The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-10-10

/. the official ballot containing the same
| names there will be but one. This is
exactly what was aimed at by the re-
publican tricksters when the infamous
law was enacted, that they might be
! able to yell. ''swallowed-d-d.:'a at one
or the other of the opposition parties
and in the hope that some would draw
an over-nice distinction between
NAMES, losing sight of the ESSENCE,
and thus assist them in perpetuating
their trust-fostering corporation pro-
tecting sway over the state.
Are you, gentle reader, one of those
disaffected, disgruntled voters who,
thaving listened to the siren, is afraid
that you are about to be gobbled up
body and boots by the democratic
party? And will you do exactly what
the republican machine calculated
! youAwould do, either vote the republi-
can ticket directly or indirectly by
supporting the socialist ticket for
fear of being swallowed whole by the
] democrats?
Would these men be better citizens
or better qualified for the several Of
fees if their names were printed in a
peoples party column? And wonld
| it make any difference? Is there then,
after all, so much in a name?
! The question for every voter to de-
eide is, Does this candidate represent
my interests and my principles in
politics, not what ticket is he running
upon?
The truth about the "swallowing"
business is that the peoples party
has virtually swallowed up the demo-
cratic party, bodily, in fact. OF the
fourteen candidates on the state ticket
three are democrats; the other eleven
are populists, and the peoples party
would have nominated Craddock if
the democrats hadn't. No state con-
vention of the peoples party ever
adoped more distinctively populist
platform than that adopted by the
democrats at Wichita. The young
crowd kicked the old bosses out and
came out squarely for initiative and
referendum. direct legislation, gov
ernment ownership of railroads, and
every other important reform de-
manded by the peoples party.
Wh@se then does the Swallowing"
come in?
If fusion was never justified before
in Kansas it is abundantly justified
this year as means to accomplish
the following desirable ends:
l. Te return that grand champi on
of the people, w. A. Harris, to the
United States Senate. The people
don't want any more Burtons nor
half breed Kickapoos in the Senate
from Kansas.
/ 2. To kick the corporations out of
the state house and put the people in
charge of their own affairs.
3. To prevent the enactment of the
Eproposed tax law which is intended
to still further favor the corporations
in the matter of taxation.
"A To secure to the people of Kan
sas direct legislation through the
! initiative and referendum, and thereby
drive the blight of the lobby without
the bounds of our fair commonwealth.
/ 5. To secure just and equitable
Taxation on every dollars worth oi
lproperty in the state.
4 6. To rehuke the republican party
for the unparalleled extravaganza and
wanton waste of the last legislature
and to secure economy in state affairs.
Both platforms demand all these
and many other reforms, and all the
candidates stand pledged to bring
them about.
/ If you are ir earnest in your oppo-
sition 30 she republican party and
Its trust-dictated policies, or in de.
lmanding reforms, you will find II
easy 'sTo do right" in supporting
the so-called Democratic Ticket