The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-27
AN OUTRAGEOUS FAKE.
KANSAS AGAIN DETAINED BY THE
M0URNERS OVER DYING CAUSE.
They Would Have the World Believe That
the Great Commonwealth is Nest
Of Bloody Assassins
The Conspiracy of Fusion Clique to
Poison the Minds Of People Too
Long the Victims of Defama.
ton and Velifcation.

! OutrageS that have been perpetrated OF
her good name during the past two years
What great sin have her people committe
| for which they are called upon to atom
with the sacrifice Of all which every pee
| pie hold most dear to their hearts-thei
reputation? When will the time com
that the wrath of the offender will be ap
peased? Let the people answer.
For two long years all the energies of tn
villifier have been directed against be
derer's tongue has been spat upon tn
| reputation of her people.
| For thirty years her praises were suns
9TH poetic inspiration by her fond chill
dren-by the men and women whose hands
and brains and virtues made her the peer
less commonwealth that she is. He
glory spread throughout the world lik,
some pleasant perfume waited on tn,
wings of her native zephyrs bringing
gladness to all her sons and daughter.
wherever dispersed and filling the heart:
OF every true American with an admira
ton for her grand and unparalleled
achievements in the march of progress and
civilization. Two years have changed all
Of two years ago has been changed to the
waiiing bowls of the calamityite and TO-
day it is bloody, bleeding, debt-ridden
demoralized, lawless Kansas in the esti.
nation OF the world, through the misrep,
reservations of these political Gueri,las,
instead of the happy. prosperous, peace.
loving Kansas that she truly is At this
moment the morning papers of the United
States are telling their 10000, 600 readers
that Kansas is nest of assassins and the
encouragers of assassination for the enc
mics of the state, the leaders of the So
called Populists, have Matched another
scheme to ride into Office at the expense
of her fair name.
THE SCHEME
Yesterday John Bridenthal of Enter
prise, Dick Lindsey of the Kansas City
Star and man named Cole of Harper az
rived in the city and Immediately
went into consultation with the leaders of
the fusion in this county. For the past
month or more the ground has been Slip
ping under Congressman Simpson until it
was an assured fact that he could not
possibly be elected. They realized that
desperate had to be done to prevent the
triumph of the will of an outraged people.
What could they resort to? Argument
they had none, and, of course, the old
scheme was resorted to which is martyr
dom. Jerry had to be made martyr in
order to attract to him the sympathy of
the people, and it is for this purpose that
the trio above Damed came here. OF
course Mr.. Lindsay had no personal inter-
est in the matter, but the Star, as every
one knows is a rank Cleveland paper. and,
consequently, is very DESTROYS of helping
the enemy to steal the state from Harri-
son in hopes of throwing the election into
Democratic congress. The scheme was to
spring a fake on the public to spread
report that conspiracy existed to assas-
sinate Jerry Simpson and that 1t was con-
cocted by the Republican party of the
state so AS to kindle the passions of a cred
ulous people to such an extent that they
would believe it and punish it at the
polls. No other political party in this
country could conceive such scheme or
would attempt to palm it off on an I'M
suspecting public. Well, to make long
story short, they appeared before the
chairman of the Peoples party and DEM
ocratic congressional committees and ask
ed their advice about the feasibility of
such proposition. Neither Mr.. Richard
son nor Mr.. Bailey took any stock in 1t
and didn't believe for a moment that
there was any truth in the details OF the
alleged attempt to asSassinate Jerry Simp-
son. Both Cole and Bridenthal insisted
that there was and as matter of compro-
mise it was agreed that it should be pub
lished without comment as to its merits
although this did not quite suit either
Cole or Bricenthal.
They hated 10 see what they considered
a capital campaign fake go unpublished
but they did not quite control the press
and had to take the next best thing. The
alleged facts were accordingly published
in last evenings fusion organ, but that
paper abstained from expressing belief
that it was true, leaving the rank and file
of both parties to peddle it from mouth to
mouth as fact, which some of them will
do without any question. What the Kan
sas City Star will do there is no means of
knowing at this time. 1t will undoubtedly
publish the story to the world but it is
doubtful whether il will have the audac-
ity to give it a color of truth. Mr.. Lindsay
with his own lips told an EAGLE reporter
last night that he didn't believe a word Of
it, although he stated he saw and read the
alleged letters. Rufe Cone, the chairman
of the county Alliance committee heard
about the matter a day O. two ago, ana
went down TO Harper To investigate il in
company with Fred Bailey, and he is re-
ported 10 have said on his return that
there was nothing in the scheme. but it
seems now he did nothing TO
prevent its publication. He seem
ngly took chances on the
public believing it without csrin. to have
the responsibility of being party to It's
The fact is he knew that ii
WIS "A desperate thing aud he didn't like
TO take the chances OF burning his polite
al fingers with it.
THE STORY IN BRIEF.
The story in brief. as related 10 an EAGLE
reporter, by one OF the parties, is as
follows: Sunday last. a friend approach
ed Representative gibson OF Harper
county, and told him that conspiracy
existed in the Republican party To assss-
senate Jerry Simpson. The friend then
gave gibson tire. letters which contained
something of the details of the job He
said be met a drunken man az Harper
whom he became acquainted with and
that his name was SewlvelL The drunken
man took Coulson's friend out in the edge
OF town To Il vacant house and there I'M
folded TO him the conspiracy 10 kill S:mp-
son. The friend doubted aud theu the
drunken Swivel pulled out letter which
read rs follows:
MCPHERSON. Kan. Sept Il. 1892.
Rr Robert Swiveii, Harper. Kan.
Dear SRI learned only today that you
were in Harper county. / had almost los.