Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-10-27

so"ceaA6 mo Ooctimeo OF t04e poxeys
on, moro correctly, Spreading ths doc,
trines OF The ~National Order Of Vid-i
eta" the union labor party bsinR sim.l
ply tho creation Of Tina same oe3er. or
virtually one and the same thing, for u
National Order Ut Videtts'' suidea
controls and dictates NOT only ths polisH
and platform Of the union labor party.
bat names its candidates, and lends il
aid only to such a. are known to be in
plant tools and controlled by in pur-
poses and oathf. These statements ma
inrefutably proved by rerbatim COPY
Of the proceedings OF tho Yates Osntsr
convention. In this Yates Center con-
vention, resolution was passed urRinR
q thorough organ cation OF the union
labor party and '.it was moved and mo,
ton carried that in elections of union
labor party members Of "13" which il
another designation for the 'Nstional
Order Of Videtts be elected delegates TO
conventional" Another motion WAS ar
ried to the effect thst 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
1.-The matter Of the union lsbor state con-
vention was discussed at great length
And further, upon motion, sit was de-
cided that the state convention Of the
union labor party be held in Wichits
between the 22nd and 30th of August,
1885,"
Farmers and vorkingmen 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 ITS leaders, and the
fact that it is totally and absolutely in
the hands Of tits secret organization,
which, until this moment, you knew
nothing of, and the existence of which
you never dreamed Of?
But there is much more.
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 counc,
of the National order of Vidette," at
Wichita, August 81, 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 union 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 were those of verbiage. The
':Nstionai order Of Videtts' then pro-
ceeded with the nomination OF state
ticket for the union labor party. II was
to nominate J. w. Brijenthal,
of Chetops, for governor, as was agreed
upon in the Yates Center convention, but
= ord was received from Bridsnthal TO
the effect that he desired q complims7.
tary vote OF the convention when he
would withdraw his name, giving - .
q 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 combination of all the
elements in the Kansas legis-
Is,ure, "13" could contro. the election Of
The next q. 8. senator and Briedenthal
was wanted for the PLACED This state
nent, it is reported in the proceedings Of
he nuie' Toe, was received with great sp-
plsuse and the state ticket of the union
AMOR party, as it now is, with one excep-
ion, was nominated, care being taken
hat ''true comrades" were selected.
Such were the proceedings Of this
,ecret conclave, which on August q, did
he work that on August % was ratified
~ the union labor party Of Kansas, Ia
boring under the supposition that, as .
political party, they were exercising the
lights and duties Of American citizsns in;
! convention of the people.
The nnion labor convention at Wich-, .
ia had 257 votes on its highest counts
he "Vidette" had control, remember, by an
'ath, violation of which is punishable by
leath at the hands Of their comrades, Of
I39 of those uotes. It is thus estab-
ished, beyond perdaventure, that the
Inion labor convention at Wichita,
Which nominated the present state ticket
4 that party and formulated it's platform
'as not convention of any party, but
merely doing the bidding Of secret,
snarchistic organizstion.i
It is useless to go into further details.
{ has been established that those who
ave identified themselves with the
InioD labor party gre nothing more nor.
lothing less than dupes; 6upes of these
owardly, dastardly scamps who have
rganized themselves into q secret polit
cal organization, the very existence Of
'hich has been kept q profound secret,
trough blood curdling oaths, and
,hich has for its purpose the control Of
be government Of this county, and
,l,,NS, hrx,aa 10 attain H.