The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-12
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KxsGOv. st. John of Kansas Says He
Cannot be Elected.

Ex.Gov. ST. John of Kansas Says He
Cannot be Elected.
Cleveland (O) Plain Dealer.
81 don't believe Governor Mckinley
will carry single state west Of the Allie
gheny mountains and south of the Ohio
river"
Such was the statement made last
evening by the Hon. John p. st. John,
at one time governor of the state of
Kansas and for years leader of the pro-
hibition party
Ex-Governor St. John arrived in the
city last evening and registered at the
Forest City house. He came to attend
the meeting of the executive committee
Of the national party, which came into ex-
istence as result of bolt in the pr0h:-
bition national convention held in Pitts
burg, May q. The cause of the bolt was
the action of the convention in adopting
a single plank on temperance. The ma
tional party has more than one idea, and
placed their planks in its platform in the
following order: Prohibition of the liq-
uor traffic, enfranchisement Of women
and the free and unlimited coinage Of gold
and silver, at the ratio of Is to L.
Ex-Governor St. John is enthusiastic
over the silver question and says it is
one that has aroused the people as no
principle has in years. He says the silver
sentiment is gathering strength daily, as
did the old question of abolition of slav-
cry, and has arrayed capitalists on the
one side against business men, farmers,
mechanics and laborers on the other
.4Sixty days ago." said Mr.. st. John,
mckinley was the most prominent and
popular man in the nation and would have
swept the country like whirlwind but a
wonderful change has taken place. The
people have become tired of that bug0b00,
the tariff, and have relegated it, to be sue
ceeded by an issue as vital as the corsti-
tuition Of the government itself. They
have followed the false God Of protection
until the business of the country has
been paralyzed and now see the remedy
in free silver. It is not the man they
have turned against, but his platform.
Had Mckinley been placed even on the
old platform of 1892 think he would
have carried my own state Of Kansas by
25,00O plurality, but I believe now that
Bryan will carry it by 10000.
There IS no enthusiasm in the west
for the republican party and 1t is next to
impossible to get up decent ratification
meeting. In the town of Olathe, where
live only few days after the democrat
ic convention, Bryan club of $50 mem-
bers was organized. Prior to that time
there were not many democratic votes In
town. And so it goes throughout our
state and the west.
Il was in Chicago on business during
part of the time the democratic conven-
tiOn was in session and looked upon the
assemblage and want to tell you there
never was such convention as that held
in this country The sentiment in favor
of silver has steadily increased and 1t
now has arrayed upon its side the intel
ligence OF the nation. With the ind0rse-
ment Of the Populist and silver tickets
nothing short OF miracle can now accom-
pl!sh Bryan's defeat. The P0pulists are
strong in the west and are today the
dominant power in Kansas and Nebras-
ka." fsis
Our country is most striking example
OF the complete failure Of the representa-
tive system OF government. The people