People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-28
JOINS THE POPULISTS.
E. B. Whaley, . Prominent Republican
Politician Desounees the Old Party.

Topeka Daily Press, June @
E. B. Whaley, the most noted Re-
publican politician Topeka has ever
had, has announced his intention Of
joining the Populists. His reasons
for such action are given in news.
paper interview, Of which the follow
is the substance:
Il shall not support the republican
ticket" he said.
"As it is, / am DONE"
II have worked as hard for repub-
lican success as any one in Shawnee
county, but l can no longer support
the Republican party when 1t has
gone into the hands Of the railroads.
There were only two men on the state
ticket who were not nominated by the
railrOads-they were Stanley Of Law
renee ana Cole OF Giragd.
II understand that Morrill, first got
his start in dispOsing ofrallr0ad lands
in the northern tier Of counties, and
he did that so well that he was one Of
the big four nominated and elected
to congress by the influence of the
roads.
"The railroads own the republican
party. l was in position on the
state central committee where | found
that to be a fact. 1t was the railroads
tbatrun the last Republican campaign
and they will run this, and this is
why l am tired Of this thing.
1T was the railroads who were re-
sponsible for the legislative war two
years ago. They knew that with a
POpulist senate and house the mini.
mum freight bill would be passed and
they set about to change the CON-
plexion OF the regularly elected house
Why did the canyassing board have
W. }. Stagg, one of the shrewdest
manipulatOrs Of figures, on hand
when the returns came in? DO you
know that when those ties wer(
drawn that Bill Higgins had mucilagt
on his fingers and the right papeI
stuck to them?
"Why was Geo. L. Douglas turned
down in the state convention? Simpl.
because he fought the railroads. Ht
did that from the time he was first
elected to the legislature, and 0
course he could not be nominated. HI
is not the kind Of men the railroad
want.
"In the recent primaries in this cit
it was the Joints and the railroad
that nominated Veale. They vote
500 Democrats and no one will eve
know how many repeaters. Our pr
maries can never be pure until Tn
registration Of every voter wit
the county central committee is made
people will say do this because
am sore, but that is not true. | don
: ask for anything from the Populists-
| | don't want anything, but am tire
of the way things are going in I'll
Republican party.
"This talk Of the POpulists ruinin
q the state makes me tired. The pre-
S ent condition extends over the entil
! world and it was the POpulistS wi
we're the prophets who told US it WI
coming. They haven't hurt this sta
t for we find the same conditions e
S isting in the states not controlled |
n Populists and in New York and son
Of the other states it is worse.
Il have thought of offering my sc
u vices to Breidenthal, but haven
T done so as yet and dOnOt know TIL
r | will, and | do not know wheth
they would be accepted if offered. \
. physical condition is such that
e would probably not stand the work
i a campaign, but | will do what | c.
d in Shawnee county anyhow"