The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-11-13
coon ENoUaHI NOW ron 90

GOOD ENoUGHl NOW FOR 90
zts ABILITY 80 CaEsy siis State In 1881
To the Brethren n the Faith;
While the smoke of battle still hovers
Ger the scene OF conflict and with no
reliable or conclusive returns at hand
write this Thursday evening, NOvem-
bsr s. to tender to the grand army Of
uDfiinching warriors in Kansas words
of good cheer and encouragement
It is true that the PrOstttuted parti-
aau press Is hsEalding to the world the
delusive news that the peoples party
of the state of Kansas has been utterly
FOuted-wiPed Out-annihilateds and
iudicrously enough, while the rePuD-
1ican journals ia scare heads and big
black type are proclsiming the state
reliably republican and claiming
=4z-z=s4esssst Victory ter the O p Aha
democratic journals are hila<iOusly
happy over the result and only Occe-
sionally mar the enjoyment OF the feast
of love by utimating that as the demo
cratic party furnished the candidates
and goodly portion of the votes, the
victory might be more htly styled
demO-rePu blicFatic-
And thereby hangs q tale " What
are the real facts hidden and obscursc
by all this blow and buster, this pro
fusion OF reciprocal congratulations
thus exchanged by these erstwhile
deadly enemies? Is the peoples party
routed? Nay! verify. Has the peoples
cause been buried in the chasm of de-
sPairP No! NOu They are bus lying
sOothsayers-
To begin with, / note that IN very
few counties did the peoples party
form any entangling alliances or fu-
sions with the enemy. Last fall, as
rule, the peoples party and the demo-
e tickets RuG
this fall, In very many cases, the demo"
Gratis and repu blicans fused upon county
tickets. so that the POPulists had to
fight the com binsd strength of the two
old parties And where they did not
fuse openly and run a joint ticket they
had an understanding or arrangement
whereby the whole strength of both
parties was given to half the candidates
upon each ticket In two judicial dis
triets there was a square fusion
of the two parties, the candi-
dates being nominated by a joint
convention. In two other judicial dis
tricts one or the other old party re-
Trained from putting candidate in the
field and instructed its members to
vote for the candidate of the other
party. Aud yet IN the face of these
facts and in the light of such political
debauchary, with which they answered
the fearless challenge of the pc ple's
party for = fair, square fight each party
for Itself upon economic izsues-Iu
spite, I say, of such fusion, the two
grand old parties" set up yell of tri-
umph, and sing a song of victory, be-
cause. fOrsOOth, they have elected
majority OF the judges and secured
about two-thirds of the county officers
in a state which three years ago gave
& republican majority OF 81, OGO!!
But, fellow cranl<s and cO-wOrlers
in humanity's cause, the UietOry they
boast about is no Uict0ry at az They
have simply revealed the strength of
| their joint opposition and betrayed the
hOl1Owness Of their past political ut
terances and professions Fusion
must, most surely, in the end utterly
destroy the political party that prac-
tees it. because Il teaches stS members to
lightly esteem ths sincerity Of their Ol0H con-
| Uieti0ns Enthusiasts (cranzs il you
pleased and fools are the safest men,
| beers of political party. The one al
ways votes his convictions of right,
the other votes as he Is told to- Men
that know the truth, but lightly es-
TEEN il, make good fusionists-
But to resume: These two old
/ parties can't well fuse upon a presi-
/ Dental ticket. mot ia 90 at least), and
the figures upon which they base their
/ claims of glorious victory show that
/ diUided the peoples party easily has
/ them whipped. Take Geary county,
| with fusion vote of 1,O4O, and. a pop
ulist vote of 769. WhereI oh, wherei
| will the twins be when they sever their
/ fusion tie? Take the four judicial dis
/ tricts in which there was either a
| demO-repubficraticf fusion, or only two
! candidates in the field. In not one Of
/ these does the claimed majority exceed
/ 500 to !, 900. These figures reveal a
| plurality for the peoples party when
| parties is dissolved And so it is with
old parties divided the Offices between
them-tAs cote rSesiUed 6y each candidate
Is the total strength Of both Old parties In
| WyandOtts county the peoples party
/ gained nearly ], 900 votes.
| BE, then, of good cheer. brethren. The
official count will show the actual
| strength of the simon pure peoples
party, unpolluted with fusion or un-
! holy alliances. The actual strength
will be found to be more than one
| third OF the total vote of the state
| II the democrats fuse next fall it will
not be with the republican party.
They will not be able to fuse with the
/ peoples party, but, of course, they will
| vote as they please. They are short
! sighted politicians II they do not per-
ceive that by carrying Kansas for the
/ peoples party they will increase the
democratic candidates chances by Just
the numbe of electoral votes possessed
by the state. GEORGE c. WARD,
| Editor Kelioggs Alliance Page