The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-15
FUSION AND CONFUSION.
What Our Democrats Th,nl A,o,..

u FUSION AND CONFUSION.
: what Our Democrats Think About IL
: The REGISTERS reportorial pump
has been called into reduisition this
2 week in an effort to extract from a few
OF our local formerly-D Democratic
,, statesmen their real opinions of the
action OF the Topeka Convention last
week, in greasing their party with
the oil of expediency and assisting il
to crawl down the throat and into the
capacious stomach Ofthe Peoples par
ty. Several of those who were inter-
viewed declined to talk for publica-
tlOn, but las an evidence of good
faith" they expressed themselves pri-
vately with great deal of disguised
emphasis. Others spoke as follows:
4. l.. Taylor: The tariff is strictly
business question as to the best
method of raising money by taxes for
the support of our government. / am
opposed to the present unjust tax
known as the Mckinley tariff bill.
Gen. Garfield said, II am for protec-
ton that leads to ultimate free trader
Senator Plumb said, at is about time
to give the West a chance 1 agree
with Senator Plumb but not with
Gen. Garfield. am not freetrader.
shall vote the ticket proposed by
the Democratic party of Kansas at
their convention in Topeka JULY,
1892.
4. j. Clark: am certainly very
much opposed to fusion and / think
that majority of the Democrats of
Kansas are opposed to it. l disap-
prove utterly of the action of the State
Convention and do not think that il
lays any party obligation upon any
Democrat to vote the Peoples ticket.
If an Independent Democratic ticket
is put in the field shall support it.
If not, the chances are that 1 shall
winter my vote.
7. " Bartels: The Democrats had
to do one of two things, either endorse
the Republicans or the Peoples party,
and | think the Convention chose the
lesser of the two evils. The way 1
size 1t up is that the Republicans en-
dorsed the Peoples platform and the
Democrats endorsed their ticket. So
L don't think there is any kick coming
from either side.
j. Il. GOshoTR: 1t was good poll
ties as to the electoral ticket. My re-
cord in the convention shows that /
opposed the endorsement of the PeO-
pies State ticket. a vote for the
electoral ticket is. of course, a vote for
Cleveland. The election of Weaver
is, of course, out of the question.
never would contribute. directly or
indirectly, to such catastrophe.
Samuel Riggs: Think they should
have put out a straight ticket. Fusion
always weakens party organization.
shall, of course, support the cleo
toral ticket, but L shall study awhile
DOAOic SWdllOW JIlt CGdJe TICKET. BuB
am not taking much interest in pol
tiles this year.
j. e. ireland: lam at sea. don't
approve of the action of the convention
at all. want to be one thing or an
other. | should have much preferred
a straight Democratic ticket, to go up
with it or down with it.
l.. ". Bdrteks: The Democratic
party in Kansas has been demOralized
for four years. 1t is now disorganized
lnd abandoned. | am a thorough
bred American. That is all the poll
tics / have.
s. III. Patterson: / am a straight
Democrat, and am therefore opposed
% fusion. 1 think party is just as
much bound to stand by it's principles
rs man is to stand by his.
Frank LETTER.: 1 believe every tub
should stand on its own bottom. 1
iOn't like fusion. believe in straight
from the shoulder.