The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27
POPULISTS ARE HOT
8ryan's Alliance With Tam
many Sickens Them.
"CR0KER is ITS PROPHET"
Phrase Which Is Heard More
Than Any Other.

Yesterday the oral part Of politics
warmed up for the first time in Wichita
in the campaign, and the discussion seem
ed TO center around a single phrase, the
climax of one of Bryan's speeches in New
York, Great IS Tammany and Croker is
Its Prophet"
The phrase, while probably popular
enough with Tammany, seems to be
tearing things up generally in this part
of Kansas. While the Republican poll
ticians are gloating over the expression a
good deal as a mighty poor piece of poll
tics on the part of Bryan, the Popuhsts
who haven't been entirely swallowed by
the Democrats are the ones who are
making a racket over it.
The phrase Great is Tammany and
Croker is It's Prophet" was made by
Bryan at the big banquet in New York
over a week ago, but ii seems only TO
have fully struck the local politicians in
the last two days and there is so much
IN it that they cannot get away srom it.
At first the local Populists who are &C
tive refused to believe that Bryan had
said any such thing. But reference to
papers of all political compilations show
ed that he had said it.
1t stunned the men who have been
standing by Bryan through thick and
thin, who believing him a Populist, have
watched him drop all the economic fea-
lures of the Populist belief, and tie up
with the old, rock-ribbed Democracy OF
the east
There have been Populists in Wichita
who have stood by Bryan through it all;
who WINGED when he subscribed to the old
Democratic doctrine of opposing the flag;
WINGED when he consented TO the shelly
ing of young reformer. Towne, and the
elevating of an old ante-bellum Demo
crat Stevenson; WINGED when they scan
ned in vain his speeches for some refer
ence to the referendum and initiative,
government ownership of railroads, and
the election Of United States senators by
the people; WINGED when he went down
to New York and rode in carriage with
Dick Croker, who cares nothing for
Populism and could not define it to save
his life, and with Edwin Shepard. the
- USN dtlOi iACyS WIN EuD"S WHAT 1Opu-
usm is and doesn't think it anything
more than joke: WINGED when Bryan
went to an exclusive plate
banquet in the Louis Quinz salon of the
Hoffman house.
But many have stood by him; said they
were going to vote for him. and braced
themselves to stand Democratic voracity.
so plainly evidenced locally where every
man on the county fusion ticket is either
a Democrat or a Populist who was form
erly a Democrat where also I. P. Camp
bell, a Populist, was forced off the ticket
for Duval, a Democrat
But many of them are wavering at last
in their admiration for Bryan and that
little phrase Great is Tammany and
Croker is Its Prophet is doing IL
Populist said last night: II have
been telling the truth about this cam
paign to our boys and they have hoped
onto me 50 much, that when 1 want to
express my sentiments I wait till I get
home to my wife. 1 told them a week
ago that Kansas was going for Mckinley
and I have had so many Democrats
around bullying me, that 1 have quit
talking politics. But I guess the Demo-
cratic bosses will have their hands full
from this on without threatening me
The Populsts have got onto Bryaus
speech in New York and it is warming
them up. Populists are paper readers and
they know what Bryan's surrender to
Fammany means. It means Bryan's total
of any Populist sentiments
he ever had. II means that in event of
8ryan's election Croker would be ace
high at the White House. 1t means that
Bryan has indorsed a political organiza-
ion which is antagonistic to every tenet
which is dear to Popullsm New York
rammany, the most corrupt. cruel, iron
lad ring in the world, permits the indi-
'idual no freedom Of action. II is ruled |
" Croker. Croker makes the nominal !
ions. He orders his men around with I
more success and greater rule than the /
biggest king in Europe. He IS in the ice (
rust and IN every deal in New York 4
fty. Think Of Bryan tying I'D with /
nan who doesn't spend half his time in 1
his country; who is most of the time in 4
England racing horses and buying bun
ogs and receiving tribute from New
--ts A-A4AAN VI A4iAlA Dctli5 a - VHAELs q Z
rophet Of anything.
Il tel. YOU. you Republicans can't ap-
reciate how Bryan's alliance has stirred
p our fellows Think OF this picture in
'e5, Just a moment: A Kansas farmer
nd his family gathered in the sitting
oom reading the papers The farmer
7oks up from his paper and speaks
ARMY OF Bryan; fingers lovingly on the
Vpression that when Bryan IS president
ne common people VII have a friend in
re White House; a man from the wet
no understands the west; who Under
lands men and viii fight Wall street ans
ammany and the whole lot OF eastern
uIl-dozers. That was Populisrn.
Then imagine this in $50: Bryan. WITT
lex Croker. the biggest. coarsest. most
lllyfng r5ngster in the United STATES.
oss, dictator. ruler. az one eide. and
atent-leather sho-d. be-dian7ond rus,
.torney AZ the other. sitting a. a han
Jet every plate of which cost more
ian farmers subscription n his ko-7e
aper for six years. sitting there and /
lying for all the world % hear. Great
Tsrnu1any and Croker f. Is Pr phst
hat IS Democracy. aid lei ne tel you
melting. ths Populists Il KsnfAs ~ !
ast kncw 4 Is Democracy. I guess tn /
cal Deruoc-atic bosses VII have TIER
a1sts FUN II the next Few DAYS q ssns- I
.ns else basides abusing r. because I
sieve and sad that gzusss vas gong
: 1fcKEniey 7 an sick and tires % fhs ,
hole crowd that e running things =
IS country, and 7 can tel then 4 hey
ant - know & that thers are mare (,
1pllists n thIs country than ore who ;