Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-07
A Democratic Scheme.

The purposes of the democrats in
furthering the interests of the peoples
party in Kansas as we'll as other re-
publican states is very frankly stated
by the st. Louis Republic. 1t says:
Il is the part of common sense for the DEM
ocrats all through the northwest to combine
the opposition to the republican party, and
as f. as possible deliver the whole opposi
tion vote, Jumped at the polls in November,
against the administration and it policy as
illustrated in the pre- sent congress. By do
Hing so they Will keep the Independent
from going back to the republicans and put
the democratic party in the best possible
position for 1892.
The west is the democratic fighting
ground for the future and il must be fought
for by met hOds that will win and with gen.
eral understanding OF the entire situation.
We must fight for the west. Within the
next six years the democratic party must
win in the west, or, as it is now organized,
it can never carry another presidential cleo
tion.
The whole and sole object is to de-
feat the republican party, and put the
democratic party in the best possible
position for 1892" There is not the
first thought that the interests of the
farmer, or the independent voter will
in the least be promoted. The entire
democratic party in Kansas is in thor
ough accord with the Republic. That
party and its members care as little
now for the farmers or the laboring
classes as they did when they opposed
human freedom, homestead laws, COM
mon schools and all other measures
which have been adopted by the repub-
lican party for the benefit of the farmer
and the laboring people. They only see
in the disintegration of the republican
party, possible chance to elevate the
corrupt democracy to power. And if
by encouraging the formation of third
party they can mislead a few republi-
cans to sever their old political rela-
tions, they hope the democratic party
will thereby be gamers to that extent.
This is the motive and the only
motive which has prompted the demo-
Gratis of this county to take such an
active part in placing peoples party
ticket in the field, This is why the
News, edited by the principal ringsters
of the democratic central committee,
has taken such lively interest in fur
thering the peoples ticket and the ex-
posing of this hypocritical scheme by
the REFLECTOR is what has caused the
columns of the democratic sheet to be
filled with calumny and vituperation
and to devote about three-fourths of
its editorial page to the personal abuse
of the REFLECTOR and members of the
republican party.
We do not believe that the republi-
can farmers of Dickinson county will
lend themselves to any such base and
ignoble purpose.
The republican farmers can do no
more to further the farming interests
of this state by joining a third party
than has or can the third party Prohi-
bitionists do for the cause of temper
ance, The only result will be to weaken
the ranks of their friends, and to that
extent strengthen the common enemy
the democratic party. We believe
that every republican of this county
will as hundreds of them have already
done, see that this third party move
ment is the device of the democratic
party, aided by the union labor dema-
gogues to weaken the republican party,
and thereby put the democratic party
in the best possible position for 1892"