The Iola register., 1900-10-26
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Briedenthal's Letter Writing Brings
Trouble Expressed Himself
Freely Years Ago

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Topeka, Oct. 10.-One of the most
effective campaign documents which
has fallen into the hands of the Re
publicans this year is letter written
by John w. Breidenthal, fusion nomi-
nee for governor, which made its APP
pearance todays In it ne makes
vicious assault upon the foreign resid-
dents of Kansas and also upon the
colored population.
AS is well known, Briedenthal's
long suit is letter writing. 1t has got
him into trouble many times in the
past; it has got him into trouble again
now. The letter which will cause him
much embarrassment this campaign
was written to a friend in Pennsylva-
mia. in response to letter i'm which
the friend had evidently deplored the
| fact that Kansas went for Bryan and
| Populism in 90. Briedenthal's letter
vas dated DeceAber 10, 1896. That
was just after the election, and be was
free to express his real sentiments.
He was so proud of his reply to his
Pennsylvania friend that he had his
stenographer make number of
copies of it and send them to his per-
sonal friends throughout the state.
One of his friends was DR.. Anna Kni-
berg. at that time resident of PIT
West Fifth street, Topeka, but now of
Chetopa, Kansas. The other day, in
some unaccountable manner, she lost
the copy sent her by Breidenthal, and
it has come into the hands of the Re-
publicans.
In the letter, Breidenthal gloats
over the fact that the Peoples party is
not made up of the Ignorant and
vicious elements in our State, as for
instance. the colored population, and
again the vicious foreign element.
He says that Kansas City, Kansas, is
"den of iniquity," and that the
"vicious and un-American classes"
kept Bryan's majority down to 1900.
His denunciation of the colored pop
ulation and the ignorant foreign
element" will not tend to help him in
his canvass this year.
After insulting the foreign element
andlthe colo red population, Breiden-
thai went on with some other observa-
tions in his twelve page letter to his
Pennsylvania friend. He denounced
the ubiquitous European financial
policy which compelled Kansas farm
ers to sell corn at ten cents a bushel,
declared that people who think pros
perity can be restored by starting fac
tories are densely ignorant; claimed
that it was absolutely impossible for
the people of gold standard country
to be prosperous and happy, and then
admitted that there is one decent and
honest Populist official in Kansas and
that his name is Breidenthal. He in
sinuates that the other Populists
officials are all crooked
Extracts from this most interesting
letter follows;
"NOU AND KNOW THAT \ LARGE
MAJORITY or THE SOBER. INDUSTRIOUS
HOME OWNERS or KANSAS BELONG 10
| THE POPCHST PARTY; THAT THAT Or
IGANIZAT1oN DOES NOTENBRACE WITH
IN IT'S MEMBERSHIP THE IGNORANT
| AND VICIOUS ELEMENTSIN OUR STATE.
As, FOR INSTANCE, THECoLORED pop.
IULATION, WHICH CAN BE COUNTEDON
AS BEING RELIABLY REPUBLICAN:
AND, AGAIN, THE IGNORANT FOREIGN
ELEMENT.
'Outside of the cities and towns
Bryan had a majority of over 30. 900
in Kansas, but the ignorant and
vicious un-American classes cut down
this magnificent majority obtained
among intelligent people who reside
in the country and rural districts,
where the atmosphere is untainted
with the poison and venom of such
dens of iniquity as Kansas City, Kan
sas, to fraction over II, ,000."
''How long, oh, Lord, how long,
will men who were given an inheri.
tance fit for a king and who might be
the most intelligent people on the face
of the earth, continue to submit to the
rule of the ignorant asses, instead OF
the intelligent masses? ?
The greatest trouble now with Kan.
sas is the fact that, as u result of the
damnable, vicious, European finan'
cial policy, the products of her soil
have been reduced in price until they
will not pay the cost of production
Think of Jewell county, raising TO-
100000 bushels of corn, and being
compelled to sell it at 10 cents per
bushel. talked with Jewell county
land owner the other day on the
train, who told me that it cost him
cents per bushel to have his corr