The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-11-06

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counties first reported are the counties
in which the cities and large towns sre
situated and in which il WAS expected
the peoples party would be debated 10y
the union tickets of the old parties.
The majority of the counties yet to
hear from will no doubt show alliance
majorities. a careful analysis of the
vote ana consideration of the char
acter of the com bination made through
out the state between tile democrats
and the republicans to defeat the peo-
pies party at all hazards, aud by every
means, shows that the peoples party,
instead of sustaining crushing defeat,
has gained a substantial victory. 1t
must be rendered in figuring the result
of this election that last year while
there were three state tickets in the
field, in five out of seven congressional
districts the democrats who remained
in the democratic party, voted with
the peoples party for congressman, and
for the county tickets. They never,
however, became members of the PsO-
pies party but remained democrats as
before. This year they, with few
exceptions, voted the straight repUOli-
can ticket, and the vote in every county
where a straight democratic ticket
was not put up, shows the vote Of the
peoples party as compared with the
total vote of the two old parties. In
3 10
and democrats united the peoples par
ty elected every candidate on their
ticket, IN some ny good round MAORI
ties, showing that the peoples party in
those counties IS stronger than both
old parties combined. In many other
counties they elected ii part of the
ticket against the combined opposition.
showing that the party. at least IN
those counties, Is equal to the combined
strength of the old parties. And in
most of the counties W here three tick
cts were put up the peoples party
elected their ticket by plurality.
This is the first election that the
strength Of the peoples party as a sep
srRte. independent political party has
been tested, and it is discovered that
Notwithstanding the desperate efforts
that have been made by both old par
ties to break up the alliance and to ut
terly crush the peoples party, and not
withdrawing the political mistakes
that were made by some of our party
leaders and the wholesale misrepresen-
tatiOns of the purposes of the party by
the Partizan press, and despite the fact
that every daily paper in the state was
arTaYed against the party, and every
drummer who travelled through Kan
sas made 1t his especial task to show
the merchants he traded with, aud the
people he came IN contact with, the
damage that was being done TO the
state by the peoples party, the vote
shows that the peoples party to-day
stripped of all weak and vacillating
elements that can be influenced by mis-
representation, cajOled 10y promises
inttmidated by fear or worked at the
polls, stands the strongest party in the
state OF Kansas.
The superficial politicians like j..
Rats Burton who im agine that the
peoples party is annihila.eI and
the farmers alliance demolished, have
but faint conception of the courage,
determination and staying qualities of
the people who left the old parties TO
work ont the fundamental reforms de
manded in the platform of the peoples
party. Even if the peoples party had
suffered as severe defeat as the parti
ZaR press claim, their repulse would
only have the effect to renew their
courage and infiame their nthusiasm.
Every true member OF the peoples
party knows that the principles of
their party are founded on Justice
that they must prevail. or the prOduc-
ing classes Will continue 70 sink in the
social scale and to suffer from tbs exae-
tons of nonOpOlies. They also know
that these reforms can only be accom-
piished by political agitation and or
gslniZatiOn. That they can never be
established through the machinery Of
old parties based on other issues and
formed under entirely different condi-
ditions. They know that unless they
can express their views upon these
questions through an independent
political organization they might As
well abandon the political field entirely.
and resign themselves with what
patience they can to the eternal rtII5
of mouOpoTv ana corruption. But they
do not intend to give up the fght so
early in the day, and tue pIutoerats and
politicians who are feeling so jubilant
today, VIII find themselves, before the
year IS out face 10 face with a united
and resolute party Of American citizens,
who viii wrest from their oppressc-s
the rights without which the prospect
ty OF the producing classes caunot be
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