The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-12
WHERE DOES TUCKER sTANDp

The ole thing in politics above all
| others is the declaration of principle,
| and pledge that that principle will be
carried out, and the fulfillment Of that
pledge.
If a man is false TO political pledge
he will be false to other pledges. All
men argue and believe that. The man
who practices duplicity in politics Is re-
garded by the public as an unsafe man.
As the parties stand, today, fusion be-
tween the Democrats and Populists is a
falsitv. It is not done on basis OF
principl but for the sole and ignoble
reason of spoils.
In this county the Populists and the
Democrats have fused on one man.
There is no Democrat who is Democrat
from principle alive today who can con-
scientiously support Whitney Tucker,
the Populist. The leaders of the
Democratic party have warned all
Democrats against that party. Hoke
Smith, one of the lights Of Democracy
has scored the Populists as no man IN
this country mas scored them, and told
all good Democrats to beware their doc
trines. Crisp has told them to Keep
away from the Pops. Mills has told them
10 avoid the Populists. The tenets OF
the Populist party and the Democratic
party are diametrically opposed. Pefer'
the leading Populist of this country
calls the last Democratic congress the
most colossal failure in the history
of this government. He has no use for
the Democrats-even less use than the
Republicans. He does not hesitate to
say that the best Democrats in congress
were bought up by the sugar trust.
When Grover Cleveland sent troops 10
Chicago to secure the transmission of
the mails, the Populists all over this
country not only denounced Grover
Cleveland, but demanded his impeach-
ment. Henry George, a Populist, pro-
posed that the Populists hang him.
If there is one man the Democrats of
this country love that man is Grover
Cleveland. Yet he is the man the Popu-
lists wanted to hang. Yet their leaders,
that is the so-called leaders of the Demo-
cratic party in Sedgwick county, ask
them to support Populist. They want
them to vote for Whitney Tucker.
Whitney Tucker is POpulist. He has
no use for the Democrats. He has no
use for Grover Cleveland. The Popu-
lists in this county refused to have any
thing to do with the Democrats. 1t was
generally supposed that the Democrats
would have the stamina to retaliate.
They did make an attempt at it on part
of the ticket. But they Endorsed
Tucker, as rank Populst, as great
Democrat hater as there is on the whole
Populist ticket.
But what does the average business
man, the citizen, regardless Of political
faith or creed think of the man who is
running on two platforms? The Demo
cratic party does not believe in govern
ment ownership of railroads. 1t abhOrs
such a scheme. 1t does not believe IN
the government ware house. That plan
is denounced in Democratic speeches
every few days. 1t does not believe
W III CtItI iL1O lLC way W iOiA WIS
government is to send one man from
each state to Washington. On the
other hand the populists are not for
free trade. They hold that the tariff
talk is sham and the Democratic party
is a party 80 the sham. They do not in
dorse Grover Cleveland in their plat
forms. They denounce him.
Now where does Whitney Tucker
stand: Is he q Democrat and does lie
want government ownership of rail
roads? Is he Populist and does he call
Grover Cleveland great aud good man
for sending troops against Debs and the
A. r. L. men during the Chicago strike?
Where is he? Does he stand for any
thing? Does the platform adopted at the
Populist Democratic county convention
amount to anything? And if they do
amount TO something which one is
Whitney Tucker standing Oh? Read
them and you viii see that he can not
conscientiously stand on both.
Platforms, his champions may say. do
not amount to anything in politics.
Then what are they adopted Tor?
Is Whitney Tucker standing on any
platform? Has he any declarations of
principles? Or is he simply running for
everything in sight?