The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-18
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Topeka. Kan. Nov. 17.-C. B. Hoffman
~ Enterprise. treasurer Of the Popullst
state central committee and defeated can
didate Of the fusionists for senator in the
district comprising Clay and Dickinson
counties has addressed letters to large
number Of those who have for years been
with him I'm the cause of reform urging
the organization Of a new political party
John W. Breidenthal, candidate Of the fu-
sionists for governor in the late cam
paign. received one Of the letters. In his
letter 10 Breidenthal Mr. Hoffman said:
The result of the late presidential and
state election ceases to be a surprise the
moment it is analized. on the one side
there was a well organized party with
ample funds. directed in every detail by a
group Of powerful men who were work
ing for a definite purpose.
"1nese leaders. adroit and unscrupuous
successfully hid their real purpose under
the mask Of false issues
They pretended to fear the coinage Of
silver. the impairment of our credit and
the dishon0rins of our obligations They
went into heroics about the fag, clamor-
ed for expansion. for foreign trade for q
fun dinner pail for The laborer and for
prosperity for the farmer while rs
matter of fact they had given us paper
dollar ISSUED by private corporations, not
even legal tender and subject 60 retire
ment upon the call Of interested bankers
"They had put up the fag over pos
Iygamy and slavery and trsmpled upon
the constitution i'm order to establish a
colonial empire
INSTEAD Of fostering the welfare Of la
borer and farmer they~favored trusts and
syndicates. pilins millions up0n millions
En- the novels of the few insisting that
the laborer should be contentod i he can
keep out of he poor house
These leaders have falsided current
history and have successfully fooled the
people
con our side we have been a mob
rather than disciplined party No soon
er is the result known when the BOURBON
Democrats declare their hostility to thu
progressive elements which fought Side
by side with them
cone Of their leading papers the Chi-
cago Chronicle. says: Populism and 500
cialism have Handicapped the Democrat
&c party The party must purge itself
from these dangerous theories
bryan is discredited. declared unsafe
and even dangerous Everywhere he ran
behind his gHbernatorial colleague in
Democratic states because too radical. in
Populist states because not radical
enoueh. Socialists would not vote for
him because he so far has NOS
made any definite declaration in favor of
socsalisnl-nevertheie there was enough
OF socialism in the fusion party TO create
lively distrust in the minds o. Worship
pers Of Mammon.
'.where was enough If anti-imperialisrn
20 drive away the admirer OF pomp and
martial glory but not enough 10 satisfy
the hearts If The plain Republican voter
who is tired of the husks with which piu-
tocracy has been lighting him
"The fusion party lacks continuity of
purposo and cleveraess If vision We pro
tested perhaps not 200 much. aut we ar
frmeJ too itrle. II IS affirmation and NOT
neeation which wins
"A positive pres ramme IS needed -
meet the demands az the positive nation
AID a progressive age The enerEE which
we created IN creating fabulous fortunes
for favored few-which Is worse Than
uasted in to-eisn wars Of CONQUEST