The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-03
PLAN MUST FA|L
Senator Harris Scheme to
Effect Fusion Won't Work,
CHARGES AGAINST HIM
POpuIiStS Claim It's All for
His Own Benefit.
ES AGAINST HIM

Topeka, Sept. 2.-Senator W. A Harris
viii likely fall down in his scheme to eff
feet fusion next year by having the Pop
ulists and Democrats divide the state
ticket each running half a ticket in
separate columns. Nearly all the Popu-
list leaders are against such a union. So
are the Democrats unless they are given
the governor. The only way the ma
jority CT the Populist leaders claim fu-
sion can be effected so that it will count
viii be for both the Democrats and Pop
ulists to surrender their party names and
go into new party to be called the
Union" party. In this event a state
convention mNst be held and the Demo
cratic and Populist leaders, of course,
believe they would corral all the offices
because they have more votes in the
state.
Senator Harris scheme, all say. would
only help the legislative candidates. The
state ticket would certainly be defeated.
Some are so cruel as to suggest that Sen
ator Harris evolved the plan with the
sole view Of getting back to the senate
himself without caring what became of
the other reform candidates. On account
Of the existence of the feeling the SEN
ator viii find it hard work to push it
along. Other Populist leaders say If
they have to go down Senator Harris
can go along with them. They DO not
care to sink into political oblivion and
let him float.
There is another reason why the SEN
stor's scheme viii not likely work. The
new anti-fusion law was gotten up TO
prevent an unholy alliance of a con-
glomeration Of political reform parties.
It was intended TO prevent a gang Of
politicians from forcing people who be-
lieve in one set Of political principles to
vote for candidates of another party
whose principles are just the opposite.
So that any plan for the people of two
different parties with different beliefs to
get together on one ticket is contrary to
the spirit as well as the letter of the law
and the Republican. state officials who
have the last say as an election board
will see that the law is carried out to
the very letter. If the Bryan Demo-
Gratis nominate half ticket and the
Bryan Populists a half ticket the Repub-
mean elecllOn DOaTu WOuiQ no uOuDL RUE
that neither party had nominated a
ticket in accordance with the spirit of
the anti-fusion law, and throw both tick
cts out and permit the other Democratic
and Populist factions to name a full
ticket and give the tickets the name
Democratic" and 'Populist." This
would force the Bryanites who followed
the Harris plan to get their two half
tickets printed on the official ballot in
the Independent" column.
Any effort of the Democrats and Popu-
lists TO get together on a fusion ticket
Will be foiled. # they want to fuse one
party viii have to surrender to the other
and so out Of business. The anti-fusion
law was passed to prevent fusion, and it
win be enforced
Mr.. G. A. Stnlman, a merchant of
Tampico, H., writes: "FOLEY'S KID
NEY CURE is meeting with wonderful
success. 1t has cured some cases here
that physicians pronounced incurable. I
myself am able to testify to its merits.
Ny face today is a living picture of
health, and Foleys Kidney Cure has
made it such" G. Gehring, 400 East
Douglas, Geo. Van Werden, 32S North