The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-26

Tammany Man Explains the
Value of That Club.
THEY SHOULDN'T FIGHT
Claims It is to Their Interest
to See PopuIism Wiped Out

The Populists Of wichita are getting
hotter every day at the platform their
party adopted here last week, and it IS
hard to tell which they are the hottest
oyeP-the omission of any mention Of free
|. silver. or the plank calling for the ma
ton to haul down the flag in the Philip
pines, or the dictation Of Tammany.
Ordinarily the PopuIists could forget
the platform dictated by the Democrats
and vote their ticket to beat the Repub-
licans, but the platform adopted offers no
such alternative. That platform says in
effect that IF you do not believe in our
platform you must not vote for cur can
didates.'
As a usual thing, the Populists are Civ
en- the chance to say: This is not ma
tional election. No principles are at
stake. We will vote for the men,"
They can't do that under the platform
adopted last week. 1t is a direct chal-
lenge to the voter. If he believes in haul
ing down the American flag in the Phil
ippines he should vote theticket headed
by Judge Dale. If he does not believe
in hauling down the American flag he
should vote against that ticket. For the
preamble to the resolutions says plainly:
1--WE, the Populists of Sedgwick county,
make urgent appeal to the electors
thereof to cooperate with us in the insti-
tuition of such movements and the cleo
ton of such officials as WILL STAND
FOR AND PUSHs FORWARD the fol-
lowing declaration and principles"
Nothing could be palmer. Every man
on the ticket is pledged to aid In pulling
down the flag in the Philippines. Every
man who votes for Judge Dale and the
rest of the ticket subscribes to the be-
lief that the war In the Philippines is a
disgrace to American civilization"
The Populists don't like 1t. But what
makes them even hotter than the haul
down the flag" plank Is their knowledge
of the designs of Tammany. That Tam
many has designs. which the Populists
are probably aware of, is best shown by
what a Tammanyite said to Republican
on Main street yesterday. He said:
You Republicans should let Tammany
alone. 1t will be money in your pockets
to only make a nominal fight this fall and
prove its power Give us a big victory
and that is the last you will hear OF
Populism in Sedgwick county. tits Pop
ulism that has hurt Kansas in the past
few years, not the Democratic party.
Every Republican Is interested in seeing
PopuIism wiped out. The Republican
party In Kansas has failed to do 1t. Now
give the Democratic party a chance to
do It. We won't get all the Populists.
Some Of them will wander back into the
Republican party. I think we'n get the
bulk Of them. The only way we can bust
I'D Populism Is 10y maintaining club
like Tammany, which is merely an or
ganizatiop for the purpose Of acting in
unison. BY organization we can control
the Populists, and soon assimilate them.
If the Republicans will keep hands of
and let us alone, we will soon have Pop
ulism out of the way. and 1t is just as
much to the Republicans interest as to
the Democrats to get rid OF 1t. We
have been broad enough to take that
view in the past, and it Is time for the
Republicans to take more liberal view.
The election of Populist hurts the
town, county or state where he is elected.
The election of a Democrat does not
This spring when Jim Tapp was about to
be elected, we Democrats appreciated
the situation we stood by Wichita and
helped defeat Tapp. 1t is short-sighted
in the Republicans to try to turn the
Populists against Tammany. In two or
three years. when Populism is gone. the
people OF this part of the state will rise
I'D and call Tammany blessed"
The speaker went on to say that the So
called revolt against Tammany was con-
fined to Jim Tapp and few Of his fol-
lowers in Wichita He said that theh
farmers in the country did not care about
Tammany, one way or the other.