The Advocate and news., 1898-11-30
PUBLIC OPINION


we prefer to have our life-blOod sucked
out and consumed by sOulless corpora
tiOns, combines and trusts; that we pre-
fer to see the laws Of Kansas become
dead letters and imperative rather than
to have them enforced,
Wichita Beacon (Dem) Some news
paper man, who wants little side work
with perqulsites from the incoming ad-
minlstration, would be simply taking ad-
vantage of a golden opportunity II he
would hoist the name OF w. p. Stanley
for Vice President in 1900. Mr. Stanley's
present condition of mind is such that
he would regard the suggestion seriously
and, perhaps, reward 1t.
Clay Center Dispatch (Pop.): Mr..
Stanley declares he will not stand In the
way of resubmission Of the prohibition
question, but really believes In home
rule" with the retention Of the present
law as a menace" to the joints that
they may not "get too gay" That is, as
between honest license and blackmail he
prefers the latter method Of compelling
the rumseller to divide his plunder.
Lansing News (Pop): This defeat will
DG u bIGdJ DAOAuONOA VI bAO AAO1N ONSA
whelming defeat of the present Victors in
that year 1t will arouse ever lover OF
liberty to renewed activity In educating
the people so that the sophistry Of the
plutocratic politicians and the Doodle Of
their f1nanCiers will be powerless to
thwart the wishes of the great plain peO-
pie that constitute the bulwark OF our
republic.
Lyndon Herald (Pop.): When the
full facts are known Of the vote Of the
State there is nothing to cause one to
feel particularly discouraged-only tenn
porary defeat. Two years will be sufh-
Cient time to allay all the petty fights
within our ranks and weed out those who
have been prominent for what there was
in 1t to them. Two years hence we can
show battle line in Kansas that will be
invincible.
Wichita Commoner (Pop.): The stay
at-home vote indicates that great many
people have an idea that reforms instead
of being made from the bottom up,
should be made from the top down. This
is a great mistake and reforms should
commence and beN put into practice first
in townships, counties, cities and States
and then spread to the nation. People
who remain at home only when there is
a President to elect have the wrong ideas
OF the duties of citizenship.
Ellsworth Messenger (Dem.): Our
opinion is that the past has fully demon
strated the impracticability OF success
fully maintaining two party organiza-
tions in opposition to the Republican
party. If kept up at all the Organiza-
tiOns are not effective-the one languish-
es while the other thrives, then the
other dies out and the first starts up
again. To successfully bring the strength
of the opposition to bear on the ranks
of the Republican party there must be
one thorough, efficient, wide-awake, en-
ergetic organization.
Clay Center Dispatch (Pop): Repub-
licans have long COntended that the
farmers would not stand together. They
have said that the farmer POpulists had
no adhesive power; that they were lack
ing in the courage to carry on long
contest with their oppressors, and II
we were to judge them by the last cleo
tion we would be compelled to concede
that the Republicans were right. But
when election time rolls around again
we have no doubt the farmers will con-
vince them that they have not given up
the fight. They will find that the "old
hayseed," as they call him, was only TAX
ing a rest and when the time comes he
will fight harder than ever.
independence POpulist: The party that
succeeded at the polls made NO promises
to the people. The bosses are again in
the saddle. Can Stanley Withstand their
onslaughts. Some Republicans are al
ready trembling in fear. They dread the
power Of the "snaggle-toothed political
harlots." The spOils hunters are al
ready on the trail. Stanley has the repu"
tation Of being a wishy-washy man. A
sort Of hot and cold uncertain quantity.