The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-29

just acts on the part Of the state admin
istration two Democrats were placed
upon the police commission jim the city OF
| Wichita as against one Populist' in a
county which had cast at least five Popu-
list votes for the election of the governor
for every Democratic vote. But the
clamor for place was incessant. The
Democrats grew holder and holder and
acted as though they had come to be-
| lieve that the sole purpose of PopuIists
in Kansas was to put Democrats in Of
| fee; and the Populist party, for the sake
| of harmony for the sake of temporary
success, for the sake of being able, if pos
sible, to control the legislative branch of
the government, and procure the enact
ment of some just and righteous laws in
the interest of the people. submitted to
! these wrongs, these outrages and thus
it went all through the administration OF
| Governor Leedy.
| I'm 1898 thousands Of the most inteli-
! gent, the most loyal, and the most con-
scientious Populists in Kansas revolted
against the usurpations and dictations Of
| the Democrats, and voted against the
men whom they believed were ready and
anxious to lend their aid and assistance
in surrendering the Populist party into
the lap of Democracy, and they cast
their vote against the men whom they
believed to be engaged in that treacher-
Gus job, resulting as It will ever do, and
always ought to do, in defeating the
whole gang. And now we are engaged in
a new and another campaign. the cam
ir1af ion of 7 dali al oh ha
Democratic party with having entered
into a conspiracy. to, in this year of 1900,
swallow up, destroy and exterminate the
last vestige of the Populist party.
81 am here tonight to protest against
that thing. 1 am too young and too vigor-
Gus, and too full of animation and hope,
to sit supinely by and see my party
crucifed. Populists In Sedgwick county
and of the state of Kansas, what are you
going to do about It? Do you doubt my
statement?
Il charge that the intelligent Populists
throughout Kansas today are fully cog
infant of the fact that all along the line
they ready to admit and do admit that
the contest now, IS now whether the
Democratic party or the Populist party
shall have the majority of the Offices IN
this state but whether or not the Popu-
list party shall after this year ever
again be an impeachment or an obstacle in
the way of Democratic supremacy. I de-
liberately call it a conspiracy.
"As to national affairs. we are told
that Mr.. Bryan is a good enough Popu-
list for us and in order that he may not
be defeated, that we should be willing to
forego everything else even to the extent
Of the destruction Of our organization and
our party. Let us look for a minute at
this national campaign. 1t Is a notorious
fact that the policy Of the Democratic
party for the last twenty-five years has
been to adopt a campaign slogan, a
paramount issue" upon which they be-
lieved they could most successfully unite
the Democratic party and fool the people,
and with that one war cry, seeking 10
close the eyes, and dunn the sense of the
voters upon every question.
In 1894. SO and % It was tariff re-
form The government was to be saved
or destroyed upon this sole issue. all fu-
ture prosperity of the people hinged
upon the question OF whether they would
pay % per cent or - per cent tariff on
a
economic nature was 70 be considered or
was to enter into the makeup OF the
things that control mems votes
In 1896 It had been demonstrated that
the Democratic party was not by any
means united upon the question Of free
trade, and that the eastern Democrat
would not shout himself hoarse f0- free
trade. but wanted his particular product
protected by a high tariff as hard as the
Republicans. And then was after a
fierce contest in Chicago that the Demo
Gratis discovered that the people OF the
west could no longer he lined Up CT the
question of tariff reform OF FREE trade.
and that the Issue upon which ire Dem
ocTaslc party would plead for csusTel OF
the administration was 4 free coinage 81
silver And I say u you nov WHAT every
one CT you know % be true. rbat r tie
campaign Of = no Populist vas perInitteI
II 20 before the people and make = car
paign speech upon aHy ofh>r QUESTION
than that % free cosuawe-fs % ! That
vas no1 THE only issue. Il was oniy re-
~ the Incidental questions srewjnz oat
q tae underlying question which most So
terestea tie PSpniist party. as 70 wh.,h
e. the great trusts. corporations ard err
binss ssat had grown 80 IN re cornt-y
shouts control the government - ssh-
81 he government saa5i6 csntfol thsas
Whether IRE weak shesid - protected
against re strong ~ az.
en- re rear 80 ths narson9l Peuulsss
party. realizing fhzt it was Important -
take arus b. he fsrssaek- sd realizing
that fhs1e was or<7rlzea pe-pose - ~
Ps-t 81 tha DeDeorafs = r. nsseu
Enors. ard tbersev destroy - ua9sssat
party called ,aJr esuvea.ssa szr5r. IS
order u - &bia urtrsraaneIrd - Da=a-
cratic dic'atssni - prs-41as a -
nominate = iiekf sAst sezss al seasi n
measure reRj seas their party Aaa - /