People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-23
Topeka Letter.
TOPEKA, KAN, March l9, '94.


mittee, including all the regular old
"pie-eaters," met in this city last
week, and a regular parrot and
monkey fight was the outcome. The
same old gang which has robbed and
dlsgraced Kansas ever since its birth
was here in all its glory. We failed
to see the name Of a single man who
was announced as present who has
not been identified with the Republi.
can machine long enough TO damn his
soul beyond redemption.
Before the committee met it looked
as if Maj. Morrill, had a "walk-away"
for the nomination of governor, but
another crowd which did not stand
ia with the 'pie-eating brigade"
prevailed upon Ed HOch, of Mari
on, to sacrifice himself upon the pO-
litical altar that their appetites for
pap might be appeased. Eddy con-
Sented and wrote long letter to the
public defining his position, in which
he practically served notice upon the
other fellows that they were the same
old gang who had disgraced Republi-
can politics in Kansas, and that he
was 'mGre holy than thou" 1t is
barely possible that Eddy is, but if he
thinks he can be elected governor Of
Kansas without entering into syndi-
cate with the old gang, he will, no
doubt, be better informed later on.
The Capital, in urging Maj. Nor
rill'S candidacy, lays particular stress
upon the fact that he is an "honest
money (gOld standard) man," and the
State Journal emphasizes Hoch's fit
ness for the Office in the following
quotation;
"Ed Hoch has two powerful ele-
ments Of strength which Maj. Morrill,,
the leading candidate up to today,
lacks, namely; He is, first, free from
entangling machine alliances, which
cannot be gotten rid of by Mr.. Nor
rill. Second, he is in favor of the
restoration Of silver to the place it
should honor, alongside Of gold.'
| While IN the city Maj. Morrill, was
called upon to make statement in
answer to the charge that he had
pledged certain patronage to forward
his candidacy, all of which the Major
denied. OF course everyone thought
he would admit the stories current
were true. However, the Journal had
this to say Immediately after the
appearance in the Capital of his de.
nial.
Maj. Morrill, may deny till dOoms-
day that he is a party to the advance
distribution of place and pelf; but his
candidacy is today in the hands OF
the men who represent that method
of political work, and good man as he
is, he cannot shake himself from the
pernicious influences"
The fight is on in dead earnest anC
and the consolation the Populists get
ont Of il that while they are wrang
ling amongst themselves over "hOn
est money" and Morrill, on one side
and silver coinage and HOch on the
: other, they will not have so mucf
time and space to devote to lyinl
about our state officials.
They finally agreed upon one thinl
and that was that the state conven
tiOn was to be held June 9Th, a.
T which time the party fxers will NJ
: doubt endeavOr to get together OF
the money question upon which it il
7 now hOpelessly divided.
The great nightmare which SEEM
! ! to hound the leaders is the "redemp
tion of the state from the 'YagarieS
and 'misrule' Of the Populists," Th,
"pie-eaters" seem to think they ar
to perform this duty notwithstand
ing the fact that the offices are flllet
by the people and the party whicl
the people prefer, as evidenced b,
their votes in 1892. Why this grea
worry about party which has no
: lost to the taxpayers one cent AM
will have saved them over one mil
lion and a-half Of dollars by the tim
their terms expire? Who is demand
ing this change; and why, we woult
ask? 1t is the tools Of railroad cor
. poratioDs and capitalists who hav
been giving to their masters priv
legeS which enable them to rob th
people in many ways. Beware 0
these vultures who thus seek to over
= throw a party which has shown i
- every act and deed to be Of the PEE
II. pie and for the people instead Of tn
> corporations and for the corpora
tiOns.
y, We are denounced by the unhol
= gang as anarchists and communist
we presume. for the reason that OF
= party has departed from their we
: beaten path Of robbery and CORFU
tion. There is absolutely no oth6
cause for it and we defy them to pOir
N to one dishonest act that has bee
le perpetrated by a single Populii
10 a0oin ct bic constituents 7 N ID