The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-16
POPUL|ST REVOLT ON
Campbell Receiving Letters
From Disguised Populists
REID SCORES DEMOCRATS
Who Now Fear County Tick
cts May be Slaughtered.

1t became known yesterday that Mr..
I. P. Campbell of this city was in re-
ceipt of a big stack of letters from Pop
ulists over the Seventh district who re-
sent the way IN which the Democratic
ringsters tricked him off the track for
congress, aided by Democratic Populists.
A reporter for the Eagle called on Mr..
Campbell and asked him to give some
Of the letters out for publication.
Mr.. Campbell hesitated at first.
Several Of the letters ne said, ''give
me permission to do as I please with
them, and here is one
He took out of its envelope a letter
from Charles T Reid of Hamilton coun-
ty, a prominent Populist, and the letter
takes the hide of the Democrats 1t
reads as follows:
Syracue, Kan, Sept Is, 1900.
Hon. I. p. Campbell, Wichita. Kan.
Dear Sir: I feel like extending to you
my most sincere sympathy in the great
so-called Pops of the Seventh congress
sional district.
AS a delegate to the Great Bend con-
vention on April II, and up to this time,
a clean fusionist, I want to protest
against any such dirty work as this last
fixing of the convention at Hutchinson
was.
1 went to the Great Bend convention a
thorough Brown man and came home a
Campbell man, although 1 never voted
once for you, but changed to Duval af-
ter Brown withdrew and if the Demo-
Gratis had kept their heads and come
into a Joint convention after supper you
know that we would have done them.
But, the ex-fourth-class postoffice hold
ers would not permit it. CYou know
that)
They have accomplished one-half Of
their object at the Hutchinson conven-
ton, and If Bryan is elected the other
half will have been gained. Whether Mr..
Duval is elected or not, you know that
it will put him in the position of
patronage distributor in this district,
whether elected or defeate.
Under the above mentioned conditions,
this is the whole fight, and, as an old
line Populist, or as the kind that wrest-
ed this district from the Republicans in
1880, 1 protest.
I was born Of whig parents and raised
a black aboliuonist and voted the Re-
publican ticket until 1890, at which time
I supported the ticket, except congress-
man. q voted for Jerry Simpson,
The Populist party has been eaten up
bodily by the rag-tag and bob-tail rem
nant of Democrats that was in this dis
trict at that time, and when the tail
wags the dog I will surely not be part
of that dog.
I think that It is the duty of every true
Peoples party man in this district to
stand out and vote his principles on
because he will neither lose
nor gain anything with Duval elected or
defeated.
I am for Bryan and the fusion state
ticket, because I believe that it is made
on lines of representation of the num-
Der of voters proportionately, but 1 do
not think that any Pop" ought to vote
for Claude" for we are done anyhow.
If we elect our candidate for president.
I sincerely sympathize with you and
shall vote for you just the same. for I
love JUSTICE anu AdlL pay anu SoU o'AA
we have been tricked completely. Yours
very respectfully,
CHAS T. REID.
Hamilton County, Kansas.
This IS only one Of a score of letters
which Mr. Campbell is receiving from
Populists who will no longer stand the
political voracity of the Democratic
party.
From all sections Of the district comes
word that the revolt against Democrat
ic domination is spreading.
The other day at Attica, Bryan and
stevenson club was being formed. There
were calls for Campbell to speak. but
he did not respond. Then Judge Mckay
entered the hall, and there were calls
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