The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-31
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
WHAT FIRST CONVINCED YOU9

break party ties; how hard it is to sever
partisan connections after years Of hab
itual faith to one political organization
how hard it is TO go over TO that side
hitherto regarded bitterly as an enemy
Before a man will do that he will care
fully and conscienhously weigh thi:
one thing:
/ What caused him to vote with the
Populists?
cal. Was it alarm over the Republi'
can party's action?
0O. Was 1T faith in the Populist par
tvs promises?
Every one assumes that you went into
the Populist party from principle. If
you went into it to get Office, this article
is not for your perusaL. You went into
1t believing you were doing the right
thing. Now, was it because you be-
lieved that the Republican party was
imperilAng the nation?
Assuming that this was your cause
for voting the Populist ticket. was it not
some one of these several fears?
You feared that the Republican party
would follow Cleveland's policy and
issue more bonds.
1t has net issued a bond.
You feared that the Republican party
would curtail the circulating medium.
The per capita has increased under
Mckinley already
You feared that wheat would go
down to twenty-five cents a bushel.
Wheat is now nearly one dollar a
bushel.
You feared that under the Republican
administration no tariff relief could
come because the United States senate
was against it.
A protective tariff bill was passed
long ago.
You feared that the federal courts
were against the people and should be
rebuked.
Judges Foster and Thayer, both fed
eral judges, have but recently upheld a
stringent law against a great corpora
ton passed by the POpulist legislature.
You feared that the Republican party
had lost hold on its intense American
ism.
English papers are daily abusing
John Sherman, secretary of state, and
Spain is wild over our interference with
Cuba.
You feared that McKinley's first act
would be the retirement of greenbacks.
The greenbacks have not been retired.
Perhaps you did not go into the Pop
uhst party through fear, but rather be-
cause you believed IN the principles
which it enunciated affirmatively. You
went into the party believing it could
afford the nation, and yourself individ-
ually, a greater degree of prosperity.
Did you not believe in one of these sew
eral things?
You believed that the sub-treasury
warehouse plan would do you good.
The sub-treasuTy warehouse plan
uever materialized.
You believed that the initiative and
referendum would do You good.
The initiative and referendum never
materialHed.
You believed that the Alliance Ex-
change stores would do you good.
All the Alliance Exchange stores are
long ago bankrupt.
You believed that the railroad COM
missioners ought to be elected by the
people.
The last Populist legislature refused
10 pass such 4 law.
You believed that maximum freight
rate law would do you good.
The last P9pulist legislature refused
to pass such law.
You believed that a law against uSury
would do you and the state good
The last Populist legislature refused
70 pass such a law.
You believed that the people in the
cities of the first class should govern
themselves.
Leedy says as long as he is governor
police commissions will remain
You believed that the time had come
for purifying politics and making a
place in politics for the decalogue.
Under Lewelling corruption was wide
spread. Under Leedy. the most corrupt
legislature in the history of the west
held forth.
You believed that the Office should
seek the man.
Can you point out a single Populst
candidate in Kansas today who did not
seek his nomination?
You voted the Populist ticket the first
time for some good cause. Think now.
and remember the incident or the
thought which took you out Of the Re |
publican party. Think of the cause |
which drove you into the PopuliSt party |
Was il fear? If so. don't you think !
that fear was rpoundleSs ii the light of |
present events? Was it faith in Popu- |
list promises? II so, don't YOU think |
that those promises have been broken: |
The MYSTERY OF THE CENTURY.
Congressman Peters, Populist OF the |
Second district in Kansas. saws that the |