The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-10-30
PToFLE's PARTY ADDRESS.

PEOPLES PARTY ADDRESS.
q TIE peoples party state committee
save issued the following address:
8 TIE attempt of the republican party
cseste discord in your ranks at the
s 6ming election calls for a statement
rom your central committee. The
.eople's party in national convention
Sc Louis nominated as its candi-
tds for president and vice president
Iiiam J. Bryan and Thomas E. Wat
Sou These candidates cannot be voted
u directly. The voters only select
sieetofs and they in turn select the
: president and vice president.
ge weeks after the St. Louis con
..saI!on the peoples party of Kansas
East in convention at Abilene. Mr..
Fgau was the candidate of the demo
cratic party as we'll as the peoples
assy. a proposition was made by the
saemocratic party to unite all Of the
Friends Of silver upon common cleo
baFal ticket so as to insure the vote of
ansas In the electoral college for Mr..
Bryan. The question then arose as to
=aov these electors would vote for vice
president. The proposition was made
The conference committee, on the
-sisft OF the peoples party, pIedging
.sbsse electors to cast their votes for
Thomas &. Watson, provided he secured
saore electoral votes outside of Kansas
5lan did Mr., Sewall, but in the event
shat MI Sewall should secure more
electoral votes outside of Kansas than
f Watson, that the said electors
should cast their votes for Mr.. Sewall,
"a order to defeat the election of the
republican candidate, Mr.. Hobart.
This proposition was accepted, and
after q full and free discussion in the
peoples party convention, was ratified
aud adopted by a unanimous vote. The
Tea electors suggested by the demo-
cratic convention were then nominated
b the peoples party convention They
became the candidates Of your party
By the voice of your regularly elected
delegates in convention assembled. |
These nominees we're certified to the
aeeretsry of state as the nominees of
tEe peoples party for presidential cleo
tors and not as members of the peoples
party, as has been charged. It became
ben the duty of your committee to
seure, if possible, the election of The
sminees of your convention, and TO
rhis end We have worked diligently.
The republican party, seeing in this
GHion of the silver forces the sure de-
feat Of the Mckinley electoral ticket, !
procured the services of certain So
sei!ea middle-of-the-road populists to
sseate discord 10 the ranks of your
3aFty and if possible divide the silver |
Ssie, hoping thereby to secure the cleo /
ton of The Mckinley and Hobart |
Islet
IN pursuance of the agreement thus |
srssred into with the representatives I
! 3hs republican state central commit /
A these men attempted to secure by /
5stition the nomination of middle-of- /
s.ssoad p0pulist electors. /
lsy failed to find 500 populists in |
kansas who would lend themselves to /
4a.s scheme of the republican party. /
saiing IN their efforts, the work was
s'sn mp by the republican state cen
re- committee and its representatives, +
81 fraudulent practices, by forging the
-ssass Of voters By entering upon their
iti9n RELIGIOUS names and the names
i .lisfepntable republicans, secured
necessary number of signatures
- Here nov appears upon the Off
IS ballot the tioket designated as the
osile-of- the Road Populist" ticket.
ss.g rs its head thsname of William
eR and Thomas 3 Watson Is
.ztsr -fff l=.lss4zz7si ard ers.,a pre.
't ssleS oEaeg eEA s.ilseEeist from +
.4HdsatS-l b yoHF convention at
aqrb hss been made to show that
sssse ten electors represent the PEG
party in Kansas, The effort to do
hls has been carried on from republi-
- Headquarters, and its force Of
hase been aiternated between