The New Era from Topeka, Kansas • 2

FARTT BOSSISM. we tender our hearty thanks for the patriotic action of Mr. King, in regard to his candidacy Sherman law, under three heads. What it is; what it has done what effect its repeal will have udoo THE NSW SHA. AND grow the People's party "all over the state." How? Upon what did they base their judgement? Corporate greed is the ravisher of for congress.

J. K. P. Barker, R. H.

Semple, the highways to everlasting disgrace. History will record the fact that Breidenthal used his place and power to crucify merit and reward incompetency, fraud and corruption, and to make chief in the state, pimps, our industries before whose march American homes. the millions tremble and blanche The leajrue meets at the resi by an understanding with democratic committees, and ia no other way. By secret deals, if you Secretary. Chairman.

Mr. King thinks his position dence of Mrs. Osborne, on Harri both and unpleasant." PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY son street near Sixth. ladi with fear. It is said that corporations have made men and ruined men; made towns and ruined towns, and please, "iou scratch me and we I thugs and prostitutes.

we will scratch you, was the are cordially invited to attend. L. D. Gov. Lewelling, as the child of ONE DOLLAR PER YEAH How so? There can be nothing "peculiar" in being the nominee of a party and it is strange that it should have become "unpleasant" watchword.

Such was not the spirit of the Wichita and Garnett these corrupt practices, together with with the single stroke of the pen can abstract millions of dollars from the conventions. It was rank fusion his associates in office, have been diligently carrying out Breidenthal's LICOK TRAFFIC. fields of industry. CYIUS CORNING, Editor. carried on under cover.

What But from whence did this vast ETA CORNING. MRS. L. D. WHITE policy.

The men who have labored since his nomination. Nothing new had arisen since the Garnett convention to make the position right did the state committee and BY EVA I CORNING. X. ROBBINS, Associats Editors. power to oppress and rob humanity come from candidates have to come over into Ed.

C. CORNING, SUPT. OF PRINTING most faithfully, most earnestly, in season and out of season, who flinched the Second district and lay their either "peculiar" or "unpleasant," unless it may have been larger in It is not now our purpose to dis hand upon the Garnett convention, nullify its action, take down its not in the hottest of the battle, who were not lured on to duty by the hope of reward, were given the cold shoulder by these men whom they ducements ottered by democracy to get out of Col. Moore's way. THE LABOR EXCHANCE.

"WHAT IS IT cuss the nature oi corporations. Whatever is evil in their make-up is the gift of the people. candidate, order the substitution ReaJ before iht Woraans League. For many years it has been the aim of good men and women everywhere to suppress, or reduce to the minimum, the evils of the liquor traffic. To this end lectures, sermons, newspaper articles, and temperance organizations have been numerous.

Good and well meaninsr 1 ne question 01 iusion was not a of the democratic nominee, then "We are daily receiving letters of But away back of corporations, and command the People's party mem had done most to advance, and were inquiry as to what the Labor Ex new one. It was the moving force of the convention and in the full glare of its discussion King was bership to take the damnable dose bid to suffer on, starve on and work under the pains and penalty of be change is, and we are unable to reply to all of them. But for the beneiit of all we will give in brief as full an as their base, stands the party machine operated by the party boss. This party boss is the very concentration of evil. Equity and justice nominated.

people have divided upon the question of means to be employed. on, "for their reward was in heaven," while they took the men longest in the old parties, hedging up the way idea of the Labor Exchange as pos Bible. King convicts himself of first calling out the state committee in some advocate vigorous state action abide not in his councils. Deceit, in the form of prohibitory law, while of reform; the men who had done (1) It is a voluntary Co-operative the matter of his withdrawal, and treachery and falsehood, together Association, existing and doing busi mis at a time wnen it was news the least for the cause of humanity, men who were the least incompetent, with an arsenal of calumnies, are their ing branded traitors to the party and sell-outs to the enemy if they failed Traitors and knaves only will do such things. Serfs and idiots only will submit.

When Mr. King put himself at the disposal of such a traitorous combination for such a traitorous otners nave contended that the remedy lay in the licenses or option law. Both have been tried aDd both have been condemned by their ness upon the contributions of its members, and for the benefit of (1) the membership, and (2) the general and in every way the least meritor weapons of desolation and extermi nation. paper and public report that the state committee were hatching deals with democracy. He gives ious, and put them to the front to live in ease and draw their nourish public.

