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


EDITOR VOICE: Once more ! ask
your indulgence for little space in
your paper to talk about the political
situation in Georgia.
General Weaver, his estimable wife
and that peerless Kansas woman,
Mrs. Mary Z. Lease, have been here,
and oh. shame upon shame. They
came from the great northwest, bear
ing message Of peace. They came
bringing d message Of brOtheFly love
from the noble, truehearted sons of
.Oil Of the broad prairie lands of the
great plains, but they were inSulted
and egged from the state. The anger
and spirit Of revenge in us tells us to
resist such insults by force of arms.
III tells us to make the cOwardly rem
egadeS pay for their acts with their
blood. 1t tells us to rid the state and
nation Of such yagabOndS. but the
spirit of the lOwly apostle of peace
bids us love our enemies. He bids
us eXclaim, Father, forgive them,
for they know know not what they
do, and while | fear the consequences
OF the election in this state, | hope
we will let His spirit govern our ac-
lions and suffer wrong rather than
shed blood. Our cause is Just and if
by force and false election returns we
are defrauded this time, as it now
seems almost certain that we will be.
it is the part of wisdom for us to sub
init. as this is the last, dying Struggle
of the bourbon Democrats. They are
using every effort in their power to
break down the peoples movement.
They threaten our lives. They
threaten Us in the courts on trumped
up charges. The plutOcratic minis
tiers threaten their church members
with communication if they do not
suck to Democracy. Negroes are
turned off of Democratic land owners
places, yes. even poor white tenant,
are turned off and cOlored men are
threatened with the chain gang if
they dO not vote right or stay away
from the polls. In Ware county they
have run candidates on the wet anC
dry issues. as it is called here, to keer
the cOlOred voter from voting the
Peoples party ticket and they have
used money and whiSkey too to keel
the negroes in line. knowing full vel
'hat had we got the solid negro vote
is we surely would. cur candidate fol
the legislature would have stood ;
good chance of being elected.
In other counties they have hired
some negro to run as a Republican t.
keep the colored vote in the Republi
can party. In short. all the lvine
and trickery, all the fraud and intim
idatlOn, all the ballot bOxStuffing anC
ouIldozing, all the rotten eggs anC
bowling mobS that old corrupt politi
ClanS, who have been at Just such cor
rupt practices to control elections 70,
twenty years, will be reSurrected anG
turned against the Peoples party thi,
year to crush it out if possible
There is not the least doubt in m,
mind but that the great common peo
pie OF the south and Georgia included
are with the Peoples party heart anC
soul and with it to stay for all tim,
to come if it remains true to its great
foundation paincipleS. The old era,
haired veterans who met the yanke,
blue coats on many a bloody field.
mean the ones who tramped many ;
weary mile under the load of a heav,
knapsack and ''tOted" a musket. arr
with Us almost to a man. but tn,
ShOulder-Strapped, ariStOcratic. beer
guzzling, Otfice-hOlding. political ring
SterS-blue-blOOded cOnvict-leasers ar,
the ones who are against us: thes,
blue-blOOded feudal lords, the North
ems and LivingstOnS. who sold on
the reform movement to the Evar
HOwellS and Hake Smiths. to tn,
Turner's and Crisps and Gordons. whit
run the bourbon wing of Wall street,
machine of oppression and bloodl
shirt carriOn in the state of Georgia
would not throw rotten eggs: the
would not assasSinate any one: the
would not stuff any ballot boxes. No
no! they would not do that. but the,
would iniame the minds of tn,
people With falSehOOdS and misrepre