The Advocate and news., 1898-06-22
Opinions of Convention Work.



will OF the great majority Of the people
who long ago became dissatisfied with
the metropolitan police system and
justly hostile toward 1t.
Kansas City Times: There was moth
Ing to gain and everything to lose by
the nomination OF an independent DEM
ocratic ticket To have placed one in
the field would have made Kansas Dem
Ocrats an auxiliary Republican force and
restored the intolerable political condi-
tions I'm that State which prescribed
citizen because he was Democrat.
Ex-Governor Lewelling AS to the
Metropolitan police law, It is we'll
known that, personally, / am against
that. have had some experience with
the Metropolitan police law. / don't
think, however, that this was exactly
the best way to dispose Of 1t. The Leg
islature, which created IL, should assume
the responsibility Of It's first repeal
Dave Leahy: There is no machine
here, as there was at the Repub-
lican convention. In this convention
the word delegate means something.
Every man who carries the badge Of a
delegate knows that he Is representing
q constituency to which he is respon-
sible for everything he says and does.
II is q convention that is unquestionably
representative Of the people.
Albert Griffin: The abolition Of the
vicious Metropolitan police system was,
In itself, an achievement that will make
the convention historic In Kansas. The
fearless and courageous stand taken by
the Populists will win them votes all
over the State II 1t fails to win votes
II will win the respect and confidence Of
voters The convention proved itself to
be brave and honest In its convictions.
G. G. Clemens: The PopuIist plat
form is satisfactory to all the socialists
with whom have conferred. But the
evident disposition OF the convention
meant more to socialists than could any
mere platform utteranCe have meant |
have struggled hard for four years to
set the Peoples party to do what 1t
did, and my success has been greater
and speedier than had dared to hope.
/ shall join no independent socialist
party, If that platform Is put upon the
stump, and am quite certain II will be.
Not merely money but socialism, will
have to be discussed In this years cam
paign, and II will be champiOned, not
by little coterie sure Of defeat, but by
the party at present actually in power
In the State.
Wichita Beacon (Dem.): The Populist
party in convention has resolved that
home rule is the right thing to give the
people, regardless Of the question Of pat
rOnage. 1t takes courage TO cut OF
places In political life. Usually the
marty In power wants all the patronage
II can get and not infreQuently laws are
passed for the express purpose Of en-
larging the pie counter. Here is party
In power which instruCts the Governor
to abolish at once the metropolitan po-
lice boards which win deprive his party
Of from thirty to flfty salaried positions
In all the large cities of the State. OF
course, practically, politicians will
doubt the wisdom Of this course, but
the people will approve. The Populist
party has at one stroke added many
thousand votes to the ticket,
J. G. johnson democrat national
committeeman: "Our convention has
passed resolution indorsing the State
administration. We meant It. Dem
Ocrats are In sympathy with all that Mr..
Boyle is doing and all that Mr.. McNall
Is doing. and all that Prof. Stryker is
doing; and all that grieves us is that
the men who are occupying these posi-
tlons and doing this work are not Dem
Ocrats in name. Democrats want 1t un-
derstOod that they indorse this kind of
work, and they are not going to strike
down the men who are doing 1t. They
think this kind OF business is worth
millions to the State OF Kansas, and
they are too patriotic Kansans to de-
prive the people OF the State Of what
there 10 In it. Hence there was very
strong sentiment In the convention to
nominate Governor Leedy, General