The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-16
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

The hotels OF Abilene advertise their bill
of fare in the newspapers in display posi-
tons and type.
Judge Denn.son had the fortitude to
speak OF the same platform with Jerre
Botk2n ar Wellington on Wednesday.
With the Prohibition party in Kansas
SPLIT into three parts we say without fear
of successful contradiction that the Pro-
Llbitioc1ists are in the soup.
Steinberger says that all the powers Of
hell and high water and the Democratic
party can not prevent Watson from I'LL
ing bis engagements an Kansas.
The editor OF the Grant county RepubE-
can after untiring efforts has at last got
several local Popul;sts to concede private
ly that Mckinley will be elected.
Most of the Pop papers in aKnsas plead
in this way every few days: Eve are
graphing with the monster money power.
Send in more subs rptions al once"
All the Kansas papers are now asking
the American people TO throw off the
shackIes." II is rather hard TO expect
the Kansas people 10 do this every twelve
months.
There was a time in the history of Kan
saS when it was commonly believed
among Republican state leaders that
Populism was SIMPLY organized for the
purpose of retiring ingalls,.
a Popul.st at Oxford wears two badges
one Long, one Simpson He says: II
am for Simpson, but Long is my congress
man as much as he is yours. and 1 have
right to be proud of him.
Tom Ryan is the only Kansas ever cleo
ted to Office who now looks like an aristo-
crat. There is tendency among Kan
sans as soon as they are out OF office TO
get to look rather seedy and abused.
The election of Bryan. a Pop senate,
Pop house and the speedy formation-of a
Pop United States supreme court would
not save Briedenthal. BriedenthaI is
doomed The Pops over the state are GO
ing 10 kill him OFF the first opportunity
they get.
1t is liable to be sprung within a few
days OF the election that should Leedy
be elected General Artz will at once re-
turn to the state. Populists should lock
out for this. They should also tie them
selves to the bedpost at night or Mark
Hanna may seel them.
The four generals on their trip through
Kansas have made the Populists hotter
than they have ever been before. Sickles
called the Populists fools" at Emporia
and the Pops say this is deadly insult.
Kansas Republicans have always treated
the Populists respectfully.
The Daily Co-operator, the Populist pa
per at Topeka, which is making fight
against Br.eGenthal. aud Tor Tom WATSON
says: The Co-Operator and Press has not
lost a single PopuliSt rea3Gr by its fear
less esDcLsal of true oPpa;is- principles.
1t has lost few Defnocret,c. a few fl s.
ionists AMI a few Republican, subscribers,
but has gained others, and what is mote.
/. has rs.aiaed At, own ; : respesI. IL =
in the fight not for the sake of few
minor y ces, but for 80. sakc of the men
and women who are losing mar homes
their manhood and womanh,oi t.,:Ough
an accIrsed financial system and which
can only be changed by ne success Of
every principle. not one alone, of the Peo-
pies party. And by the Great Eternal It
VIII fight IL out on that line If IL takes all
summer. 1t would rather go down to de-
feat IN that kind of fight than to be sue
cessful for few days by coma biting with
wrong.