Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-05-30
sIDE-TRAcklKG THE WESTERN
MOVEMENT.
st, IOuis Republic Demac,ut;.

The first, the always absolute es-
sential of success for any new move
ment in politics is decided stand
on definite declarations of opposition
to the policy and the legislation Of
the party in administration.
No new party can be organized
and be put into controlling position
by antagonizing an existing party
that is out of power and that is not
represented in its principles and pol
itics by existing laws.
This is the A B C Of politics. 1t
is law Of politics because it is a law
of human nature. When men re-
sist the wrongful use of power, they
direct their resistance against those
who have the power and are abusing
it. Never under any circumstances
can a new party achieve success when
it declines to make direct issue with
the party Of administration whose
policies are represented in the laws
and in the conditions creating the
dissatisfaction from which new par
ties receive their impulse.
This is too evidently true to be
open to challenge, yet Messrs. PEI
FER and STREETER have been able to
so control the Cincinnati convention
as to avoid making issue with the
party that is now in administration,
and that is represented in the laws
responsible for the general dissatis-
faction out Of which the Cincinnati
convention grew.
The silence of the platform Civ
ing consent to the Mckinley bill
and to an average tariff tax of SIS
cents on the dollar of value in every
manufactured goods used in the life
Of the American people, gives the
lie direct to the claim that any Or
ganization supporting such plat
form is or can become 1.-THE Peoples
Party" To accept the Mckinley
bill, either by tacit consent or open
endorsement, is to accept Republic
ism with all that it implies. And
this is exactly what the Cincinnati
convention has done. By refusing
to antagonize the Mckinley bill It
not only prevents any Third Party
issues against the Republican party,
but throws the negative influence of
the Third Party against the Demo-
cratic campaign for tariff reform.
There is every reason to believe that
this was done intelligently and with
the deliberate purpose Of strengthen
ing the Republicans in power and
the Democrats in opposition.
In the finst place, the tariff was
ignored to avoid issue with Republic
canism.
The subtreasury scheme was in
sisted on to force issue against DEM
ocracy.
The Antitrust resolution was not
included, as it would have brought
up the tariff issue against the Harrl-
son administration.
The prohibition resolution was
voted down, as to have included it
would have drawn into the Third
Party movement Prehibitionists who
may be expected, otherwise. to vote
straight Republican ticket.
In addition to this, the policy Of
unlimited pensions was Endorsed
and further demands made on this
score. To enable the Republicans to
fight in Illinois to the best advan-
tage, the control of the peoples
Party" National Committee was
placed in the hands of the Streeter-
Taubeneck faction in that State,
though it is notorious that STREErER
is in the league with the Republi-
cans, and that he made an open bar
gain for the Senatorship with the
Republican State Committee.
All this shows that the object of
the men controlling the convention
was to anticipate and ''head off, the
genuine third party movement
which threatened to come next year.
In campaign which will be decid-
ed on the tariff any party who at
tempts to ignore the tariff will not
be in the fight. The Republican
leaders, seeing this, have attempted
to switch the Third Party move
ment off on the Ben Butler side
track and SO far "a their platform is
concerned they have succeeded.
The question now is whether this
confidence game can succeed against
the determination of the agricultu-
raj States to force a reduction of
OF Mckinley taxes on the necessa-
mes , OF life. The Republic does not
hoIpor0 ~ aon