People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1895 — THE TEXAS PLAN. [ARTICLE]

THE TEXAS PLAN.

Bow the Popallata Mast Make a Wtenlx< Fight. From the Topeka Advocate: Consistency and steadfast adherance suicidal policy is pursued. Instead of ent success for the people’s party. We need no better illustration of this fact than is afforded by a comparison of the condition of the party today in Kansas and in Texas. In Kansas there has al ways been a disposition, in many coun ties, at least, to fuse with other parties. By this means victories, so-called have been secured by votes that did not belong to the party. Those victories have been merely temporary. The same mo tive which has at one time induced democrats to vote the populist ticket, the motive of personal or party interest, has induced them to vote the republican ticket at another time. This will always be the case as long as this suicidal policy is pursued. Instead of relying upon a steady and healthy growth to secure ultimate permanent success we have relied too much in many parts of the state upon political “dickers” with other parties to secure a few officers. We would have been far stronger today had we polled only the legitimate party vote in 1892 even though we had failed to elect our ticket. We would have constantly increased our party strength until, when we were able to carry the state by a strictly party vote, our success would have been permanent. The opposite policy resulted in the last “redemption” by the republican party by the aid of the same democratic votes that aided in the election of our ticket two years before. How different has been the course of Texas populists. They have steadfastly refused all alliances and compromises, and, year after year, have gone down in defeat. Each succeeding election, however, has shown a largely increased populist vote. The increase has been so rapid and so marked of late that no power in the state can again defeat the party. It will win at the next election as surely as the sun will rise and set on election day, and when it does win it will be a clean populist victory. It will be a victory that will endure. It will not be accomplished through entangling alliances, and the Texas democracy will never be able to “redeem” the state by the aid of votes of other parties which are cast at one time with, populists and the next time wish the' redeemers. The victory has been a little delayed by the Texas plan, but who will say that it is not the better plan after all? We have little patience with the other method, and mighty little faith in the results of victories secured by it. The truth is they are not victories of principle in any sense of the word.