People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-17
The Result in Kansas.

The Result in Kansas.
EDITOR VOICE:-Under the above
head the Omaha Bee of late date con-
tributes world Of valuable and time
ly information which it would be well
for Republicans of Kansas to study
well, as it might bring to mind some
of the infamous deeds of the past and
also furnish potent reason for their
downfall and the condition they are
in us party in Kansas today.
The Bee, though partisan paper, be
it said to its honor, is at least senSi-
ble enough to see the cause of all the
evils that have caused the downfall
of the Republican party in Kansas.
Republican papers of Kansas, eSpec-
iallv, are loud in their boast of that
party being the party of law and Or
der and the only party standing up
for the interests of the great wealth.
producing classes of Kansas. But
the Bee does not see it in this light,
as is evident from the tone of the ar
ticle referred to above. Here is the
starting paragraph:
The election of Democrat to the
u. ). senate by fusion of the POpu-
lists and Democrats in the Kansas
legislature, is the natural outcome of
the blunderings and reckless course OF
the Republ cans of that state"
Pretty strong language and yet how
many Of the leaders of the Republi-
can party in Kansas today realize
this truth. 1 venture the assertion
that n1t one in dozen have proper
realization of it and if they have are
too bull-headed to admit it and bow
To the sovereign will of the people.
And yet more truthful sentence
never was uttered.
Grant that they are sensible of the
truth of the above, yet their lust for
power and their greed for feeding at
the public crib is such that they hold
on with dOgged clutch and seem de-
termlned not to yield to
those who are rightfully en-
titled to the spOils of Office,
the reins of government and the leg
iSlative department of the state By
the voice of the people, but on the
contrary they manifest dogged de-
termination to defy all law and order.
The Bee aptly remarks:
The political managers of the par:
~ are evidently Of the class whOSt
maxim Is, rule or rum and unless
Lnere Is complete reorganization ii
Is not difficult to discern what the fu
ture of Republicanism in Kansas will
Oe."
The above needs no comment. Ii
has been fully verified in the events
that have tranSpired at Topeka in the
last few days. After being defeated
in every attempt to capture the lower
mouse, in direct opposition to the will
of the people as expressed at the bal
lot box, they still refuse TO yield. but
mold on with a death grip. retarding
legislation in every possible mlnne
and anally when all hopes of success
have failed, resort to mob law anu
headed by their leader, George Doug
lass, force their way pell nell over the
guards to the doors of representative
hall, where he, with sledge hammel
in hand, proceeds to give a spec
linen of the law and order party way
of doing things by battering in the
doors while the drunken mob yelled.
mo quarters to Pepulists."
And yet this is the law and order
party about which Republican papers
in Kansas prate so much abJut. Law
and order" Bah! If this is the law
and order party of the nation, "good
Lord deliver us from all SUCH" and
give US in its place a party that will
show due respect for the lawfully con-
stituted authority of the state and
that has due respect for the rights
OF all classes of citizens, both rich and
poor. ID. T. Rose.