The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-13

era1 denial Of the allegations in the
charge and also set ID that the claim
was void because of the statute of linn
itations. The plaintiff then filed a re-
plication to its original complaint and
to this the defendant dernurred The
demurrer also set u0 the statute of
limitations and was sustained by Judge
HaIlett- The court also refused to
grant the application of the plaintiffs
attorneys to file an amended complaint.
Senator Burton was in Denver on
Wednesday and had a conference with
his attorney, Charles H. Burton. It is
expected that the suit will now be dis
missed.
The ssother side'' has not been saying
anything while the Republicans in the
Sixth district have been holding mid
night conferences on how to beat
Reeder. It is now gossiped that Judge
A. c. T. Geiger, of Oberlin, who IS to be
deposed from the bench this fall through
the biennial election law, viii be picked
up to be run against the Republican
nominee. Geiger has always had warm
support from the Democrats in his jul
diciaI district for judge and they figure
that he would be a most acceptable
candidate to the Democrats for con-
gress. The fusionists are confident
that they can beat Reeder. They had
enough votes to do it last fall if either
Tully Scott or DR.. Dykes could have
been pulled down.
H. N Gaines, l. T. Yount and J. H.
Currans members of the state commit
L
Griffin and 0. S. Allen, of the county
committee, have issued the following
statement which contains an appeal to
the people of the state and Shawnee
The Peoples party was organized ten
years ago as a protest against the cry
Ing evils of the time Those evils,
grown greater as the years have ad-
Vanced are still with US and are still
crying for redress. At the time of its
formation, the farmers of the. nation
felt the heavy hand of oppression and
revolted against the injustice which
was being practiced against them, but
since that time all classes and cond1-
tons of men have felt the same heavy
hand, and where one class only was
then interested in its inception, now all
classes are longing for the relief which
must be brought about by legislation
in accordance with the principles OF the
Peoples party.
There never was a time in the his
tory of our country when there was
more need of the Populist party There
are many things which it has adVo-
Gated which have not yet been accepted
by the peOple-trusts which constitute
the very foundations of human rights,
and without which no government by
the people can long endure.
The Peoples party was formed Tor
the purpose of prOmulgalng these
great principles. and as, until every one
of them shall have been enacted into
law, it's mission shall not be fulfilled,
we declare our determination to con-
tinue the agitation of its principles, and
favor the maintenance of its party
headquarters and organization.
We believe in the honor. manhood,
integrity of William Jennings Bryan,
and commend him for his championship
of true Americanism. We sympathize
with him in the great fight which he is
waging in the Democratic party, ana
will be glad if he triumphs over the re-
actionists in his party, and brings it
out for true reform; but we believe our
party should not again unite with it so
long as it remains "a house divided
against itself"