Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-24

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Of the most hotly contested ''oh-year" cam
paigns ever witnessed in Kausaa II lie charsc-
serized by the vigor and force which the 70
publican party is giving IL in every county in
the state. In 1888 Kansas gave Harrison and
Morton 81, 900 majority over the democrats and
the republicans are this year promising conf
IDENTIFY to record another victory in 1882 which
will again place the sunfower state among the
republican strongholds Of the Union.
RKPuBLIcANs oHEATLY AnousEp.
With the exception Of nine district judges the
campaign is purely local confined to the cleo
ton Of county officers, but the republican state
| central committee has headquarters In Topeka,
ana Is daily sending out score Of speakers into
| every nook and corner Of the state. Tho de-
mand 10 80 great that the committee could use
100 more good speakers IL 1t had them. The
republicans Of Kansas never we're 40 greatly
aroused as at present They feel that it is q
question OF supreme Importance that they
| should carry many of the county elections. and
thus say to the east and to the entire nation
that the party Of John Brown, Of Jim Lane and
| the men who sacrificed all to make Kansas free
Is once more out Of the clutches Of what they
call the secret, oath-bound political organiza-
| ton foisted upon the farmers Of Kansas by Polk
and his southern co-workers."
cheering reports are daily received at the
republican headquarters from the interior OF
the state. One man writes: ut is clear that
the alliance vote will show o falling of next
month, particularly in the old soldier contin-
gent Our old soldiers are tired Of learning
patriotism from men who. since their failure
to destroy the Union, have been busily engaged
IN corruptihg the suffrage in the soath. They
are weary OF an organization that opposes their
Old party in the north, but stands in with the
same old democratic party on the other side Of
Mason and Dixons line"
This is but one of many such expressions
The fact is that all over the state republicans
are In the field, aggressive, united and in earn
est In the EFFORT to wipe out calamity this fall
PEOPLES PARTY DECLINING.
As the spirit of republicanism has revived
the ardor Of the alliance or peoples party has
percoptibly cooled. Interest in the alliance
gatherings is reported to be diving out
Senator PETER is the chief advocate Of the
peoples party in Kansas. He endeayors to
convince the people that the government
should issue all the fiat money they want. A
lew days ago the Senator was discussing this
question when bystander remarked: SEN
ator, II the government can make money by
printing paper, what is the use of collecting
taxes? Why not take the shorter, easier and
cheaper way OF printing the money to pay the
running expenses of the government and not
bother the people for taxes?'
THAT, says the Senator, lis Just what We
are coming to-"
The gentleman remarked that this reminded
hum OF an incident that occurred in Kansas in
the fail OF 1860, after the fearful drouth and
grasshopper visitation had destroyed every
vestige OF the crops The people had met to
talk over the situation and if possible devise
ways and means to get through the winter
without starving. After several had spoken
one fellow got up and said his family was all
right, as he had q cow
But" says one, ''you have no feed. and
what good will a cow do without feed?'
lhe COW is all right" said the sanguine
chap. "She don't need any feed. She sucks
herselfr
HOW RAILWAY MEN WILL VOTE.
1t Is estimated that three-fourths of the great
army Of railroad men in Kansas voted the
alliance ticket last fall, but this year it is safe
to say that two-thirds Of them will vote the
republican ticket. determined effort has
Deen made to organize them into the citizens
alliance, but with little success. The action of
the alliance legislature last winter has dis
pleased them, and they vii not vote with the
peoples party this year. c. c. Grouse a rail-
road engineer OF prominence and character in
the state, has taken the stump and is travelling
night and day, urging his fellow laborers to
keep out of 1.-The tolls OF the PETER and Simp-
son class OF reformers." He points out reasons
why no railroad man can consistently support
the peoples party.
In reviewing the acts of the last legislature
OF this state in q recent speech he said: .sThe
alliance peoples party cut the salaries of the
iaboriag people wherever they got an oppor-
tunity. They struck at organized labor and
put themselves on record as in favor of iscabs'
when they voted down the resolution in the
alliance peoples party house. which read that
none but union printers be employed BY the
state printer They showed their friendship
lor the farm laborer when they excluded him
from the weekly pay bill and the ten-hour q
day BILL The alliance can work their farm
nanos as many hours as they please and pay
hax <1a,~ l..A
roads must not work their men only SO long or
the employe Ii subject to a fine Of 800 and to
removal from his position for the same Of
fense."
FARMERS PAYING OFF THEIR DEBTS.
The splendid showing made by the farmers
OF Kansas in paying of mortgages refutes the
SANDER repeated by PETER and others that
Kansas farmers are hopelessly bankrupt. A
summary OF the reports received under the
seal OF fifty nine registers of deeds. covering a
period of four and one-half months, gives farm
mortgages recorded 1881, $50, and released
$7.S44, 245 an excess of mortgages released
amounting to S2.022, 595, or 25A per cent of
the total amount released.
HOW THE DEMOCRATS STAND.
The leading democrats of Kansas are also active
in their efforts to pull every ex-democrst out of
the alliance party. They regard this orpaniza-
ton as a common enemy and menace to the
prosperity Vi tue state. hecently u meeting OF
the state central committee was held here
which passed resolutions giving the alliance
movement quasi Endorsement.
The following day the Kansas Democrat the
leading organ Of the state, said editorialiy: elm
the light Of what occurred in this city yester-
day the Kansas Democrat today unfurls the
flag of straight democracy. We believe that the
democratic platform is good enough and broad
enough for all good men to stand upon; We are
sick and tired of prostituting democratic princi-
pies and the democratic party. We say to ex-
democrats in the peoples party. if it suits You,
stay there, but don't pretend to be peoples
party men and democrats, too. You have a
right under heaven to sit in the Democratic
council chamber and sock to turn over the
democratic vote in . body to the peoples party
in the respective localities in which you live.
You must either vote for straight democrats or
do tho decent thing and get out"