It issues no stock, makes no assessments and creates no liability The republican and democratic as an excuse his desire of party success over the gratification of ment from the men who have suffered most and who labor most. parties have their party bosses and the people have their wrecked and ruined industries as the result there for its membership. (2) Its object is to furnish em-plovment to the idle, increase pro personal ambition. The Garnelt disposition to be made of him he duction and facilitate exchange and convention did not nominate King to gratify his personal desires, but branded himself a traitor and forfeited the respect of all good of. Unparalled treachery Base ingratitude! Unconscionable wretches! them down why cumber they The remedy lies not in building to advance the people cause.

it hopes to banish the curse of poverty which lays its hand so heavily upon, and establish in its stead marvelous prosperity that shall bless every Who in convention will ever enemies. Certain it is that the evil has not been suppressed, though possibly it may have been restricted. Again others with much learning and great earnestness, point to the proper education of the people as the true and only remedy for the woes of intemperance. It would seem that a properly educated manhood, surrounded by proper and natural influences, would gravitate most naturally to the side of right and never to dens of infamy. Another element in society, and a very worthy and thoughtful element, not wholly discarding as worthless other theories, insist that the general government ought to take charge of the liquor other and new party bosses.

The rule of a party boss must always be the rule of a Nero, and never that of again work for the nomination of In this matter its judgement had been given and its will should have been supreme. Having received the nomination and feelinerlv the ground," saith the Almighty. home in the land. Mr. King to any office? Equity, justice the spirit of the the people.

(3) For all contributions made to it, in the line of business, or otherwise, it issues to the contributor cer rersonally we called upon Mr, King and urged him not to with Golden Rule "An injury to one is the concern of all," must form the The People's party of Kansas has tificate Of deposit LABOR CHECKS been trying to blaze the road to re draw from the race, nor to permit himself to be withdrawn and foundation of reform, else there can in convenient denominations at the form with one of these political be no reform. market value of the thing deposited, pointed out the inevitable if he did Neroes in the lead. This method of and these checks are made redeem Until our political superstructure We are exceedingly sorrv that he procedure is not the genius of the is builded upon such a foundation able at any branch of the Exchange at their face value in the property of People's party, but it is an ingraft the sword of the New Era will flash the Exchange kept for sale. from democracy with which the Peo in air. (4) The membership is based up ple's party has been hobnobbing.

It thanked the convention for it; having pledged the convention, and through it, the entire district, that he would remain loyal to the will of. that convention until the counting out of the votes in November, we now find him pettifogging the state committee to take him out of Col. Moore's way. He plainly asks for the action of that committee as a shield to protect him against the charge of treason to his party and to the friends who secured his nomination. His willingness to be removed he parades as an evidence of his unbounded loyalty to his party.

His willing on an agreement to receive these COMMENTS ON KING. is not to be expected that the People's party could fuse with democracy without taking upon herself the taint checks at their face value; this assures to the check at the very outset a field of circulation. As they are perfectly good they will circulate beyond the membership. Experience did not harken unto the advice of those who in the hour of battle had shown him friendship. When Mr.

King took the action he did, Wall street, corporate money power and all hell rejoiced. A democrat in congress dances to the crack of the Wall street lash just as readily as does a republican and Col. Moore declared in the Lawrence democratic and Garnett populist conventions that he was a Cleveland democrat. of her seducer. Thus it is that the tramc.

in tms case every state could be brought under the uniform action of law. Under state prohibition, outside state influences break in, nullify and destroy the home however wise and judicious they may be. This we have fully realized in this state. Yet it is doubtful if very many of our citizens would be in favor of the repeal of our prohibitory law and a return to the old time days of the saloon. It is true that an educated refined people might under the option law rid themselves of the-saloon, yet this educational development would have to be general, else localities prohibiting the traffic would, be in the same condition as prohibi methods of democracy, so bitterly KINGS WITHDRAWAL IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRACY, TREACHER! AND FRAUD.

Kansas City, Kas Aug. 15, 1892. To the members of the Congressional Com proves that they do. condemned at Omaha, became the (5) When these checks return to their plaee of issue they are cancelled, methods of the new party, transplant mitte, People's party, Second district, Hence they can never be cornered or ed upon the virgin soil of reform Kansas. manipulated to the injury of the peo their growth was luxurious.

