The Topeka state journal., 1900-06-09
SHOUTS FOR BRYAN.
Popullst Committee Issues Circular
For Observance of Fourth of July.

Popullst Committee Issues Circular
For Observance of Fourth of July.
The Kansas Populist committee pro-
poses to turn the Fourth of July into
a Bryan demonstration
Anticipating that Bryan will be nom
mated in Kansas City on the Fourth /
by the national Democratic convention, |
the Kansas committee officers have is /
sued an appeal to the party to see that /
the action of the convention is cheered /
to the echo in every part of the state
The appeal for cheers and hurrahs fol- |
lows:
To the Fusion Forces of Kansas:
The Republican party of this state
Will make its campaign this year on
the tissues" of prosperity and patriot
ISM" They are claiming credit for the
sunshine and rain, the great wheat har-
vest and the corn prospects, the fam
ines and wars abroad, the treasures in
the earth, the salt in the sea and the
fish that dwell in the waters thereof.
The breezes blow only by their suffer
ance ard even the corn is compelled
to rustic in order to grow without their
bened1Cuon. The flag of our country
has been pre-empted by the spellbind-
erS, and the eagles scream has been
drowned in the wild clamor and shouts
for the offices and the appropriations
Theirs is the only true brand of patriot
ism, all others are base limitations.
Mark Hanna, the administrator
Pooh Bah holds the great American
eagle by the throat, throttling her pro
tests, while an army Of small bore poll
tlclanS pluck from her tail the raTeSt
feathers to plume their eackler and try
again to make it pass current as the
bird of freedom.
The fusion forces of Kansas have
this to say regarding all this hoi-polloi
of political rot: that there is a wide
difference between the Great Rain
maker and the Republican party; that
the country will please take notice that
it was good antitrust Drawn that
sowed the wheat and planted the corn
in the broad acres of the state, ard
that good, old fashioned free silver
brains are going to see that the crop
margins go into the pockets of the pro-
ducer. Descendants of the Irish pa
triots, brothers of the Russia ridden
SWede and cousins of Dom Paul Kruger
are thick in Kansas, and they will be
heard from in November, speaking with
! the ballot their condemnation Of the
| foreign policy of the administration.
The allied forces of Kansas yield to
| none in their love of home and coun-
| try. The old flag and all it stands for
| are first in their hearts and in the fu
ture, as in the past. they will be found
/ fighting where the cause of liberty
! grows weak and a strong arm is needed
/ to hold high the banner of freedom.
! They have ever shown the truest pa
/ triotism, the highest Self-sacrifice.
1t has recently appeared that the Re
/ publican campaign of rant and subter-
fuge will be inaugurated on the 4th of
July and it is their intention to try to
| work into the celebrations on that day
the idea that patriotism consists in sup
| porting the a istration-cOnfOundi
| the administration of our government
| with the government itself. They eX-
| pect to work this lingo programme
| thus inaugurated throughout the cam
| paign.
In order to counteract and combat
/ this scheme to monOpoliZe the patriot
ism of our nation, as they have our in
! dustries your state committee calls
upon you to take your proper place in
| the lead of all patriotic demonstrations
on Independence day. On that day
thousands of Kansas people will attend
the national Democratic convention al
! Kansas City. Let those who can not &c
see that the huzZahs which greet the
nomination of our matchless leader
/ William Jennings Bryan, are echoed IL
every corner of the state from the lips
of our people. Let each one do his best
to make the day not one of sham OF
empty sound, but a day of true patriot
ism, when we may brush up the ban
ners of 'T6 thick with the dust of pluto
cratic rule and carry them once more
with the spirit of the old days wheT
country was more to every one thai
gold and the flag meant liberty and lif'
| to every creature that sought shelter
| beneath its folds.
Let US who still cling to the tradition
of our fathers, who still think that th'
) flag means more than a good chance t
rob, take our proper places in the OBJ
servance of this day. the true meaning
of which seems to be getting so mist.
!, to the Republican party. Let there b.
no mistake as to our position so tina
the thinking, patriotic people of on
> state will next November bury undel
an avalanche of ballots the hypocrltlca
administration which has violated ev
cry sacred tenet of our republic and ha'
so utterly betrayed the trust OF the Am
, | erican people. Approved
TAYLOR RIDDLE, Chairman.
JOHN H. CURRAN, Secretary.