Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-24


time till the 9Th day Of November the con-
iiict viii be waged as Il never was before In
this or any other state.
Inc democratic party is hardly factor In
ms campaign, and yet it may decide the
eiection. No one knows Just how many
democrats there are in Kansas III only
IN. .,iose VINO stand by President Cleveland on
the financial question are to be called demo-
Gratis then very correct estimate could be
mace by simply determining the number ~
postmasters and federal Office holders there
are IN the state But this would not he a
fair computation. Four-fifths OF the NOM
bership favor the free coinage OF American
silver at the ratio of 10 TO l. and the Mat
loim OF the party is unequivocal on that
question. The democratic mas SEES in KAN
sas-the farmers, who formerly constituted
the rank and file of the party were stam-
peded into the Farmers Alliance movement
IN 1889, then into the popriist party ana
the leaders have never been able 20 get them
peeh INTO the democratic corral
What the Statistics show.
ihis Is best Illustrated by the returns in
several elections from 1855 to 1872 In Isss
Grovcr Cleveland received 100000 votes In
Kansas. The same year the union labor
ana greenbackers. which later became the
peoples party, polled $1,000 votes. That
was the year when Kansas surprised the
nAuon and gave Benjamin Harrison $40
majority over Grover Cleveland. Then two
years later. the straight democratic vote
vac only $1,000. the other "a 600 having
Ss scn s"a she up by the $4,000 green
hackers. through the instrumentality OF the
farmers Alliance, which was organixed by
Col. Polk OF North Carolina and Congress-
man livingston of Georgia. with the con-
sent; ana, II Is claimed, under the direction
OF the national democratic COMMITTEES. the
object being to wipe out the republican
party IN Its stronghold Polk and LivinG-
, SION e aia Their work well-so well. I'm fact.
mat the democratic party. In its desire to
defeat the old enemy, a ba ndon led its orsan,za-
lon In 1877 quit business ana voted the
peoples party state and national ticket. .
Ihis year they are trying to gather their
scattered forces. They have q ticket in the
field. and they may poll 10000 or they NAV
poll $4,000 votes on the 9Th of November.
to defeat the old republican enemy is SO
strong that many OF them viii decline TO
take chances, and viii again vote the pop
ulist ticket.
There lie no doubt but that the sentiment
and enthusiasm of this campaign is with
the republicans. Up to the present time
their meetings have been great outpourlngs
OF the people. many OF whom travel twenty
miles TO hear Senator Ingalls, and the
leaders discuss the issues. The policy OF
former campaigns, which have been devoted
to abuse of the agricultural masses because
they went of after Polk and Livingston and
other false gods" has been abandoned and
this year the speakers appeal to the farmers
TO come back TO the old party and he REIN
stated into full fellowship without the usual
six months probation.
Ex-senator Ingalls, Iridescence.
These appeals are telling upon the masses.
AM none OF the campaieners are making
them with so much force as ex-senator In
gals. The bitterness and vindictiveness that
once characterized this statesman have dis
appeared and he comes before the people an
earnest, logical reasoner and holds his vast
audiences spellbound. The old war horse Of
republicanism, who turns out to hear In
gals abuse the democrats. yilify and defame
the populsts. or Skin rebel brigadiers,"
will be sorely disappointed. In ali OF his
speec Senator Ingalls, announces that he
is not candidate for any Office, elective or
appoinuve-not now. But he does not fail
TO remind his audiences of the fact that his
seat is not vacant Yet. and that when Sem
ator PETERS term expires in lsg7 he win be
IN washington to resume his seat in the
United States Senate.
IN speech before an immense throng at
Olatne yesterday Senator ingalls, said:
when i was conside-s bly, younger than I
am now IL was my honor TO be called upou
10 select the motto that row adorns the
great seal of the state OF Kansas / Sc
lected motto somewhat pedantlc, perhaps
tAd Astra per Aspera), yet one THAI has
proven an inspiration ami a prophecy; a
motto in a dead language and a foreign
tongue. L have been called to account BE-
cause did not put the motto of Kansas in
English. Ny answer is that have since
considered any one language entirely inad-
equate TO do Justice TO Kansas.
Characteristic Description of the
State.
For Kansas is herself the most varie-
gated bundle of contradictions that the
world has ever known. When II IS hot in
Kansas the mercury in the thermometer
vaporizes in the tube; when IL is cola n
seeks the innermost recesses OF the bulb:
when II Is dry Sahara is an oasis in COM
parison; when II is wet Kansas becomes
web-footed. and yet, through all her vicissi-
tudes, through all her discouragements
through all the unpleasant experiences that
seem by fate to fall to the Kansas lot. our
name has from the first been Ell and we
nave got there at last. Kansas can promise
more IN June ana pay less in August, and
promise less In August and pay more In
october and November, than any other
state In the Union. 1 am here in Kansas
because 1 want to be. 1 think n L wasn't
| Kansas man 1 would be born again and
become one.
I'VE have had droughts, We have had hot
winds. We have had undulations. we have
had grasshoppers In times past; yet 1 stand
here to say that IL all the droughts were
concentrated into one blasting hot spell n
all the hot winds could be boiled into one
scorching simeon. IL all the grasshoppers
Kansas has had in past years could be null
tiplied into one great devastating animai-if
all these things could be combined In one
year. Kansas would not be reduced in the
public esteem and favor. in the price OF
acre of her land as she has been by the
populist state administration during the
past two years" Then in eloquent lam
guage the ex-senator said he had no word
of abuse or vituperat ton for the great body
of populists. He said he believed them hon
est citizens. But for the leaders of this
movement" he said. Il have nothing but
language of contempt. for which 1 have
no adequate expression"
Governor Mckinley and Thos II. Reed
have telegraphed the committee that they
Will make a few speeches in Kansas IN
October. Immense throngs win turn out
and hear these speakers. Ex-Governor
Foraker has promised one speech and a
committee will be sent TO Indianapolis TO
urge ex-President Harrison TO come TO the
state and make one or two speeches during
the closing days OF the campaign.
Lively Gov. Lcwclifag.
Governor Lewelling is making q wonder
full sweep OF the state. He has been on the
stump almost every day since the first OF
August. When Sunday overtakes him he
goes into one Of the churches and from the
pulpit expounds Christian socialism. His
appeal to the common people to stand
shoulder to shoulder against the plutocratio