People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-13
A REVOLUTION PENDING.


on the eve Of some great political and
party changes. The world is about to
enter upon an era that is the natural
outgrOwth and the full fruitiOn of the
invention of printing. People cannot
rub up against each other, exchanging
ideas, sharing each others sympathieS,
experiencing common woes, inconven-
fences and miSfortuneS, as the inven-
tiOn of printing has enabled them to
do, without growing wiser and better.
Human intelligence, aided by this won
derful diffuSing process, has been rap
idly rising, until now it is boldly peer
ing over the horizon of common equal
ity. Evidence of this is seen in every
country on the globe. People are no
longer bowling the knee in sentiment to
the divine right of kings and tyrants.
Human intelligence is demanding the
absolute equality of all men. Every
day brings up some new reminder of
this crystalizing sentiment. Scarcely
any one doubts but that something is
going to happen, but just how or when
no one will know certainly in advance.
tbs sort of foreboding in the man.
ner that the equine shifts danger
ahead.
These thoughts are induced by
the following in last weeks NOncOn-
fOrmiSt:
On Tuesday, May 3, the writer, who
is connected with the NOncOnformiSt,
had a conversation with George J.
Langsdale, well known to Indianians
as republican journalist of great abil-
ity and president of the Indiana State
Soldiers Monument Commission. Said
he: 81 heard a gentleman say that the
large circulation of the NOncOnf0rmist
was bOlStered and kept up by pOliti,
clans and have been wanting to see
you to ask how it is" There is no
truth in it whatever" the writer re.
piled. There is no foundation fol
even small percentage of such an as
SertiOn." He responded by saying that
there was no use denying the fact
that great reOOIutiOn on party mat
terS was going on all over the country
that the money potcer practically had
control Of the old parties, and that q
ne,o party ,Oith the right kind of q
platform 10Oold upset the calculations
Of the old party leaders completely. II
the Peoples party could declare for
free coinage of silver and graduated
income tax and leave off the Sub-treas-
ury scheme and other side issues you
would eventually win. That would be
precisely the position | have taken
for years and where l stand now"
The writer ventured the prediction
that the platform would be virtually as
he outlined it, and that it was hardly
probable, in view of existing circnm-
stances, that the Sub.treaSury plan
would be brought forward for adoption
at this time by the Omaha convention.
Mr.. LangSdale then grew reminiscent
and spoke of a similar agitation among
the people forty years ago, how the ma.
tive Americans, free SOilers, wings sill.
yer gr ayS, ETC., first combined under
the name of the Peoples party and
within ten years afterward went into
power as the republican party. The
democrats called the new party the pie.
bald party, but neither persuasion OF
rldicule diverted its course towards the
control of the government.
The editor of the VOICE served more
than a year as a ward under
the discriminating journalistic tu-
telage of George J. Langs-
dale, being city editor of the
rGreencaStle Qnd.,) Banner, while he
was editor inChief and stalwart repub
hcan postmaster of that city. Mr..
LangSdale and the Banner were repre-
Sentatives of the stalwart wing of the
republican party in Garfeld-Roscoe
COnkling times, when to dispute the
lnfallibility of the republican party
was considered a crime deserving OF
political Punishment. Now to think
that our respected chief has Joined
ideas with young America, and is ready
to march with the people of progress
upon the longer neglecting of this pol
icy by the grand old republican party.
is an unexpected encouragement thai
will furnish inspiration for months to
come. Well, do we remember, how.
ever, that Father Langsdale was al.
ways friend of the downtrodden and
oppressed; how he spurned and reject
ed the base presumption of aristocrat:
to their sorrow; how he advocated DOS
tai savings banks, graduated income
tax, rigid control of the railroads and
how he champiOned the cause of Wal
ter Q. Gresham, (whO is yet first in tht
hearts of Indiana people, against thu
aristOcrat, Kid Glove Ben Harrison
So, after we think it over, it is not 81
strange after all. He belongs on oul
side and if we should ever have occa
sion to visit indianapolis, we shal
hunt him up and give him a good
hearty shake of the hand.