The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-13
,. a. IL.
some Kemnsk. Upon the Governors
Great .'LabOr'' Speech-Ehc Hiar-
vest,

G1eai ..Labor'' Speech-The Har-
vest.
E,,,ro, T,,, H. E wa
mes 'housh strictiy Democrauc paper,
il sometimes sensible; though published in
Missouri, it has, perhaps. a larger Kansas
cir,uIation than many of The d,;I;ss n,b-
,I,: - -,
iiS.ieu II" n'"''' '"ouSh ih'eh' uPon 'ne
overthrow oil the hepubiican party IN Kan
sas and elsewhere, 1t seems TO be doing
all in IDS power to defeat the aspirations Of
co,.oo- ,,,honv 70 la .o.;, a.. ,,;
nee oi ihat party lor 'he once Oh uo'ernor'
All this is somewhat antithical to say the
least. have said the Kansas City Times
is sometimes sensible. For example, ii Sc
verely takes to task the leaders OF its party
, in the Lower House Of Congress for forcing
tina. uncalled for and mischevious agitation
known as
THE POTTER INVESTIGATION.
.,5 ,os, w;s.,v .d,;s.s than, 20 J,on tho,
.",;n.aI;a;na . ;. 80 49,. 49,. . An IS De-:
Jant inc than the one now and bsrs,o.
fora in o,,ar,,;on a n,ocess which .,tbonal,
cor,r;,ed and h,pded down hv the f,,be1s
Sas so.nsad 90 nre,t ,ronhJs in Tho n.s,
,rh,ob ;n ,b. .,s. of m. Iote U,vss and
,r;iJar o,n,,,.;a,, ,a,soJ 90 ,,nob oonf,,s;or,
II Il na,;i,.D,;o,, :. a., a,,, go ~
anu n,.oI 50 ,r.a,aLnt,, 81, ,h., a., ~
PlyI'su - 80 IL ~ y. - ="
H anu 'h nh;m ~ 81 fa"n, ,he S.oate. % ~ y,
nP he sup - ~ - n,I.. @ ~ aSas..i =,
20 ,.,,,I" P'I. =.
| sbouId b,, settled upon and made a mart of
the organic law at once. But will Congress
do it? Will the old parties do it? Pre-
sumably not. In my school days l was
| taught 10 regard Congress as body of men
sent by the people to the National Capital
TO make laws; to adopt needed measures of
public policy. Well congressman are sent
10 washington sure enough, anu tuey are
az wen pau ior soins anu pens 'heie.
90 nuen n Vi tne oiu natioh Is IoiieGt, ou'
d =" 'iie nianiis vi laws anu 'ie auoP'.oi'
y, NE pe"shoiai W ,he PeoPie oeins
their Priheipai business lhere, 'hat Is tne
lneof. anu iiot iii"ch more. l reau liie re-
port VI co.Sressiohal Proceec-
inss anu IL Is never ehuihg
mraiSie over issues that peionS purely 10
the DOMAIN oi party Poiitics; an eternal
Jao' @r ABOUT mean ana narrow perSonaii-
'ieS- 'he rouer INVESTIGATION il tne mean
est most hii.ciieNous YOU 'hihg In mat line
YET enSaSeu III. Nhat matters IL 10 the
american people VINO Is President; whether
S.stn .' nai9e iiI'ef Vi haye, Noakes OF
,h. A,,.r;.,n ,,.or,Ia Nh o. n, :, a.
line of living and growing fat on the pick
ings of Office.
:, ;.
anu recovery from tne economicaiiy as
as'ious unies upon "hich they nave iaiieh
PIc'eetioii from 'he money sharks, orsah1
en er IN every form 0. corporalions, rings ana
81, ro,,Sol.,;a,, - - t.,
orp pr,Ss,S nv,ro,r,o.
m
are not on the role oil the aStators- lheir
recorded votes ana speeches give assurance
'hai they are uoihs All In tneir power 10
promote 'ne pest interests Oh thelr constitu-
ents ana oil the whoie country. Even hep
resentatlve Ihiiiips VINO drinks 50 much
WHISKY that ms preath Is offensive 10 GER
TAIN piue-peiii.u editoriai TecKshiiS way
out on our WINDY pfairies, appears 10 DE
getting IN u great ueai OF exceiient Work
oe'~eeh urihhs; Shouid MI; IhiiliPs ana
ms hansas coileSues De candidates Tor re-
.Tn ,,, 'hiS u an 'ilinh 'i,e popular yer,
uic' VIII We, we'll dohe Sood anu ialthlui
SCI Isan's' >,
rarnier, IN 'lis he,Shoornood nave con
eiu'eo 10 Keep at "orh' Notwithstanding the
oX-LIKE DEGRADATION
put upon their calling bv the Governor.
lhe,posSibllity that those extracts are garbled
may have had something to do in reconcil-
ing them 10 the nonsense of sticking TO the
farm. The other day during lull IN the
business activity which usually prevails in
my mercantile establishment at Loring, |
sat down and read aloud portion OF the
MEDINA SPEECH.
wbe, 7 had finished ,h. ,,0soo 1o,
mo sn,rs,, Won ,arar % sa !" D,, hi
Jrsn ha ;njns,r;nns - vo'; Ill u Iii
anJ I.Lor e 49,, III h 49, " soou'
terrupted me with the following question:
"What would he have us teach our chill
dren? To loaf about and do nothing
Not learn a trade or do any kind Of work p
: no,ar;o",n gn wiz "no I' u .i,s @ nn'e ee.iGn
par. II the country: and II the Governor;s
impeacbment of industry causes even the
never sweats themselves TO break ont into
of surnrise and disgust xb.t
will be though, of his utterapces bv the
many in Kansas and elsewhere who are az
customed to 50 singing TO their dailv
labors: