Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-08-06
An Editorial Verdict.
THE TOPEKA CONVENTION ISSUES
A RINGING ADDRESS.
Fusion With the People'sParty Frown
ed Upon and Straight-Out,
SimOn.Pure Democratic
Campaign Recon-
mended.

of Kansas, held here Monday, was
a success In both numbers and en-
thusiasm. Many prominent DEM
ocrats were present, and the at
tendance ;acluded representatives
from all parts of the State. The
question of fusion with the Peo-
ple's party was the chief subject of
discussion: Several of the old
timers, viz, Ex-Governor Click,
Judge John Martin and others,
were to counsel against any action
that would produce an open rup-
ture between the Democracy and
the Alliance, but those In favor of
straight Democratic nominations
and a ght against the Peoples
party as we'll as against the Repub-
lican party were largely in the
majority, and an address to the
Democracy of the State and nation
was adopted by a three-fourths
vote of all those present. The ad-
dress was very long, but portion
of it referring to the Alliance and
Peoples party is as follows:
"The evils that afflict the coun-
try are not the result of fixed and
definite limitations upon govern
mental authority and upon those
who exercise power, but precisely
the reverse. These evils are the
spawn of that Iatitudinarian and
licentious idea which holds that
government should be restrained,
and whatever those in authority
believe or profess to believe to be
for the welfare of the country
should be done. How, then, can
these evils be cured? By re-
sort to methods of a like character
but of greater extent than those
which produced these evils? How
can monopoly be remedied by more
monopoly How can the evils of
too much government be remedied
by still more government How
can wrong inflicted by stretching
and violating the Constitution be
righted by suspending or abolish
ing the Const1tutionf How can
industrial emancipation be effected
by system that would place all
the commercial activities and in
dustrial forces of the country un-
der the control of those in author
ity2 How can despotism be avoid
ed by system that would increase
the public patronage and enhance
the power of those in authority a
thousand fold2 How can the evils
of class legislation, partiality in
administration, corruption and un-
tiversal decentralization in finance be
avoided by system that eneour-
ages every man in the country to
seek aims and makes of the Gov
eminent public almsgiver? How
can that individuality, that personal
self-respect by which alone free
dom is maintained, be persevered
by a system which makes every
man mendicant, the Government
vast paternal power, dispensing
favor to the masses? Under such
system, with such vast patronage
at its command, with such unlim
ited power in its hands, party
once in power could never be dis
lodged except by revolution.
! "We, therefore, while we pro
foundly sympathize with the as
pirations and aims of all who hope
and sincerely strive for better con
ditions for the masses of mankind
cannot subscribe to doctrines tina
are identical in character and in
tenslfed in degrees with thos
| ideas and doctrines that have pro
duced the conditions compliance
r of. We cannot shut our eyes t.
3 the fact that the indictment pre-
3 sented against the existing wrong
+ by the Peoples party is a com
plant against wrongs perpetrate
by the Republican party and con
r tinuaily objected to and pointe
Q out by the Democratic party. An
2 | while these wrongs were accom-
J. plished with strong hands, unlaw
9 fully, over the united and best e
8 forts of the Democratic party,
= was largely by those who no
y clamor for a redress of thes
Q wrongs by species of communiel
@ and State socialism that are fo5
q Ieign to American traditions an
r the constitutional principles upo
which this Government was fount
led. These demands of the Pc,
Iple's party would, as necessar
f sequence, if carried to their legit
le mate consequences, result in SUI
l. verting and revolutionizing Il
le Government ITSELF"
Ie On the questions which are il
,e teresting the farmer at present, Il
8, address Gays: "We believe
N abolishing the iniquities of ella
N legislation in tariff Legislation
I'd We believe in return to the fina
,e cial system of the country pra
Of ticed from the foundation of u
,e Government to the year 1873. v
10 believe in the abolition o. the ban
III ruptcy system. We believe in
be vigorous and wholesome control
d the transportation SYSTEM of 4
country. To those who favor 90