Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-13

closed The best way 10 explain 10 YOU
what has been the matter with Kansas Is TO
recall story of Uncle Chester Thomas,
who used to be the boss in Topeka poll
tics. The Old man was rarely disturbed,
but one time. when the reformerS gave hiTlI
the fight of his life in Topeka, he lost ms
head That was the campaign in which
the old man told his cohorts to 'Chur ier
'eTn, boys, chur fer 'eul, but vote again
EN- It was election day when the old
man had been quietly circulating aIoi. aIouLid
the polls distributing rewards of merit
and increasing the per capita Whsh NJ
suddenly turned and rushed back 10 M ili5
Office where his friends were gathered' anu fI
painted despairingly: 'Boys-boES. IL ltI
Heavens sake send some one Gown own 70 - ~
Fourth ward, them idiots there nave @ besn
fer three hours, voting just as theS uaiiiii
please
That's principally what's the matter
with Kansas. We haven't been able untll
last fall 20 vote as we pleased-aS We IN II
please-if you prefer the Latin. foE SA VI
seven years Kansas has been unusi ,Gn,
spell Of the iemagOgues- From loS1 10 -S5f
all parties WED with one dnother III ~ I.,-
ting tommy rot into their platforms. @ oI
gentlemen here III Ohio have uouoIeSS
noticed with CONSERVATION, from IlIne 70
time what fads, what fool iSmS- Wlal RANK
nonsense have passed current LOT htpIpIltS-
4Tism at one time or another OUT IN Ho.l-
sas. When Jerry Simpson ran Iof ceIi-
EIess the first time the Republicans IN ms
district stole his platform bodily ana InsIl NJ,
stbSolVed the Republican nominee rom Inc
duty Of abiding by the house caucus i ne
people couldn't vote as they pleased. 1hey
had TO choose the less violent OF Two @ iuha-
tics. For years d crowd OF fellows eoHlti'dI
ed the Republican party in Kansas. WIose
motto was. Molasses catches more mes thah
vinegar As result the state platform
was often more of a fly trap thdn Il ueGldI-
alton of Republican principles. Ihese
gentlemen saw that Kansas was Quit on
the instalIment plan, to he paid Tor IN
small monthly payments Ihey prtaCHeL d
bogus way out of debt. because they be-
lieved that il was sure way into once.
They used to tp-toe around among the
delegates at conventions telling them what
was the smooth thing to put in the pat
form. These political economists OF the
soft soap school would stand proudly on a
platform recommending moOnshine as
legal tender, indorsing astrology, declaring
for bluegrass and the barefoot cure, pledS-
ing the party TO vegetariantsm, and who6p-
ing il up for the free and unlimited coinage
of fapdoodlc. Think of what Kansas
escaped with those ghost dancers leading
the conservative party for half a dozen
years. The wonder Is not that the state
went for Bryan. but rather that 1t did not
go for the Rev. 1rl Hicks and George
Francis Train.
When the national Republican party last
fall demanded honor and courage from Its
men. this smooth thing gang in Kansas
organized itself into phalanx that came
ttImblIng head over heels into the Popuhst
party. They left Kansas to vote as she
pleased. And when the people were sure
that these flimfiam-game fellows were
gone. they cast the largest Republican vote
ever polled since the days when Kansas
was the banner Republican state in the
IL
lican vote, after the six years course In
Mysteries, indicates a courage. an fntelli-
gepce and an integrity among the people
that should command your respectful adj
miration From horse play TO a few thou
sand votes short of horse sense is long
jump but Kansas made 1t.
''The people were so glad to get chance
TO vote as they pleased, to face an honest
issue squarely, 10 see the siimy old old tSIt par
they piled up a Republican vote which was
defeated by a narrow margin, only by the
triple alliance Of greed, anarchy and cohc
They can't beat US again, for money, mar
That is Why I came SO far to tell you
that Kansas Is all right. Don't worry
about the Kansas man. If he happens TO
be a Populist he IS no worse than the
Ohio Populist. When you wake up IN
the silent watches of the night and begin
TO fret over the moral decay of the 10000
Kansas men who lined up with Mr.. Bryan,
turn over and go to sleep, resting IN the
sweet assurance that there were iI4,Oo0
men in Ohio who did the same awful thing.
When your children tremble at the tales
of the terrible atrocities of Jerry Simpson.
of Kansas sooth their childish fears with
the honeyed words of wisdom that drip
from the inspired lips Of J. s. CoXey, OF
Ohio. Remember that a Pop in any state
IS lust as sweet. Populism is not a Kan
sas complaint. 1t is in the blood of men.
Sometimes it becomes epidemic. Then, too
often 1t brings out all the envy in a man,
all the covetousness, all the malice. Then
IL is not i conviction-it is temperament.
Il affects its victims nearly ell alike. The
Kansas Populist is not one whit worse
thar the men of all ages who have let
their envy get the better of their honor.
and who have desired to make men equal
by dividing some ether mans properly.
that his brothers gift was acceptable to
God and that his own gift was not ac-
ceptable. Cain did what every Kansas
- Populist would do, what every Ohio Popu-
list would do, and what the Nebraska Pop
ulist would justify in glowing rhetoric.
Instead of getting out and hustling for a
offa Cain uOf 81 ClIlD and went
after his more diliEent and successful
brother-just what the Populist to-day is
dong Gentlemen. from the tree that grew
the club of Cain has come every plank in
the Chicago platform.
.sIn this great fight before the American
( people for the preservation Of American in
stitutions. gentlemen, you may depend on
Kansas She is flesh of your flesh. bone of
your bone. The Republican party in our
for the great work. The last year has
taught the Kansas Republicans the great
est lesson of life-the lesson of courage.
We have the iron in our biood-iron that
makes men strong, who shall make Kan
sas great. For
States are not great
EXCEPT as men may make them;
Men are not great except they do and
dare
And in that great battle. whose line is
forming, between patriotism and anarchy.
Kansas may dedicate to her country 5
service men worthy to fight beside the pa
triots of Ohio-Americans as fearless as
John Sherman. as dauntless as Foraker. as
powerful as Mark Hanna. And one day
kansas may give the world a knight with
out fear and without reproach-worthy 10
stand I'm the nations history beside Will
lam Mckinley. of Ohio
The opening business session of the
twelfth annual convention of the Ohio Re
publican League this morning was devoted
chiefly TO routine business. The rercrt OF
Secretary Samuel J. Swarts showed loo
campaign clubs organized in the state last
fall. with les in connection with the parent
league. Fully 5000 people Were present al
the afternoon session and at times the
chairman was taxed 10 his utmost to re.
strain the enthusiasm of the delegates and
spectators. The most marked event of Jnt
Afternoon occurred when Governor asa S
bushnell and Hon. Mark 4. Hanna. witt
other prominent Republicans. entered tht
hail together. Delegates jumped TO then
feet and Cheered and the audience OF ladies
and gentleme Joined in The applause untI
II was deafcninE- Both were introduced IL
the audience and spoke briefly. Tho usua
resolutions We're adopted. asking for the
legislative enactment of the national plat.
form OF the party and Cnngratulating Nc.
KinIey on his election. Officers were chos.
without exception by arclamatiOn
President. Hon. John J. Sullivan. OF War,
rcn. secretary. Charles Case, Of Column
bus. treasurer. John L. Means of Stuben.
vile.
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