People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-19
Cut In Kansas.
WINFIELD, Kan, Aug. Us.

| Ia
Recently the plutocratic papers are
sending out word all over the country
that the Peoples Party in this state il
is going to pieces, and contain fraudu-
lent reports of Peoples Party meet
lngs which are little else but mass OF
| faJseh00ds. AS these reports from
Republican papers are copied by the
| Democratic papers of the South with
the evident intention of disc0uraging
the brethren Of the South, [ wish to
say TO our Southern brethren that the
moss glaring falsehoods are being
palned eff on the people in the name
/ Of tTfS 4 that ever disgraced Journal
ism. These Republican papers, led
by the Topeka Capital, have persons
inedch town in the state whose bust
ness it is to manufacture these false
hoods and send to their papers. We
have exposed many Of them and prov
ed them to be Ethe lowest Of political
liars that ever disgraced this state,
but still they continued and we could
not tell who until we discovered that
papers in other states were EXTENSIVELY
copying these falsehOOds. 1t is in the
hope of correcting some of these false
impressions / write this. For in
stance our party head rally recently
at Washington, in this state. No less
than 10000 persons were present, but
the Republican press sent out word
that the meeting was a failure. At
Riley Centre there were over 10000
people to our rally. 1t was also re-
ported as failure. At Wichita, where
there is one of the largest halls in the
state, while it would scarcely hold the
crowd these same papers reported it
at 100 voters and a few women and
children. Such is the INSCRIPTIONS
disregard for truth in Republican
papers. What are the facts. Our
party is growing every day, and we
can give names of many former Re
publicans who say they will not vote
with that party again. This is more
than the Republicans dare do. They
constantly make assertions that num-
bers are going back to their old par
ties, but never give names. The fact
is, men are not apt to return to a party
that are constantly asserting they are
anarchists and regulators of eebts.
1t is not reasonable that they should.
We held our county convention on
the 18th inst. This county, Cawley,
has 35 900 inha bitahts, and is where
the Peoples Party first originated as a
county movement and which, in the
next year spread all over the state.
Our convention this year was one Of
the largest attended; the most har-
mOniOus and enthusiastic ever held in
the county.
The Democrats generally have unit
ed with us on county and state tickets.
There are those who are interested in
banking and money loaning, who say
they will vote for the Republican can
ddate as their interest lie with that
party. The banks, the money lOaners
and the corporations generally will
lend all their influence to the Repub-
licans, and they have the united sup
port Of the railroads. Against this com
bination is arrayed the majority of
farmers and labOrers and many Of the
mechanics, and with this combined
help we expect to redeem the state
from Republican rule. The Republic
cans boast that they have unlimited
funds at their command. One hun
dred and seventy five thousand dol
lars is ready for use in Jerry Simp-
sons district alone. 1t will be the
hottest contest Kansas has ever seen,
as the Republicans realizes it is mat
ter of life or death with them. Again
say to the brethren of the South,
have no fears of Kansas. We are all
right, and gaining ground every day,
but we are very anxious to know how
the movement progresses in the
South.
j. FL. RITCHIE.