Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-05-12
Topeka Letter.

1ohh w. BrelQenCnal, the cna41man
of the pop state central committee, is by
far the shrewdest politician in his party.
1t was his work and management that
made the republican poll, on which
Frank Brown spent 81, 1000, not only
absolutely worthless, but positively de-
ceiving and misleading. He arranged
plan and put it into effective operation
by which at least four voters in each of
the 1000 precincts were to have repub-
licans list them as having left the pop
party, which was done, and the results
showed that the poll which had cost SO
much and on which 80 many of the
"boys" placed their good republican
money, was just about that much out OF
the way. One and part of the time two
spies from the enemy were in republic
can headquarters, employed and paid by
the secretary and his assistant, against
the advice of the party workers, and
there was no delays in Breidenthal
knowing every night just what had
been done by the republicans.
Now Breidenthal has another scheme.
He will arrange to have missionaries in
every neighborhood in the state, who
shall make special effort to prevent
lukewarm republicans and all others
possible from attending any but pop
meetings. The plan has been arranged
in all its details, and it is certainly
very slick piece of politics. These pop
missionaries are to post themselves and
confer together. The republicans who
have any weak points, or are favorable
to free silver, or who failed for any
reason to vote last fall are to be the sub
jects of special and continued effort.
Not only must the pop do all in his
power, but he must have the active and
constant assistance of his family. That
studied neglect and GOODNESS of the old
alliance members toward their "unre-
formed" neighbors, is to Immediately
disappear and in their stead must be
cultivated the more cordial and intimate
neighborly conduct. These missionaries
must watch dates OF republican meetings
and must make those dates the occasion
of family visits and must "all go visit
ing"
That was a terrible roast Mrs. Lease
gave the red handed, bloodthirsty
pop leaders at that Coxey meeting in
Topeka on last Friday night. "These
pulled up puppits," said she, referring
to the blood of the fire gang, "who pirate
so loudly of their powers, are always the
ones who are seen skulking in the rear
when there is real battle to be fought.
Oh, this espousal of a noble cause by
men who see in it only an opportunity
for notoriety and Office holding make me
tired. This is a righteous movement,
but we must not make the mistake of
turning its management into the hands
of traitors, towards and renegrades."
This blast had the effect of causing an
immediate adjournment of the meeting,
and Clemens and Artz and the men who
were going to bring on French revolu-
ton instanter in this country, sneaked
off as though they had been caught in a
sheep paddock.
The "reform" state board of charities
have whitewashed the brutal superin-
tendent Of the State Reform school, just
as was expected. His own denial against
a "cloud of witnesses" was all the IRE
formers required of him to entitle him
to the coat of whitewash. Great is re-
form. X. BRUNsTANE.