Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-17
WOMEN VOTE IN KANSAS.
PODullsIs Now The sliicresl Enemies Of Female
Suffrage.

oNNN aNas
Topeka, Kan. April 16.-As antici.
pated the woman vote cast nc the last
election has been taken as a condemna-
ton Of Populists methods. and the lead
ers Of that party have already de
clared war not only upon full suffrage,
but upon the present law that gives the
right Of suffrage only in municipal cleo
tons. Counting out the woman vote.
the results would have been practically
the same, but that vote has made the
defeat 50 overwhelming that the Popu-
list leaders have become somewhat de-
mor0lizcd for fear the weak aud uucer.
tain members of their party may leave
them
The election has had another result
Before the vote was cast such PopulistS
as Lease, Doster, Breidcnthal Osborne,
and those In power were declaring that
they had only been weakened by accept
Ing alliance with the Democrats, and that
hereafter they would travel Tin the
middle OF the road" They have seen that
a portion of the condemnation of their
course has come from the Democrats
revealing their own weakness They have
been brought TO realize that the Demo.
Gratis are not with them. even though
that party did give its votes to Popu
lists for political rpdsons. I'm their fear
they are now making many promises
although only a few days ago they De
clared that the Democratic party was
more corrupt than the Republican party
They have nothing more to give out ir
the way Of Offices, hut they say when
the do have they will not forget the
Democrats. One Democrat has found.
TO his sorrow, that their pledges are moi
things to build upon
Last winter q newspaper man named
Chapman was induced TO sell his paper
In Fort Scott, where he had for years
been running q straight Democratic
sheet and had been q candidate for Con
gress on the ticken QfSfis party. Five
Of the six Populist Stftc officers pledged
him their votes 10 make him the official
printer for the state If DC would come &c
this city and purchase the Democrat
and make 10 a Populist paper They
wanted q daily organ aud mono of their
crowd had the ability or the nerve e.
give them what they wanted. Chapman
invested his money and made an organ
that satisfied the loudkst bowler of
what Is here lpown as the calamity
crowd. WhenR the oiliciul state paper
was selected kefre the election, the
POpulists ralliYl 10 the support Of an
obscure weeklA paper aud the executive
council was tlSeateued by the si1ty-four
Populist papeA in the State that II the
Chapman paper was named vigorous
war would at once be waged upon every
state officers. The result was a secret
ballot, when six votes were cast for
The Advocate and not one for The Press
though there were absolute pledges of five
votes TO the latter The result Is that
there Is now one more Democratic daily
In the State. although there Is little
| Populist money In It.
The election has awakened the Popu.
lists 60 some things they never dreamed
| Of, and they find that "the first Popu
| list State Government on the face Of the
earth" is fast slipping away, and that
| they must concillate' those whom they
have made enemies by their course
The woman vote does not alarm them
except that IL tends TO cause loss
| Of strength among those Of their follow.
ers who love 10 be on the winning side
| While the Populists have engraftcd IN
| their State platform wOman-sulfragC
| plank, they win oppose the amendment
realizing that II their party has life foui
years hence it would then be totally
| annihilated.