Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-13
VA MOTHER BREAK.
OUR FREE-SILvER FRIENDS ARE
TOO FRESH.
Popullsts Arc Not As Easily Led by tho
Nose rs the Adherents of the Two Old
Parties-win Not Concede Both Plat
form and Candidates.

be done about candidates for the silver
ticket until after the republican and
democratic national conventions. Then
a silver republican and silver demo-
crat will be selected from among the
most prominent members OF the OLD
parties willing to accept places on the
ticket"
In view of the contemplated union
with the Populists that Is very re-
freshing indeed. Where do the Popu-
lists come in? They are expected to
furnish the votes and then sit on the
fence and watch the procession go by.
suppose.
It makes us tired.
Hatch said the Populists ought to
have voted the Democratic ticket IN
Kentucky.
No doubt Teller thinks they ought
to have voted the Republican ticket
in Colorado.
There are some things doubtful and
= some things are very plain.
1t is doubtful If the rank and file OF
the Peoples party will ever consent
to make any concessions at all to the
silver people, if such talk as this con-
tinues.
It is plain that they will not con-
cede both the platform and the can
didates, under any circumstances, at
any time, or to avoid any kind of an
anticipated catastrophe. The Populists
would have more confidence in the sim
certify Of the free silver people If they
could hold one meeting that was not
made up almost wholly Of politicians,
lawyers and place hunters.
We are willing to admit that the
action OF some OF our men who have
been clothed with authority is not cal
culated to inspire enthusiastic ad-
miration for us In the breasts of our
free silver friends.
They have been approached, and per-
haps bled, by an element that is not
representative of the integrity, SINGER
ity, and inherent worth and strength
of the Populist party. In time this will
be remedied by retiring some of those
men to private life. For the present
we have got to make the best Of the
situation.
While we will make no predictions as
to the success of uniting the anti-gold
bug elements on one presidential tick
ct, we do say that If it fails 1t will be
principally on account of trigger
mouthed Populists and free silverites
whose egotism leads them to rush into
print with lot Of predictions, precon-
certed plans, and balderdash that is
calculated to disgust the rank and file
o. the Peoples party.
II the so-called leaders Populists
and free silver are sincere and honest
in their efforts to bring about this I'M
ion, they should button up their lips.
eschew newspaper interviews and saw
wood.
Already too much has been said and
protests are coming from every part
of the country. This is unfortunate at
this time. Every Populist should be
actively at work organizing and edu-
eating the masses. Instead of this,
doubt and Encouragement comes from
these silly interviews. 1t Is not suff1-
Client for the men whose interviews are
published to try to take refuge behind
the declaration that they are falsely
represented. They are always falsely
represented, to hear them tell it. Then
why in the name of consistency ever
submit to them? There Is no reason
in the world to be given but that to
satisfy their inordinate egotism.
If the plutocratic papers would pub
lish the interviews correctly there
might be no harm in it. But they never
dc. Then, we again ask, why submit
to being interviewed?
When the national committee is re-
constructed, as it will be this year, each
candidate should be required to SUBJ
init to cranial examination, and only
men who have the bump of self-es-
TEEN ordinary developed should be
placed in any prominent position. We
say this in all seriousness.
1t Is not so much the weakness of
our national committee and the silver
men that is doing us harm as their in
ordinate vanity.
Vanity should never be mistaken for
self-reliance, nor stubbornness for
manly courage.
In the meantime, while the people
will necessarily doubt, they should not
relax their exertions. The harder they
work the more compact will become our
organization, and the better able we
will be to Withstand the storms from
without and within.
| We admonish the people to relax their
fears. Things are not half as bad as
they seem. Almost all this trouble
comes from weakness to be inter-
viewed. There is no serious danger
Threatening the Populist ranks. Let
JUS 60 to work and have an effective
Organization in every township and
county. Send your truest and best
men to all your conventions Keep
your shirts on and your heads cool. See