The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

kinites, who believe chiefly that the
Pops will carry the State, and the Mere
dith men, who don't believe In lying
when everybody knows 1t, and that the
other factions each and seVerally are
on their way to land that is warmer
than this.
Winfield Free Press: A prominent
Republican Of this city, who voted for
Mckinley, told me the other day that
he Is firmly convinced that the Populist
party has done more for the people of
this State and against the encroach-
ments of the corporations in the one
year OF it's administration than was done
by the Republican party In all its his
tory. He mentioned the insurance fight,
the work Of the Railroad Commission
ers, the stock yards bill, the fees and
salary bill and other good measures, and
said the Republican party Of Kansas has
never dared to oppose any OF these law
defying corporations.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Eskridge, in
the Mail and Breeze: You ask me the
question: Upon what lines should the
Republican party make it's fight this
year in Kansas in order to insure sue
cess?" In answer will say that in my
opinion there should be an entire new
deal" You know what this means. On
measures for the protection and benefit
Of the people the party should be pro-
nolnCed and aggressive-nOt simply a
"kicker" against Populism. It should
declare in favor Of such an adjustment
in freight rates as will be fair to the
railroads and just to the interior por-
tions which now suffer most from dis
ordinations. The Metropolitan police
law, being anti-Republican In principle,
1t should declare In favor Of its repeal.
Nearly twenty years having elapsed
since the adoption Of prohibition, the
party should declare in favor Of re-
submission OF the question to a vote of
the people for its final settlement one
way or the other.
Concordia Kansan (Pop.): AS the
Kansan intimated last week, we look
upon Mr.. Boyle as one of the men whom
we cannot do otherwise than to nomi-
nate. From every conceivable stand
point imaginable-from policy, from po-
htical reasons, for the sake of right,
justice, decency and fairness Governor
Leedy, L. G. Boyle and Superintendent
Stryker ought to be renominated for
office in the next campaign, If not ON a
fusion ticket, then on some other ticket,
even If the party gets licked in holy
minute. These men have been thrust
into the forefront of the fight against
the most damnable monOpolies that ever
cursed a community and they have stood
fire without fear and without flinching.
Men and brethren, let's stand by them
even though we may never elect another
Populist to State office in Kansas. No
one that we have heard Of demands this
sacrifice ON the part Of Mr.. Boyle,
though it be self-imposed. Boyle Is a
champion of the people, he has given
ample evidence of it, but he is not
greater than Leedy, who has stood be-
hind him and given him legal support
and encouragement he so badly needed
and so richly deserved-they are great
team and 1t is not wisdom to take them
out of double harness-they trOt to-
gether and In the same class. Stryker
has been the target for the main fire Of
the contemplate book monopoly and the
people Of Kansas can in no wise afford
to take sides with that COnscienceless
aggregation OF greed and rapacity.
Whatever demands may be made In the
interest OF fusion, these are the three
men we should not, under any consid-