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never be condoned by a Jarty entrusted word about usury. Men who placed man upon this world. It place me in a light before thal did not know, came to the bank com WEEKLY missioner and introduced himself. The is satanic in its very essence; with a reform mission in methods and measures. The coi2le pursued by Senator Jumper as member oT $he leg WAS COSTIGAN FOR FUSION IN 1892T Leedy's organs are charging that I am not sincere in my opposition to fusion; some of these friends.

But time will set all things to right. While such attacks may preju stranger commenced by apologizing because the wholesale liquor di alers of Kan heartrending in its effects Its voted against Sheldon's bill will tell you that it was their understanding that Leedy was against it. And no man can deny but blighting influence is everwhere. W. J.

COSTIGAN, islature in tne disposition or tne convict coal question, and his manifest antagonism to the interest of the wage-earning class, implies a gross violation of implied that I wot for fusion in 1892. and that dice some, yet they have unin- Its unhappy victims comprise a my cry against fasion now is that I am entionally served an invaluable hat Leedy had the power a pledges. We, therefore, repudiate and arge portion of every commu sore; that Leedy didn't give me a job. I'ublished every Wednesday and entered at the oituwa postoflice for transmission through the mails as second class mater. Subscription Prick One Dollar Per Annum.

Tics; Cents Until Close of the Campaign thousand times over to secure nity in Kansas. etc The Kansas City Times has had the- condemn the course adopted by Senator Jumper, and we formally demand his retirement as a member of the board of charities and his resignation as state purpose, rnese auacKS nave been the means of notifying the passage of that bill. Even Leedy's chief organ tells me brazen impudence to make suoh state if he was not guilty of acts of senator." KANSAS OCTOBER 26, that "the people of Kansas are sas City, had not subscribed more to the pop campaign fund. This man was a wholesale liquor dealer. Breidenthal put his pumps at work.

"I forgot the amount of your donation; how much was itf" he inquired. "Only $500," replied the liquor man. Further pumping developed tho fact that' the money was paid to Judge Pfost. The money was never turned over to the populist state committee. This soured Breidenthal on Ffost.

When Leedy was making up his list oi appointments shortly after coming into power Breiden ment-'. It does this hopincr to throw thousands of my old-time populist friends that I am still on The resolution was introduced by Louis commission to secure its defeat, sending money east for invest disoredit on my utterances now. It hopes Matignon, a well known mhur. his notorious acts of omission earth, and again running a pa ment at 4 per cent and taking to deceive the populist voters of Kaneas. The faot that Jumper is Governor per.

The result has been that in regard to it, should call down Yet bear in mind the Kaneas City Times government bonds at 6 per A. Leedy's right hand man, ia evidence that uron him the execrations of my paper circulates to-day in the miners intended to take a fall out of cent." is the same lying democratic sheet that For President, WHARTON BARKER. For Vice President, IGNATIUS DONNELLY. Subject to referendum of the of the United States. A.

every debt-paying victim in the governor as well as the senator. This is its defense for Leedy's Leedy in his honest day stood up in his every populist- community in Kansas. Kansas. JAG JUMPER DEFENDS RRUTALITY. place in the senate and denounced for opposition to the platform thal told the governor that he had no rec The following presents both Sheldon's bill provided for the ommendations to make for anyone, but its depravity of character.

A recent Topeka dispatch asked as a favor that Pfoet be not given a sides of the situation: In 1892 I was editor of the Ottawa forfeiture of both principal and pledge of a law against usury. How many people are doing that? For every man in Kansas who says; LEEDY'S CRIME OF CRIMES. Journal, the then leading paper of the interest. Leedy's gang say that job. Among other things he reoited the story told above and also the story of Two weeks ago Lloyd Miller, an inmate Recently, tlie Kansas City Look On This.

By request of of the state reform sohool, escaped and populist party in Kansas. Its files will is too severe, and that laws Pfost collecting campaign funds at Lawrence nnder false pretenses and failing to is loaning money east at 3 and 4 per cent per annum, there are walked home the greater part of the way many voters, we re tell the story. A reference to them will show that each and every issue of it ab publish an Open against usury do no good. As to the former, I have this to say. to his home in Wichita, arriving there stuff, had this to say: turn them in to the state committee.

