Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-25
A SINKING SHIP.
Tho Reform" Graft Being Rapidly
Deserted.
An Ex-Member Of the Peoples Party State
Central Committee Becomes DIsgusted
with His Associates and Returns
to His First Love.

The following letter abandoning the
reform organization is from promi-
nent populist Of Mcpherson county,
member Of the populist state central
committee two years ago, director Of
the Topeka Advocate Co., one Of the
organizers Of the party and for three
years chairman of the populist county
committee of Mcpherson county, men,
Der Of the Seventh district COMPRESSION
al committee and assisted in conduct
ing Jerry Simpsons last campaign:
MCPHERSON, Kan.
Hon. Cyrus Leland, Jr.,
Dear Sir; In 1888 concluded that the exist
Ing political conditions md political parties
needed reforming. judged the future by the
past; my mind drifted back TO 1850 when the
republican party sprang into existence and ac-
complished some Of the greatest reforms and
laid more stepping stones to the great heights
Of political and industrial liberty, than any
other political party that ever existed under
any civilized form Of government believed
that new party could md would advance In
the science Of political and industrial liberty.
therefore left the republican party and joined
Wv ui'on i'po' parry, Nv" nno"" 70 wy Nv
pio party. i oone'eu 'n". 'ho 'vio'" "''o-
hoht wouiu hus"heo' no. rc'rotr"uo' -
! u'u no, lo'n ''c ro'o'm p"'W "". s"o',
s'ahu 'uiy oy oaiy 'o'ine on e'eo''on uas'
"cn. W ""ih' Spvh' pv'n '''''e """ '"V",s
luporeu uht'r'hsN "hu "'iio'. ,'ose"neN,
we put s'a'e unu eouh's .,'nc. ~ w, "o"
when we were wv'' aware ~, W. eouu no'
e'eet slhsIe man W. wornuu lor p',noapes
ana the oe'erihg OF .he condition Oh 'ne poor,
our parV gains" s,r,hs'n 'u'y i'ss , a"o
'"'"'.'' "''' '., ""N" w. " -, Il, a
sevre. orsah'Aa.'om' Van'o =, IN ",'"u,' :"
sol'l pouS horo ~ nuhSas' w 'neh 'n""sou
our n''he noni u''on 'apo. w WI, IT, "' ,a",
party 'ne ha'he ""s us"'H 'n""sou III '''' W
'he peopic p'rV'
un''' Low, ou' p"rV was iun w sooa "'o"'
we hau eu'heu sVons'n ucsonu W., Wv" "a
peV'u.ionai oue pon''0", suVnt'" "ee"'i. Vs.
p.e, l. was ho longer uouo,iui, nv" " "as
'h"t 'ho oiu po''uv'ans WIN h"u ooon "tn''"s
US wv "ors' oic'non's III 'no wv pa's'v'' ."'s"
up 'heir uo'o'S u"" peonh'o s'o's .V,o'n,',s
some VI ''ohi rceci'eu ei'' our,so =, "Va,s ~"
sue VI .Woh's -'uu' hou'o ivy 'V"v ,'',,..
lhe republican prs w vnonic' "n" ""'a",
W" tupun' van io,n VI so'u'n'I'uu.' wy TX
.urtu 'hu po't'ca, 'ee'e' o,kA"'N ''' "'u w
w. wheh We ne'u ou' s'"'o Von'un''o"' 'no,
h'u 'ic'r pou'lVa' i''aVh'"o ~ p"',vuv o,uv'
every lo"r""' was "e'' o''u' "o ""'s'' VI "''
ooAos' s.
INC hrs' nun nom'nn.cu M', NV m. ,'s,,
fo'eraor, NO ono eA''p. .'p "'s'"',v 'v ,n,
.,u''s nnew a or nau u.o, n.' nan n n Wv"
sau o'.'v"o "nV" Az e'' M, " anmoerat,
" w" ,n r ", ,No machine md 90, their caud-
Im,s " " " "
/ w,s n dcleoate In that convention. Until
,ho,,,a,o convention Mt Wichita was one of
,br mast euthusin.tIc woriors worked both
in nrivnte ma ,n,bllc for the cause OF reform.
