Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
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| am strongly In favor OF u union oI
all the forces that oppo'e tue Rvpubli
can party with its championship OF im
perialIsm, mlltarsn, trusts, the gOld
standard and the bankers control Of
the eople's currency Pers,nal nmbi
tons and partysm should be swept
aside, and true patriotism should ruiz
the hour. MisstalempDt of facts will
not lead tn these desirable results
The exact truth cannot hurt the cause
of fusion, and now Ia a good time 10
tell the truth
In IN interview In The Kansas CITY
Times few weeks ago jude a. NJ,
Jackson, n democratic aspiran, for con-
gressonal honors IN the Third district,
denied the contention Of popul sts that
they largely outnumber the democrats
In this State. He also told how regu'
larry and Loyalty the democrats Of the
Sixth district had supported the popu-
list nominees fol Congress IN t'At dis
trict
Such statements ~ these can only
arouse the ire Of well informed p0pU-
lists and thus tend to the defeat Of the
carse Of fusion,
The last test of atge lgh was had in
1894, when that great democratic
leader, David Overmyer, was candidate
for governor and Bill Srp2, uoS presi-
dent of the SuuA)wGr league, ran for
Congress in the Third district MIR,
0ysrmyer received about 5000 yO'eS
and L9wallins received considerably
more than 100 0)J votes, Mr. SApp re-
ceived less than $500 votes IN the
TG!rd district, the popul'3t candidate
received about 1000 and the republic
can candidate received $1,000 The
populist and democrat combined would
have det5ated The republican can
dda'e by several hundred majority
In the SIKH district the democrats
have Tor 5eyerahyeArs pau up u eau
diiate Of their own, In 1896 } 9,
Burton was their candidate, receiving
,5i7 votes The popU.st candidate
received IS 23i, the republican 1916,
giving the small majority Of 5Sl W The
POpulist, Notwithstanding the scant
majority and the very small number Of
democrats 10 the district they persisted |
in running seperate candidate IN
1898 This year Me damocra's re-
ceiyed 2, 334, and the populists l4,752,
Thus the district was given to the re
pnbllcans by the democrats, for hal tie
latter voted with the populistS Mr.,
Mccormick would have been reelected
by majority Of 1884,
With these facts of recent history in
their minds the populists of Kansas
are not disposed to concede everything
10 the democrats We are as anxious for
Bryan's elecnOn as the democrats, and
our congressman will support Presi-
dent Bryan's reform measures as
earnestly as will democratic congress
men, Therefore, since we have by
lar the larger vote in Kansas why
Ihould our democratic friends make
Iuch heavy claimsY If spoils and en-
Dluments are to be considered these
claims appear all the more unjust to
)opulists since the democrats are to
'eceive the federal patronage.
The conditiousin the Seventh dis
riot are different from those in the
Third and Sixth districts. Here the
democrats have loyalty supported our
candidate in five cousec-
tive campaigns, Besides, they have
presented to US this year man of eX-
'eptional ability and purity of char
Icter; progressive ref0rmer, n man
Who is in perfect hlrmoly with the re-
orm forces on the burning questions
If the day.
The democrats in this district Mr
lot unreasonable in asking for con-
FRESHMAN, and should the democrats
their claims in the Third
md Sixth districts populists, will Ger.
ainly concede them the Seventh.
A BRYAN POPULIsT,