The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-03
FUsING DOWN SOUTH.

Populists and Republicans Combining
Against the Democratic Oligarchy.
WASHINGTON, Oct 3.-Much interest is
manifested at the Republican and Demo
cratic headquarters in the Populist move
ment in certain parts of the union, par
ticularly in the south.
Mr.. Dunning, the editor of the Ma
tionaI Watchman. the organ of the Pop
ulists, is one of the frequent visitors at
Republican headquarters, which is re-
gArded as significant considering that
most of the hopeful Populist alliances of
the year are with the Republicans and
aim at the overthrow of the Democrats,
who, the Populists claim, worse than
The Republicans in that they have con-
stantIy played the traitor TO their own
platform
Dunning is very bitter against the
southern Democratic method Of counting
votes.
Everybody knows" he asserts, that if
the white votes alone had been counted
we would have elected our governor
in Virginia last year It was in
the black belt that Ferral found
his majority, just it was
the black belt in Alabama that was made
to show heavy Democratic majOritieS.
With a fair election in the south we
would control the congressional delega-
tons in every state down to Florida We
want fair election in North Carolina,
and especially in Virginia, and if we can
get it by com bining with the Republicans
we will do it. We don't fuse in the sense
# accepting each others principles, but
We want to rout a common enemy.
whether we will do it or not" said
Mr.. Dunning, with a doubtful shake of
the head, sis another question. Still, our
cause is gaining ground and we will win
some of these days"
els it true that the author of II Christ
- a2 lat
candidate for congress in Alabama was
asked
Yes He has already been nominal
ed. His name is NJ. w. Howard, and he
lives in the district now represented by
Colonel benson. He is a man of glgan-
tic stature, being 8 feet y inches high
The Populiste have a clear majority OF
5000 in that district. and we ought to car
ry it."
"Mr. Taubeneck, the chairman Of our
committee, has published letter show
ing that benson, IN order to have our
support, received $500 from US to fight
the election of Oates. Instead of doing
this, he supported Oates and we have
marked him for defeat We have the
letters to prove our statements in this
matter"
1t is certainly not particularly credita-
BILE that such a man should receive hon
ors from any source. as the book refer
red to is by far the trashiest of
the several sO-called stories that
have been written of Washington life.
It is indecent, untrue, odious in every
way and has not even the merit of a pas
SADLY good literary style.
Both congressional committees are re-
ceiving compliments for including in
their campaign literature the speech Of
Pigott. of Connecticut, showing that the
Popu1ists of the two houses Of the cur
rent congess have introduced bills call
ing for appropriations aggregatin $685.
OOO. OO0, 0UO Chairman Bushnell of the
First Nebraska district, ordered 10000
of PiQott's speeches yesterday, and they
were placed in franked envelopes, sealed
and mailed in hour aud 4 minutes
As a matter of simple fairness, how
ever, Dir. Pigott should have stated that
Congressman Livingston, 3 Georgia
Democrat introduced bills calling for
aggregated appropriations of $4S, 0OO,-
600, and that the great Democrat from
Illinois, Senator Palmer, introduced bills
calling for an expenditure of $45,UOO,-
0JO.
OF course nearly all OF these bills, no
matter who presented them, we're intro
duced by request and their parentage
was not assumed by either POpulist or
Democrat in Congress.
The amount of matter sent out free by
the use of a congressman'a frank, i'm
printed with a rubber stamp, strongly
suggests the necessity of some reform of
the ranking privilege. At the very
least the member should be compelled