Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-25
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ID tinction between the honest. l4v7-resTsetirg
% intelligent WOrkingmeu OF this country. au6
IS Lnose noisy, turbulent, and vicious dema-
b gogues and loat6Es who muster under Che
B. red nag Of the anarchist and comru4lizf
l. 40 Lne interests and rights OF the real work
10 lngmen, ne matter now poor or humble they
may be, the republican party OF kansas
pledges Its constant and unfalteriag sun-
. port, while to the doctrines and aims of ~
!. anarchist and communist it pledges unsIter-
3 able hostility.
v REVIEW or THE ISSUES.
G Aud now, my felIoW-citizens, I have pre-
c scented for your consideration-fsirIv and
q correctly, / think,-th6 principal Issues and
g interests involved IN the approaching cleo
, ton. have established the wisdom ana
= D5ueI1o11Ce OF republican administration I'm
{ Kansas by presenting facts and figures from
. the census, and letting them ten tina storv
; ot the marvellous growth and deYeIonment
Z OF the state under the TO- .-a- iuHuenasa
and wise direction of the republican party.
have demonstrated that the republican
; party is the party OF the constitution, and
Is, therefore, the peoples party; that it has
% honestly accepted and Is endeavoring hon
| estly 70 enforce the decision of the people
of Kansas on the question of prohibition.
have shown, by the facts of the census, that
the assertions OF our opponents that prohi-
growth or prosperity OF Kansas is without
foundation. i have presented facts and ar
guments illustrating the hypocrisy ana
IalG61OOu OF the assertion that drink
ing and drunkenness have not been largely
diminished since the prohi5itory law
Went into effect I have shown by citing
historical facts, and presenting the record
of republican legislation national and
state that the republican party has always
been the real aud helpful friend of the work
ing people, and has constantly and faithfully
/ labored to improve their condition and pro
t6ct their interests. In brief have main
Uained. and fairly and CouclusiveIy shown, j
think that the republican party of Kansas,
, by Its acts, its policy its clear and honest
and courageous devotion to the best inter
estz or the people and its loyal and consist
ent respect for the constitutional law of the
land has deserved the confidence the good
] citizens of this state have always Teposed in
! H. and deserves their confidence and support
| to-day as fully ad fairly as at any time dur
ing the past quarter of a century.
PERSONAL.
AS for myself, I am the candidate OF this
! great party for reelection to the ONCE Of
/ governor. Two years ago, after a campaign
| OF remarkable interest and excitement, i was
l elected by majority Of nearly 10000 votes.
/ have been unspeaEably proud of the conf
! dence thus reposed in me by the patriotic
I and Intelligent people of Kansas, and pro
l Ioundly grateful to them, as we'll. i have
/ endeayored to preserve their confidence and
regard by faithful, impartial, honest dis
/ charge of my official duties. In addressing
| the convention which renominated me,
. said: 81 have never cared, never shall care,
] whether any person says that my Official life
I was brilliant or distinguished, so that
/ all good citizens are compelled to say that il
| was clean, just, safe, honest and industrious"
/ / repeat this statement, with earnestness
] and emph isis j came 20 Kansas nearly
] thirty years ago. and have lived IN the full
/ blaze of public life ever since. ] have served
/ the people Of this state in many capaCities-
/ as an editor, a soldier, a legislator and
public officer. And although painfully con-
| sciOus that 1 have made mistakes, i can
/ stand up here IN your presence, or in the
] presence OF any audience OF Kansas people,
QUO raErr 20 Ns
! ever unfaithful to a public trust, or guilty of
| a. corrupt or dishonest action.
| OPINIONS CONCERNING QUESTIONS or STATE
POLICY.
/ AS to my opinions concerning questions
| Of state policy no intelligent citizen can be
| deceived or misled, for they are fully and
I fairly set forth In the two messages / have
/ mad the honor TO transmit to the legislature.
J The questions of prohibition and labor have
| 1lrsady discussed at some length. Other
| questions discussed in my message may be
1 briefly summarized.
In my first message 10 the legislature
| called the attention of that body to the enOr-
! nous aggregate Of our municipal indebted
. ness then aggr6gat1ng nearly SlUIUOO,OOJ
ana now, perhaps nearly S2O5UOJ5ODJ.
| cited the fact that while our state debt was
| very small, the debts of its local sub-diVls-
| ions were enormous, and / earnestly urged
! the passage of q law limiting and restricting
] the debt creating and tax levying authority
| of counties, cities, townships and school dis
/ tricts, to the end that the tax burdens Of the
! people might be reduced.
/ Second urged a thorough revision Of
our laws touching the assessment and
/ equalization Of taxes, so as to secure II pos
[ sible, uniform values, and a material reduc-
/ ton of the percentage Of taxation.
/ Third recommended reforms IN our
I laws for the disposition of school lands call
ing attention to the defects and shameful
/ Gbuses OF our present system, and urging
| that stringent legislation should be adopted
to protect the school domain of the state
ia Lott hui lat
! Fourth urged radical changes Ia our
/ present system Of managing the state charIt
/ able institutions, so that the vast sums Of
/ money annually expended for public charl-
/ ties should be discussed under systematic,
Intelligent and cOdstaut supervision with a
| rigid accountability
/ Fifth earnestly recommended such
! changes in our insurance laws as were nee
/ essary to protect our citizens against wrongs
| and abuses clearly pointed out.
/ Sixth recommended important mOdlh-
| cations in our present railroad law ana
| urged that railway corporations should be
I prohibited from establishing rates that en-
able them to pay large dividends aud inter-
| est on stock and bonds issued IN amount
/ double or three times the cost Of the con
| structiOn of their roads.
Seventh urged q thorough revision OF
our avs concerning public highways call
ing attention TO the TACT that the present Gys-
tenn Of making and improving country roads
was not only Wastsful and unjust In opera
ton, but unsatisfactory in its results
Eighth urged the necessity OF protect
ing cur vast stock interests against loss or
damage from contagious diseases, or from
the introduction of Texas cattle
Ninth recommended "a revision and
codihcatiOn Of the entire body Of our laws
suggesting that this work would enormously
reduce the expense, delay and perpleL1tles
litigation Ia our courts
Tenth urged revision of the ts5 bill5
of many local officers 80 that all might
clearly understand how much the law al
lowed for such services as Officers are re-
quiEsd to perform.
Eleventh. advised repeal of our COW
srdly law which abOlishes the death penalty
by indir6ction.
Twelfth recommended a reduction of
the legal rates of interest from Z per cent, or
not to exceed - per cent by special contract
to per cent, or not to exceed 10 per cent by
special contract
thirteenth urged the creation Of a
state board Of pardons, so that the gov
ernOr, in exercising the graYest re-
constitution, should have the benefit Of the
advice and counsel of a tribunal charged
with the duty Of investigating the facts and
reasons urged for a pardon.
Fourtssutif-I called attention TO serious
defects in the crimes act, and the law regu-
lating the assessments Of Improvements Dy
occupying claimants.
Fifteenth urged complete enrolment Of
the soldiers of the state, and a record OF that
enrolment, so that h0nOrably discharged
union soldiers might on application 70 the
adiutaut general, ascertain the pOztOfhc8 adj
dress of surviving comrades, whose bestlulo-
ny was necessary 70 establish Just pensions
claims.
In my second message, renewed the rec
concentrations made touching all those sub
iscts that had failed to receive legislative at
fautfou. and added the following additional