Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-11-02

or, more correctly, spreading the doc
trines Of the National Order7Of Vid-
cts" the union labor party being sim
ply the creation Of this same order, or
virtually one aud the came thing, for tha
National Order tf Fidetts" guides.
controls and dictates not only the polieW
and platform Of the union labor party.
bit names its candidates, and lends its
aid only 20 such as are known TO be its
pliSnt tools and controlled by its pur-
poses and Oathe. These statements ara
inrefutably proved by g Usr6atjm copy
OF tbs proceedings OF the Yates Center
convention. In this Yates Center con-
ventiOn, q resolution was passed urging
a thorough organ cation OF the union
labor party and sit was moved and mo-
ton carried that in elections OF union
labor party members OF "13" which Is
another designation for the National
Order OF Videtts be elected delegates to
conventions" Another motion was czE-
RED to the effect that in all political
work the members Of ''13' must work In
perfect unison. Further along In these
proceedings, all Of which can be found
elsewhere In this payer, it is stated that
''the matter Of the union labor state Con
ventiOn was discussed at great length
.
cided that the state convention OF the
union labor party be held in Wichita
between the 22nd and S0th Of August
1888"
Farmers and workingmen Of Kan
sas, dupes Of the union labor party,
what more evidence do you want
of the purposes and intents OF that party,
and the character Of It's leaders, and the
fact that it is totally and absolutely IL
the hands Of this secret organization
which, until this moment, you knew
nothing OF, and the existence Of which
you never dreamed Of?
But there is much mora.
In this same council at Yates Center,
It was moved and carried that the next
meeting Of the Atets Nuic'lOc state
! council should be held In Wichita, one
or two days preceding the state cOnven~
ton Of the union labor party"
The proceedings Of the state oounc1E
Of the National order of Videtts," at
Wichita, August q, next claims our at
tention. In that council Mic (cUmrade)
Snider, who, by-the-way, is the union
labor candidate for congress in the Sew
enth district, reported the platform OF
the 9laliOgg labor party, to be adopted
by the union labor party convention.
Some Of the members OF the order
/ moved that delegates who were not ''Vi-
detts' be allowed to make suggestions
as to the platform, but they were over
ruled and the only changes that were
| permitted we're those of verbiage. The
/ National order Of Videtts' then pro
| ceeded with the nomination OF a state
/ tickeS for the union labor party. 1t was
Intended to nominate J. W. Bridenthal,
/ OF Chetopa, for governor, as was agreed
/ upon in the Yates Center convention, but
word WIS resolved from Bridenthal to
! the effect that he desired a compliment
! tsry vote OF the convention when he
would withdraw his name, giving as q
a reason that it had been stated
! that so great had been the growth
Of the union labor party in the state, that
| it was quite possible by sacrificing every
thing on the state ticket for legislature.
and effecting a combination OF all the
opposition elements in the Kansas legis-.
! lature, "13' could control the election OF
the next U. S. senator and BriedenthaI
was wanted for the placel This state
ment, it is reported in the proceedings OF
the 2IltIc' loo, was received with great sp-t
plause and the state ticket OF the union
labor party, as it now is, with one excep-
ton, was nominated, care being taken
that ''true comrades were selected.
Such were the proceedings Of this
secret conclave, which on August 81, did
the work that on August % was retifed
/ by the union labor party Of Kansas, La.
boring under the suppOsitiOn that, as q
/ political party, they we're exercising the
| rights and duties Of American citizens in
a convention Of the people.
TIE nnion labor convention at Wich-
| tia had 257 votes on its highest coHntS
| the t'Vidette' had control, remember, by an
| oath, violation Of which Is punishable by
death at the hands Of their comrades, Of
! 139 Of those Uotes. = is thus estab-
| lished, beyond perdaventure, that the
union labor convention at Wichita,
which nominated the present state ticket
Of that party and formulated its platform
was not a convention OF any party, but
merely doing the bidding OF q secret,
Oath-bOund, anarchistic organization
It is useless to go into further details.
It has been established that those who
/ have Identified themselves with the
union labor party are nothing more nor
nothing less than dupes; dupes Of these
cowardly, dsstsrdly scamps who have.
/ organized themselves into a secret poiit-
ical organization, the very existence of
which has been kept.a profound secret,
through blood curdling oaths, and
which has for its purpose the control OF
| the government OF this county, and
/ which it hopes to attain through the
! surfaces aud support Of honest work
] ingnaen and farmers who ara ignorant
Of the existence and the purposes OF