The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-14
JOHN sPANGLE,s PARTY.

! JOHN SPANGLE'S PARTY.
John Spangles, an Eagle subscriber
is getting up new party. He writes
of it to this paper, giving the details OF
his plan, and we have no hesitancy in
saying that the new party, which is to
be known aS the Abnegation party, is
a daisy.
The idea Of this new party is to pur-
ify politics. That is it's scheme pure
and simple. The first step in the or
ganizatiOn Of the Abnegationists will
be the formation Of lodges all over the
country.
a man shall be admitted TO the lodge
only on taking a strong oath, the viola
ton Of which will be merely expulsion
from the lodge. No boycotts OF any
kind VIII be tolerated. The minutes
Of each meeting of the lodge must be
published in full SO that no secrecy can
be charged. In fact there would be no
| lodge If it were not for the fact that a
lodge is necessary for unanimity of
/ action.
/ When man proposes himself for
membership, no member of the lodge
shall have the privilege of ruling him
out The minute a man asks to be
made a member he shall be taken in,
If he will subscribe TO the oath.
This oath Of Mr.. Spangles' is a honey
cooler.
The applicant for membership must
swear that he is in favor of purity in
politics; that he is not Il candidate for
office; that he will not become a candi-
date for Office within a period of ten
years; that if he has a friend who is
a candidate for office the organization
will be more binding on him than the
friends wishes; that he will forSwear
political adherence to all former tenets
and beliefs; free silver or mOnometal-
liSm; tariff or free trade; government
ownership or monopoly: that he will
not pledge himself to any man for Of
fee until he has heard of the final de-
termination of the lodge: that he VIII
not listen 10 the claims of any candi-
date for office; that he will not listen 10
the disparagement of any candidate for
office.
Then the second part of the oath
comes in:
The applicant for membership shall I
attend every caucus, primary, and If
possible every convention in his ward |
or precinct, city or township; he shall /
not take oral part in any of the dis /
cuSsions, but shall sit still and listen: /
that in such caucus, primary and con !
venuon, other than nominating CON
vention. he shall refuse 20 vote EXCEPT /
when his name is proposed is a dele
gate 10 nominating convention.
1t also provides that the member
must swear himself TO make every
effort % get into nominating conven-
tons and once elected must make no
promise whatsoever until he has heard
from the lodge.
As soon is all the aSpirants for
nomination are known,t the local lodge
shall place all the names Of the mem
NAS w NAt rouge al Il nat anu three
shall be drawn. These three men shall
place the names Of three towns in an
other state not less than eight hundred
miles distant from the state wherein
Is the local lodge and draw the name
Oh one town. Three more members
names are drawn and they are ordered
TO correspond with the president of the /
lodge in that town with 4 view To his
selecting the candidates whom The
lodge viii support for the nomination
The president of the distant town "a
nominated viii come out 10 the local
lodge and without comforting with any
member of the lodge or allowing Them
TO know that he is in town. viii hmm :
out al the aSpirantS for nomination.
return 10 his town and report back the
names of the men whom he thinks viii ,
make the most honest officials. Ifall
man should be fixed upon by this Tor. :