,rnl aov and have the hest Of evidence for
nv halIof ma am yct,lnc mora every day Tint
,ho neonlo's marty ceased ia he A panty Of re-
,n,,,' ~ tho wichita sta,e oouv.ntion in June
Ia, rpev surrendered their charter IN mn.
rh,ue unli,lcpns Accorline to nv onInion
,I,oro novor wns n state oonvention Maid I'm mn,
s,n,e In which there were AS many honest ,nol
, ne ,resn in tha, conyentlon. 1,ho majority o
,hor ,,aro no, nolitielo,s mi man WHO hnl
nngcr ,one, nqm In conventions before the,
,yo,. ~ nones, I'm, NAV nevcr mis,rus,elthnl
,vultor9 N rofoym yynre running tho mnrbIne.
qhoc,nn,ion ~ Isa0 was RIM IN Tho line N
rosor,,, ina cn,un,lou NJ Is0, In mint of cor
r,,n.,,,n nas.iv,n ana roll,Icnl iwclterv wo,
noror ooualod in ,ne s,nte We electea IN,
noveruor md state oINers the majority a, III,
seonn,o anI nftv.ciyht mnmb.rs IN ,he ho,.
whst hono,,t ,gau ,hai wnll,lrnl via. -, az
..'', ,ehn war,l, d.,rn,. ~
s,a,s. sonato, va 49, ,'.' W WV o" ',s,,
,or no,,,1ls. - Ncht''s NV W w.
.V' 49, principles, una MARTIN '" W.
against lhom, 10 XIII fehor so"
the honest populist' VINO aaies 70 eonue",
inc treason o. ING pl.W po'i,,oi'n', We
stand all KINDS OF ep''heM "nufo ~ WY
reform Wneh ny throutnhu ihu''",'''.o"' WY
We see anything tnu' II raulcAiy wrong ~
dare say So II N " our perm W. NV as'"'
'he iarh'ur VI Niour'"p ','n " vo,"n ~ w.
archlsts' many OF 'hem pehovc !" pa.c''i"na''
not anarchy some 10" '"e'
helleve III SOCIALISM, hot "'"is"s w
ucneVe NAV enV men """ "'"'
IN the peoples parry shou" Wv .au
own thinking llis'euu VI uilo"n'k 'ho'' 'o""v
tolhlnk lor them' WV say " ns pop'n,
friends " you 10 NOT lhlhh n,u 'n'eN''ka'o ~
yourselves your lcauerS "'ii ioau sou, h'op '
step, from puterhailsn 10 h"''onni''n'' Nv
nhuonallsin 10 socialis''' uuu ,'oi' NVe'a",
to anarchy, ana every ihai ahu wolia,' WIZ ~
observe no law IKE inc VITA l'gcr an" 'ne Nv
In tlie African lungles'
II has been constant quhrrci III our "uii''
istraton over the Spots Oh once anu appoin
ments. The farmer or tutoring nun u oh
known by MS Vote Turing tlo o"n,pu'sn
NV we frequently nuh'u th". hu"o,,,nk u
made deal WIN saloon kcopcrs' iuo uc
waN that they were 10 eleet nun hhu Nc "ou
PROTEST 'nvn 'n's nas naa' a,a",od ma ,
! publican h. Lcwciiihg was eioctcu IN"
can plainly see VINO ~ pro'co.cu' ~ y. w
form that Tue saloon keepors are pro'ouVcui
= II Kindness love ahu e'i'''y ny, ''io soso'n
has Tor the saloon keeper Ut ~ '''"' '"' WIN
ana cents' ,.,.
N MY opllloh y Vherc hVHot WIS p''s1
= party whose leauers 'shptou 'no iuu pi'
cplcs Of relor.l more til'l inc pVpu''n' 'peuo'
what convention was u tlai relusu1 " NV
on Investigation OF lhe enalscs 81 llauu =, "
corrnpllon wha' convention was u Inv y ~
eylte appeared peipFe Vlcli' unu Na9 .uoe'o'
/ II no were an ango' utoppoa an'Vns .ao"
L. asked ior money una so' ~, ""u W. ~ W.
he has peen he"ro o. Hlnc', "h' " u -,
planes riesidops olo'e'enu ~, '"as
queen Vl'y 81 lno we'l ilpu' Wv .9n u ~
structioh pells'o 70 r ',p osu'""s -
ernor Is 70 pury lhe iasl Nesuso VI 'olo,'
p lbehcvc thefe niu .npu'ahu, VI '"Vn !" :
people party VINO, u they had inc emporium
Of investigation would no longer ANIMATE vi
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