The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-24
THE GLORIOUS
|onle's Party And Whittier
They Are Tending

!, Tribune, Nes York
The attempt to overthrow
uular government in Kansas
Il be so instructive as ereaf-
to be set down among the
sssings of this passing year;
be persons who are actively
gagged in it are the Governor,
representatives of the Peo-
Is party in the lower house of
L Legislature, some subordinate
ate officials who may consider
emselves bound by the orders
their superiors, and an uncer-
In number of citizens. 1t is
rther supported by a part Of
e people OF the State how
|rge a part it is impossible to
n. but, as all available evidence
Bdicates, a small minority.
gainst it are arrayed the lawful
,aiority of the House of Repre-;
entatives. the officers of police
nd militia in the capital, and q
opnlar sentiment which Is un-
uestonably predominant in
Kansas, and in the country at
arge overwhelming.
II all these superior forces ar.
syed against the Populist revo-
ation we're united in an attempt
omaintain an unlawful supreme
\ they might succeed. though
hey would not deserve to. But
b reality the advantage of num-
rical strength is increased many
old by the righteousness of their.
Iause, and therefore their conf
bent expectation of victory is
imply justified. Their physical
Fuperiority, indeed, is conyinc-
Jog proof that they are in the.
light, for the forces ON their
hide include elements which
otherwise would not be found in
Eonbination. If the Governor
bfthe State were upholding con
ftitutional governmental Kansas
Colonel Hughes and his militia
regiment would not have refused
toobey their commander. in-chief.
|His attitude and orders have not
the fact that a clear
|and undisputed majority Of Rep
|resentatiyes holding official GER
|tifcates of election organized the
lower houseof the Legislature in
opposition to the Populist minori-
", and that everything since
done or attempted by that minori-
ty has been done or attempted in
defnance of law.
This experience. as we have
said, may prove exceedingly
The party in whose
name and behalf these acts Of
revolution have been perpetrat-
ed is the so.called Peoples party.
ITS NAME is A FALSEHooD.
ltclaims to be the only existing
agency by which liberty and
Justice in the United States can
be saved from destruction. Its
avowed mission is to expiate
abuses of power; to take the
Federal and State governments
and all our civil institutions out
of unclean hands, and TO put
purity add honesty everywhere
incontrol. Through its platforms
and orators it has had an infinite
deal to say about the robbery
and oppression Of the masses.
about all-peryading corruption,
about bribery and intimidation
OF voters, about a vast conspiracy
against mankind, and about the
lettering fabric of freedom. And
it has pledged itself to establish
the reverse of all these alleged
conditions. ostensibly to this
end it has proclaimed various
fantastic schemes, and every
policy of administration which IS
not in harmony Herewith ithas
denounced as an instrument of
torture, devised by thieves and
tyrants to crush the toiling mil.
lions. Ithas given to those who
exposed and resisted it no credit
Tor patriotism or public morality
Of any sort, and with special zest
and satisfaction has described
their beliefs and actions as es-
sentin11y +coa.ax ~ ,~a,,n1a,