The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-05-13

PIE .coHGREsssfa N-4TLARGE-
by the nomination or q. q. Anthony
fur rongressnlaIi-ist-large the repu5i-
;1u party Of this state las pr9elaimed
its firm adherence 10 the political doc
crimes of tiio pIutpcrats Of uis east, and
mas thrown the gauntlet of defiance la
che face Of every citizen Of the state
vino is in favor Of any change ia ex-
sting methods IN the management OF
public affairs.
G. T. Anthony IS tie embodiment
IF ultra conservatism Oh III the eco
.iomio1ssuss OF the day, and most ntly
represents the powerful conservative
element that now controls the republic
can party. lie is the only public man
ia the republican party of this state
Who took a stand i'm tie beginning
a =siH=t every doctrine advocated 10y
tie people party, and remained stead
fast and consistent during the republic
eau decentralization of the summer and
fall Of 1890. lie will be the only re-
publican III the ensuing campaign who
,yiiI have nothing to take back ANA no
forward steps to retrace.
When Senator Plumb and Ingalls,
in the senate were fighting for free
coinage of silver, when every platform
in the state endorsed their course,
when tile republican senate passed a
resolution demanding in vigorous Ian
guage the Immediate passage Of free
silver bill, when every republican news
paper in the state WAS deuouuciug the
gold bugs of the east, q. II. Anthony,
solitary and alone, held aloft tile BAN
ner Of the gold party, and courage
ously opposed W herever lie had au uF-
portuuity to speak, the heresies @ OF
tie silverites. He took the same de
cidcd position ut tile outsotagaiust the
other fundamental demands of the
peoples party, government ownership.
of RAILROADS, telegraplls, etc, when
other politicians i'll 1890 were attempt
ing to make the people believe that
they were ia favor of all the proposed
reforms, but intended to bring them
about through tile republican party.
When other politicians were toudying
to the people and constructing plat
forms to suit all tastes, q. Z. Anthony
denounced the reforms proposed as
revolutionary, impracticable and dan
gernus, and their advocates as dcma-
gogues and anarchists, and with per
sistoucy and consistency worthy of q
! better cause, lie still haunts in the faces
of his foes deuuuciatiOn and defiance.
/ a few duys ago in an interview with
a Capital reporter lie stated that lie in
tended to make a thorough canvass of
the state, and he did not for moment
doubt that he would be elected. II re-
/ alize tat it is "a hard fight before us, -
he said. The minds of the people
have been poisoned with the false doc
trines of the peoples party; its lead
ers have not only preached calamity
and population, but they have advo-
Gated even worse Cham that: their
teachings mean anarchy aud nothing
! less"
THIS interview shows clearly the
character and convictions of the man
the republicans OF the state have
/ chosen to shape the policy of the party
The nomination of such q man show,
conclusively that the thinking progress.
sive element of tho republican party
have no voice in the shaping Of its pol
icy or the nomination of its candidates.
! The order has COMO forth from the
financial masters of Wall street thai
there must be no further pauderiHg t.
the growing sentiment for reform, thai
no CONCESSIONS be made to the demand,
of the peoples party for changes in
the economic policy of the government
that the growing sentiment in favol
of vigorous action to correct tn,
evils OF corporate monopoly among Ger
tain CLASSES i'll the republican party bC
sterny frowned down and crushed
out, and that from this time on ever
. proposition for any cIiangeiu tile exist
ing order of things, no matter from
what class it comes, shall be met Will
fierce and unyieldiug opposition; ana
the political bosses who control tn,
republican party in Kansas are carry
ing out the orders to the letter. Tit
issues are now clearly defined and il
remains for the Heople to decid,
. whether the present condition shal
] continue for an indefinite period. o
effective STEPS he taken to remov
abuses.