The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-28
ALL IN THE AIR.
What Senator Harris Thinks of
Hill Sentiment.
Democrats Will Never Surrend-
er to the InsurrectiOnists.
NO CHANGE IN POLICY.
Party Will Not Go Back to
CleTelandism.
Not a Single Bourbon Gold Bug
in the Senate.
Frva
NO CHANGE IN POLICY.
Thinks Organization of Peoples
Party Should Be Kept Up.

Senator W. A. Harris, having recOv-
cred from a severe illness is in Kansas
to spend the interim between important
committee meetings he is forced to at
tend at the national capital before the
meeting of congress He is in good
health and spirits and seems to thirfx
the prospects of defeating the Republic
can party in Kansas are very good and
getting better all the time. When asked
as to his opinion of the various matters
under discussion at this time the sena-
tor said to a State Journal representa-
tive:
There seems to be one great fear in
the minds of many Populists and Dem
ocrats of the faithful and progressive
stripe, and that is that the traitors who
left the Democratic party and fought it
IN 1896 and 1900 will control and reor
ganize the party in 1904 and change its
policy back to CleVelandism. To my
mind this fear is absolutely groundless-
/ have no doubt whatever but the Dem :
ocratic party will adhere to its purpose
OF being the party of the people. Since
the detection of Senator MeLaurin
there remains not a single aVOWed
goldbug in the opposition in the senate.
! have personally interview each one
and the hundreds of prominent Dem
ocrats besides and ! find so little Hill
to even consider him as a possible can
didate- Democrats desire a candidate
who can carry New York, and many
imagin Hill could accomplish it. Hill
would be as weak in New York as the
weakest. To be sure the so-called re-
organizers are making a great deal of
noise at the present time and to one
not familiar with the situation it would
seem as though they were in the ma
jority. but when the proper time ar
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manifest itself and it will be found true
to the people.
.'Populists and Democrats should seek,
and I find they are seeking. a common
ground Of union for the campaign Of next
for a defeat of the Republican party The
far proposed go to show the desire of all
TO get together and to win. The plan
which will come the nearest suiting all
the reform forces should be the enc to
be adopted, and I am sure a feasible,
sensible and fair proposition will in the
end be unanimously selected. The discus
sion should be open and manly. with
generous consideration for the opinions
Of all IN the end the rule of the ma
jority will be accepted.
organization of the Peoples Party for
the present. No plan for next year should
abandonment of either the Democratic
or Populist state machinery. To be sure
it would be far better if it We're possible
to get under one party banner, but I feel
that the time has not yet arrived for such
a move. The wisest move for people of
all shades of belief who are opposed to
the Republican party is, in my opinion,
for all of them. from the greatest to the
least, to cultivate harmony along all
lines, get together in spirit give and take
like people should who have common in
terest and a common goal This sort of
a spirit made manifest among our peo-
pie in all parts of the state will insure
a feasible solution OF our difficulties and
a victory at the polls next year"
Senator Harris will return to Washing
ton early next week to attend commit
tee meeting He will again be in Kansas
late in October and will then stay until
congress convenes. He has about decided
to take up his residence at Leavenworth
Senator Harris recedes from his plan
of each party nomina ting half a ticket
it is said as impracticable. His words in
dicate that he has hopes of some fusion
plan succeeding as time develops.