Show JLEFFEl OF KANSAS MB LIKE TO SB CAHICATUPBD AND AUUMD Thlh Tot 1e Proof 1 N ndug In 1ttoe whh HIM tame lIoIroo 1eiaere Strait la Hernlar A lleiirat UhNlka KHF li I a portrait of the mjt thor UKlily ai > 1104 mon In the United Slate f rmior William A Perrcr of Kaneaa Fr yare th car INnll nf the chit Iv ullll < l hi fur M lyrical of tho wild ant a n > iiy politician of bib wail lfe haa been caricatured mora than any man on thl continent with the poaalbl exception ex-ception of Blaln herman and Cleveland Cleve-land Unlike molt pjlltlilnn he take It all In good part H hnntatly be llva that all the v > pl < will yet coin to hla way nf thinking and that In the not dlatant future we will buy govern meat ownenhlp of everything worth owning to say nothing of tiuantU oft of-t money that will b leased In iiayiMnt thereof i4ke moat of the populist leaders lead-ers Renalor IVnVr cot his Brat atari In life an a printer devil Irlntera devils have a habit of reading the proof which paaa through their hand and young Peffer was no exception to the tale In this way ho accumulated con Iderabl knowledge When Iw too ceeded to the proofreaders liNk he was able to read a murk report backward back-ward And It la mall that he ud to I read that way A faccllout wrllr ham e remarked that that II I how he not It Into hip head that tht world was pro racing backward Anyway by the lime lie ucceeded to the editorial hair he this Irmly convinced that thing were uptld down inrally nnd ne aueeeeded In making other people agree I with lilm II entered politicAl life and In a remarkably but Urn found him elf clectid to a a t In the United Stalea aenat Today he li looked upon a the logical candidate for prtaldont b I a large portion of hla party AaM from hit political lw Sent I tor 1effer would attract general admlr tor 1etter would attract general admiration admi-ration Its U I a strict umparatlon ad evil by Inohei lie lea I devout chritlUn and bellnvM that finally the reign of the I Christian spirit will dissolve he trouble trou-ble of our time ills home li a nappy I one j a While In New York the other day Mr Peffer took oaeatlon to tell a reporter tome rl thing about his party He sold I l It Is I a mltttk to lupitM that the popullit party It I decreasing In strength We ar gaining W shall cell a convention n con-vention next year and put a ticket Into I the fold Our platform will ii reform In n nance direct taxation better ro turn lo labor for III loll and govern I I I I 9 I II < < ti 4il1 A suNATon 1BKrnn anent onntrthlp of railroad and other + great publle corporate Interetti J A 1 to the tllver quMllen I dont bell be-ll let It will bo the dominant Ittue next year Tho agitation la already ceasing that It I tbe oatn > mctlng part of the dlHUMlon li I over and people Are gutting gut-ting down to the thinking The tllver uettlen It I ono of continual Interest I 4 but like every other publle quettlon ft Interest In It lion and ebb Interest 1 ba I now on the ebb I hardly think there will be I a silver ticket In the field If i there It I It will be separate from the popullit unlti It unites with ut llutlnet It better than It was and croiit promise large return We thai role rWWWWO bushels of corn In Kan has TH acreage li I larger than It was although our proportion is I not to great The tltuntlon baa been this Tar tevern r year the manufacturer vaitly overproduced over-produced It was ncary for them to gel rid ot this surplus product so xradually they decraid their output until the country wn dawn to bdrook and the manufacturer had dltrxtied or their old stock Then of course fuel 0 n began to revive and wilt probably iir continue to grow better |