Evening star., 1895-06-14
KANSAS POLITICS
Representatives, Kirkpatrick
Talks on the Subject.
POPULIST PROMISES NOT REALIZED
Mr.. ingalls, Will Not Be Able to
Succeed PETER.
MONEY AND THE TARIFF
POPULIST PROMISES NOT REALIZE
MONEY AND THE TARIFF

Representative-elect S. S. Kirkpatrick of
Fredonia, Kan, who will take a seat
among the republicans in the Fffty-fourth
Congress, with a majority of 2,7S0, came
through Washington on his way to An
napolis, Md, where he has a son at st.
Johns Academy. Mr.. Kirkpatrick will Sue
ceed ex-Representative Hudson, the pop l.
list member. He does not think the popu-
lists will make a good showing in the next
election in Kansas, for reasons he explain
ed to Star reporter.
POpulist Promises Not Realized.
when the populists came into power in
Kansas" said Mr.. kirkpatrick. they
made promises of reforms that were not
realized, and the disappointment that fol-
lowed this course has caused many of the
rank and file to become dissatisfied and to
leave them. For instance, it was said that
the expenses of the state government
would be greatly reduced. Far from this,
in most of the counties where the populists
secured control the expenses were increas-
ed. Taxes were necessarily Increased also.
and this demonstration of the effect of
their rule has lost them much support.
There was a tendency among them to
create useless offices, and salaries were
paid men for doing little or nothing.
No Chance for Ingalls,.
mo. do not think Mr.. Ingalls, will be
able to succeed PETER. 1 have no doubt
that If 1t were to be put before the people
for vote he would be elected. but his
course ineKansas has estranged many CT
the republican leaders of the state from
him, and his nomination will be difficult.
His utteranceS have been of a kind that
these leaders could not indorse. and ne
has made frequent breaks of this kind in
his speeches. For instance, when Mr.. In
gals spoke at Fredonia in the last cam
tow Ia said far
putting q dollars worth of silver in a sill
yer dollar than he saw for putting 4 dol
lars worth of paper in a paper dollar.
That didn't suit members of his party. He
followed that speech up with another ad-
dress at Topeka, and before he spoke lead
ing members of the party took occasion to
suggest that it would be well not to intro
duce such a sentiment in his remarks. Mr..
ingalls, got up and thereupon informed the
audience that he had been given instruc-
tions what he should say, and of course
that made some people very mad.
Money and the Tariff.
Il believe the populists of Kansas will not
be satisfied with the views of ANY ex-
tremists on the money question. They do
not agree with gold monometallists nor
do they indorse the ideas of the
free silver men of the west. But 1 think
the majority of Kansas republicans think
that there is middle course they can with
this middle course would be. 1 believe It
would be agreeable to them to coin some
silver, say the American product.
Undoubtedly, something will have to be
done in the next Congress in order to raise
more money for the government to pay it's
expenses, and there seems to be no other
way than to change the tariff but this
does not necessarily involve any general
revision of the tariff law. The people of
Kansas would like to have the tariff on
wool restored and that one item will in a
large way help the Treasury Department
PETER Not Likely to BE Returned.
Il think there is no likelihood of Mr.
PETER being sent to the Senate again. Mr.
PETER says he is doing rothing for the
nomination, out is allowing affairs to take
their course. Every republican speaker Of
the state has had armfuls of the bills he
introduced in Congress as an evidence of
the way he was working buncombe in order
to play on popular sentiment. No one had
any idea that Mr.. PETER would vote for
these measures If he got an opportunity,
and his action in bringing them before the
public is look d upon as an evidence of a
lack of sincerity"
Mr.. Kirkpatrick has lived in Kansas for
twenty years, having gone there from ILL
nois, where he was born about the year
1913. He entered the war in an Illinois reg
iment in 1864, when he was but sixteen
years of age, and served Until peace was
declared. After that he studied law and
now practices that profession at Fredopia,
Kan, his home.