The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-09-10
A DESTROYER.
Socialists in the Party are to Leave
it.
Rallying by Thousands Under Their Own
banner.

lopekd AEOp.l
This Socialists in Kansas have de-
: termined to break loose from the
parent POpulist party and organize
; separately. This means the destruc-
ton of the POpulist party as politi-
cal power in 1898.
The Fusion party is done for; unless
itis swallowed entire by the Socialists.
The organization of Socialist clubs in
Cherokee county, in Crawford county,
in Bourbon county and other counties
in southeastern Kansas which beg an
few weeks ago is spreading rapidly
and there is no question that it will
cover the whole State before next
spring. This organization although
springing from the oOpulist party
will not affiliate with that party.
The Socialists have no faith in the
effectiveness of POpulism to bring
about the changes in government
which they believe in. Socialists re-
gard the POpulists as tempOrizers and
old fOgies at best; they have worked
with them and among them for seve-
raj years, but they are tired of them
now. They have no use for Demo-
Gratis and free silver Republicans
whom they look on as farther In the
rear, intellectually, than even the
POpulists. The Socialists are now
going to become "COme-Outers. {"
They will organize a separate party
and in doing so, will hopelessly wreck
the present "Triuneh party compos-
ed of Populists. Free Silver Republic
cans and Democrats.
This means that the next Republic
can State ticket is almost certain of
election. The anti-RepubIican forces
will be split up and though they may
be majority when united, with
three tickets in the field the Repub-
licans can win easily.
Among the POpulists are many in
fiuential Socialists who will now be
in sorry predicament. ChiefJustice
Doster, Chris Hoffman, John Breid-
enthal and many others must either
cast their fortunes with the Out-and-
out Socialists with whom they are
at heart in sympathy, or they must
stand with the present Fusion party
that put them in office Will they
follow the dictates of their cOnsciences
or will they seek TO hold the old
triple party organization together
for the sake of the offices. The re-
form forces of Kansas have come to
the parting of the ways; it will be an
interesting sight to see how many
will have the courage to join in the
advance movement and how many
will linger among the fieshpOts.
The public at large can well afford
to sit back for time and watch the
of the sheep from the goats
that must now inevitably take place.
Galena, Kan, Aug. 30.-A new
political party is being born in Kan
sas. 1t will be known as the Social
party. In this-CherOkee-
county. it already has membership
of 800, and is growing rapidly. The
are all coming from the Pop
ulist ranks. The utmost secrecy has
been maintained by the organizers
of the new movement In this re-
spect they have adopted the methods
by the founders of the old
Farmers Alliance, which created a.,
such an upheaval in political affairs
of the State in 1890, and which result
ed in the Reorganization of the Re-
publican party, which carried the .
State two years before by $1,000.
When the POpulist leaders of this d,
section discovered what was on foot, G
they Immediately notified the big guns !
Of the party and desperate effort is {
being put forth in desperate way to !
suppress the new movement. So far =
the POpulists have made no Roadway Z
and reports from Topeka indicate ,
that the State administration is be- r
coming greatly alarmed. +
The members of the new party as +
fast as they are taken in are swern to 1
vote nothing but the Socialist ticket. t
It is made up of miners and farmers.
The cause assigned for the organ
cation of the new party is that the c
Populist party has gotten into the :
hands of a new set and that its origi- Z
nal principles have been sacrificed. Q
Girard, Kan, Aug. 30.-The Social Il
st party has sprung up in Crawford
county during the past month and it q
g said that 1900 POpulists have de-
serted their party and taken an oath
o vote for the nominees of the new
party. This is one of the POpulist 7
and it is barely possible
hat the new movement will absorb
he POpulists. The new craze is