People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-10-14

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publicans of Texas, il will no longer be
in order for the followers of Judge
Clark or of Gov. Hogg, for that matter
to repeat this stale old charge. Does it
not rather look as if, surprising there
has been a conspiracy at all, the
consplratOrs were national demo
Gratis on the one hand and ma
tional republicans on the other, to-
crush out the movement of the people
to overthrow forever the ring power in
this state? In strong republican states
the charge is made that our party is
working in the interest of the demo
Gratis But there, as here, there is no
difficulty in effecting practical fusion
Of the plutocratic element in both of
the old parties to resist the peoples
party.
In the second place, we have been
predicting for years that whenever we
developed sufficient strength in any
state to seriously endanger the safety
of either of the two old parties, they
would, on the principle that birds Of
feather will flock together" come to-
gether and seek by union of forces to
crush out our party. Democrats of
Texas have denied this, but we have a
striking verifcation of the prophetic
character of our predictions. Judge
Clark is the Cleveland candidate for
governor of Texas This is the plain
logic of the situation. Mr. Quincy is
distinctively and prominently the rep
resentative in Texas of the republican
Harrison administration. As long as
the peoples party was weak in numbers
and was not supposed to be really
dangerous factor in Texas politics,
these two nominally opposing parties
could consistently fight each other in
open battle, while really not fighting
each other at all. The republican
crowd have been satisfied with federal
patronage in Texas, while the other
crowd has been partaking of state
patronage in large doses. Until re-
Gently each has been content to enjoy
its own preserves in its own way, prac-
tically undisturbed by the other. But
now that the peoples party has secured
strong following and threatens to
take possession of both the national
and state governments, it must be de-
stroyed, and the democrats and repub-
licans unite, as we have all along pre-
dicted they would, to accomplish their
purpose.
Again, the combination of Clark,
Quincy & Co., or rather Quincy, Clark &
Co. (Mr. Quincy being the controlling
partner in the firm has forever put
quietus on the democratic cry of force
bill"
The fight is now on and we have the
vantage ground. We have more than
$50, 900 voters in line, as shown by our
official returns, and we are making
gains every day from all of the oppos-
ing parties. Judge Clark, even with
the assistance of the Cuneyites, cannot
poll in Texas $4,000 votes: And we
may confidently expect daily accessions
to our ranks from among those hereto.
fore known as Clark democrats Men
who will not be made parties to such
an unnatural combine Hogg could not
hope to poll 10000 at best, since more
than 10000 of our people voted for him
in 1890, to say nothing Of the 5000 OF
10000 Clark democrats who have also
left him. And now that the fight ap-
pears to be between Nugent and Quincy,
Clark & Co., thousands of Hogg demo
Gratis will inevitably come to Judge M.
gent to defeat the democratic.republic-
an or repubfican-democratic ticket
Speculations are being literally in
dulged in by all of the opposition, that
we are not going to stand together.
The wish in this case, however, is father
to the thought. Those who are in our
clubs, or are in the middle OF the road"
though not in the clubs. are in no more
danger of getting back on the fence or
getting over on the other side of the
fence than the Baptists of Texas are
iu danger of going bodily over to the
Methodists, or vice versa Our people
are popnlists from principle just as our
Christian friends and brothers are Bap-
fists or Methodists from principle. We
all see our opportunity, and we are go
ing to be wise enough to take advan-
tage of it. Possibly weakened, half
converted creature, who, under the in
fiuence of neighborhood enthusiasm
has come TO us from the other crowds,
will be glad of any sort Of an ex-
cuse to get back under the bed"
and will seek cover in his old thicket
And there may be few who have come
TO us for revenue only" and falling to
realize their hopes in this direction will
now go back" on us, and, like the
prodigal son, go home, hoping to have
the fatted calf killed for them. But
the honest, true-hearted peoples party
man is anchored with us, and in the in
terest of his loved ones will stand with
us until the last day in the evening
do not claim to be prophet or the
son of a prophet, but l venture to pro
dict that we are going TO win this fight,
and that Nugent will be the next gov
ernor Of Texas.-Campaign Manage