People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-07-06
EVIDENTLY A CRANK.
The Oxford Register Man Gets the
Wrong Handle on the Wheel in
his Head.

The Register has lately adopted the
Republican party Of this county and
is laying down the law somewhat like
"a Dutch uncle talking through
cooked hat. Read the following gems
from the Register, remembering all
the time that it is Republican pa
per:
1T is said that more than four
tifthS of last years murdererS were
men Of no occupation.
A salary Of fifty thousand d year
would keep most Of US from feeling
any great alarm over the financial
condition of the country.
The great Pullman strike is great
indeed. ALREADY fourteen railroads
are tied up and the movement has
only begun. King Pullman had best
come down."
Pre.COnyentiOn deals must be well
masked this year Of our Lord. The
wishes of the people must be consulted
or you'll hear something drop like a
brick in a kettle Of mush.
How thoughtful and patriotic the
offer of certain New Pork banks to
replace from their vaults the gold
withdrawn from the government
treasury. Such patriotism is calcu-
lated to add great hunks Of conf
dence which will tide the country
along until the time arrives for an
other bond issue.
The sOundeSt plank in the PopuliSt
platform is the demand for a service
pension law. The demand is Just,
but the leveling Of rank is liable 60
make the measure unpopular among
the ShOulder-Strap gentry. That sort
Of trimming on bills has been reSpon-
sible for the loss Of many a worthy
measure in committee rooms.
Why not the primary election plan
for the nomination Of candidates for
office? Because it knocks the pOlit-
ical bOOt-legger out OF employment
and reduce the chronic Office-hunter'S
possibilities to a minimum. Because
the party boss must let 90 the strings
and give all the people voice in de-
Gliding who shall fill the offices of
trust? The Populist party is largely
the OutgrOwth Of packed caucuses
and boss ridden conventions of the
old parties. We believe the primary
scheme the only plan yet proposed to
do away with huckstering conven-
items.
In this blessed country we have no
shotgun pOlicy-nO Tammany-nC
ballot-box stuffing. But we do still
use the political shell-game-the
ringster's pride-the 0ffice-hunter'S
delight-the chrOnic's last chance
the old moss-grOwn party conven,
ton. Give US instead the primary
election. Let the PEOPLE name the
men they wish TO honor with posi-.
tiOns Of trust: Turn down the rings
and party dictatOrs. Make the nom
nations free for all. Smash the
machine" Give all men a fair start
and no favOrs. Give us primary cleo
tiOns or something better and equally
fair.
Thirty or more mercenarles OF
"PinkertOns" or deputy sheriffs, so
called, kidnapped Adjutant Genera
TarSney, Of Colorado, at Colorado
Springs, and after the most shame
less treatment ended by stripping
him and applying tar and feathers
They then turned him loose, nearl,
naked, except for the tar, and lef
him to wander around in the dark
nearly dead and helpless. The bar
barous brutes ought to buried at thu
stake, for the General had only earned
their animOsity in the line OF duty
Gov. Waite has offered a Thousand
: dollars reward for the dirty cut
Threats and millions OF people Onll
: hope they will be captured ant
-lynChed"