The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-11
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Germ Of New Party in POpulist
Proposition.
May Presage the DesertiOn of
Liberal Democrats.
WILL THE EAST WIN?
Bryan Faction Would Not Sup
port Hill.
New Venture Might Therefore
Gather Them in.
Interesting Things About the
Politicians.
WILL THE EAST WIN?

In the proposition that the Populists
made to the Democrats of Kansas, a
few days ago, the far-sighted see the
germ of a new national party. The or
iginators of the scheme say that the
proposed Union party is ITO deal with
state matters only" The concluding
paragraph of the proposition from the
Populists to the Democrats reads:
I'VE are further instructed to advise
you that the above mentioned plan does
not, in the estimation of the committee,
involve a REIMBURSEMENT Of the party
organization of either party, but will
rather necessitate their perpetuation for
the present"
The plan of the Populists, if success
ful with the proposed Union party in the
state in 1902, would then be ready to ex-
pand. It would be an entering wedge
for the Matchmaking of the new party
in 1904. Hill and German are expected
to draw Democrats of their kind behind
them for the next presidential campaign
and walk off with the Democratic party
on the old lines that existed before 1896
Here is where the Union party of the
state of Kansas would do the entering
wedge act, it is argued. They would step
up and walk off with the remnant of the
party that clings to Bryan Democracy
and the Union national party would be
in the field with a considerable follow
ing. Kansas POpulists say today they
already have letters from Nebraska,
South Dakota, and other states with
PopuliSt organizations saying that they
are watching the experiment here very
ninutely and ready to go in on similar
lines if the coalition occurs and is made
a Success in Kansas. Not only will there
be no more fusion in this state but the
leaders are agreed that there Will be no
more fusion on national tickets. When
Bryan was nominated at Chicago the
PopulistS were made to believe that the
Democratic party had been captured by
the liberal element of the party and that
the reforms advocated by the POpulist
party would be taken up by the Demo-
cratic party. Free coinage of silver was
a Populist measure and they were led
to believe that Mr.. Bryan was about as
good a Populist as anybody. The Pop
ulists had a good deal more faith in
Bryan personally than they had in the
Democratic party as an organization.
Now things have changed and the
eastern Democrats are coming into the
leadership; and an eastern Democrat is
a good deal further from the Populist
party than a Republican. The POpulists
will never trust the eastern Democrats
to carry out any reforms. Here is where
the proposed Union state party promises
mocracy, it is thought, will not lay down
it's state organization in 1902 or any 9TH
er time, but fall behind the eastern lead
ers in 1904 and help to nominate some
man like Hill, of New York, or German,
of Maryland, for president. 1t would be
q rare sight to see the color of a Kansas
Populist who would vote for either of
them for president.
isn't Cloud county a little slow this
Con-
cordia Empire LAS yet not one of its
citizens has been mentioned as candf-
date for governor next year Why
doesn't Cloud county start in itself and
run w. w. Caldwell or Bill Short. Cald-
well is something of a boss and was
delegate to the national convention, and
Bill Shorts good fellow
In spite of the expose of the Sixth
districts method of taking revenge for
its fancied Sights by '.coppering all the
lows who did get fat jobs, the Beloit
Gazette comes along with the old IA
miliar howl. 1t charges Topeka with
''conniving" to keep the district from
getting any political pap. And yet 1t
is not so very long ago that A. H. Ellis
was appointed to the supreme bench
and J. n. Fike railroad commissioner
The facts are that there are more poll
ticians in the district than there are Of
fees, state and national The district is
all right, many deserving Of recognition
fiends can still play a winning game of
the great American draw.
It has been given out by some of the
political workers in the fusion cause
in the Sixth district that they can elect
a congressman there in 1902 The man
they pick to do the trick is l. H. Viii
der of Norton. They say he can and
will carry the fusion forces to victory
Wilder is a Democrat and has always
worked harmoniously with the fusion
forces. A we'll known popular newspa-
per man in that corner of the short
grass country says that Wilder's nomi-
nation to make the fight against Reeder
will be acceptable to both Populists and
Democrats.
What's in a name? Big Charley
Fisher Of Holton calls Judge PoIlack Of
the supreme court .'Pole-lack'' and plain
democratic Jobs" is the surname he
gives to sedate Charles S. Jobes, ma
tional bank examiner, OF Wichita.
The state officers have accepted the
decree and are not making any more
attempts to ride with President AIcKin-
ing subject again from the pigeon holes
ley when he comes The fellow who is
responsible for hauling out the harrow
Of the Historical society says the last
communication that was sent to Wash
ington has not yet been published.
First they wrote to Joe BristoW to
know if they could ride in the train
with the president he says Joe said
they couldn't Then they asked Secre-
tary COrtelyOu for permission to tack