor
Barton 6
Hrown 7
Bourbon
Butler it
Chase
Chautauqua
Cherokee 12
Chevennu
Clark 8
Clay
Cloud
Coffey 7
Comanche
Cowley 12
Crawford
Decatur 5,
Dickinson
Doniphan 4
DOUglaS li
Edwards :t
Klk A
Kills 4
Ellsworth r
Finney !t
Ford X
Franklin H
Geary 5
Gove 3
Grant 2
Graham
Gray 2
Greeley 2
ureenwood 7
Hamilton 2
Harper 7
Harvey a
HaHkell 2
Hodgman 2
Jackson
Jefferson 7
Jewell 8
Johnson 7
Kearney 2
Kingman 6
Kiowa 8
Labette 10
Lane a
Leavenworth 1)
Lincoln 6
Linn 7
Logan 3
Lyon 9
larlon ?
Marshall j
Md'heraon h
Meade a
Miami 9
Mltcholl 7
Montgomery
Morris 5
Morton .2
Nemaha. 7
Neosho 7
Ness 8
Norton , a
Osage 11
Osborne a
Ottawa 6
raw nee a
i'hlllins a
Pottawatomie ft
1'ratt 5
Rawlins ' 4
Reno id
Republic ' a
Rice 7
Ulley a
Rooks 4
Rush 4
Russell x
Saline 8
Scott 2
.Sedgwick 14
.Seward a
.Shawnee 10
.Sheridon 3
.Sherman 4
Smith 7
Stafford 5
Stanton 2
Stevens 3
Sumner 13
Thomas 4
Trego 8
Wabaunsee A
Wallace 3
Washington 9
Wichita 8
Wilson A
Woodson 5
Wyandotte 11
THE MAEIETS.
HORSES.
W. 8. Tongh & Son. mannirors of thn k'tntm
City Stock Yards horse and mule department.
report wie niarnoi as snowing an improvement
both In numberof buyers and the nualltv of
stock offered. The southern trade is letting
up somewhat. Anything in the way of
smootn driver, chunk or carriage horse li
eagorly sought for at present. A great many
of the dealers are holding out their fanev stuff
for the combination sale in May.
rrospecis ior mo coming week are very fair.
Extra draft, 4 to 7 years 1100 00$m 00
uooa araii, - 60 00 " 9000
Extra drivers " " 100 00 " 175 CO
Good drivers " " 65 00" 9000
Saddle good to extra 75 00 " 175 00
Southern mares and geldings. . 25 00 " 75 00
Western range, unbroken 20 00 " 50 00
Western ponies 12 60 14 20 00
M0LK8.
Market quite active. Anything with quality
and finish sold fully up to quotations.
to 7 years, extra 45 00I 60 00
14- " good 85 00 " 50 00
hands 4 to 7 years, extra 75 00 " 90 00
15 " good 70 00 " 80 CO
15$ " " " extra 100 00 120 00
l " " good 90 00" 10000
18 to 16, geod to extra 100 00 " 135 CO
You ought to read the new book "The
Pcgi nd th Fte" Sea premium, fat,