Letter to Costigan," 1,000 men paying that much per last Sunday. He told his parents that he That is the penalty in pluto Walter Costigan of Ottawa has gone off the populist reservation and, like Barney month. For every lender in had been husg up by his feet by the re When it beoame apparent that Pfbst was to get a place, Breidenthal filed a strong protest in writing against his appointment to anything. Leedy turned down form sohool authorities and whipped till Kansas there are 10,000 borrow cratic New York. That is the penalty in republican Minne Then On That.

Hoxie, Sheridan county, Kan October 17, 1898. Walter Costigan, Ottawa, Dear Sir and Brother In this county there are a large number of true followers of the Omaha platform who are tossing on the sea of unsettled minds as to their duty. They come to this offioe almost daily for literature Sheridan, will probably vote for the re pnblioan ticket for the purpose of "pu there were blood blisters on his back. At ers. Let me give some testi another time, he said, he was turned face sota.

If they do not regard it mony from even an advocate of raying Kansas pontics." Mr. coetigan -wants a law passed by which a debtor can downwards, and while the officers stood the protest and gave Pfost one of the best places within his gift making him judge of one of the new courts in Kansas City, too severe, certainly populist on his hands he was beaten with a forked Leedy's: the fraud and tool of the republican party at Ottawa. Boys, publish the letter. It will make votes for our party. Mr.

Pratt knows Costigan, and he knows him to be working in the interest of the gold standard a wolf in sheep's clothing. Spot the hypocrite. Pleasanton Herald, Ootober 14. get out of paying both principal and in strap. His father also said that when he Kansas should not so regard it Some months afro, I met on a Kan.

Breidenthal then severed diplo terest in certain contingencies. With matio relations with Leedy and resigned train, Mr. Baker, who was reached home he was almost a living skeleton, having lived on a diet of bread the people of Kansas sending money east for investment at 4 per cent and taking shortly after as chairman of the populist member oi the hoard oi par The doctrine that laws against usury do not prevent it, does not merit reply. If such laws are of no avail why are they state committee. In the reorganization government bonds at 3 per cent, Mr.

Cos and water. It is asserted also that there were 180 bruises, blisters and soabs from dons under Lewelline. I found of the state committee after the last state tizan can not get np much exoitement and openly state the condition of their minds. I haveloaneJ the paper yon seat beating on his body. The Humane him a warm supporter of Leedy.

over the question of usury. convention it was through Leedy's in society raised a protest and P. A. Rohr- fluenoe that Pfost was named as chairman fought so desperately? More On that we could not agree, so me and they have baugh wrote Qovernor Leedy demanding over, that such an argument we drifted to other topics. He As usual, tne iusion press eagerly copied and circulated this.

The Leedy organs of my an investigation. H. G. Jumper, chairman of the board of charities, which has of the ways and means committee. But the managers will handle the brewers and wholesale liquor dealers themselves this time.

Pfost will have to confine his should ever be advanced within worn it out in hunger for the truth it oontained, and yet all have not eeen it. told me he was traveling for a charge of the reform sohool, deolared to the populist party, shows plainer home county did so with es harvester company as collector If you will mail last day that the only trouble at the reform efforts to raise funds to another field than words can tell, how fallen pecial glee. that time was an onslaught against fusion. I can truthfully say that I have said more things, traveled more miles, enoountered more conflicts, and spent more dollars to fight fusion, than has any other editor in Kansas. To show that my fight today is the same old fight, I quote a few from the many hundred things I wrote against fusion and democratic dictation in 1892, the year they now charge I was for fusion.

The Journal wants nothing to do with a fusion ticket. The Journal would welcome fusion to the people's party just the same as it would welcome small-pox or Asiatic cholera. If the people's platform is not good enough for Overmey6r, then Overmeyer is not good enough for the Journal. If Overmeyer has not got the "sand" to come out and declare for our principles he certainly will not have the "sand" to fight for them on the floor of congress. Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1892.