Vice pie. always fattens upon virtue. ness to sacrifice his personal desires and ambition that the People's party might be advanced somehow through the election of Col. Moore (6) The products of labor, and la Gentlemen: On the 5th of July last, now six weeks since, fully appreciating the peculiar and unpleasant position in which I was bor itself, are made the base of the check, and can not be mortgaged or John Breidenthal has been playing the part of the new party boss. By placed, as well as the Second district gen tion Kansas is, surrounded by other When we have proven that there he holds forth as evidence of un encumbered, but may be used in the erally, I wrote a somewhat lengthy letter to natural make-up, by practice and by states, unfriendly to prohibition.

bounded patriotism. But viewed channels of business for the benefat Chairman Breidenthal of the state committee, ibis society of progressive think all his early surroundings he is em of the association. The CHECK-base from any standpoint it can only be considered evidence that he was ers is registered as in favor of the was fusion in Kansas last year by the treachery of committees and state candidates, contrary to the spirit of the state convention, and the spirit is the base of a government bond. (7) Legal tender is regarded as inently fitted to develop into a party boss. His inspiration has been drawn reciting the story of certain evil influences that had occasioned all our troubles, and placing myself at the disposal of the committee control of the liquor traffic or the supression of saloons." either a putty head or a knave from the fountain of modern democ commodity and kept only to do what logaliaadeir uinnw dp.

It would be dimcult to control that Just how the action of the state 6l'e in the following language: of the membership of the party, then we ghall up. the nature of the which is not owned. It might m- racy: Xlit) power that committee in advising King Jkvitli-J has just cause to be proud of its work thus far. appointments of the' governor and ambitions which I might possess to imperil its success too reasonable to ignore the advice of others. I could not, for one momtnt.

state officials. In the last campaign Breidenthal stand in the way of the grand success which This battle will wax hotter and ures, or weaken the force, but if the owner of the liquor business, then it can be controlled. If the state would go beyond restrictive measures and become the owner, suppression might follow. joined himself to the democratic ma our party is sure to achieve, and so stand against the intelligent counsel of personal and party friends. If, therefore, you, as chairman of the state committee of the Second district, in the interest of the success of the hotter along the lines of logic and order, and the state committee shall be reorganized and the state house cirawai, said action having been called out by King himself, or his perfect willingness to be withdrawn, can satisfy the friends who trusted King, worked for him, spent time and money for his nomination, and placed him in their esteem above other good men in the district, who, if they had been nominated, would have been as true as steel, is not clear to us.

And most certainly they had a chine and received and gave orders. Division of the offices was the watchword. Trade and barter was the base. Educators were not wanted. 1 he liquor business is carried on for the profit there is in it.

Thft- People's party, shall at any time advise mv harder the times the greater the rush officials turned under, or their policy changed and made to harmonize with the Omaha platform, common withdrawal, I certainly shall not interpose my will against the will of those selected to advance the interests of the party. I feel Light was injurious to the combina tion, hence it was turned off that that my withdrawal without such positive deposited checks are issued for it -as for any other commodity. Thus every deposit increases the volume of money dqikg business to the amount of the deposit. Under the Exchange plan there will always be as much cmcK-money to do business with as there is business to be done. Men and women would not be idle for want of money; business would not stagnate for want of money.

Men, women and children would not starve and freeze in a land of plenty for want of money. An intelligent people will rise above the roar of sham battles and, acting in their sovereign capacity, make that which will perform all the functions of money, except for taxes and debt, and wisdom will dictate that this kind of a medium of exchange can find no better base to rest upon than the base of life itself. Those desiring information in regard to the Exchange would do well to subscribe for the New Era. tor ttie tramc and the more intense the evils following therefrom, This is but natural. It should be the aim of the state to eliminate from the business wholly the element of profit advice would be regarded by my friends as a sense and honesty, and with the change in their policy a change in their most odious appointments.

cowardly betrayal ot their confidence and darkness might prevail. Democracy marked the men who might safely be trusted as harmless and it was even the success of the party, dear as that it snau not ne esteemed more highly ttan the faith of friends who trust me. This is right and just and equitable and should be at once granted, then Breidenthal's business to O. K. them.

