The Advocate and news., 1898-03-23

OCaIe LtCK6t5 hB Dn6 pIlCo VI JHoiA DuP-
port. It was their ticket and they
helped elect It in 1896, and the almost
universal disposition in that party is to
put the seal OF their approval upon the
best administration Of public Affairs the
State has ever had by renOminating and
helping Te-elect the same men again
this year. The distinction between Pop
ullsts and Democrats here in Kansas Is
not very plainly marked, and the Bryan
forces Of the last Presidential campaign
will be found shoulder to shoulder in a
struggle that will be crowned with VIC
tory this fall.
Lyndon Herald (Pop.): The Bur-
lingtOn Courier strongly endorses John
Madden, Of EmpOria, as our candidate
for Congress. We concur In all the Cour-
Ter has said. Last July the Herald said
editorially: John Madden made a
fine campaign last year against hopeless
odds and cut the usual Republican ma
jOrity very materially. There Is no man
in the district who could have done
better, and, taking into consideration
his worth and ability, it seems to us
that he would be the logical candidate
for 1893" Our mind has not changed
since last summer, but, on the contrary,
we have become more strongly con-
Vinced that a great II not an irrepara-
BILE mistake will be made II we do not
nominate Mr. Madden this fall. With
him we can win and the Fourth dis
trict will have man Of whom they
may be proud. Brethren, let us make
1t unanimous! What do you say?
Neodesha Sun (Pop.): Kansas Dem
ocrats had a big meeting in Topeka last
week, and among other things gave 1t
out distinctly that they are in favor
of fusion with the POpuEstS. We should
think they would be. Looking at the
matter from cold-blooded pie-hunt-
ing standpoint it Is much the best thing
the Democrats can do, even II they
are not given a place on the State
ticket. For years and years In Kansas
there has been no such thing as Demo
cratic Office holding. Since the POpu-
lists joined with the Democrats nearly
every county in the State has one or
more Democrats in Office, and in case
of national Democratic success, which,
II 1t ever comes, must be brought about
by POpulist help, all the Democratic
generals will get piece Of pie without
Populist Whimper. This Is a rotten
way to look at the matter, but, since so
much has been said about the ingrati-
tude of the hungry Pops crowding away
the equally hungry Democrats from the
State pie counter, 1t is not entirely out
of place to remind those who make the
charge that 1t is not true,
Neodesha Register (Rep.): The COM
mittee will probably recognize that a
condition and not a theory ConfrOnts
the Republican party in Kansas to-day.
That condition is that the opposition
is in the saddle and that it Is going to
take some Of the tallest kind OF bucking
to get them out. There Is a theory upon
which some men are working that Kan
sas Is still Republican, that the Pops
slipped into power by some accident or
other, and that at the next election the
Republicans will roll up their Old-time
majority and the rule Of POpulism will
pass away as dream in the night. But
this Is only theory, and a visionary
one at that The people Of Kansas were
wide awake when they turned the State
over to Popullsm, no matter how grave
an error 1t may be in the sight of Re-
publlcans. The duty Of the Republican
party Is to confront actual conditions
boldly and manfully. Evade no posi-
tive issues and father no visionary
schemes. Nominate intelligent and clean
candidates, and let every one Of them
be a level-headed campaigner. Then
make a campaign Of reason.
M Governor John r. ROg-
Ars of WaahinRtnn. Life