People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-10-28

coming to divide the time, when no
such thing had been proposed.
We ought TO have won by long odds
at least $4,000 had we had any show
whatever. The entire power is in
the Democrats hands and we are
pOwerlesS. We have, however, pOlled
One-half the white vote and We are in
the fight to stay. If any one doubts
it, hear what our leaders have TO say.
Tom Watson, who is one Of the pluck
lest, trueSt men living, says in a pri-
vate letter to the writer that he will
never give up as long as he lives and
that we will win if we keep
in the middle of the road. If
every one could read his brave, true
words in the Peoples Party Paper,
they would never doubt: he closes by
saying: Here is one man who means
to fight for the sacred cause until
they fold his exhausted hands over
his breast. Who will fOllOw?r
Col. Peek says: ours was a cam
paign of poverty without a dollar.
without an ambulance to carry the
weak who fell by the waySide, with
out trained political generals; we
have fought a good fight and have en-
listed in our cause more than half the
white voters of Georgia. The fight
is on and there will be no grounding
of arms, no white flag raised. until
our demands are granted. We never
expect to kiss the hand that SmiteS
us or to lap like dog; neither do we
intend to heed that Satanic voice
crying, come back
VI. d. Irwin says, I'VE don't need
men with cotton strings for back
bones in this fight. We want men
who will stand up for their rights to
the finish. Stand by your
cOlOrs and relief will come thr, ugh
victory"
DR.. L. c. Matt0x, candidate for
congress in the Eleventh district,
says, I'VE may yet be forced to sub
nit for a time, but never to surren-
der" And so it goes all over the
state. Don't be afraid. The reform
erS of the south are in to stay and if
we had a Republican form of govern
ment every southern state would be
found in the reform column in No
vember. You men who fought and
bled to free a few black slaves are
needed now, not to bleed and die. but
to vote as free men to free both white
and black slaves of the south and to
restore the union here. We have no
Republican government here and
never can have as long as political
battles are fought on the old sectional
lines. Our party. in its first conflict,
has pOlled more votes than the Re
publicanS ever have since the war.
The two old parties are sectional par
ties and must always remain so. The
Peoples party has split the solid
south wide in two. An Oyerwhelm-
ing vote for the reform party in the
west means certain death to bourbon
ism in the south. We may not BE-
able in the face of frauds to show ma
jOritieS this year, but never fear: if
the west will stick to the fight, in
spite of the frauds and bulldOzing
with which we have to contend, we
will win the next campaign. We are
not discouraged. There will be no
turning back. Already we are con-
sidering plans and mapping out the
work for the next four years. We
are not going to Slacken the fire after
the November campaign. The fight
is on and there will be no let up until
we win. Only give us a majority in
the west and especially Kansas, 50
that We can point to it and prove to
the people here that section
alism is dead and the d. o. p.
will be the worst whipped party in
fouf y2a.s that you ever heard Of.
- Drctf,n