Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-27
GIVES HIS REASONS.
John Madden. Former Pepu,lst Lead.
er Tells Why He viii Support
Roosevelt and Hoeh


Roosevelt and Hoch
John Madden, OF Emporia, Popullst
leader, and fusion nominee for con.
gress In the Fourth district In 1896, Is
out in letter stating that he will vote
for Roosevelt and Hoch and giving the
reasons why. He says:
ITO an old line Populist the nomlna.
ton Of Judge Parker has nothing In It
but disappointment. He is cenfSssedly
candidate of trust interests and while
man OF pure personal character he
does not stand for anything the West.
crn man demands.
"On the other hand Roosevelt with
Ills intensely American spirit appeals
to man % the West as being Of his
own breed. Such man needs no plat
fcim. His character and public SEE.
vice are tie guarantees Of his integrity
aud safety.
IL am not in politics and have not
been for eight years past, but have
been actively engaged in the work Of
my profession, trying 10 lay by a com.
pctence for my family. have refrain
ed all these years from making a per.
sonal alignment with the Democratic
organization in local, state and nation
al affairs, as | feared just what has oC-
CURED, that 1t would return to Cleve.
landism. While not actively engaged
in politics have caRefully watched the
trend of affairs and have had much con.
eern for men like myself who have con-
victlons that ran counter to the meth.
DDS that finally prevailed at the st.
Louis convention.
No Fault With Democrats.
81 do not find fault with the Demo.
Gratis of Kansas. They tried to prevent
a reorganization inimical to the West
but failed, and now adhere to their
organization, which considered from a
party standpoint Is regular. The Popu.
list Is in very different situation. He
has no party, and so. Is an independent
voter, who can consistently vote as he
thinks best. In doing so he is only as.
sorting the old-tlme spirit that led him
to leave the old parties. IL he is dis.
posed to do so, he may rebuke Cleve.
landism by giving Roosevelt a large
majority In Kansas where Populism
had its greatest success. BY so doing
he is not in party sense endorsing
the Republican party, but Is sustaining
an honest, fearless chief magistrate
who stands for progress and civic puy.
ity. He can be an ally working to sus.
tain good government, and as such he
can be formidable factor in Kansas.
II ,ch Suits Him.
81 have known L. W. Hoch. the Re-
publican candidate for governor, for
thirty years. We have worked togeth.
err slept together, and starved together
in the days that tried mems souls. Per.
haps no two men in Kansas have been
so closely bound together through al
these years in the ties OF unselflsb
friendship. and can assure the people
that few men in Kansas are better
Judges of men and motives than E. w.
Hoch. He will make no mistakes Ia
his selections. Every fibre Of his na.
ture is honest. and he will! find honest
men to aid him. His greatness will
not be confined to Kansas. The nation
will know him, and for thiscmfwyp rod
will know him. for this patient, far.see.
ing man is intended for greater work
tnau is now apparent to the clamorous
crowds that cheer him. OF the type CT
Abraham Lincoln. he is gifted with
rare eloquence and Judgment. and he
will give the peope of his state an ex.
ample Of craftsmanship Of the good old
fashioned school that will again make
the West an important section In ma
tIonal life. This time It is not :ha
prairies OF II inols but the prairles of
Kansas, that will glvo the nation
great man. Trial in the school of az.
ycrslty has made him intensely human.
Another great Kentucltian will homer
the state OF his adoption. and like LIN.
coin Will pass on into higher fields Of
usefulness.
Hoeh Is the Man Called.
81 say this without any dlsparase.
mtnt OF Judge Dale. who IS a man VI
character and ability, and would make
a good governor. but lloch Is the man
who has been called and his mission
has but only begun.
The men on the fusion state. con.
grcssional. district and local tickets
xtand IN a I,ffa difItitauf utfif,ttI,. "a, rho