KANSAS POPULISTS A secret meeting held in kansas city last night present denounced advocate formation of a now party on a free silver plank kansas city mo ile nov 24 A secret meeting of 0 kansas populists was held tonight in this city it is learned from an authentic source that action which will probably result in a split in the party n kansas was decided upon it is said that among those present today were jerry simpson and sixty others all high in populist circles I 1 from rom authentic sources it is stated that the meeting denounced in the most unqualified terms the kansas administration of 0 populists as rotten entirely incompetent and silly they then renounced all the prin principles caples as put forth by the populists up to date and declared for a new party and from now on they would put forth every effort to obtain tile free and unlimited coinage of silver leaving the other planks of the forter former party to bo be taken care of as they might be