It gives us pleasure to see the Jeffet-sonian, of come out an anti-fusion paper. Fnsion holds the same place in politios that adultery does in morals. A fusion paper is not and cannot be a people's paper. The fusionist is the most insidious foe that the devil will ever rear np against in the people's party. The fusionist is the wolf in sheep's clothing.

He is the fellow who goes into our primaries and our conventions, claiming as much right there as anybody, while his mission is to work for one or other of the old parties. Tin fusionist is to the people's cause what Judas was to ohristianity, and Benediot sohool is laok of severe discipline. He spoke of the difficulty collections, owing to the dis week a issue and the ones np to election to the following It may be that the time has "Superintendent Hart tries to treat the the party has become. The very essence of populis Now, as to the brewery contribution, I knowT nothing the statement in the above inclination of many farmers to come when I can not get up boys as he would his own and forgets that the little rascals are sent there because persons and send me the amount I will pay until they sold their grain much excitement over the ques doctrine has been CHEAP MONEY AND CHEAP TRANS they are too mean to do any good outside, dispatch. As to the Lawrence When he requested them to an guarantee its payment in full.

Fraternally yours. we won't send after Miller. Unless we tion of usury. If so it proves only one thing how nearly PORTATION. But the greatest affair I have this to say: ticipate these sales by giving hear from the officers at Wichita that short time notes on local banks they want Miller brought back we will let I think I can stand that sort is CHEAP MONEY.

The roya road to these is "governmen Pending the campaign two years ago, Mr. Martindale, the Leedy has killed the populis party in Kansas. him stay where he is." they objected on the ground of thing very well. My circuia That is just like Jumper. populist editor at excessive interest.

He was re There was plenty of excite tion has now reached 8,000 pa ownership." until thai is reached we must approximate Jumper ought to be transported deprecating to me the character ment over it until John W. pers each issue. I have re to the Cannibal Islands. A1 such results by state legislation less crowd who had broken into ferring to Central and Western Kansas. In order to save another trio.

Baker said in ceived a dozen letters within the Leedy was elected governor Kansas. There was plenty The greatest boon that can come though in his McPherson speech our party. He bitterly de past few days of the same tenor last week Leedy publicly con many instances he agreed to as as the one from Hoxie, but through state legislation is laws by which the lender can afford excitement over it among the men who nominated him for nounced Pfost as a sample, and told me that he (Martindale) was coniessed mat wnen ne was in sume the interest, and he found have selected that because it to lend money on cheap rates the senate with Jumper, Jump it was 3 per cent per month. governor. There was plenty comes from the most remote cor and then severe laws to punish er's every day conduct was such then one of a sub-committee appointed by the state central committee to investigate the excitement over it among the Hundreds of like instances I Arnold was to the cause of American for extortion.

that he (Leedy) could not tel men who drafted and adopted could be repeated. But it is not independence. Ottawa Journal, June 30, 1892. ner of the state. It away out in Sheridan county populists are so anxious to read what I The populist party has been the platform on which he was whether Jumper was drunk or sober, and yet Leedy put such charge that Pfost had been soliciting money in Lawrence (and necessary.

To-day, my readers are numbered by thousands in for two years in absolute power elected. Because I now believe have to say, as the above letter a man at the head of the board as I did then, Leedy's Missouri Kansas. With all confidence, I says, I can afford to excuse the had collected some) on the pre tense it was for Leedy's cam in this state. It has left the usurer in all the power it found him. Senator Sheldon, the democratic organ and his lick appeal to their own experience that controls the great charitable institutions of Kansas.

No frantic condition of the Pleasanton Herald man, and the rest spittle fusion editors throughou paign. Martindale said that Leedy told him Pfost never as proof of the absurdity of the statement of the Kansas City wealthiest man in that senate tnis state would nave me con wonder such an outfit can't ge above a campaign about yard of the fusion gang of editors made a noble attempt to give turned any such money over to yicted of political treason. Times. Hon. John O.

Otis. The old party prees are concerning themselves greatly about Congressman Otis and the question of his renomina-tion. Just what his district will do we do not know. We presume they will do their duty and renominate him. The only charge we have heard against him is that his speeches and votes have given umbrage to the democrats.

