People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-03
Republican Inconsistency.

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Republican Inconsistency.
Now that the smoke of the late con-
tlict has lifted little and the white
winged angel of peace seems to be
lowering over the scene of the late re-
bellion at Topeka, the people have
have had time to realize the situation
and view the monster corporation
power which the late rebellion un-
masked.
II no other good comes of the late
uprising at Topeka than that of bring
ing the people face to face with their
insidiOus and insolent foe, some good
at least will have come of the trouble.
The Republicans at first were de-
riving much comfort from their re-
bellious assault in battering down the
doors OF representative hall and the
reasonable acts of Col. Hughes and
Sheriff WilkersOn in fatty refusing to
obey the orders of Gov. Lewelling, in
whom alone was vested by law the
right to command in such emergen-
cies as arose at Topeka.
The arrest of Ben c. Rich, the as
sault on the guards, the hammering
down of those doors and the refusal
of Hughes and Wilkerson to obey Or
ders Of the Governor, will ring in the
ears of Republicans in the next cam
paign in Kansas in way that they
can, if never before, realize the depths
Of their lawlessness and what the peo-
pie think Of them as party standing
up for Kansas.
What excuses can they give for thus
openly rebelling? The same excuse
that the treason-infested states gave
to the immortal Lincoln when he
called for troops to put down armed
rebellion, viz: we will not obey.
Again, what would those insubordi-
nate Republican leaders have to say
if the Populists had refused obedi-
ence to powers of law. as they have
done?
Such journals as the yacillating
Wichita Eagle, Topeka Capital and
the Kansas City Star would have
been out with ropes to hang the Pop
ulists, but true to their instincts they
are lauding this high-handed spirit
Of inSolence in their leaders and crow
loud because Gov. Lewelling did not
see fit to enforce martial law. which
would have resulted in bloOdshed, a
thing that any man shrinks from who
has any just sense of human life.
The common people Of Kansas have
long been asking for just laws and
protection from corporation greed.
The Populists promised to bring about
this relief if given control in the
state. The returns of the November
elections showed that the people were
tired of Republican rule and willing
to delegate the power of law-making
to the Populists. Corporations, ha-
ting the people whom they had wrong
ed, feared the people through their
chosen representatives, and without
fear of law, man or God, sought to
defeat the will Of the people through
their henchmen, hence we had two
houses in Topeka, one striving hard
under the most trying and adverse
conditions, to make laws which would
be just to all and afford relief to a
long wronged and corporation ridden
people. The other house, correctly
known as the Santa Fe house, is
throwing every conceivable obstacle
in the way of legislation of any kind.
Reader, will you be longer thus deceiv-
ed by this cloven hoof? vii, you ac-
cept the gauzy story of Republican
Office hunters as true when they ap-
peal to you for your vote? Do you
not know that they do not want any
laws made which would be just to the
horny handed granger? II they do,
why not at this time fulfill the prom
ises they made from every stand in
Kansas last fall? The time has come
for candid men Of whatever polit
ical school to view the situation dis
passiOnately.
There have been millions Of honest
voters who have been uncOnsclOusly
hoodwinked into voting for party and
allowing principle to go to the dogs.
No country can long endure the
wfongs that capitalists, unrestrained.
will heap upon it. If we wait to take
action for our own preservation until
capital is willing. we will never be