Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-10-11
Chester 1. Long Should be Beaten.

convention the opposition to Ches-
ter l, Long have an opportunity to
concentrate upon one candidate.
The farmers and producers of this
Congressional district can not afford
to be misrepresented by Chester l.
Long in the halls of Congress for
another two years. Chester l. Long
when accurately analysed will be
found to represent nothing in COM
mon with the great body of the peo
pie of Kansas. His true constitu-
ency consists of postmasters, federal
office holders, national bankers and
those who expect and hope to see
this American republic continue in
its preset departure from the tradi-
tons of those who founded it and
framed its constitution. Longs
course in the late session of the fif
ty-sixth congress marks him as a
time server, self-seeker and fawn-
er upon official favor. Out of all
the membership of that body it
would be impossible to find an indi
vidual who would stretch farther or
bend lower to catch the approving
smile of the official head of the ma
ton. In order to gain the approval
of the president he would forswear
all the convictions he was ever known
to have. He is without reverence
for the constitution. He would have
this government pursue policy that
would rob the flag of its significance,
and nullify the Declaration of indie
pendence. His speech upon the
Porto Rican tariff measure was
plea for the trusts in disguise. In
him the trusts have champion and
the monopolists have plant tool.
A protested friend of liberty, he has
conspired against the industrial free
dom of his fellow citizens at home,
and the political liberty of the peo
pie of Porto Rico and the Philippines
abroad. He voted for the perpetu-
ton of the gold standard and the
Equalization of the national bank
trust, which is one of the most in
fernal and far reaching conspiracies
in the record of vicious financial leg
islation. Stop and consider for
moment! Every species of proper
ty to be measured by the insufficient
and varying quantity of gold in the
world; the entire quantity and vol
ume of paper money to be turned
over to the associated national banks
of the country; the time honored
greenback and treasury note based
upon the credit of all the people
doomed to extinction and the notes
of private corporation usurers sub
stituted in their stead; great and
valuable privileges and powers con-
ferred upon the national banks by
which they collect their revenues
from the peoples government and
from the people themselves; the gov
eminent surrendering its supreme
franchise to issue money to men like
Pierpont Morgan and the Standard
Oil Co.'s people.
These are few of the infamies
that are chargeable to Chester l.
Long. He has taken special pains
to oppose every measure and prin-
ciple for which Populists have fought
and contended for years. He has
attempted to give them the lie upon
every issue of their party platform.
Now with monumental cheek he asks
for their votes to save him from the
political fate which he richly de-
serves. He and the postofice organs
ask for Populist votes by an appeal
to supposed party prejudices. The
Populists have contended for great
and vital principles of government
and always rally to the support of
those who stand for them. They
are not to be turned aside by an ap-
peal to childish whims and preju-
dices. The Populists admire and
support men who believe as they do,
whatever party name they wear.
They love and honor Pingree though
he calls himself a Republican. They
believe in and swear by Altgeld,
Democrat of Democrats. They pin
their unwavering faith to Mayor
Jones of Ohio, a man without any
party. They idolize Bryan because
they know his heart is right and
beats strong for human veal. The
Populists are broad gagged and no
respector of party. They are first,
last and all the time for men of prin-
ciple. Their party is greater today
than ever before because there are
more great men who believe in and
advocate its principles. Populist
principles are at the front on every
hand.
What shall we say of Claude Du-
val, the man who leads in the fight
against Long and his coterie of post
masters and hired shouters? He is
vouched for by the staunchest and
ablest Populists in the state. He
has been for years in the forefront
of the battle against modern Repub-
licanism. He has, helped to build
up and popularize our principles
through successive campaigns. His
private character is irreproachable.
He stands high in the esteem of his
fellow citizens at home before whom