The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-12-04
ADDRESS
Of the State Cenuai tom .
rnittee Of the Peoples
Party to fhe People
OF Kansas.

oGicial rcturns show THAT We have .
cast G,s5S s3.re votes than cur canii- !
bate fer governor received ia 1890, /
willie the republican vote is % $50 less
than the vote cast for Lyman Z. IIur:- :
pIiry last year TIE democratic vote !
Of the state has dwindied from :! ,s57
in 1890 10 1888 in 1901.
There was democratic, republican
vote cast OF 60, sos; and while, through
the manipulation Of this vote we have
lost many county officers, yet through
our state We have Carried The town
t ship AN local Offices ten to one.
Last year the democrats generally
made no nomination for ct7Ii.t yos!cers. f
and the same is true Of candidates for
congress i'll 1--WE OF the rgTHssieual
districts, while this year they have
/ Openly confessed with Tie republican .
party. /
with lie option Of two demucrutic /
district judges and few unilnpor-
tunt local officers, the credit fer whose
eIectiun is claimed I.y republicans, the
aid and comfort which the democrats
gave to their old enemy has not only
{
selves, but It has lowered the stand
ing Ct that party ia the state by 80,
52i votes.
The last election demonstrate that,
+ Notwithstanding the corruption. the
= bulIdUzina and the menGacity Of our
;. chief political opponents, the peoples
party is to-day stronger than ever he
} fore, and more numerous than any
. other. 1t is, by a safe margin. tie piu-
= rality party Of Kansas. While it IS
- true we are not yet a majority Of all
> tie people, we are more nearly so.than
Z any OF er party, and we are therefore
y beyond the power of any political Gle
II ment TO dictate where and how the
: political power Of the state of Kansas
ie shall be cast.
d The false claim of our enemies,
y whose mendacity is most disheurteuing
to patriotism and manhood, that ouI
adhercnts have forsaken their princi,
'1 Pies and returned to their Old party
walIow, is demonstr ted 10y the returns
a. to he base Islander. prompted by the
TIC uuhallowed wishes of those by whom
- it YVES uttered. The alleged victor!
% the republican party is like that O
''9 the British red coats at Bunker Hill, l.
= fact bat the LegiuuiIg OF tie people
90 freedom. We have passed through
the NEST trying ordeal and have main
" tanned our integrity. The argumen
~, is upon cur side, and the cause Of til
III people is cherished with Il more earn
' est devotion and more determine
spirit than ever before.
The political expressions Of tie II
cent conventions Of Iaborers and DIT,
duccrs of the whole country at Indian
Gu opolis and Toledo. are emiueutIy sati
factory and particularly encouraging
.1e the peoples party The turner's al
~ lance, the knights OF labor and otht
-,y labor organizations are politica
.9 though not partizan organizations
80 They are political, as every organic;
ton must be, which seeks the mate
',s rial welfare of its membership. The
&c will adhere to that political part
Which NEST nearly sympatLizcs wi
their principles, and NEST earnest
seeks to accomplish the ends for whiC
they are striving. With them prime
~ pies are first, and party second.
is to remedy evils growing out Of exIs
ing vicious legislation that these o
'"s ders have been organized. For the.
conditions they hold the two old pa
i. ties responsible. y new polite
y. party is a necessity to them, ana Il
de- Indiana and Toledo -onve Itioas assn
,ort us that they arc ready to recognize til
"a party Of the people as the agency il
III dispensab e to the success of tile
nee objects; and We have only to wait f,
on the great industrial convention of Eel
Ice rUary %, 1892, for the public declari
all ton which Will unite their ranks wit
s~ Ours Throughout the length and breadt
Of tie iand.
ade 1t is claimed by our opponents til;
unit cur patty is composed of anarchist
80 80 destructionists ami repudiaturs.
of moments reilectioa must disabIJse e
rest cry unbiased mind upon this subiec
ans In kansas, where the party has attai
Her Ter Ell a strength equal or superior to TN
! in in amy other state, the farmer eIemei
-ges largely predOminates. Our Leagie
en- vote is pol;ed III tie rural district
rye While an idolatrous, unprincipl,
is ~" NSe9 iiN' 81 hi'o
.nc- obedience to the behests Of its ma
i If tiers, for partizan purposes, TO desi
ned nate the sturdy yeomaHry of our sta
81 as anarchists and repudiators, the S
,ess Der thoughtful people of all class
lrge must realize that the charge is wit
enc out foundation.
has Farmers have been the most &C
.ess- seryatjve Of men. They realize II
their Interests sue suffering tod
con- from conditions that have been jufet
awe upon the country by years of syste
y of attic vicious legislation; and their pr
5 not ent attitude toward tile parties Il
able sys.resPonsibie for this legislation