The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-24
IHE GLORIOUS
niles Party And Rhither
They Are Tending
T,iD,n<. Nels York

!, 1rissne, Ser York;
The attempt to overthrow
Uplar government in Kansas
y be so instructive as ereaf-
d be set down among the
sssingsof this passing year
Il persons who are actively
gagged in it are the Governor,
! representatives of the PEG
is party in the lower house of
! Legislature, some subordinate
ate officials who may consider
Iemselyes bound by the orders
their superiors, and an uncer-
n number of citizens. 1t is
Irther supported by a part Of
n people of the State how
lrge a part it is impossible to
Il. but. as all available evidence
&dicates, a small minority.
Igainst it are arrased the lawful
ksjority of the House of Repre-.
sntatives. the officers of police
pd militia in the capital, and a
IOpular sentiment which is un-
aeshonably predominant in
ksnsss, and in the country at
rge overwhelming.
If all these superior forces ar.
syed against the Populist revo.
|.tion we're united in an attempt
bmaintain an unlawful supreme
II they might succeed, though
|hey would not deserve to. But
! reality the advantage of num-
|rical strength is increased many
BID by the righteousness of their
Esuse, and therefore their conf
lent expectation of victory is
IMPLY justified. Their physical
|uperiority, indeed, is a convinc.
rg proof that they are in the
light, for the forces on their
;ide include elements which
,therwise would not be found in
,ombination. If the Governor
tthe State were upholding con
titutional governmental Kansas
lolonel Hughes and his militia
egiment would not have refused
oobey their commander in-chief-
lis attitude and orders have not
the fact that a clear
nd undlsputed majority of Rep
esentatiyes holding official GER
idcates of election organized the
over house of the Legislature in
pposition to the Populist minori-
=, and that everything since
one or attempted by that minori-
has been done or attempted in
enhance of law.
This experience, as we have
aid, may prove exceedingly
aluable. The party in whose
anne and behalf these acts of
evolution have been perpetrat-
d is the called Peoples party.
ITS NAME is A FALSEHooD.
5claims to be the only existing
gency by which liberty and
lstice in the United States can
e saved from destruction. Its
vowed mission is to expiate
buses of power; to take the
ederal and State governments
nd all our civil institutions out
unclean hands, and to put
urity and honesty everywhere
control. Through its platforms
nd orators it has had an infinite
cal to say about the robbery
nd oppression Of the masses,
bout all-pervading corruption,
bout bribery and intimidation
voters. about a vast conspiracy
sainst mankind, and about the
'ttering fabric of freedom. And
has pledged itself to establish
lie reverse of all these alleged
'nditions. Ostensibly to this
nd it has proclaimed various
schemes, and every
olicy of administration which Is
OF in harmony Herewith it has
enounced as an instrument of
'rture, devised by thieves and
rants to crush the toiling mil
Ons. 1t has given to those who
Sposed and resisted it no credit
u patriotism or public morality
any sort, and with special zest
nd satisfaction has described
leir beliefs and actions as es-