Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-09-13
A Counterfeit Administration.

The rate at which leading members |
Of the Populist party are coming out
in scorching letters condemning Lew
cling and the whole State admins
tration indicates a remarkably wide
spread disgust in the governors own
party with his acts. One Of the most
telling and severe criticisms yet is
that Of c. H. Burrows, president Of
the Atchison Peoples Party club, and
a leading member Of the party in that
county. He closes as follows:
TO Governor Les0elling:
A short time ago, you posed pub
licly as the enthusiastic friend Of
workingmen and sent on his way re
joicing toward the national capital
our late Adjutant General Artz, at the
head Of this little band Of toilers. Did
you mean itP II SO, why in the name
Of justice did you congratulate the
people Of the State, including the
warden Of the penitentiary, on the
amount Of coal mined at Leavenworth,
the profits on.the sale .of which went
into the pocket Of a friend Of yourself
primarily; land from there whereof
when at the same time hundreds Of
coal miners, worthy citizens, were
out Of employment, and you certainly
know that every ton Of coal sold from
the pen mines at Leavenworth was q
robbery to that extent Of the coal
miners Of the country An odd sort
Of sympathy, was it notP
Once again-How about the Win
field AFFAIR." have waited anxiously
for something from your friends, or
yourself either denying the implica-
ton Of yourself in that hellish outrage
but as yet have been unable to hear
one word contradictory, and today we
are led to believe that you endorse the
action Of the tiend Pitcher as reported.
For one had been somewhat dlssat-
isted with the first mentioned griev-
ances, but this last fully decided my
course Of action. | had hoped that
the differences existing among us
might be amicably arranged and
thoroughly united and effective work
done for the whole ticket, but sir, de-
cency and humanity demand that an
administration of the character Of the
past two years, shall receive the en-
phatic condemnation Of every good
citizen.
There has been within the party
too, almost from its organization, a
peculiar conflict between those whom
we may class as practical politicians
and those who have been decisively
branded as sentimental statesmen.
The one believed in the vital effect
iveness Of management, and the other
in the ultimate triumph of principle
on account of its inherent power.
The practical politicians base their
hope Of success solely on their ability
to out-wit the devil.
The practical politicians are all
from the old parties and while in
them have been ambitious workers
who have espoused the cause Of the
new party for the pelf that their
knowledge of ways and means may
bring them, and they have gained
that ascendency during the short life
Of the Peoples Party that it has be-
come the most corrupt organization
in existence, whose every act is a
libel on the platform, and whose gen
eral makeup is as dishonest as the
DEVIL and as disreputable as HELL.
hope the foregoing will do injury
to no one. The matter herein stated
Is public matter, in the hands Of the
people, and has been for some time,
and may be susceptible OF explana.
ton, but until they are so explained
|, for one must decline to participate
in the present campaign in support Of
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