Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-17
THE SITUATION.
Partisan Lying About Election
Results.
THE PEOPLES CAUSE GAINING.

Should the Alliance Demands BE Broad
~ned?-BanI<ing on Debt and on Wealth.
Some Interesting Suggestions
copyright. 1891, by Reform Press News Asso-
citation, New York;
Before this letter reaches my Alliance
and other reform readers they will have
seen in the plutocratic papers the false
and misleading reports which we all ex-
pected about the reform vote in the re-
cent election. AS such, the grossest mis-
representation is from Kansas. | an
ticipated these lies, and arranged to
have the actual facts sent me from that
state as som as they should be known.
And what do they show? Just the re.
verse of what the old party papers lave
been shouting ever since the polls closed.
The Peoples party falling behind in
Kansas? Let's see. A year ago the
Peoples party had the advantage OF
Democratic support.
There was no coalition between the
new party and the Democrats, but the
latter were so anxious to beat the Re-
publicans that they voted the Peoples
party ticket without being invited to do
40. Now all this is changed. The new
party proved to be clean party. 1t
would have no more to do with Demo-
cratic schemes than with Republican
schemes. Hence the disgruntled Demo-
Gratis concluded they would be better off
with their old enemies, the Republicans,
than with the independents. So this
year the Democrats and the Republicans
made combination against the people,
And the result was the Peoples party
cast 10 per cent. more votes in the state
this year than they did with the assist
ance of the Democrats last year. Is this
sign of dissolution? Is this an indica-
ton that the Alliance and the Peoples
party is breaking up? If it is, let us
hope we shall have many more such
signs, for it means reformation and free
dom from corruption in the near future.
have already explained that the AL
lance and other friends of reform at
tempted no demonstration of their power
at the polls this fall. This has been so
we'll understood by the members them
selves that none of them has been de-
ceived in the least degree by the talk of
the old party papers. We can afford to
let the old liners hug the delusion that
the peoples revolt is over. 1t will be
the easier to strike the decisive blow
when the time comes. l am glad to
have the political power of the order de-
cried Just now. hope the political
managers and strikers will continue to
make this mistake for several months
longer. 1t will enable the people to or
ganize more thoroughly, because there
will be less interference and less corrup-
ton to fear from the enemy. The great
plan of education, which is the chief bull
wark of the whole enterprise, can then
be carried out most effectually.
In this line comes the proposition from
a number of sources on the point of ir
some degree broadening the Alliance de-
mands, which will be made by the con-
vention now sitting at indianapolis. ]
am not one who believes in abandoning
any features of the Ocala and st. Louis
platforms. The principles there enun-
ciated are sound and true, and they
should be stuck to to the last. Thesap-
plication of them, believe. calls for
few if any changes. 1t will of course
be right and proper to make new appli-
cations of them in order to more COM
pletely meet the wants of all classes Of
people. In this connection quote with
out comment some recent suggestions Of
Captain Z. A. Powers. which deserve