People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-02
. SOME LIES NAILED.
The Globe Democrat Tells EN- Faster
Than a Dog Can Trot.


Among the monopoly papers there
are liars and liars. Some lie guarded
ly, and in such a way as to make their
statements look plausible. Others lie
boldly and with perfect disregard of
the truth. Among the latter class is
the Globe-Democrat, republican
paper of St. Louis, with democratic
editor. After the recent elections it
came out in an article which as a
sample of ia school is monumental.
For the diversion OF our readers we
republish the entire article, heading
and all:
The Collapse OF the Popullsts.
One Of the mostpalpable and signif-
cant features of the recent elections
is the collapse of the populists. They
do not seem to have figured in any
potent way in any of the voting states.
The returns show that their strength
has been everywhere materially re-
duced. They have not single thing
to boast of in all the long list OF
things that transpired on the eth
inst. Wherever they made a fight
they wee beaten. In not one
OF the states where they were
formidable last year have they
been able TO hold their own this year
They encountered pronounced defeat
in Kansas, they were badly worsted in
Nebraska, they made a miserable
failure in Virginia, and they were prac-
tically eliminated from the political
situation in Kentucky. We heard
great deal before the election about
the large gains that they were sure to
make, but the result proves that they
have been losing ground all over the
country at remarkably rapid rate,
and that they have no reason to sup
pose that their party will be in exist
ence in 1896. There has never before
been such considerable lessening of
political vitality in any polite i party
in a similar period; and it is not 10 be
doubted that the process OF weaken
ing and disintegration viii 60 on
swiftly until there shall be nothing
left of the thing but bad smell.
This was certain from the start to
be the fate of the populist movement.
1t never had any substantial basis,
and never represented any legitimate
object. At the most it was only an
aggregation Of cranks, led by I'M
scrupulous demagogues and disap-
pointed officeseekers. There was moth
ing in it to inspire public respect or
confidence. The things that it pro-
posed to accomplish were manifestly
impossible; the doctrines that it
taught were obviously irrational and
pernic Gus. 1t gained a certain de-
gree of success by force of exceptional
circumstances, and because OF glowing
promises that were credited without
serious consideration. The people
who took stock in it were
generally actuated by honest mo-
tives, and they soon began to
discover that they had been deceived.
That is always the way with these
new organizations which propose to
iUaugurate a political millennium.
They thrive for season on the
credulity OF a certain class OF voters,
and then comes inevitable decay and
dissolution. In the present instance,
this result has ensued sooner than
usual, because the party was more
! than usually ridiculous in its preten-
sions and undertakings The concern
will linger along in loose and inef-
fective manner for few years, per-
haps, but its days are numbered. II
wi never again be as strong as it has
been. The people have found it out,
ana will keep away from it
There are exactly twenty-five sen.
fences in that article and they contain
thirty-three distinct lies-more lies 10
the square inch Of newspaper, per.
haps, than was ever before printed. A
majority Of these statements are
proven 10 be lies by the actual figures
giving the result Of the recent cleo.
tons. Among them we note the fol.
lowing:
Lie No /. "The Collapse Of the Pop
ulists." The returns show that the
populists gained in every state holding
I elections unless, perhaps, it is Kansas.
Lie No. 2. "They do not seem to
have figured in any potent way in any
Of voting states"
In every state they elected members
Of the legislature.
Lie No. 8. THE returns show that
their strength has been materially re
duced."
In every state the populist vote cast
in the recent elections, with the pos
sible exception OF Kansas, was greater
than it was in 1892.
/ Lie No. 4. They have not a single
: thing to boast OF, etc.
: How about Virginia, where the vote
was increased from 1900 in 1892 u
so, 900 in 1898?
! Lie No. 5. Wherever they made .
! fight they were beaten"
| How about the representative