The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
is AMARK HANNA.
P0puliets Have Found the Hoses
They Sought.
He Is a Texan Named H. L.
Bently.
NOT READY TO DIE.
Mr.. Tibbles Says Organization
Is Stronger.
will Stay Until After the State
Convention.

It viii be a surprise to politicians ger
orally. who have inferred that the Pop
ulist party was slowly but surely dying
because of the small vote its candidates
received at the last national election. to
learn that this party is in one respect a
least a good deal stronger now than at
any time during its history. It now
has working organizations in over two
thousand of the two thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two counties in the
various states and territories of the
union. So quietly have these organiza-
tons been perfected that their existence
is not generally known.
Information concerning the existence
Of these organizations was given today.
by Thomas Tibbles, who was the vice
presidential candidate of the party at
the last election and who is registered
at the National hotel. Mr.. TibbIes is
in the city for the purpose of looking
on at the state convention Of the Popu-
lists which is to be held at the Auditor
ium on July 4. His home IS in Omaha.
Neb., and he is now editing a new radi-
cal and independent weekly magazine
called The Investigator" It has been
running now for four months and has
met with considerable success.
The new organizations of the Popu-
lists in SO many counties throughout
the country have been perfected
through the efforts of H. D. Bently, a
Texan. whom Mr. Tfbbles calls a
"napoleonic genius and of whom he
says the country knew little or nothing
until four or five months ago. It seems
that when things began to look a little
dark for the Populists Bentley started
out on his own hook to simulate the
courage of the members all over the
country. His plans received the en-
rOTEa01Hnt of Tom Watson last
presidential candidate, Mr.. Tibbles and
the other big men in the party. He
went ahead with his work and organic
ed Populist clubs throughout the land
and they are now working political or
ganizations.
This mans work has been simply
remarkable said Mr.. Tibbles. He has
displayed power for organizing that
compares with that of the late Mark
Hanna. While everyone thought the
Populists were asleep this man was
working on these organizations and now
we have fine ones in a great deal more
than majority Of the counties IN the
country. That shows whether or not
the Populist party IS dying. 1t was
never stronger or healthier than it is
now The small vote at the last cleo
ton can be explained by the fact thou
sands of men who are still true to the
principles of the Populist party and
ready to fight for them were so mad
at Bryan for his support OF Parker
tHaJ lHEy voted lot Roosevelt TO dQf1lu-
lister crushing defeat to the Demo-
cratic ticket
There is now a great upheaval,"
continued Mr.. Tibbles, "in affairs po-
Htical in this country Everybody
knows it though there are many who
will not admit it. Political designa-
lions now don't tell what mans po-
Itical beliefs are. A man may say he
is a Democrat. but that does not tell
you what kind Of a Democrat he IS.
q fE 4 RAnflhliRan h1f
there are as many kinds of RepubH-
cans now as there are Democrats.
"All of the great underlying prin-
ciples which are now advocated by the