The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-25

And has the Populist party in Sedg-
wick county come 20 this Time was
when the Populist party in infant puri-
" and pristine simplicity held it to be
some sort of crime TO be rich: held il
TO be the highest honor 20 be poor: held
that the office should seek the man;
held that of all dangers that OF pluto
cracy was the most perilous.
And what does the Pepuii>t party Of
Sedgwick county offer US today: Rufe
Cone, with pacing steeds and wide
spreading farms golden with invaiu-
able harvests. mines stored with white
and yellow metal in other states; bust
ness blocks with great vaults gorged
with money. And Dave Dale. fhe sleek.
well-fed epicure: of smooth plurocratic
palm and soft, guarded complexion IN
touched by the hronzing sun: Dave
Dale the landlord with his wide de-
mesne. dotted with cattle, golden with
barvests. sparkling with laughing
brooks, all overlooked by the lord and
master in his magnificent castle.
Ali Populism. how have you fallen,
Where are the horny handed veterans
of your early days? Where is the
seedy Ruble, with knotted muscles and
unkempt hair and sinewy throat?
Where is the shaggy Hurt with his
bursts of wild-eyed frenzy over the
corporate tendencies Of the times; his
hatred for the god of yellow lucre; his
undying love for the tiller Of the soil?
Where are the yeomen who used to be
put in nomination for county offices;
who used TO be praised for their pow
erty; adored for their enmity TO mill
ionaires? Where have they gone?
Where has the ragged delegate gone
who used TO sit on the front seat of the
Populist county conventions and cheer
when Jay Gould was roasted. Where
are the lodges, the secret lodges that
We're TO be the bulwark of this country,
against whom the rich could not pre-
vail? Where are the lodges the secret
lodges into which men worth over a
thousand dollars and lawyers were not
allowed TO enter
Gone. Gone into the mists of the past
and hidden there for all time To come
And who stands in their place today?
Who holds the nominations and the
chance of election in their place: Who?
Then men who have tasted the sweets
of office and want to get at the platter
again. Who stands in the place of the
Millionaire Hurt of former days?
Rufe Cone stands in his place, with the
dazzling rays of his big diamond pierre
ing the empyrean, Rufe Cone with his
well-clad feet and fat, round cheek and
golden cuff-buttons, calm and comfort
able in the thought that his interests
in this world will keep him forever
from want and hunger.
And old man Ruble with his sinewy
neck and horny hands, who stands in
his place? Dave Dale, perched on the
highest tower Of his country residence,
looking across his estate, viewing its
fields and meadows dipping far down
on every hand into the distant horizon;
Dave Dale. king of broad acres teeming
with untold wealth. he stands in the |
place of MISUNDERSTANDING Ruble.
These two, Cone and Dale, have tast- |
ed the sugar of office and they want |
back again and they ask the friends of |
the men who adored Ruble and Hurt /
Dunkin of Pumpkin and PETER to send |
them there, and to vote against Henry /
Schand with his little harness shop and /
Charley Hatton who has nothing on
Earth but a house to live in.
Oh Populism! Once the millionaire
hating, poverty-loving Populism, now
mammon- adoring
Populism. how great. indeed, has been
FOUR fall!