The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-23
ADANDY EPISTLE.

The following letter reaches us by reg
ular post. It purports to have been writ.
ten by an Alliance candidate in Perkins
district to the Alliance candidate for con
gress in the Fifth district. 1t must have
been lost, the finder sending it to us. We
omit the name of the person addressed
and the name signed:
IL THE SADDLE, September IA, 1890.
/ To Hon. - Junction City:
Dear Sir:-Something must be done or
we will all be swamped together. Our
| friends and especially the soldiers are leav-
! ing us in droves-and unless we can stop
the stampede the jig is up.
! They don't like Jerry Simpson, and they
are not satisfied with Willets and Right
mire, and | don't blame them Jerry
means all right, but he don't know moth
ing. Besides his personal appearance is
! against him.
Me and him attended the Democratic
convention at Wichita and occupied con
speckuos seats-and to tell you the truth
was ashamed of him. When | git to con-
gress | shall imediotely make a motion to
take the tariff off of soap and shares so as
to enable Jerry to wash and get his hair
cut.
If we could get our central committee to
take Jerry, and Willitts and Rightmire off
the Peoples ticket and then get the Demo
cratic committee to take off of their ticket
three of their weakest candidates, and then
make one ticket for both parties with Rob
inson at its head--we should sweep the
state.
The Democrats have met us now more
than half way, and think we owe il to
them and to the people to do our part, be-
cause there is practically no difference in
the platforms of the Democratic and Peo-
pies parties
Such an alliance would put me and you
and Otis and Allen in congress, with fair
chance for Baker and Moonlight.
Willets' record is bad and Rightmire's is
worse-and something must be done or
the Republican hessians will have us by
the throat, when the election comes off
If Jerry goes off and the Democrats will
put up Wichita man, in his place we will
knock that prohibition fanatic. Jim Hal
lowell, into political eternity further
than pigian could fly in thousand wears
You and Robinson would do the same
and as for the race between me and that
hireling Perkins it would not amount to
much more than a race between a Jack
RABBIT and my old blind horse, which has
been turned out and goes on three legs.
Otis and Allen would have a harder
fight than me and you because, Kelly and
Funston are farmers and we cant say
bad company and are being used as hired
tools.
Whatever is done must be done
soon or ii will be too late
to do anything. The Hessians are
working night and day and the old soldiers
are afraid they won't all get their paws
into the public crib il we and the Demo
Gratis get controle Of congress, and they
are rite
| for one am opposed to this indiscrimi-
nate lavish of the peoples money, an these
mercenary bounty jumpers, coffey drink
ers and bean eaters, One-half of who never
done any service except TO draw their ra-
tons and pay. But of course we have TO
say we are in favor Of liberal pensions
and that is bitter pill foe me-but have
TO do II because Hessian Perkins was a SOL
der and if did not say WAS a friend of
the soldiers he would get all their votes
and | am not certain if he won't anyhow.
because they have started the report that
| was copperhead in Ohio and voted fol
Nalandingham before he was put through
the lines by old Abe Lincoln for exercising
his right of free speech in free country.
One trouble with me and you and Otis,
and Jerry and Robinson Is that none of Us
were in the army. except Jerry, and his
record of three months service is not such
as TO help Us out
On the other hand, all the Republican
NdnuludlCS NGIS eo4NIeIS anu nave EOOu
records
Humphrey, Broderick. Funston. Perkins.
Kelly, Phillips and Hallowell all went
through the war and several of them were
severely wOunded--so we have 70 be care
ful what we say about the soldiers and
pensions.
If we would pull of Jerry and Willets
and Rightmire and then get the Demo
Gratis 10 pull of three Of then poorest can
didates and put on three Democratic sol
diers, two union and one confederatel we
should then have a combination that would
draw eqTal to Barnum's show.
Ii would be made up with Democrats. !
resubmissiOn Republicans. the Peoples /
party, union and confederate soldiers. and |
such a combination would sweep down /
ike hurricane upon the Republican hes /
SLAMS and hirelings, in November.
study what | say carefully and let me /
hear from you at once, and II you agree i
with me we viii reorgsnize and give these /
meek and lowly hypocrites something else 4
10 say aud sing. besides,
an Jesus litIle lamb.
Happy ali dsv long an.
Your fellow worker in the cause Of the 4
people, -