People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-11
Reform Press Association.

Reform Press Association.
The meeting Of the Populist edi.
tors at Clay Center was one of the
most satisfactory meetings the asso
citation ever held. Hon. John Davi!
was present and the boys all turned
him into an encyclope liza in search
of points wanted. The writer haC
never seen him before but the &C.
craftsmanship seemed as cordial a;
if it had be EN- of years duration.
The people Of Clay Center were
unusually hospitable, even to the ex
tent Of paying our hotel bills. Clay
Center is beautiful little city o.
5000 population, in the midst of q
splendid country. Clay county i:
one of the reliable Populist counties
of the state Notwithstanding it i:
the home Of Del Valentine and
Dawes, "who works his jaws" 1t i.
also the home Of Hon. w. D. Vim.
cent, one Of the best Populists in
the state. The Clay Center Dis.
patch by Charles A. Southwick, is
one Of the brightest and best Popu.
list papers in the state.
The sessions OF the association
were very interesting. Hon. ALDER,
Griffin, until recently a free silver
Republican, was present and favor
ed the association with an address.
He strongly favors union of all
forces against the Republican party,
which he now recognizes as the
gold bug party.
The following resolution was in.
troduced and unanimously passed:
WHEREAS, political progress in Kan.
Sas depends so largely upon the work
Of Peoples party state central CON-
mittee,
WHEREAS, members Of the present
committee have been uniustly criti-
cised by members Of all parties, there.
fore be II
RESOLVED, that this association
publicly express its confidence in the
present state central committee: that
we specially commend Chairman j.
W. Breidenthal and Secretary R. H.
Semple for their tireless energy, good
judgment and honesty OF purpose, in
pushing the work Of political educa.
ton and organization within the
state, and that we deprecate the IN.
just criticism heaped upon them.
This resolution resulted from the
attacks made upon Chairman Bried.
enthal by the Ottawa Journal. Mr..
Cos!igan, editor of the Journal,
opposed the resolution but made no
charges Of corruption against Bried.
enthal as has been reported through
Republican papers. His complaint
was that he was unfairly using hi:
influence as chairman against Lew
elling for Governor-bossism, as i,
were. The association heard Mr.
Costigan fully and then unanimousl,
passed the resolution. Republican
papers further reported that all bu
about ten Of the editors had left, anC
that it was carried by narrow
majority. Frank Honeywell o
Concordia, who had to leave to
catch his train, was the only on,
missing, if We can remember rightly
and all the balance Except Costigan
voted for the resolution. There wa
no bad feeling about it.
Later, the following resolutions
offered by Hon. S. M. Scott, wer,
adopted and the association ad-
journed:
Realizing the fact that there is q
reform known OF history that has no
started from the common people, tina
the only barrier TO our success is
lack of information as TO our princi
Piles. That the Plebeans Of Americ;
are ready at any time to march 10 th,
ranks OF reform as soon as they ar,
convinced of the virtue and justice o
our demands, therefore be it
| RESOLVED, That every member o
this association renew his efforts 70
their conversion to the great reform!
Of land, transportation and finance
that selflshness and adoption Of police
measures, where principles are com
promised be eliminated from our col