The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-25
FIRST CAST OUT THAT BEAM.

| campaign against Kansas. These at
tacks in many ways are wholly unwar-
ranted and full Of spleen. The Popu-
lists have made Wall Street symbolic of
the hated money power and now the
east has signalled out Kansas to do SIM
liar service for their diatribes against
| the Populist west Hereafter the wall
street Plutocrat' will stand the Populist
| editor the same stead that kansas Pop
| ism is to serve the eastern editor. The
Populist of Kansas is bad enough, but
the eastern study of him is just about as
distorted as the average Pops concep-
| ton of the Wall Street money power.
Have at you! Fight it out, We pamper-
| ed, diamond-be dazzled Wall Street Mon
eycrats, and We wild-eyed bowler of the
plains. Lay on, We mutual brain-lack-
ing dupes. Hiss at the name of Kansas
if you like. Wall over the name of Wall
street, if it please you. Have out this
war of words, We jolt-heads.
This is on apology for Populism. In
many things it is without EXCUSE. 1t is
the outgrowth Of misconception. 1t is
protest against condition from which
we would all escape if we could. II pro-
poses a program that would lead
through the most reckless sort Of expert
ment, supported by the scrubbed glib
berish Of would-be political reformers.
The people of Kansas-part of them
have followed these hair-brained reform
bottoms because they would escape con-
ditions which seem, in heavens name,
worse than they ought to be. However,
it should be borne in mind that the pres
ent election is not distinctly Populist
victory. The Populists Of Kansas con-
stitute only about 40 per cent of the vot-
ing strength of the state. The present
situation is the outcome of the ill-timed
and unfortunate precipitation of the
fight for the gold standard whereby the
silver forces, Populists, Democrats,
many Republicans and Prohibitionists
supported the national and state Popo-
cratic ticket and won. 1t is only a tenn
porary victory. Republicans will be re-
stored to power ia Kansas as certain as
the years roll by. Why have our east
ern critics not seen the facts?
Again, the effort to mould the allied
forces into one party is already working
a change in party purpose. Populist
issues are being shaped to new condi-
tons. The radical POpulist issues are al
most sure to be lost in the political
transformation. The dangers ahead are
not what they were. A Democrat is not
a Populist. A Free silver Republican Is
not Populist. A Populist program is
just as certain of defeat as that the sun
will shine in Kansas. 1t will be either
abandoned by the new administration
and legislature or be voted into oblivion
two years hence. Why have not our
eastern critics seen the real situation in
Kansas?
Nor ends here the reason to complain
that Kansas has over the splenetic crit
cism that seems TO amuse the poor souls
who are just now viewing with such
horror Populist victory in Kansas. II
vote for Bryan means reputation.
what apology has the great city of New
York TO make for the Tammany society.
by which she has been governed for
years, ana wl.ici. VAS It's year r..
Nancy power has quite as many Pop
ocrat votes as Kansas The same is |
true OF Chicago. Nor vet all. This |
charge of reputation comes with poor |
grace from set OF people the most no.
torious tix-dodsers in the world II |
TENSE papers that have such holy hor- |
ror at the thought Of Reputation will /
take the pains to investigate the asses |
sors' returns Of their respective cities.
they viii ind that great many men
whose moral senses are now so shocked |
at the thought Of Reputation have BY |
their false assessment returns repudiat- |
ed their just obligations 10 their munich
palities and 10 the state. Aye. worse.
Ii will be found that these same persons /
whose morals have been stunned by the |
threat of Reputation have added the Of
Tense Of perjury TO the reputation of /