The Chanute times., 1900-11-16
AGAIN ON TERRA FIRMA.


among the stars, plucking at the eag-
les tail feathers, our feet have touch
ed Mother Earth and we begin to in
qui-e "where are we at?"
With a confused sense of having
been in an avalanche or railroad
collision we open our eyes, scratch
our head and begin to take our bear
ings.
We are of the opinion that sever
al things have been settled in this
campaign and settled permanently.
1t is very apparent that the peo-
pie of this country are patriotic and
that no party can ever hope to win,
that assails our flag and breaches
disloyalty.
AS people we are for sound mon
ey, without Il doubt. The G eat OBJ
iect lesson that has been taught us
during the last four years has con-
vinced the people the gold standard
is for the best interests of this count
ry and they voted accordingly.
1t has also been fully demonstrat-
ed that the American people know
good thing when they see it and are
not going to give it up till something
better is in sight.
The cry of imperialism and mill.
tarism with which Democrats tfled
to scare the people and attract theil
attention from the real issues was 9
dismal failure from the start. Bry
ans determination to have the ex-
ploded theory Of free silver in the
Democratic platform, against the
better judgement of his party lead
ers, was ruinous to the party inter
ests.
Had the Democratic record on
trusts been clear that would have
been better paramount issue, a:
they first intended that il should be.
There is great prejudice exist
ing in the minds of many people
against all combinations of capital
and had the Democrats been in
shape to play on that prejudice,
they might at least have been able
to make respectable showing.
This idea of fusion in politics i:
now an exploded theory. 1t has
been worked for all it was worth and
will now be abandoned, 1t is high
time it should be. 1t is unfair and
dishonest.
A fusion of two parties for pollti.
cal strength means a surrender oi
principle by each, degenerates into
a plain unvarshed scramble for off.
ce and nothing more. The next
legislature will do away with this
double header ticket business and
thus cut off one means of fraud on
the voters of Kansas. The few who
still call themselves Populists, in the
state of Kansas will be too few in
numbers to cut any figure politically
and they will be found scurrying to
one or the other of the leading part.
les, except few of the cranky wild
eyed ones, who will seek kindred
spirits in the socialist party or some
other equally un American organic
alton of cranks and visionary proph-
cts.
The Democratic party will reor-
ganize itself on the lines of honest
money and tariff for revenue only and
again come up smilingly to the
conflictto meet certain defeat.
The great and deep laid plot Of
the southern Democrats to breed
discomfort in Republican ranks, ten
or twelve years ago, and win Repub-
lican voters away from the party by
springing these side issues, has turn.
ed like boomerang on the heads of
the originators and today the Demo-
cratic party is so badly disrupted
that it will take years for it to gather
itself together and be that formida-
bic political power it has been in the
past.
Several of the southern states are
beginning to see their own interests