Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-11-17
FEW PoPUL|STS
NOW IN KANSAS
Party About Disruaptsd seeauss; Of Re-
markabls Success Of Roosevelt. -

Topeka, Kas., Nov. 16.--The indica-
tons now. are that the. only :anti-re-
publican party which will have 2 ticket
in the field in Kansas next year will
be the democratic Gradually the Kan
sas populists have dwindled in num-
bers until there are only three or four
Of the old guard on duty. The real
secret Of the diminution.. Of The popu-
list forces In. Kansas 10 the remarkable
success. Of President Roosevelt. 9. w.
Hanna. a former populist state senator
and a candidate for lieutenant COVER
nor in 1902. said today:
I'VE are very well satisfied with
President Roosevelt. He 10 our kind
oeea *oqy a ABOUT eeI'ohs IKE y. .s
a ,ssn y: FssS asis p H0s sons
the things today that We were laughed
At for advocA t1K1 terEInd fifteen years
ago. It 10 hard to md an old time pop
ulist now-I mean one ~ the kind that
believes the republican party II drag
e1he the country down % TIM bow
tvoxss They have watched The course
we'll sa4iefied with him. \ will not say
that I a mnot Roosevelts kind Of =
Mr. Hanna live: in in tine the" mn con.
gressional district. and there. II a
movement there among the former
populists TO- induce Wa J. Babb, chair
man Of the party's state central COM
rnitteH. to cali no state convention next
year. and Mr.. Babh, has said that he
will cali meeting of the state Gen.
trail committee in Topeka for some
II Is a CERTAINTY" said MI. Babb.
in discussing the. subject !. recently.
shat the populist party will not be so
foolish next year an to indorse the
democratic nominees for state offices.
We have done with that" = e
r.. there shall be no. populist state
convention next year It win mark the
death of this former formidable po-
litical Organization. The party domi-
mated Kansas political affairs for about
Il furnished two .governors-L. D.
Lewelling and John w. Leedy-and
any number Of congressmen and minor
officers. The leaders Of the patty.
during the few years when It was
strong. between 1892 and 1897. believ-
ed that there was q national future
for It, and this feeling was responsible
for keeping 20 many in the party or
gAnization: The Kansas branch Of the
party furnished the nation with some
Of its most picturesque characters. W.
A. PETER, one Of the United Statea
senators attracted unusual attention
| and would have been q strong legisla-
tor had he not worked under the handi-
cap Of his party name. He 10 now I
| pension attorney In Washington. Jerry
Simpson. probably the best known and
most universally liked Of the little 60.
terie Of leaders Of the party in thii
state, recently died. He was immi.
grafton agent In New Mexico for thu
/ Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail.
way company. Mary Ellen Lease. ont
Of the women who participated in Kan
sas politics at that time. and the Kan.
san who advised her audiences to "ra's,
more hell and less corn" IL living II
New York with her children. Mrs
Annie L. Digs. who held strong po
sition In the party council, 10 house
keeper for her son. q Kansas City drug
gist. w. 8. Osborn. former popu
list secretary Of state. who advised tn,
people to sell their cows and buy shot
guns. that they might protect them
selves against Wall street. 10 manag
ing farm In one Of the western coun
ties. w. r. Bush, a successor to o.
born as secretary Of state. Is trucl
farming near Topeka. John w. Leedy
probably the strongest man the part,
produced in this state. IL city attor
J ney Of Valdez. Alaska. So the old lead
) ers OF the party have scattered an,
those who are in charge Of the battere,
hulk Of the organization are going t
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