The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-12
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| Special Disoatch to the Daily Eagle.
MERIDEN, Kas., Aug. 1L-There were
many Populists here today and the way
| in which Ben Clover took the hair off them
was a caution.
| Glover made his first speech for the Re-
| publican party since his departure from
| the Populist ranks.
| Ex-Cougressman Clover is not prepos-
sessing He is a very ordinary looking
man with an ungraceful gait His orator
ical abilities are limited, but they were
sufficient today to make the Republicans
roar with laughter aud the Populists look
glum.
n THE HANDS OF A DICTATOR.
Clover talked direct to the point. He
had left the PoDulist party because it had
promised reform, and had not only broken
the pledges, but become corrupt them
selves.
Glover said fur ther:
"What is the condition of the Populist
party, the party TO which we have adhered
since 1T was first organized, and which we
helped make? We find today that it has
fallen into the hands of dictator, whose
power Is absolute; who in the practice of
COAAupb anu pO4illCdl IlcIHOuS
has Ou5done all other political managers
that have ever risen in Kansas; whose sole
motive is plumber and spoil and political
nolor for himself The party TO which
thousands of honest farmers in this
country have contributed their money and
their time to build up, has now become
the prey of political freeboOters. A
monthly stipend for Campaign or per-
sonal purposes is eXacted from the gamb-
lug dens and liquor dives of our large
cities. II has organized the metropolitan
police into revenue collectors, who visit
the disreputable and loathsoma places and
compel these dealers in vice to divide the
profits of their unholy business. This is
done now by the Leaders or our reform
government.
WHAT THEY DID PROMISE.
Every public. institution has been dis
sraced. They have become the object of
the vilest scandals. The conditions at
Winfield are too revolving 60 priut. Quar-
rels and brutal physical fights have fire.
quently t4ken place ia our penal and elee-
mOsynarv institutions. The warden of tue
state penltentlary has been accused by the
employees of hat institution members of his
own political party, of corruption. The
accusations have been filed with the COVER
nor according to law, under oath, YET he re-
fuses to investigate as the statute provides.
Indeed, | have not space in this letter to
present In detail he disgrace that has been
brought upon our state ana party by this
administration.
What did we promise the people? We
promised them railroad reform and de-
nounced officials who accepted favors from
the railroads and rode on free passes and
allow the corporations to dictate to them
their politics. but today the representa-
tlyes of the Peoples party which we help
ed to build up, every single one of them,
are riding upon pass and are counting
the favor OF the railroad corporations.
USE THEIR POLITICAL POSITIONS.
1--WE declared in favor of honest meth
DDS In politics and denouncing the corrupt
use of money in political campaigns. yet
the chairman of the Populst committee
now Issues appeal TO the members of
the party and asks them to raise "A cam
paign slush fund of s., coo and makes the
tatement in the letter that he has already
spent $1,000 contributed by office holders,
III the present campaign.
I'VE declared that an Office holder when
elected by the people aud paid good sal
AIRY should serve the people and not Use
the position given to him to perpetuate
himself in office, but we find that state OIL
GERS are using their political positions TO
secure railroad transportation aud all
travelling from one end of the state to the
other to secure their reelection"