The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-12-11
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the People OF Eans1s-
Following Is the full text OF the ad-
dress TO the people of Kansas recently
issued by the peoples party state CEN
trial committee
The people of Kansas are To be con-
graduated and the cause Of political
reform must be encouraged by the re-
suits of the recent election in this state
The official returns show that we have
cast g. SIS more votes than our candi-
date for governor received in 1890
while the republican vote is %, GS9 less
than the vote of last year. The demo
cratic vote Of the state has dwiudled
from "a. $50 in 1890 TO 81, s33 IN 1891.
There was a publican
vote cast Of So SIS; and while, through
the manipulation of this vote we have
lost many county officers yet through
out the state we have carried the town
ship and lccal Offices almost ten to one
Last year the democrats generally
made no nominations for county of
dccrs, and the--s5stIs- IS true of cuudi-
dates for congress ia i've of the seven
congressional districts, while this year
they have openly confessed with the
republican party
With the exception of two democratic
district judges and few unim portuut
local officers the credit for whose cleo
tiou is claimed by republicans, the aid
and comfort which the democrats gave
70 their old enemy has not only been
barren of good results 70 them selves,
but IL has lowered the standing OF that
party in the state by 80, 524 votes
The last election demonstrates that,
Notwithstanding the corruption, the
bulldoziuE and the meudacity of our
chief political opponents, the peoples
party is to-day stronger than ever be
fore, and more numerous than any
other. 1t is. by safe margin the
plurality party OF Kansas While 10 is
true we are not yet a majority of all
the people, we are more nearly SO than
any other party and We are therefore
. beyond the power of any political ele-
ment to dictate where and how the po-
iitical power of the state of Kansas
shall De cast
The false claim Of our enemies,
/ whose meHdacity is most disheHrteu ming
70 patriotism and manhood, that our
adhereuts have forsalSen their priG-
ciples aud returned to their old party
wauow, is demonstrated by the re-
turns 10 be base sluuier, prompted by
. the uuhallowed wishes of those by
whom it is uttered The alleged vic
tory of the republican party is like
that of the British red coats at Bunker
Hill, ia fact but the beginning of a
peoples freedom We have passed
through the most trying ordeal and
/ have maintained our integrity. The
argument is upon our side, and the
cause of the people is cherished with d
more earnest devotion and a more de-
termiued spirit than ever before.
The political expressions Of the re
cent conventions Of laborers aud pro
ducers OF the whole country at Indian
/ upolis and Toledo were eminsuUy sat
isfactory and particularly encouraging
TO the peoples party. The Farmers
I Alliance, the Knights of Labor an,
T1g
though not partisan, organizations
They are political, as every organiza
tion ia tnis country must be, Whtcl
seeks the material welfare Of its mem
bership. They will adhere to tina
political party which most nearly sym
pathizcs with their principles aud mos
. earnestly seeks to accomplish the end
for which they are striving. With then
principles are first aud party second
1t is TO remedy evils growing out OF eN
i-tiuT vicious legislation that these or
ders have been organized For thes
conditions they hold the two old par
ties responsible. A new politica
party is "a necessity to them; aud th
indianapolis and Toledo convention
assure us that they are ready to recoR
uize this party of the people as TIA
agency indispe Gsable TO the success o.
their objectsi and we have only to wal
, for the great industrial convention O
february %, 1892, for the public dec
Iaratiou which viii unite their rank
, with ours throughout the length AM
breadth of the land
i To is claimed by our opponents tina
. our party is composed Of anarchist Is
Z observation-disclosures and repudiat1rs- A mo
/ . meut's reflection must disabuse ever
I unbiased mind upon this subject i
Kansas, where the party has attaiue
. . O strength equal or superior to that ID
any other state the farmer elemen
p largely predomiuates- Our heGvies
I vote IS polled iu the rural districts
. While uu idolatrous, uupriuciptet
plutocratic press does not scruple /
o obedience to the bshests OF its masterl
for partisan purposes TO designate th
sturdy yeomanTy ot our state as ana
, chists and repudiators, the spbe
y thoughtful people OF all classes mul
d realize that the charge is wiJhou
K foundation
Farmers have ever been the mo,
70 conservative of men They realil
that their Interests are suffering to-da
d from conditions that have been infiicte
q upon the country by years of syatemat
: vicious legislation; and their presel
attitude toward the parties that are r
"a sponsible for this legislation is simp
o "a revolt against these adverse cond
- tiuua Nor do they seek alone sug
d changes as will inure TO their iuteres
IS or the interests OF Luolr special calm
IA The evils which afflict them are cor
mon to all Industrial INTEREST," II
n manufacture, the merchant, and ev,
d the banker outside the great CONNIE
b cial centers where the currency Of q
10 country is manipulated and coutrOlle
as well as the day laborer and &
"a skilled mechanic. all are suffering fro
is the general prevailing industrial al
i- commercial depression, and that vvhi
q will relieve the farmer viii like wi
- bring relief 70 every lcgI innate pursu
IN As an evidence of this universal q
-n 3 precision we need only 20 call attenti
e. I to the constant increase Of busiue
Is failures and the magnitude Of bnauci
d. ] losses during the past quarter Of
30 century. We iuvite the attention
tG every candid and thoughtful man 90 Z
e. following table of business failures a
.7lI1 losses from 1864 20 1890;
a. year SumDer Iisbni,i,
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