Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-10-18
WEED OUT THE SLAMS.


The Cooperative Age, of st. Paul, of re-
cent date, contains the following editorial,
which strikes us just right:
Gone work the reform press should turn its
attention to before firing all its ammunition at
the open foe is that of raising warning voice
against the secret enemies within the ranks
the ones who are perpetually seeking office and
advocating all sorts of schemes to catch votes,
regardless Of principles.
"There are millions of old-party men who,
though Disguised with the rottenness in the old
parties, have as an excuse for not voting for
reform candidates, that the latter are like the
old-party enthusiastically looking for. Office
This charge, we are we'll aware, any nominee
may have hurled at him, but it is too often true.
cit is sometimes asked how this condition of
affairs can be avoided. But the answer is an
easy one provided the reform press is not afraid
to perform its duty.
'tWhether Socialist, Populist or Prohibition
list, repudiate as unworthy and unfit the man
who SEEKS nomination for office-he is NOT a
reformer, and has no place in the reform ranks.
Refuse him nomination, and he will get back
where he belongs-unless he has been kicked
out of there, too, as is frequently the case.
"For every one of these fellows that all hon
est party loses it will gain scores of better re-
cruits in time.
"Any party following these lines is, to some
extent, reform party, while the party which
ignores this policy, no matter what its name, is
itself fraud if it lays claim to being reform
party.
cit is true, the shams can't always be kept
from joining the party, but remember BOWS
saying, that while you may not be able to keep
a bird from alighting on your head, you can
keep it from building a nest in your hair.
"Bounce the professional pot-hunter."
One thing is certain The Populist ticket i'll
Anderson county is not composed of Office
seekers and place-hunters-al true reformers.
Iowa Republicans are between the Devil and
the deep sea. Allison is their candidate for
president, and they think they can secure his
nomination if they can only keep down the
pesky prohibitionists within the Republican
party. The state central committee has just
completed poll OF the preferences Vi the Cali
didates for the legislature in the matter of the
re-submission of the prohibition amendment,
and finds that majority favor re-submission.
This condition of affairs has scared the man.
ayers, who fear that if the legislature which
reflects Allison to the senate should go
record as favoring prohibition, it would preju-
dice Allison as candidate for president in the
eyes of the Republicans of other states. In
other words, they are afraid the brewers and
distillers would sit down Allison and crush
the political life out of him. Under these cir
cumstances, special effort will be made to
elect anti-p-ohibitionists who have been nomi-
mated by Republicans in several close counties,
in order to keep the Republican legislative eau
Gus from being too strongly dominated by the
prohibition element. These facts we CLEAN
from the Topeka Capital, and of course, Re-
publicans can't dispute them. Prohibition
Republican friends, amt you proud of your
party? "Point with pride" some more.