People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

Fear Of the revival Of carpet bag rule through
the reelection Of Harrison and the adoption
Of force bill was depended on to keep nearly
all the Democrats in line, and the highest
Democratic estimate Of the Populist vote was
about 5000. 1t was nearly double that. and
was made up largely Of white Republicans and
Democrats OF the country districts. Il was
little less than one-half Of the Republican
vote, which was about 1900. As In all the
other southern states. few Of the Populist
votes came from the cities.
The Populists, or the Populists and the Kolb
Democrats, claim that they carried Alabama
In the state election. The returns, as can
vassed by the legislature, show that Jones
polled ls6,9 votes and Kolb ll5,s40 The re-
turns Of the presidential election give Weaver
S,lS votes, Cleveland 1873 and Harrison
s,Sl. The force bill agitation had much TO do
with lowering the Populist vote in November.
The Democrats have a majority OF only fifteen
In the Legislature.
According TO dispatches received, the official
vote Of Arkansas for Weaver is II l,S3l. This Is
about 5000 less than the Populists cast for
their candidates In the state election last sum-
mer. The November vote Of all parties was
about 10000 less than In the summer. The Re-
publicans increased their vote by about ls,0OO.
This. 1t is supposed, was taken from the Popu-
list strength. The Populist vote was strongest
In the countbes where the whites predominate
There are two Populists in the state senate
and nine in the house. There are only seven
Republicans In the legislature. The chairman
of the Arkansas Peoples party committee
sends a dispatch claiming that his party cast
$1,000 votes for Weaver, but that only 1900
were officially allowed.
The Populist leaders say that they will do
better next time. Many toored men voted
the Democratic ticket in Arkansas.
The Populists have nine members Of the
Kentucky legislature. They cast 23.j09 votes
for Weaver.
In Virginia the Populists also have represen-
tation in the legislature. They cast s,l00 votes
for Weaver.
The Populist vote OF Florida in the state
election was $500 The vote cast In November
has not been officially counted, but 1t probably
will not fall short of 1000. There are seven
Populists in the legislature, and several Pop
ulist weeklies are printed in the state. The
party u uob Ntll OiEdulItu
carried on its recent campaign without money.
In the western and ~. hwestern states the
Populists polled more Ian 10000 votes. Max
ing liberal allowance for the Democratic sup
port Weaver received in the states where
Democrats indorsed the Weaver electors, his
vote would be still only little less than 5O0,-
0OO The liberal spirit Of the party in the west
manifested itself in the nominations Of womon
for offices hitherto held exclusively by men.
The few lines in the party's platform de-
manding the free coinage Of silver made more
converts for it in Colorado, Nevada, Montana,
Idaho and Wyoming than all the other planks
combined. The policy of the party in the west
was TO keep In the middle of the road, !" or,
as 1t is expressed In Kansas, to "hoe in ths
middle Of the row." The western Populist.
seldom indorsed other parties unless theJ
were in almost an invisible minority. Fusion,
they claim, usually injured them, as it drove
some Of their voters back to their former
party.
The vote of Weaver in the states Of the west
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