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THE ALLIANOE-INDBPBNTJENT.
THE TIGHT IN KANSAS
The executive committee of the re
publican central committee of Kansas
held a meeting at Topeka on the 20th.
The press reports of tho procee'lin3
contain several announcements that
doservo attention. "Tho republican
editors of tho state are to to called
together in order that they may work
in harmony." It will not do to trust to
individual judgment and common tense.
The papers of tho state trust bo turned
into a party machine.
The statement is made that a trc
mendious onslaught will bo made upon
Congressman Davis to prevent his re
election. Tho republican nominee,
Burton, is already on tho stump "and
A. W. Smith, Judge Johnson and other
well known speakers will bo sent to
assist him." "In its plan for state or
ganization tho republican central com
mlttco has undertaken a Herculean
task. It will bo expensive, but the re
publican organization will bo as com
plcto as in any state in tho union." This
shows two things: In tho first place
the republicans of Kansas are desperate,
and in tho-second place, Ihey and their
friends in tho east aro going to pour
out money without stint to defeat tho
present independent members of con
gross. Wall street cannot permit tho
election of tho independent congress
men.
"For tho past week six typewriters
have been kept constantly at work,
sending letters all over the state to
local republican leaders asking for
their assistance in perfecting the cor
respondenco bureau. It is tho inten
tion to have at least two, and in tho
larger townships five men whoso duty
ii will bo to keeg the central com
mit, teo posted."
As this paper remarked recently,
there is going to be more money in cir
culation presently in these alliance
states. Wall street is going to shell
out. But a turn about is fair play. Our
money has been going into Wall street
for lo! these many years. Now a little
of it will como back to buy our votes.
Let it come. Men do not always get
what they buy.
"A complete list of the voters of the
state will be attempted. Those who
are known to be positive in their con
victions will bo designated and also
, those who will be subject to influence."
This is a good start for the republicans
of Kansas. "A Herculean task" "Ex
pensive" "Those who will be subject
to influence." Do the pcoplo need any
further announcement to know what to
expect? Tho wayfaring" man, though
a fool, may read the language of this
announcement.
Will the voters of Kansas be bought
with a price? Not many. The inde
pendents are not rich, but they are
honest. They need mony, but they
do not want it in exchange for their
manhood and honor. These desperate
and degenerate political leaders have
thrust their sword through their own
party. Thousands of men who had not
before been convinced of the rotten
ness of the organization will now see
that is bsyond all hopes of redemp
tion and purification, and is unworthy
of their support. The people's party
will parry Kansas.
A DISPUTED PABAGRAPH.
For nearly twenty years tho charge
las been repeated mai rrnesi oeya vi
England brought one hundred thousand
pounds sterling (00,000) to this
country to bribo tbe American congress
into demonetizing silver. In proof of
this, a paragraph has been quoted from
the Bankers' Magazine of August, 1873:
In 1873, silver being demonetized in
Germany, England, and Holland, a cai)-
ital of 100,000 ($.")O),000) was raised,
and Ernest Seyd of London was sent to
this country with this fund as the
agent of bondholders to effect tho same
object.
And now at this lato day up rises tho
New York Evening Post to explode
this "monstrous falsehood." It asserts
that there is no such paragraph in the
bankers' magazine of that dato, and
calls upon Congressman Bland to re-
regarding this
tract his statement
paragraph.
It is now in order for some advocate
of tho people's movement to investigate
and prove the genuineness of the
paragraph in question. Wo nave no
jubt of its genuineness. It it were a
forgery, it could not have circulated fo
long witkout being questioned. But in
this contest wo can well afford to
"prove all things."
Harrison's outing which the papers
aro now commenting upon is not a cir
cumstanpe to the outing which he
wilji be permitted to take after he
Fourth of next Marph. His time wll
Vhrt nil Vi t et r ti w
Tins, is the way that matters aro
moving: The independents hold a
rallv out in some town like Wahoo or
Ulysses and have a rou-iog big time,
largo attendance, earnest, eloquent
speeches, much enthusiasm, and a gen
eral good time. Next morning tl
State Journal receives a letter or
telegram from one of its hired men,
stating that half a dozen independents,
fifteen democrats and twenty five re
publicans hung around awhile unti
they got tired of the calamity howling
and went away; leaving no body to
listen but a few women and children
That sounds well to the republican
reader in Li:cDln, but what effect dcs
it have when a few copies get out into
the neighborhood where the speaking
occurred? When people see such bare
laced lies they simply lose all laith in
the paper and will ref uso to believe any
ol its reports. The Journal is doing a
good work for the independents. We
hope it will keep up its telesrrams and
correspondence from over the state.
the report or a populist rally at
Greely, Colo., states that the proces
sion of wagons was a mile long, and
that over 3,000 psoplo joined in tho
parade. And so the now movement
"petering out."
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