Well, we are not aware that Otis was elected to please the democrats. Otis is in no way responsible to the democrats, neither should he be htld responsible to them. Hundreds of democrats nndoubtedly voted for Otis. He may be, therefore, under personal obligation to them. He This Pleasanton Herald fellow relief to the people.

His bil him. The state central com "What hasJjecomejpjjfcJP-flm was one of the men who a short ing hogs and cattle. Time was when the populist campaign was homes of Kansas. See the and was defeated after repeated at jHSS-wh mup hat swelter- tempts, and Leedy is re devoted mostly to. tjie happiness time ago said no one was read ing Costigan's Weekly.

But mittee, Martindale said, claimed they had seen none of it either, Martindale- was deploring the women who arise beforeMhe A. -a it t.fo tfce the coming of day, and like gitlhj he. seems to have, suddenly Leedy Wajor shrieve, cif or the reform suhooIJ'Y arid Governor facjJhat we had isuch -men as Staves toil without ceasing until changed his mind, liuu -Wv persecuted him from tharj-working hisbt been an actual eye wit seems to have Costigan on the Pfost in our" party. Later on, shortly after elec ness to its workings, but of al brain, and practically devotes his entire editorial page in abuse barbarous and shocking tales I tion, and before Leedy was in to this. Leedy is now looking for votes for re-election.

Where is there a man who is forced to pav tribute to Shylock that have ever heard as being toler augurated, Senator Sheldon and ot me. The open letter he re for several months Uicn tne ADHene conventior was held, and cheered nntiths---dli2CS was almost rent, when the platform was read and the repub licans were denounced for their defeat of populist bills to reduce the rates of interest and place a suitable penalty on the crime of usury? For days before that convention was held I was stretched on the bed of sickness, that narrow isthmus between life and death. At what many deemed should support him? fers to, and which he publishes for the second time, is a diatribe ated or perpetrated in a civilized community, they are the stories that have come to me (and they long after the going down of the sun for whatj To pay interest on mortgages, and at rates that are appalling. See the father of the family, often in sickness as well as in health, exposed to the fierce heats of snmmer, and the fiercer blasts of winter, toiling, toiling, toiling, to keep Shy-lock from selling the roof from over his head, or the very bed myself had a talk with State Central Committeeman Clark at Lawrence. Clark was telling us how the worst element in the Senator Sheldon a lender, that first appeared in a fusion paper at Lansing, published by come through appointees) about and has been for a quarter of a century.

Day after day and that institution. My sources party was pressing forward to a fellow named Pratt. I dori information are such that I must year after year he has come in the pie-counter. Clark seemed know Pratt from Adam, but am contact with the men who have to think that they were crazy to believe doings there ere bar barous. informed he is a penitentiary even imagine that Leedy would official under Warden Landis at would probably be pleased to have them vote him utniui.

But the fact that he has not allowed personal considerations to emasculate his efficial course, the fact that though the democratic sword has hung suspended over his head, he spoke what he believed to be the truth as fearlessly to democrats as well as to repnbli-cans all these things t-hould redound to his honor, and demand that his party bring to his support and encouragement that fearlessness which he has displayed on the floor of congress. If the people's party begins to flinch under democratic threats, if Otis' head is now served up to them on a dish, if the fiat is to go out that no people's man mast offend the demoorats or pay the price with his head, in fine if democracy is to be given the veto power on our nominations then must our party stand cqn-vioted as an organized hypocrisy, and An underling and suppliant tool of demag raoy, The defeat of Otis at the polls woald now be as nothing oompared with his defeat in the people's party convention. The one great curse that has ever clung to reform parties in Kansas is that too many reform officials have cringed until they needed a footstool to look democracy in the face, and sold out their party for democratic votes to succeed themselves. But Otis has not been one of this kind. He has performed his duty fearlessly, ably and well.

He baa every reason to expect that his district has the manho to stand by him We believe it will. We btlieve from under his babes. Look at that mother, who toils and econ As for Jumper's statement, it was a hazard of my life, I arose Lansing, and that the letter was to pay interest. He knows what it is to have borrowers come to him to ask forbearance of payment until some more fortunate date, and tell of the absolute does not merit reply. He prob ably has got state charitable in from that bed to attend the Abilene convention, and no man in omizes and economizes and toils; whose life is one protracted gotten up by the fusion head quarters' outfit.

recognize them. Among others he mentioned Pfost, and told us the story about Pfost and the campaign money, and also how Pfost during the campaign pretended to read to Clark from a stitutions and state stockyards Kansas was more anxious that martyrdom; whose breast is confused in his mind, and imag I should do so than was John But all this is music to my ears. Some populist should do necessity in the home for the immediate use of the money at filled with anxiety for the mor row, and the fate of her chil ines the unfortunate inmates are what I am now doing. But hand. hogs and cattle.

letter that Leedy was in need of W. Leedy, as he can well re member. Strength did not per mit me to spend but a few mo dren anxiety so intense that if most natures shrink from as Sheldon, though a lender, has yon could place your ear against sault and abu3e. Few cared to Let every Christian man and woman, every civilized being, pray for a change. Hail, menis at a time in tne conven that breast you could hear her a humane sympathy for the man whose necessities compel him endure the shafts of Leedy's tion.

I was a sick man and had mongrel pack of fusion editors heart drip drops of blood. And all because money that should to borrow. Sheldon will again blessed day! to spend most of my time in Rut as for mvself. I feel as felt money. Clark said he snatched the letter from Pfost's hand, and found that Pfost was lying; that while the letter was from Leedy it had no reference to money, but simply asked Pfost to hurry up the forwarding of a suit of clothes that Leedy had ordered in Kansas City.

Pfost never my hotel bed. But I was in the Cobbett in the Ions when be in the senate this winter to present and press his bill to be spent on necessities for her children, on necessities for that convention when the platform that the people's party of that district will treat the democratic demand for Otis he said: LET THEM ROAR, BROTHER; IT ONLY HELPS. A sympathizing brother edi was read. As far as my feeble home, mu3t go to satiate Shy lower interest rates to 8 per cent, and make the forfeituieof both "It is not for the rich and the condition permitted, I joined in scalp as suoh insolence deserves. We believe that district can elect him.

But if not, then ten-fold better will it be to have some hide-bound republican like Curtis, powerful of my contrymen lock's godless greed. Next to the eternal flames of hell there principal and interest the pen the tumultuous cheer that greet tor thinks Leedy's cornstalk editors are pounding me a little have spoken; but for the poor, go to congress, than some dongh-faoed ed the reference to lowering the is no torture so agonizing, no studied law, and I believe drove the reform school wagon under the persecuted, and the pro too hard, and he comes to my alty for usury. Sheldon will be there to press his bill, and let every victim of usury pray that rates of interest and placing a scribed. I have not been un relief as follows; cruelty so heartless, as Shy lock's baneful grasp. Lewelling's administration.

suitable penalty on the crime of W. J. Costigan is coming in for a large Such is the reputation of Mr, Leedy will not be in power to mindful of the unpopularity and the prejudice that would usury. The evil of usury is greater share of populistio abuse just now. He Pfost.

Yet in the face of al again oppose that bill. than all others combined. Com hermaphrodite people man. If we 'are to have plntooratio dog-rubbers in oo tigress, for Heavtns's' sake let it not be said they were sent there by the people's party. We can stand the defeat of good men, but we cannot survive the elioionof bad ones.

And if the people's party does not stand by the men who have stood by it, it will go down, and doubly deserves to go down. Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1892. AS FROSTF AS USUAL this, Goyernor Leedy a few What has become of those men and the people they repre-rented Of all of them, am I pared to evils of usury, the mat has repudiated the state administration and is telling some unpleasant truths in his paper. According to the subsidized populist papers, he has sold out to the republicans. If Costigan has sold out, weeks later appoints him not JUMPER DIMMED I only to an office, hut to a JUDI attend the enterprise.

