The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

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not introduced anywhere as Republi-
can. did not speak as a Republican.
Indeed, I did not discuss party politics
at all. AS an American citizen and an
ex-Union soldier 1 defended the presi-
dent of the United States against the
attacks made upon his management or
the nations affairs; and I favored his
reelection, not because he was Re
publican, but because he represented
our country in grave crisis and was a
! man that our own people could trust.
and that the people of other countries
would respect This is all there is about
| my recent relations with the Republic
can party, and am not ashamed Of it,
as you thought I would be.
Referring to my present employment
of indexing the debates of congress,
that is an invention of my own, and
had been at work on it nearly a year
before the matter was submitted to
congress. Its obvious utility commences
it to all persons without regard to poll
tics. There is no opposition to it. l ex-
peet to receive as compensation about
one-half what the labor cost of the work
will be worth.
You ask me one very plain question
in a very plain way, thus: Did you
not quit the Peoples party because you
were defeated for second term in the
senate? I answr emphatically, No. My
defeat satisfied me that the politicians
of the Peoples party in Kansas did not
want a senator who was not acceptable
to the Democratic party. MY successor
understood this and he has not wasted
any time over land loan, government
railroads or public banking bills.
mo, I worked, wrote and spoke
against the fusion movement until my
I let go, because could no longer hold
on. Look over the files of the Advocate
for 1897 and you will see the proofs
And let me say here, Mr. Editor that
fo6o r. iuin ho1iava in a the
fundamental principles of the Peoples
party and have at no time cast them
from me. While supporting Mr.. Bryan
took pains, on all proper occasions, to
| let it be known that I was a Populist
and not q Democrat. I made myself
believe that we had nominated Mr..
Bryan, and not the Democratic party.
as Our candidate for the presidency. I
supported Bryan and Watson, not
Bryan and Sewal
You talk about Bryan Democracy.
There is and can be no such thing. You
| deceive yourself. Organism and Democ-
racy are distinctly different. Mr. Bryan
was cut out for Populist, and If our
| party had been as wise as it was foolish
| and had never had anything whatever
| to do with the Democratic party, but
| had kept in the middle of the road, as
| it promised to do. he would now, in all
probability, be one of US, and working
with us. instead OF exerting his great
| powers to get the Democratic party to-
gether on trusts and imperialism.
FINALLY you ask me, Would you adj
wise Populists to leave their principles
| party, like yourself?' No. / would ad-
| wise you to hold fast to your principles.
| disband your party organization. let
| your members vote as they please. and
all wait for the wagon"
| Under the heading why Don't He
Resign?' the Alma Enterprise says with
| reference to the Kelly matter: \
he r Ka11usa r,a inn ia
| talked about and discussed, the less ia
vor it seems to find in the eyes of the
| public. He claims to be prosecuted
| man, but he has not proven it or an
swered the charges.
1--WE all know that such a state OF
| affairs as he claims exists in his county
would be utterly impossible in this
county. We have never had board of
| commissioners who could have been in
duced to maliciously prosecute a man
for Matchmaking or political purposes.
in all the county's history. have we?
| You know we haven't.
THE editor of Kelly's home paper last
week says for Kelly to pick committee
of men like e W Hoch. Arthur Capper.
| White. etc, let them come to Paola and
examine the records, and If they find
| any of them missing, altered or mutt
lated as Kelly claims, or if they make
any different finding than the commits
| sioners have he will donate 81 900 to MI
Kelly or any public or private charity
He imposes no other conditions what
ever on Mr.. Kelly. and is well able TO
| do what he promises It looks like Mr..
Kelly had the worst of the matter So
! far
| Thus Far neither Mr. Kelly nor any of
| the others to whom the offer was made
have attempted to secure w. d. Grea-
sons $1,000, although it is only neces-
sary to show that the findings of the
| Miami county commissioners are in any
way wrong, in order to get it.
| Wellington Monitor-Press: The ex-
| PLANTATION with which T. T. Kelly. the
Republican nominee for state treasurer,
! seeks to meet the charges against his
| official conduct while clerk of Miami
| county, are lacking in dehniteness 1t
| may be admitted. as Mr.. Kelly asserts,
| that the charges are the work of a fac
| ton of his political and personal enc
| mics, and further. that there are some
pretty bad people in the lot But this
does not clear Mr.. Kelly's skirts entire
| ~. On the face of the records the
| showing is very bad for Mr.. Kelly
| These raised vouchers found by the
county commissioners investigation
| might have been due to accident but it
! is a little singular that the mistakes
were all in Kelly's favor and to his fin
ancial profit. The investigation showed
| Mr.. Kelly indebted to Miami county In
the sum of 81. 3249o. and this money he
| has paid into the county treasury. II
| had no business paying it, either in adj
vance of or after the investigation.
| Candidly, we don't see how 1t is posi-
| BILE for ssublic official on salary of
| ST. 500 wear to have sum almost as
| large as his yearly pay added to his
bank account and not know where he
| got it. 80, s
We wish Mr. Kelly, for the sake OF
| his good name If not that OF his party
would take up the report of the county