The advocate., 1896-10-28

was heard before the board, q Republi-
can lawyer and politician represented
the "MiddlS- -Of.Ehe-Poad Populistsl"
Beautiful CondesCensi0n. The millennium
"a not coming; il has come. When ]
went before the Supreme court to thWsPt
their scheme for putting q stigma upon
our ticket by getting WatsOn's name
left of, my distinguished Opponent was
sX-Chiee Justice Horton, sent there by
the Republican State committee. You
have only TO recall the famous Dunsmore
House controversy TO know what q de
voted middle OF -the-road Populist" he
has always been. If the Judges had not
been oyerworked, his eloquent appeal for
his beloved Watgon would undoubtedly
have spoiled the Senate chamber carpet
with food Of judicial tears. Don't you
really think il 10 something OF brSzen
false pFetanBe TO call this Republican
fusion affair q "Middlo-of-the.rOad Pop
ulist" ticlEetP What begins in false pre-
tense cannot be expected to limit itself
to honorable practices. / proved by the
affldaVits Of men whose names were upon
the nominating papers putting up this
ticket thGt their names were forged, and
/ have received many more RffidsVits
since. / proved that other signatures
were obtained under the pretense that
the papers were something else; the old
pRtent.right note confidence game. /
proved that Signers in Topeka were Re-
publican camp.follOWers, one OF them
the brother Of the Sheriff Wilkerson
who engaged deputies" to put down the
Governor at q riot in January, 1893 I
proved these facts 80 clearly that even
the Republican board threw out some Of
the papers, only being careful not to
throw out too many. But If you should
be in Topeka, 60 to the Seoretary's Office
and see for yourself. You will find
dozens Of names all in the same hand
wrlting-all written by the same person.
You will need no evidence but your own
eyes. Not single attempt was made to
dispute any OF these things any Of these
criminal facts. Not an attempt was
made to disprove that it's originators had
not spurned fraud and forgery in their
efforts to put up this heaven-born,
righteous "Middle of-the-rosd Populist'
ticket.
What do you think OF it?
Now what was done at Abilene?
was a delegate, and helped make that
'infamous sell-out," 30 know all about
1t. Both Democrats and Populists had
the same candidate for President, and
any Electors either might nominate
could be trusted to vote for him. Under
modern political practice, Electors have
no will Of their own, but are mere instru-
ments to do single act dictated by the
convention which nominstes them. II
would be impossible to imagine less in
telligent use to put men to. Wooden
men would do just as we'll. An ElectoI
is not legally bound to do as he hRE
agreed; but he Ia bound Rs an honorable
gentleman; and in the entire history oi
political parties in this country, not one
Elector has ever yet broken faith with
those who nominated him. We both
: had the same candidate for President
but we each had a different candidate
for Vice President. II we put up two
sets OF Electors, we would divide the
Bryan vote and give the State to Nc.
Kinley. Neither Of as could win alone
: What were we to doP These Bryan
! Electors must vote for q Vice President
also; for which should they be instructed
10 vote? You see how it was. S0nGt
, agreement was indispensable. We made
( one, and both conventions adopted it. Il
4 was this: II Waston gets more Elec
1 tOEAl votes than Sewsll outside OF Kan
: sas, the Electors are to cast our ten votes
} for Watson; il Sewsll gets more votes
: than Watson, then they are TO vote fol
| Sewall. The two candidates are put
upon exactly the same footing, and Wat
. SON 10 given chance, which otherwisc
: he could not have had, to get the Kan
Bas vote.
/ Our object was to unite upon one o.
the two and not give q Republican Sen