Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-10
GARNETT, KANSAS, JULY 10, 1896.

tising we were doing for him. and took occasio
to express his political views; said that he like
Mckinley as man, but would not vote fo
him while he stood on that gold-standard plank
and if Teller or Bland should be nominated a
Chicago, he would vote the Democratic ticke
this fall. When questioned about the stat
ticket, he said he said he would vote with tn
that there were two hundred other Republican
III the county who would do the same thing
we nominate good, clean man.
We questioned him thus: Will you fellow
vote for Congressman Harris? eyes" VIII
you vote for Leedy? eyes" For Munger
Don't know him." Will you vote for Lew
elling? "No." Why? "He would be
worse pill to swallow than Cy."
Lewelling cannot get the silver Republican
vote that will naturally come to us, because tn
average Republican is thoroughly poisoned
with virus of stories of corruption, misman
aqement and incompetency of the Lewellins
administration inoculated into their system
during the last campaign by Republican organ
of the state. There is another class of Repub
licans who have come to us within the last two
years and declared themselves to be out-and-ou
Populists. Many of these are good speakers
who will do us some good if we will give then
a chance, but their influence would be destroyed
if Lewelling was to run, for they fought him
two years ago, and said mean things about him
and, though they might vote for him, they
would hesitate about taking the stump in his
behalf and acknowledging that they had told
willful and malicious lies about him.
The secret prayer of the Republican bosses
when in close communion love-feast is for the
Populsts to nominate Lewelling. AS Cy Le-
land said, in effect, in the conference with
Peters, Morrill, ct al, that Morrill, or any Ione
else could beat Lewelling, hands down, but
that Morrill, could not win against Populist
without record.
What we want for candidate is good,
straight Populist who can get some Republican
votes, some Democratic votes, and, above all,
bring out our stay-at-home Populist vote, and
cause no apathy or split in the party.
And after all, when we have elected gov
ernor, we want one who has nerve and back
bone, like Waite, Tillman and Altgeld, to carry
out reform when he undertakes to; man
who, when he calls out the militia to enforce
law, knows what he is doing, and if the militia
rebels, has the courage, nerve and manhood to
rise to the situation, dismiss the militia in dis
grace and call upon the country to sustain their
governor in the attempt to do his duty and en-
force the law, as Tillman did when he was gov
ernor of South Carolina; and if railroad CON-
pany or mining combine gets in his way,
bring the managers to time and compel them
to obey the laws of the state and country, as
Waite did in Colorado.
In word, the Peoples party wants a gov
ernor who, when he undertakes to enforce a
law, remove corrupt official or cut pigeon
wing of any sort, will not always fall down,
and subject his party to humiliation, morti6ca-
ton and disgrace.
HENRY CLEws predicts that the first thing
that would happen after opening our mints