mnisnaa oeen done in Kansas when the prohibitory law was passed there wouid not have been a saloon, or joint-now within the state. Again it shouk be, if liquors are to be manu- All others, it mattered not their right, over and above the state committee, to be consulted before any such action had been taken. But Mr. King tells us he was deluged with letters from his district touching the matter of his withdrawal, yet this correspondence is of such a nature that King harmony will prevail. If not granted THE BATTLE WILL BE PROLONGED UNTIL Since writing the above letter, a perfect deluge of letters has come to me from our people all over the Second district, and some from outside the district, advising on all sides A CHANGE SHALL BE FORCED.

ability, experience and fidelity to the cause of reform, must 'be turned under lest their labors might brighten the lights of intelligence and thus reveal the horrid form of political of this troublesome question some insisting that I shall continue in the race let come what will, and others counseling my withdrawal as WOMAN'S POLITICAL PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE. says: "It is exceedingly difficult for one who desires party success over all other political consider the best means of helping our party. It is exceedingly difficult for one who desires party success above all other political considerations The V. P. P.

L. of Topeka hold meetings weekly, and they ations to form an intelligent de to form an intelligent decision as to his duty. prostitution. It was the process of making and unmaking men. This new party autocrat stretched forth his hand, and every man and woman in the state who had committed their all to the fortunes of the cision as to his duty." "I mi We havereceived a very able article from Mrs Semple, of Ottawa, which are increasing in interest and attendance.

Last Thursday the sub us see. 1 nere were some in that convention who feared just such a course as King took and will appear in next weeks issue. ject for discussion was, "What can reform movement, whose living came the women of the People party do for the people's cause." Mrs. Anna Diggs, the state organizer, from their labors along this line, the question was raised that if King should be nominated would he not sell out to democracy and get out of Moore's way? Would It appears that Gen. Little gets rattled when he gets petitions from both sides of the saloon question and don't know what to do.

Let him was present and gave a talk on the subject, and some good ideas on were crucified on the altar of their sacrifices. Like the faithful old animal which had served his master well, they were turned out, mid the we not have our labors for naught? "practical politics" which were instructive and very much enjoyed iacturtd, tne most rigid requirements of law that liquors should not be adulterized. Make it a crime of high magnitude. This would strike' at the eleuent of profit and danger. But it stems to me that the better-way would be to let the general government take possession of the manufactures and sale of the article.

This would give us the article in its-purity, and thorn of much of its power to injuie and destroy. Then let the government put this article upon the market through the agency of its own agenh and under its own regulations, and for the excepted purpose only. Salary agents, put them under bonds tor faithful action, then add to the cost of the article-just enough to paj the cost of handling. Make it a cr me to adulterate, equal to the crime (f counterfeiting. Keep the salary on a level with the.

income of legitimate business then there will be no scramble for the-position of government salesman. Make the getting of liquors by deception, or fraud, acri ie of no small magnitude, and enforce it, then it would seem as though the liquor problem would be sobed. Yet the people would not be fr )d from the responsibility of educting themselves and their childrei' upon the evil of the traffic. Law is the out growtl, of an educated public mind and enlightened conscience. Law will mit be enforced unless these all poweifnl ao-oncies I find it to be the unanimous opinion of the members of our state committee, so far as 1 have learned that opinion, and of our state candidates, that my withdrawal in this district and our support of the democratic nominee here for congress would greatly strengthen our ticket all over the state, and go far toward securing our success.

This may be true. At any rate I am willing to rely on the judgment of the excellent gentlemen who believe it to be true. 1 do not know what your judgment is on this matter, or what your action will be at your meeting at Ottawa to day. Let me suggest that no personal consideration should star.d in the way of your acting for the best interests of the party. Its success alone should be the guiding star of your action, and no individual should be permitted to stand in the way.

Do not consider consult xus oain oi omce, tnen follow his nose, Lewelling and democracy notwithstanding, then he will blasts of winter, to die. etc. His friends were consulted and each indignantly denied the possibility of such base action. The matter was brought directly by an. one reports good success in organizing; that women are have no trouble.

A manly intel enthusiastic the study of pro Every People's party editor, after the stripe of the Omaha platform, understands this. Every man, whose ligent man in that office would knock the racket into a cocked hat gressive pontics ana win wield a strong influence for good in the coming campaign. The strup-rrle to King who with much feeling protested against even the thought, and when nominated he again positively pledged the convention that efforts were put forth from the ros tram, can add his testimony. They for the ammendment, giving wo in a trice. CITY FIXERS.

