The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25


this locality till his hoggishness had
become so odious he could hope for
no further honors in the old party,
joined the new, and by his superior
blasphemy of his old associates,
got placed on the ticket and rode
into power, for which he SO hun
gered.
An unpopular or unworthy man
ran for office in his chosen party,
suffered defeat and Immediately
joined the new party for revenge.
Political soreheads and mugwumps
rushed into the new party and
crowded themselves to the front by
the mere display of excessive gall.
Thousands of honest men of all
classes, not thoroughly versed in
the affairs of state but honest and
patriotic in their desires, when the
hard times and distressing condit-
ions of the Cleveland administration
threw its black pail over this coun-
try, when our strong financial in
stitutions were crumbling, when
factories were closing down and the
country was over run by vast army
of honest laborers unable to get
work, when farm products would
not sell for the cost of production,
nor manufactured or mineral pro-
ducts for enough to pay the laborer,
allured by the wonderful promises
of free silver, and fascinated by the
promises that it would give labor
employment at doubled wages and
double the price of everything the
farmer had to sell, joined the new
move with the hope of bettering
their condition.
And, for awhile, it seemed the
old parties were going to be carried
entirely off their feet and swallowed
up by this voracious youngster.
But finally light began to dawn, the
people had begun to read and in
form themselves. Brave and fear
less leaders came to the front and
the fallacies of this precocious ex-
crescence began to be exposed and
the reasoning public saw their mis-
take. And today the Populist par
ty stands on the "verge of political
ruin" 1t has served its day and
accomplished its mission, If it ever
had any, and-is disintegrating.
The last national ticket, we pre-
sumo, that it will ever nominate,
was recently nominated at Clncin-
natl. 1t does not hope to carry a
single state or elect single elector,
but only to get few thousands OF
votes in the United States. The
Democratic schemers manage 10
get together few hundred of the
former Populists of the west UP at
Sioux Falls and wheedle them into
the idea that they were nominating
a Pop ticket, with the sole plan and
purpose of drifting them into the
Democratic party. They will sue
ceed with many of them, for they
have filled their minds and bodies
with that political poison, "any-
thing to beat the Republicans"
Now, my dear sir, why should
you be Populist longer? You de-
manded more money, the Republi-
cans gave it to you. You demand
ed the employment of idle labor,
the Republicans have given work to
every idle man who wants it. You
demanded better wages for labor,
under Republican rule wages of all
kinds and classes have been ad-
vanced. You demanded better prices
for farm products; the Republicans
have so managed national affairs
that prosperity has come and your
prayers have been granted. You
asked for free silver that you might
have more money, better prices and
better wages; the Republicans have
shown you that you could have
these things without free silver.
They have gwen you all you asked
that was reasonable and in greater
abundance than you asked.
We admit the hard times under
Democratic rule were hard to bear;
we don't blame you for objecting. |
You tried to find remedy and hon.
estly worked on the line you
thought would bring it. The logic
of events has shown that you were
mistaken in the remedy.
The Republicans told you of
their remedy and told you what it
would do. You trusted them and
the blessings have followed In a
greater measure than you were
promised. At previous times in
our national history just such de-
pressions have existed and the peo-
pie clamored for relief without
knowing what the remedy was. The
relief has always been found and it
- oIuovc haan fha cana naaacurac !