The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01
THE STATE THREATENED WITH RUIN BY THE
AsoRNDENCY OF THB PoPUIIsTs.

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TOPEKA, October 21.-The people of Kan
sas have at last commenced to realize the
full extent of the disrepute that attaches 90
their state, They have learned that not
only are Kansas securities refused in all
the money markets Of the nation, but that
even an acknowledgment before Kansas
notary public will suffice to throw out other
wise good paper. The result Of this ID that
the political campaigns Of the present year
and next summer will be waged TO deter
mine the future policy Of che state. There
will be practically no fusion, the democrats
realizing that they have committed an error
in turning the state over TO GLASS Of peo-
pie who have already shown their unfkness
for the charge, and who would still further
plunge the people into distress. The choice
must be made between the republicans and
the POpulists. There is no other solution.
In making this choice the democrats do not
necessarily support the republican party,
but rather recognize their own party and
run strict party ticket.
Under the old system Of voting this would
guarantee the success Of the republicans.
In obedience TO a supposed demand of the
people, but in reality to q demand Of the
Populist leaders, the republicans in the last
legislature made haste to pass what is known
as the Australian ballot law. In their eager
ness to institute reforms they went even
further than the POpulists would have done,
for law 80 cumbersome was passed that
many thousands of voters will be disfran-
chised because Of it's technical twists and
turns. These will not be the farmers and
those more ignorant, as might naturally be
supposed, but will be the more intelligent
business men. Realizing that their only
opportunity to continue in power had been
given them by the republicans, the Popu-
lists have. opened schools Of instruction in
every school district in the state, in which
are to be found voting booths and the ticket
to be used. The Populists are nightly
drilled in all the mysteries Of this system,
while the republicans show en- apathy that
bids far to destroy them when the time
comes.
Composed as the PopuliSt party is Of men
who have been educated in the machinery
Of both the other parties, men who are
shrewd politicians in spite Of their past fail
ures, and who are as unsorupulouS As they
are shrewd, that party is strong and danger
Gus. The workers never. sleep. They do
not hesitate at anything. They fear neither
man nor mans laws, while many Of them,
notably Mrs. Lease, Jerry Simpson, Cy
Corning. Frederick Close and many other
prominent men in the party, believe that
Gods laws are mere bogies to scare chill
dren with.
Given the power-and it looks now as
though they will have it-they would make
Kansas a scene OF misrule that might well
excite the pity Of the civilized world.
There are brilliant minds in the state, but
they have the same unbalanced brillisnoy
that led Gitteau TO commit murder. None
of these leaders will ever 60 that far, for
their physical courage does not keep pace
with their So-oalled reasoning and mental
daring. But they promise to overturn the
established laws Of civilization and sub
stitute those Of the modern socialist. Some
of themare anarchists, but ct present there
are not enough Of these TO control, but as
so many are rapidly drifting that way. no
one dares pr, dot what the final outcome
viii be. Tie future Of the state IL prob
lem yeb TO be solved. ---,--.-.-----. =.
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