Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-14

THE Industrial Legion is the name
of new political organization de-
signed to take the place Of the de-
funct alliance. 1t is conceded that the
alliance and its annex, the Populist
party, has become, to use the express
preston of a noted kansan. IAN ir-
ridescent dream, and beyond all hope
Of a resurrection under its present
name and something must be invent
ed, embodying the same ideas Of the
alliance, but with a new name, and
around whose red banner all the so
cialists, anarchists, and the discon-
tented and disgruntled of all the po
litical parties may rally and unite.
The phenomenal success of the ALI
ance-aS method of securing Office
inspires the leaders of the new move
ment to believe that the people have
learned nothing by experience and
that they can be as easily caught now as
they were five years ago and with the
same kind of bait that was used to
catch suckers with then. The same
old gang of office seekers and place
hunters are at the head of this move
ment who organized the alliance and
its twin sister, the Populist party,
and their aims and objects are the
same now as they were then-oStensi-
bly, to assist the labOring man and the
agriculturalist, but really to secure
places of profit and influence for them
selves. 1t is the same old gang who,
while in power in Kansas, caused our
beloved state to become reprOach
and an object of ridicule to the rest of
the United StateS-nOne so poor as to
do it reverence. 1t is the same old
gang who under the name of reform
'sbecame a stencil in the nOstrilS of all
reputable citizens" to quote from
Mrs. Lease whose opportunities for
knowing were exceptiOnable and
whose veracity even the gang them
selves will not dare to dispute. We
have just received the Topeka edition
of the Ottawa Journal and under the
flaming headlines. "Awake! Awake!
Organize the Legion Everywhere, and
Do it Now" we find the following
earnest appeal from the commander
of the Industrial Legion:
''The election is over. We have
gained wherever we had state ticket.
We have no cause for sorrow, except
the agony we feel for the oppressed
people If they had energy and zeal
enough to organize they would not be
crushed. 1t is apparent to all that
we must organize.
"We have gained in every locality
where we have legion at work. 1t
is too late to perfect another plan. 1t
took three years to establish the le-
giOn. 1t meets every want of our
party. By organizing legion now in
every township, we can win in that
locality. All it needs is unity of ac-
tion.
''When you organize send cents to
the Rev. j. T. BOtkin, NeOdeSha,
Kansas, and get his book on plan of
work. If that method is followed we
can carry the election. We must act
speedily. 1t will be too late if we
wait until the national convention.
We will lose the long hours of the
winter. We can't afford to lose a
minute 1t is folly to sit and grOwl
and find fault. 1t is more than a
crime to wait on the sO-called leaders
of the party. Let the people act. Let
every ardent soul who loves the cause
of humanity and will sacrifice time to
organize, send for commission as
scout or county recruiting officer. If
you have no time for that send for
papers and OrgOniZe at home, and
then appoint a committee to plant
other legiOnS in all the surrounding
country. We send supplies free but
want stamps to mail them.
eff the people will not move the
cause will perish. You should not
lay down and let the enemy trample
you under foot. If each one of the
six million people eligible as members
of the legion would join and pay 10
cents entrance fee aud 10 cents an
nual dues, the campaign fund for 1896
would be abundant.
eff all who are able would send 81
for certificate of membership, we
could raise fund that would furnish
all the speakers and literature free.
''The brave Coxey, the gallant
Burkitt, the eloquent and manly
Petit would have won if every pre-
cinct had been organized in each
state.
81 appeal to every willing worker
in our party, to every manly heart, to
every whole-souled woman, to help
this work. l may issue. as one critic
says, ''bombastic circulars but /
must do something. My sworn duty
demands it, / wish / could sound the
trumpet call that would rally the
people"
Yes, indeed! The people will doubt
less fall over each other in their
frantic and desperate haste to enroll
under the the banner of 'The Brave
Coxey," and to contribute their dollar
for certificate of membership in this
old organization under new and
more euphoniOus name.
AS an order, from which anything
can either be feared or hoped in the