But when duty so sacred bade me speak, it would have been baseness superlative to hold my tongue, and baseness superlative would it have been if, having the will CIAL office, with a salary of how about those hundreds of other lead 2,000 a year. What can be ing populists who are deserting? One of OSAGE MINERS ABE AGAINST ter of railroad extortion sinks into insignificance. The average Kansas farmer pays five times in excessive interest what he does in excessive taxes and excessive railroad charges. Senator Sheldon's bill for lower interest and a fit penalty two things muet be true: populists must more shocking What manner be for sale cheap or they are honest in of man must Governor Leedy o'aanging their politioal views. It would FAILURE OP THE IN DICKINSON POP RALLY COUNTY, be, when he thinks a man with as well as the power, I had been restrained by fear of the shafts of falsehood and of folly.

To be clear of self reproach ia bankrupt any politioal party on earth to Mr. Pfost's reputation is a fit bny them in suoh numbers if they received ed their price. Give poor Costigan a rest JUMPER. HIS PLEDGES NO GOOD! A Demand That Leedy Dismiss Jumper Prom the Stats Board of Charities. Kansas Cijy Journal.

1 Horaoe Greely Jumper, state senator man to invest with judicial pow FEW TURN OUT TO HEAR. and look after some of the other deserters- ers? Certainly there must be among the greatest of human against usury contained more )urce of relief forv the people of Kansas than all, the railroad The fact is, if I didn't make something radically wrong in Leedy's pack of curs snarl and Money Przes and Two Congress the moral fibre of a man who bills, all the salary reduction biils, all the school book bills, will do such a thing. Imagine SOMETHING FOR LEEDY'S ADMIRERS TO THINK ABOUT. I take the following extract practically alone now Would they believe it treason to give that cheer again? Because I still believe as I did then, do the taunts and thrusts of the Kansas City Times and the cowardly band of populist fusion editors in Kansas meet their approval No. I can not believe it.

I can not believe that the true voice of populism is eo stilled in Kansas. The victims of usury are too many to suffer any man who raises his voice against it to lack supporters. Of all the diabolical deeds of man, usury is the worst. It has filled more graves, broken more hearts, desolated more homes, caused the shedding of morel tears in fine, it has robbed1 human life of more sunshine1 and happiness than all the wars, pestilence and famine since God men Fail to Draw a Crowd. Enterprise Ootober 15.

The pop the supreme impudence of a howl, I would have been disappointed. I am neither running for office nor seeking the good opinion of this gang. Every time they attack me it only from a Topeka dispatch to the man who will do such a thing, then turn round and criticise the ulist convention rally was held here today from Osage county, and member of the board of oharitirs, who was vigorously assailed in a resolution ottered in the Osage county populist convention, explains to people over the state that "the Kansas City Journal: all the stockyard bills combined. That such a bill should be killed by a populist administration is almost Incredible, with a pionio at Hoffman's grove. Two years ago the charge was made A price of 10 was offered to the town that the Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Asso judiciary of this nation.

But gross and shocking as Pfost's appointment is, it re ship having the most teams in line, but and Leedy is to blame for it. lesolution did not amount to anything," helps. If there is any class of men in Kansas whom I admire, it is the old original alliance populist voter. Whatever else though the weather was warm pleas ciation, of Kansas City, had donated $600 to the populist campaign fuod John Breidenthal flatly denied the report. He said the committee hud not bled the Leedy did not dare make open war upon it.

He took a different flects the official character of ant, so few came that no parade was and that "the only persona who voted for it were a handful of sore headed miners." given. may be said ot these men, they "A few sore-headed miners," is good. Congressman Vincent and Congressman liqnor dealers for a penny. method. You may read his lengthy and verbose message weie sincere, lheywere honest.

Botkin spoke this afternoon to about 200 Some weeks after the election Breiden The vote on the resolution was for and 85 against, and 38 of the 44 who voted in Mr. Leedy and the gross spirit that characterized the majority of his appointments and other official acts. I thank God that I am free to denounce and oppose such a man. that document which is sup Among them I had thousands of friends. Probably the lying at people, though arrangements had been made for four times that number.

The thal went out on a tour to examine several banks in Northwestern Kansai. While riding on the train a gentleman who rec posed to contain his wishes, and the negative were miners. The resolution as introduced, is as follows: tacks on me by Leedy's gang of leaders were greatly disappointed. There were but few present at the night meeting. no where in it will you find one fusirn editors, may temporarily "Prevarioation of principles should ognized Breidenthal, but whom Breiden-.