People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-09-14
TOPEKA LETTER.
our neutrality-suspicious.

TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. ), 1894.
We believe our readers will be ill.,
tereSted in learning something of the
workings Of the state central COM
mittee holding open headquarters
here at the capital of the state, and
we will impart such information as
we have been able to obtain up to
date.
The democratic headquarters is
mostly stopping place for the weary
politicians Of whatsoever political be-
lief who wishes to drop in and spend
a few hours IN social chat, and a gen.
eral exchange of views. It's main eff
forts are directed toward sOlidifying
the democratic party again in the
state, and get as many offices as pos
Slble out of the fight, which is, Of
course, between the POpuliStS and re-
publicanS. So far it is not making a
very aggressive campaign and it is
not accomplishing much IN getting
Democrats together. The candidates
nominated at the last state con-
yentiOn were Of the StalWart variety
and those democrats who voted with
the POpuliStS two years ago, as in
their judgment was the best and only
thing to do, have anything but a
friendly and warm feeling for the ele'
ment that went to Washington, d.
| c., and made such an unrelenting
war on them. The committee. as
we said before, is having a hard time
in harmonizing these differences. In
fact, the more it is worked on the
wider and more bitter becomes the
fight. 1t is plain to be seen that the
stalwartS are in favor of putting the
republicans back in power by per
Suading every democrat they can tt
vote for the stalwart nominees.
At republican headquarters the
SChemerS are the most in demand az
cOunSelOrS of the committee, thu
work of this committee is devoted
wholly to connecting some sensational
story about the POpuliSt officials anC
keeping tab on its speakers. If some
republican makes a kick on thei
gOldbug speeches the committee i'm
mediately sends all their speakers {
copy of the protest with the inStruc
tiOns to say as little as possible OIL
the money question, but pound til,
POpuliStS. The candidates started
out on the republican national ant
state platforms, but they were 81
slippery they were constantly falling
down on them, and in their fOppinI
and SCrambling for fOOthOld, fel
over onto the POpuliSt silver planl
of sixteen to one, where at last &C
counts Major Morrill, was painting
like a lizard for fresh breath. TIL
other fellows are still out on the oil
wrecked ship trying to keep her afOa
on a gold basis, but we look for then
to float ashore at any time. In fac
the issues confronting the people ar
never discussed at the repubiica
state central committees rooms
The drift of conversation, we ar
told by a. reliable truSty, is how ca
we deceive the people and get in.
In marked contrast we find til
POpuliSt state central cOmmitte
sending out valuable books and pan
phletS on the questions now col
fronting the people. They hope
win a victory because they prOmis
the people more money, Cheapt
freight rates, the referendum wherein
all laws after passing the legislator
e are to be referred to the people for r,
lection or approval as they see a
By this method the humbleSt citize
. can express his approval or disa]
Z prOyal Of the work Of his represent;
tive.
The POpuliStS oppose banks, whetl
, er national or state, and demand I'll
O establishment Of postal saving
banks. They oppose the issuance {
interest bearing government bonds.
: Sept. 10, '94.
7 This campaign is queer one whe
/ we look at the maneuyering of the r
1 publican houses. We have the III
usual spectacle of a party asking fC
votes with no platform, gOldbug cal
didates trying to make the people b,
lieve that they are for free silver an
two republican papers supporting
man for governor, one because he is
gold bug and the other because he
tumble bug. We use the wore
"tumble-bug" because he goes bacI
4 wards. He is for a gold standard an
4 we ind him backing up all the til
4 to the silver element and asking the
to hook on. When he gets a load Of
. if he ever does, he will start the 9TH
: way at such rapid gait as to SHAH
: the silver fellows off before enteri1