The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-01-05
GEN. JAS. G FIELD
WRITES A RINGING LETTER
Politics Down in Old vIrginia-Ths
Peoples Party Has Increased Its
Vote Seven Hundred Per Cent Over
1892.
Farmers, Tribune.ls

FARMERS TElbunese5
The full vote of the last election on
the gubernatorial ticket is not yet re-
ported, but enough is known to in
sure the election of Col. O'Ferrall.
The vote in some respects has been
disappointing. It may be misleading,
unless certain facts are remem bered.
When these facts are known and duly
appreciated the result in it's moral in
fiuence will be decidedly with the
populist party. We are anxious that
our friends outside of the state shall
understand the surroundings in order
that it may appear that we have fully
sustained ourselves so far as our party
in Virginia is concerned. When we
organized for the fight in our Lynch
burg convention we recognized GER
tain facts on which the success of our
party in the state depended. We knew
full well that the populist party did
not contain majority of all the votes
in the state; we knew our growth had
been phenomenal, yet not sufficient in
itself to secure the election of our
ticket We recognized two facts: First,
if the repu blican party organized and
put up a ticket we would probably
not elect ours, and our fight would be
for position. Second. if the republi-
can party failed to put up a ticket,
and the democrats succeeded in secur-
ing the republican vote, or the larger
portion of 1t, we would be defeated in
the election.
When the election was over what
as follows: L. That the peoples
party polled every vote 10 which it
was entitled by virtue of it's organiza-
tio1. 2. That the democratic candi-
date had failed to poll the democratic
vote by some so, 600 as compared with
the vote of 1892. g. That the demo
cratic party had succeeded in polling
the bulk of the republican vote. Col
O'FerTell is governor by virtue of this
vote.
Now as to the practical results out
side of the mere election: 1. The peo-
pies party in the person of its candi-
date, Capt. Coche, has increased its
silenced as m my votes as it polled. 2.
Col. O'Ferrel thus if elected has lost
so, 600 votes as compared with the
election of last fall. 3. The repub-
lican vote, instead OF being cast for
our ticket. as we reasonably expected,
was cast against us. The white, in
telligent republicans voted with us,
but the great bulk of the party was
secured against us Hence the result
/. Now as to the lessons to be drawn.
First. the peoples party is party of
growth. All other parties has fallen
of, but the peoples party has adj
vanced at the rate of hundreds per
cent. In Virginia we have established
ourselves with about $4,000 unpur-
chased votes, cast by men who have
never bowed the knee to the political
Baal nor worshiped the golden calf.
Second, O'Ferrell being recognized as
the Cleveland candidate, the falling
off in the democratic vote is telling
rebuke to the Cleveland administra-
tion. Third, that Clevelands combi-
nation with the republicans in con-
gress and In his cabinet has been
brought into Virginia in order to de-
feat the populists.
The moral effect of the election in
Virginia and elsewhere is favorable to
the populists- It is condemnatory of
Clevelandism.
In Virginia we have against us the
federal and state administrations with
their patronage actively used. They
have the press and corporations. the
professions and large commercial
houses, the offcehoIders and money
influence. the political speakers and
rings. and yet in the face of al these,
with nothing on ourssde but the truth
and the power of conviction, We poiled
more than one-third of the vote No