The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-18
THEY WANT SILVER
THAT WILL BE TIE MAIN ISSUE IN
NEXT YEARS CAMPAIGN.


So Said the Populist Editors at Their Meet
ing Yesterday-They Propose to Desert
q Plate House That is too Weak in Its
Friendship to the White Metal-Annual
Meeting Set for Lawrence Early in De-
cember-Then Steps Will be Taken to
Organize Home Institution for Syndi-
cate News-What They Did.
The Kansas Reform Press associa-
ton met in the city council chamber
yesterday at 10 o'clock. But few MEM
bers having arrived at that hour an
Upon invitation OF Governor Lewelling
the early birds" were taken for a
drive through. the streets of Wichita
and out to Garfield university II was
greatly enjoyed by all the participants
The reform press Of Kansas is COM
posed of about 80 newspapers, nearly
all weekly. There are but few counties
in Kansas which do not have their
Populist newspapers. Many of them
are ably edited, some by practical news
paper men and others by farmers, shoe
makers, lawyers, doctors, preachers
and blacksmiths.
This is a quarterly session OF the as
ISOLATION, the last one having been
held at Girard last June. There is not
a large attendance, but il is composed
of the leading, working members OF
the association. They are a business
looking body and go at their proceed
ings with familiarity that is COM
mendable.
The afternoon session was called to
order by the president of the associa-
ton, B. E. kies of the Commoner, this
city. There We're present: Il. E. Kies
chairman, Kansas COmmoner; Lyman
Naugle, secretary, Wellington Voice;
r. B. Claiborne and wife, Oswego,
Times-Statesman E. Martindale, Law
renee Jeffersonian; II. w. Young, Inde-
pendence Star and Kansas; Abe Stein
berger and wife, Girard World; J. NJ.
Lewis, Kinsley Graphic: w. II. Biddle,
Ell Dorado Industrial Advocate; Z. c..
Nettleton, Stafford Peoples Paper; w.
Holcombe, FL Dorado Industrial Advo-
cate; H. S. Foster, Hutchinson Gazette;
J. D. Botkin, Neodesha: L. d. Lewelling
Wichita; J. G. Bradshaw, Winfield Free
Press; Mrs. Craybill, Winfield Free
Press; Fred Bailey, of Oklahoma.
Colonel Fred Close of the Daily Coop
orator and George Wagner of the Adj
vocate, Topeka, came in late.
The chair announced that Charles
SDavis had sold his paper, the Junction
City Tribune and had resigned his Of
flee as secretary of the association, and
that he had temporarily appointed Ly-
man Naugle, OF the Wellington Voice
to the vacancy. Mr.. Naugle was elect
ed by the association to fill out the
unexpired term, till January 1.
The following applicants for MEM
bership were passed upon favorahly:
W. H. Biddle, Ell Dorado Advocate;
Fl. w. Young, Independence Star and
Kansas; n. S. Foster, Hutchinson Ga
zette; Z. G. Nettleton, Stafford Peoples
Paper; J. NJ. Lewis, Kinsley Graphic;
F. J. Close, Daily Co-operator, Topeka.
The committee appointed at the Gil
rard meeting on foreign advertising
reported progress through its chairman
Lyman Naugle and was continued with
instructions to confer with like COM
mittee from the state editorial associ-
alton.
The subject of plates and patent sides
was taken up and discussed in all its
bearings Many of the editors are dis
satisfied with the plates edited by w. 5.
Margan, secretary of the National Re
form Press association. Morgan lives
In Arkansas, and his plates are far too
slow for the wide awake publishers Of
Kansas. He is also out of harmony
with the aggressive editors of Kansas
who want 10 make the financial queS-
ton the leading issue. which policy
Morgan frownS upon and has gone so
far as to cast odium on the national
chairman, II. Z. Taubeneck. who fav-
ors that idea The discussion along
.tr.-,N taH in nv Cow
ernor Lewelling, J. d. BOtkin, Naugle,
of Wellington, NettletOn of Stafford,
Foster of Hutchinson. Claiborne OF Os-
wegc and Kies of Wichita.
The discussion resulted in the pass
ing of the following resolution:
Whereas, Certain complaints have
been entered at this meeting or the
K. r. p. A at Wichita, Kansas, Sep
TENDER II, 1895, therefore be 1t
Resolved, That believing the edito-
rial policy and sentiment of all papers
should be as far as possible the pro-
duction of and within the control of the
owner of the paper, it be requested by
the members of this association that
the editors of ready prints for Populist
papers in Kansas refrain from any per-
sonalitieS rejecting on any of the lead
ers of the party, and confine their cd
itorial utterances entirely 10 national
issues upon which there is no division
of feeling within the party. and
Resolved, That a copy OF these reso-
lutions be forwarded 10 the National
Peoples Party committee, and to w. s.
Morgan of Hardy. Ark. and George
Ward of Kansas City. and to the Wes-
tren Newspaper union and \. y. KEEL
logg Newspaper union.
The subject OF transportation on rail-
roads was taken up. Some Of the Pop
ulist editors think the Santa Fe line IS
against them, since on
" about fifteen or twenty POpulist ed
itors ride on passes. y committee was
appointed to confer with the authori-
ties of the road as to the ''whichness of
the what"
\ committee was appointed to hives
tigate plates and patent sides for Kan
sas papers with 4 view OF employing
a Kansas editor for same. The COM
mittee is cornposd as follows:
f. c.. Nettleton Of Stafford. r. y.
Claiborne of Owego. and E Martindale
of Lawrence. They are TO report at the
December meeting.
The associa ton decided TO meet at
Lawrnce next and fixd the dates for
Friday and Saturday, December e..
This will be the annual meeting and
will be largely attended \ good pro-