The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-11-01
THE NEW DOCTRINES.

Lyon County Greenbackers Behind the
Times.
The Greenback party of Lyon county
is evidently behind the times. It hasn't
yet been able to rise to the higher levels.
We commend the following extracts from
the last number of the Atlantic Monthly
of the opinions of representative men of
the party to the consideration of the Ly-
on county fiatists. These extracts are
from the pen of one who has mixed much
with the intelligent members of the par
ty, and he gives their views on disputed
points as expressed to him:
MONEY POWER TO BE BROKEN DOWN.
'The object of the Greenback party is
to break down the money power, pofiti-
cally, commercially and industrially.
The government should build railroad
from Norfolk, Virginia, to California,
and should take possession of all rail
roads, canals, and telegraphs. All should
be operated at cost, without profit. We
make no account of constitutional diff
culties in the way of these things, or of
what the constitution forbids or allows.
1t is not best to make many constitution
al provisions. Constitutions are things
to have discussions about, and to form
the subject of points of order in debate,
rather than for practical efficiency or OBJ
legation. They should be composed, as
nearly as may be, of undoubted basic
principles. These objects should be at
tanned either by cooperation or by COL
munal organization. The greenback
system tends to national communal or
ganizatiOn or association as to banking.
railroad transportation, and similar
branches of business
CONTINUOUS ELECTIONS.
81 would have continuous election.
The polls should be kept open all the
time, so that whenever citizen desires
he can go and change his vote and give
it to a new man. Then whenever ma
jority of all the voters of district or
state have pronounced in favor of new
representative, the old one should give
place. If the people are dissatisfied with
representative in three weeks after he
Is chosen, they have right to dismiss
him and elect another"
TERMS OF OFFICE.
Nobody should hold Office longer
than one year, except the president and
members of congress. They might be
elected for two years, and they should all
go out together, so as to have all new
mep after each election"
FREE LAWS.
"Air, earth, and water should be free
to all A man may own Improvements,
but not the land, We should make the
taxes on large accommodations of landed
property so high that the owners cannot
pay them, and so cannot keep the land.
Land, in its natural, original, and unim-
proved condition is not rightly to be re-
garded as property. Its use should be
subject to control by the government"
GOVERNMENTAL. PAWNBRoKING.
THE government might loan money to
the people to the extent Of half the value
of goods deposited in government ware
houses, (appraised by competent men,
and to be held until redeemed). We
should use gold, silver, and paper, till
the metals naturally drop out of circula-
ton. Paper money will soon expel gold
and silver money from the country. Gov
eminent should not require more than
three per cent. interest on loans to the
people; many of the nationals would
have interest prohibited by provision
in the constitution of the country
HAPPINESS AND LOST LUGGAGE.
Happiness IS the legal tender of the
soul. -Four hours day is enough for
anybody to work, but people should work
every day. To rest on Sunday, or one
day each week, is wrong. Government
o1Ou1u ON1 anu OkDcf&tc the I4akrOdu8 OF
the country. We could then recover the
value of trunks if they were lost Ia trans
portation. Now it Is often dif1cult or
impossible. Burning up the money when
it was called in to contract the currency,
instead of sending it out again 70 circn-
late among the people, is the real cause
of the distress Of The country. No law
yer should be elected to place In any
legislative body"
HELP FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.
I'VE might obtain much help from the
spirit world. There is . congress there
of all our great stateamen who have
passed away. They see the future and
know the motives Of men, and they pre-
side over the affairs of cur country They
have already had much to do with our
national affairs. The spirit Of Washing
ton once sent Medium TO Lincoln with |
military plans which the president exc. |
cuted- Itwould be wise 20 put the man. |
agement Of the Indisns wholly under the |
direction Of the spirits. We might OBJ /
tain very great aid from the spirit world |
In regard TO All difficult questions con-
nected with the scfeacs Of government /
The national movement Is likely to go |
farther than most people foresee."