The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-28
DOES HEMEAN FUSION?
Click Says the Democrats Mean to
Help the Populists.
CLICK SPEAKS IN RIDDLES.
says the POpulists Are sure to Win,
But That the Democrats VIII Run n
straight Democratic Ticket

says the POpuIists Are sure to Win,
But That the Democrats Will Run a
straight Democratic Ticket"
Pension Agent George w. Click, the
only Democratic governor the state of
Kansas ever had, is just as much of
Democrat as he ever was and is just as
much interested as ever in defeating the
Republican party.
To STATE JOURNAL reporter Governor
Click said: 81 have not been taking as
active an interest in the election of dele
gates to the state convention as l some
times have, but I believe the convention
will do the right thing"
stWill a straight ticket be nominated?"
"Yes, a Democratic ticket will be
placed in nomination"
''Do you consider any of the candidates
nominated on the Populist ticket as
Democrats, and available for places on
the ticket to be nominated next weekI"
sob yes; there are several Democrats
on the Populist ticket. There is Van
Prather; he is just as much of a Demo
crat as he ever was; and then there is
] w. Amis and George Clark, they are
both good Democrats and are men that
any Democrat could support"
'tWill the fact that George Clark an
nounced himself as standing on the Pop
ulist platform, including the suffrage
plank, duocL MS chances LOT a place on
the Democratic ticket?"
mo; that won't make any more differ
ence than it makes in Major MOrril's GO
/ ing around among the women saying
that he is a suffragist, when as a matter
of fact everybody knows he is just try
! ing to get votes. BY the way l have it
! from reliable source that the wife of
the head Of the Republican ticket is OPP
posed to the adoption of the suffrage
! amendment. A lady from Hiawatha who
! is personal friend of Mrs. MOrrill's was
in Atchison a few days ago and she said
/ Mrs. Morrill, is opposed to suffrage.
| "The ticket nominated will be a
straight ticket both before and after cleo
ton. but we are going to make cam
| paign which will defeat the Republican
party.
eve are going to expose the faIlacy of
! the position of the Republicans on the
! tariff and financial systems which has re-
suited in the country being almost ruined.
! Then we will expose their hypocrisy on
the prohibition question. We will refer
to the New Zealand letter signed by
Hudson and Troutman telling what a
success prohibition is and at the same
time call attention to what the Topeka
preachers say about the enforcement of
the law. We will tell about the cowardice
on the question of prohibition and suf-
frage; how they did not put either ques-
ton in their platform, but put the chief
representatives of both movements at
the head of their ticket.
The Populists are going to win in
this campaign, and that is sure, althoug
this is going to be one of the viIest cam
paigns we have ever seen in Kansas.
81 understand the Republicans are
already loaded, and are just waiting for
an opportunity to fire off their guns, and
they wont have long to wait for the OPP
portunity."
Governor Click gave the impression
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dering the Populists all the assistance
possible, whether it be to put a ticket in
the field or simply endorse the ticket
already nominated.