The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-22
CREDENTIALS SAY.

Breidenthal, the Populist leader o.
Kansas, at Topeka on what in his
judgment, has caused Kansas to LOSE
population.
In the course of his remarks Breid
enthal said this:
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN DRIVEN OUT OF KANSAS BY
PROHIBITION ARE JOINT-kEEPERS
AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
PREVENTED BY PROHIBITION
FROM COMING TO KANSAS ARE
THOSE WHO WANT TO RUN JOINTS
How 1agrantly false is that state
ment. Bow ready the man is 70 fal-
sify in order to prove to his party his
fidelity 10 the cause Of Prohibition.
How ready he is, in order 10 make
himself square" with the Populist
| voters Of Kansas, to let them know
that he is still in favor of Prohibition,
that he is still worthy to lead the
| crank party" of Kansas; how ready
| he is TO overlook all the commercial
disadvantages Kansas has labored
under on account of Prohibition, and
to excuse the miserable farce.
Why is it? Why is it that any man,
knowing as much of the state as
Breidenthal does, will wilfully make
such statements? Does he know bet
ter? He does know better, and the
reason he misrepresents is because,
like many other Kansas leaders in his
party and the Republican party as
we'll, he fancies that Prohibition is a
political cloak, fancies that by adyOcat-
ing Prohibition, he can gain at single
bound the pedestal of righteousness
where he may pose as moral reformer
when a worse, more degraded speci-
men of hypocrisy never existed.
Breidenthal, the leader Of the POpu-
list party in Kansas, their little tin
god, their boss, is such a man. He is
one of the men, and there are many Of
them in Kansas, who though having a
German name himself, regards a man
as criminal if he has German name.
He is one of the men who, as a jury
man, would hold a Brown, Smith or
Jones guiltlesS and send a Schweiter
or a Husey of Schad to Jail for break
ing the law. without waiting to hear
the evidence. He is one of the men
who regards the drinking of a glass Of
beer as a crime, the possession of a
German name as an infraction of Kan
saS purity, and German nativity as a
lasting disgrace.
He does not recognize or know. or,
knowing, would he admit the great
thrift of the German-American farm
ers. He would not admit the fact that
no German farmers ever leave Kansas
because they can not make farming
''go." He would not admit that in
every community in the United States,
in New York, in Chicago, in Cincinnati,
in st. Louis the German citizens for
industry, for public spirit and official
honesty stand right up in line with
the foremost people
Has Kansas Prohibition then not
driven any but joint-keepers away
from Kansas? How much better Kan
sas would be off today with more Ger
mans, how much better off would it be
with more German names ON its tax
rolls, how much better off would it be
with more German names on the sign
boards all along the streets.
All Germans are not engaged in the |
sale of beverages. But nearly all of |
them drink beer, and that, in the eyes |
of Breidenthal and his kind, is crime. |
But that is Breidenthal. 1t is said |
that he is now behind Reverend Bot |
kin's boom for governor, and that Bot
kin will undoubtedly get the Populist |
for governor. What do |
the AUTHORIZATION voters of Sedg-
wick county think of that? What if |
they take the advice of the opposition
and vote for the present Populist nomi-
nees? Who viii they then have in of |
ice? They will have in office men who |
spend their time and money TO elect
Jerry Botkin, Rev. Jerry Botkin, Rabid |
Prohibitionist Jerry Botkin, to the gov
of Kansas. They will al
ow themselves to be bossed as they
were bossed last year and the year be-
fore that by Breidenthal, Breidenthal,
The man who says Prohibition has
driven no one, kept no one away from
the man who thinks Rufe
Cone as he has often said. 1.-The smart
st politician in southern Kansas" and
whom, when the Sedgwick county Pops
wouldn't put Cone on the central COM
nittee, had Cone placed on from Bar
Der county.
Next year this man Breidenthal will
De at the head Of the Populist party in
KANSAS and he will be trying to swing
'opuliSm in line back of Reverend
Terry Botkin for governor. Along
With him will be the Populist party OF
SedSwick county. if il still exists.
How can it be made to exist longer
han this year: BY placing its nomi-
ices in office.
The duty of the voter in this county
$ plain 1t is his duty to vote for the
republican nominees in Sedgwick
county, who have always been against
'rohibition. and 10 vote against the
'opulists who have always played
iouble On the subject aud who will.
leNt year. be standing behind Breiden-
hal in his attempt TO make Rev. Jerry
5otkin governor of Kansas.
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