CUT THEM DOWN. as their standard bearer he would either had to stifle their conviction, man tne irancmse, is very impor not desert them, nor strike his col tant and must be earnestly advo iJeon guard, Boys. The city cated by all the workers for equal rights. The following resolutions were ors to democracy, and now he can't decide his duty. He hears no longer the voice of his convention, he forgets their labors schemers who are posing as Populists turn traitor to the cause, or see their business wrecked nd starvation staring them in the face.

For years they had boldly met corporate greed, with its infamous boycott, and lived, but now, for the first time the fatal blow was struck which meant ser- met last Wednesday evening and passed: decided to go before the county con and sacrifices in his behalf; he forgets his pledges, and his open ac Kesolved, That the best way to aid the People's party is to elevate its moral standard ceptance ot a most sacred trust vention and work for an adjournment until after the democratic and trades union conventions, and then and make it worthy of support. Resolved, That the letter of Tohn and seeks shelter behind an infa Little, Attorney General of the State of Kan mous, a traitorous set of Benedict work for a "fighting combination." Head them off. They are a living Arnolds 'known as the state com mittee, expecting to humbug his disgrace to numanuy. iney are placing around- you and yours, the inenas and the general public. We repeat: JVothmo- new had tran my interest one moment.

The welfare of the people must in no case be subordinated to in dividual ambition or advancement. I want, so far as I can, to relieve you from any restraint under which you may seem placed by reason of your friendship for me and leave you entirely free to act for the best interests of our party. Therefore, believing it to be the desire of our state committee and of our state candidates that all opposition in this district should be united against Mr. Funston and earnestly desiring the same myself, I hereby tender to you my withdrawal from the congressional contest in this district and ask that you accept, if in your judgment such withdrawal and acceptance shall be for the good of our cause. Sincerly hoping that your judgment will be such as will meet the dpproval of our party friends everywhere, I am, Fraternally yours, S.

Kino. Resolved, That in behalf of the congressional committee and People's party of the Second congressional district of Kansas, chain of slavery. Stamp them out. Permit no dickering, for on this spired since the Garnett convention to darken Mr. King's path-way, making it difficult to under campaign hangs the liberty of the vility or starvation, and John W.

Breidenthal, as the head of the People's party, struck that blow. This Nero in the garb of reform had nothing but the gaunt form of hunger for the faithful workers, but he could draw in from the already debt burdened farmers, panting for relief, a campaign fund, under the pretense of using it for their good, then out of this fund pay some $1,200 to such a wretch as Jim Legate to preach to the people his own corruption, well knowing that he was wholly unreliable. In the future John W. Breidenthal and Jim. Legate, arm in arm, will march down people.

He who falters now, is existing among the pecple, and to such an extent as to coitrol action. Law is enforced through courts and by means of juries. adges and juries are taken from the t0dy of the people, and in spirit the wjH not be unlike their creator. the publio ideal is high then comes tje expression of that ideal in wise and just laws and wise and just men wiU every where abound who vjj force these laws. Not otherwise.

My sisters, let us blaze the road to these higher ideas which, A would make the traffic in liquors at the consequent downfall of the rt ce as the crimes of the ages, and we faint not, in due time we bhail see these high ideals crystalizedl into sas, dated July 12, 1893, to Rev. A. J. Richard of Ft. Scott, meets with the unqualified disapproval of thin league.

That the sentiment therein contained is unworthy the chief prosecuting official of the State of Kansas and we telieve the position taken by the attorney general is a practical surrender to the liquor saloon and the baser element in politics, and we believe misrepresents the true sentiments of Kansas women. Resolved, That we request the People's party county convention of this county soon to assemble to place in nomination only such candidates as unqualifiedly favor woman's suffrage. Next meeting will be held Wednesday, July 19, instead of Thursday, on account of the silver convention to be held on the 20th. Tho subject for discussion is the stand his duty, unless it may have been in the line of boodle, and on knave. We shall look to the country tins point we defy the world.

delegates to mann the ship, guard her, .1 1 uu prmeui, ner. xjet not your rom the above letter we find that the state committee and state candidates were in favor of Mr. wives and children plead in vain. Do your duty by giving these schem ere a black eye. We will give their King's withdrawal, and the support of a "democratic nominee" in the Second, as the best means to names next week, national law.

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