The advocate., 1897-10-13
INDORsEs ADVOCATES" COURSE.


better by far than ever before. The
correspondence is good, wide, liberal and
we'll chosen. It indicates fairness in
the editor such as we rarely see. The
'Public Opinion" department is full of
pithy extracts from the American press
and is live, up-to-date and wide in range
of subjects. It fairly represents the
"other fellows" view. Then the Kan
sas news department is newsy and full
Of interest to any wide-awake Kansan.
But the editorial department, though
here named last, is not thereby made
least. turn to page 4 first Of all each
Wednesday morning, and If have time
/ glance the editorials over and then
begin on page 1 and read everything
except farming and household page af-
ter page, until I reach page 16. But
page 4 is read through If have time for
no more, and like your stand
But 1 started to speak of your ad-
herence to Peoples party doctrine and
your views on forming great new party
embracing all anti-Republican party
men who are opposed to high tariff and
the gold standard. Your views on this
meet my approval exactly, and believe
they suit nine out of every ten POSSIBLY
more) Of our old-line Populists in this
county. They suit many Democrats,
also, and I see no reason for opposition
by silver Republicans Our paper, the
Russell Reformer, makes favorable men
tion Of your views on this in to-day's
paper. I think that the new party
ought at once to be organized and to
take the place next year Of any and all
alliances, fusiOns, coalitions, etc. I am
a lifelong POpulist, because reached
my majority in 1890 and joined the AL
lance before casting my first vote, and
voted the Peoples ticket every year
since except 1891, when I was absent
from home attending the State UniVer-
sity. l am not a Democrat, nor am |
going into that party until it adopts
more of our principles and shows in
the hour Of trial it's devotion to the ad-
vanced principles of the Chicago plat
form. Though I was reared in the Re-
publican faith and despised-almost
hated-DemOcracy as a party, l have
long ago got over that. The name DEM
Ocrat is a grand one to me, although
POpulist is the prOudest political appel
lation that any man can bear to-day.
/ could accept the name Democrat with
out murmur, but it would be folly to
attempt to force it upon the people as
the name Of the reform party Too
many Populists and silver Republicans
will never accept the name of Demo-
crat. To Democrats or silver Republi-
cans the name of Populist or Peoples
party is equally repugnant. A new name,
then, should be chosen, new platform
of advanced political principles formu-
lated and next year we should have
but one set of conventions and but one |
ticket opposed to the Republicans in |
every Congressional district, county or
other subdivision in Kansas.
Mrs. Diggs says time is too short to |
build a new party. This is probably !
true of the South in its most ignorant |
regions, and perhaps other places, but |
in Kansas the people can form a new
party very quickly, as 1890 proved. Be-
cause people are slow in some parts of |
the United States is no reason why we |
Of Kansas should not unite against plu
tocracy and fling a new name to the
breeze next year. I would like to see
monster convention held at Topeka this
winter Of POpulists, Democrats silver
Republicans, Prohibitionists, silverites,
Single Takers, equal suffragists, Social
lists, proportional representation advo-
Gates, free traders, and everything op-
posed, as you say, to high tariff and a
gold standard; also representatives of
labor unions, Federation of Labor,
Knights of Labor, Social Democracy,
Socialist clubs, Patriots of America,
United Order of Anti-Monopoly, F. A. 6
I. u, and, in fact, every progressive or