The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-12
WHIPPED. ANNIHu.ATED.


couraged the Democrats of this state
to combine with the Pops to beat Har-
rison out of the Kansas electoral vote.
The dishonest dodge succeeded and
Weaver carried the state. But the fruit
Of that unworthy deal is proving very
| bitter dish now. In looking over the
result in the state we do not ind where
in there is a chance for any decent
Growing. The Democratic party Is no
where represented. It's all Pop-a Pop
supreme court, Pop appellate courts.
Pop district courts, Pop congressman,
save two, Pop state administration and
Pop legislature, with the chances that
by early spring every state institution
will be under Pop management. This
may be humiliating to the Republican
party. but the Democrats of Kansas are
responsible for it all. In pulling down
the pillars of the temple they buried
themselves beneath its debris. In sui
Gliding they murdered everything in
sight. The Pops could not have elected
unaided, single congressman or sin
gle legislator, much less a governor Or
chief justice. All the opprobrium, there
fore, being hurled at Kansas by the
press Of the eastern safes, without re-
gard to party, should be directed, not
against the Republican party of Kan
sas, but against the Democratic party
and its leaders, who are wholly respon-
sible for the anomalous state of things
and its pondescript rule.
The individuals who constitute the
leaders of the Democratic party in Kan
sas can not be in a very happy frame
of mind. They sold out their right and
title to everything in the way of poliu-
cal pie in the state for the privilege of
naming Democratic presidential elect
ors on the Fusion ticket. That ticket
didn't win. 1t carried Kansas, but Nc
Kinley being elected Kansas doesn't
count. In this deal for pie without
principle the Pop fellows reserved ey-
erything in the state, including the
right 10 name the Fusion candidates
for congress and the legislature, which
meant Z United States senator in the
event Of carrying the state. The dis
reputable deal having been carried out
to a successful conclusion, the Demo-
Gratis of the safe of Kansas are left
holding the bag, if, indeed, they are
holding anything. They have nothing
to say. nationally or locally, no voice
anywhere. Any man in Kansas who
didn't vote the Republican ticket is a
Pop. At least there is no Democratic
party left, nor the veStige of one, so far
as position, place or salary Of any char
acter is concerned. The Republican
party of Kansas was whipped. but the
Democratic party Of Kansas was annl-
Inflated. There is not a single Demo
cratic federal Office holder in the state
of Kansas who is sure of his position a
minute longer. Bryan was defeated
and rover's Offensive partisanship"
swipes them all. Pity alone can save
them, for every one of them is guilty
of a partisanship which, in being "of-
fensive" now, was all right four years
ago. Numbers have stepped down and
ont within ten days in other states, and
L. S. Pension Agent Click and q. ;.
Marshal Neeley of this state have been
marked for sacrifice. Any charge, now
ever frivolous, if accompanied by evil
dence that the culprit extended any
comfort TO the Altgeld- Tfllman-Debs
outfit, or aid to the Simpson -Breiden-
thal-Leedy combine. is enough for Gro
YER. He would rather cut off the. head
of such an one of them than TO go fish
ing. Yet Grover Cleveland is responsi-
ble. But for his acquiescence Fusion
would not have been possible four
years ago. the logical result of which
was the later absorption of the Demo
cratic party of Kansas and the loss of
the state to the only party which could
and would have afforded its people the
opportunity to profit by the new order
of things.