Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11

believe that you wers undHsy influenced
by the very Democrats that are most
sntagonistic and dis,asteful to them and
that your cmissaries have been cajolsd
and wheedled by improper influences.
II your appointment Of Mr.. Drury was
for the delivery Of Atchison county
Democratic delegation, you we're cheat
cd. II it was made without tho pre-
text Of trade you showed poor politi-
cal Judgment. Mr.. Drury 10 a very
forceful, determined man, and Is easily
the dominant member Of the board and
is recognized as such by tho people gen.
erally. Instead Of selecting weak
man or nonentity for the opposition
member, and two Populist members who
would work in harmony and who would
adopt some distlnctivsly Populist pol
10y, you have reversed il. The two
Populists agree on nothing and tho
Democrat works with first one and then
the other and thus secures bic snds.
You have either been worked" BY the
Democrats, or your private secretary
has been approached" or you have do.
veloped serious case Of imbecility, !
nm positive that the general good Of
your party has been made subssrvient
10 your desire that Atchlson county send
q fusion delegation to the state conven
ton. Not only did this develop through
your personal representatives sent here
but your private secretary was present
at Valley Falls and brought the strength
Of the administration to bear to force
the nomination Of Henry O. Solomon,
whom you and l know to be a Demo
crat. Your whole course has boon DOM
mated by an ignoble desire for votes.
The question has never been, 10 it just
and equitable, but is It cxpedients In
this town you were at first very strict
with tho joints. As soon as the election
was held and your measures were shown
to b. unpopular you wont the other
way and now tho joints are running in
fnll blast down stairs without other re-
strictions than the monthly fines.
So what have we to show for the first
Peoples party government on earth !
Have we anything more substantial
than the glittering vorbiagc you know
20 we'll how to dispenser Can We show
. bulwark against tho cncroachments Of
monopoly and greed, that We led the
people TO expects Has there bssn any
stable line Of state policy adopted by
which We o. party can be judged on
other than partisan groundss Arc we
to accept your rhetorical pyrotschnicf
this fall in lieu Of duty that should
have boon we'll performodY
You can't fool all tho people all the
time, and the hard common sense OF the
American people will sooner or later de-
tect the false note and relegate you 70
the obscurity OF former years. Tho ma
jority Of our just plain people supposed
that the populist party stood for thocor-
rection Of present abuses, and not t'
psrpetuato them and contract others
for the repeal oil hurlful and class legls
lation, and for clean and economical
administration OF public affairs AS IN
terprsted BY you it ia popnllsm gone u
seed. You have catered to every viciou
bum that has infested tho state yo'
have encouraged Clemens aud his anar
chist club by public utterance and pr
vate support, you have made bid TO
every ism that has been likely to afior'
you a dozen votes, you have made an
archism, socialism and paternallsn
synonyms for popuism, you hav
spurnsd organized and respectable labo
and took To your bosom the yagabond