Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-09-25

people, rs nrst presidents vas . mat boGs.
man, rail splitter, poor country laWyeks
Who was the architect OF his own fo1so r.
It's second was poor tailor, whose vic had
| taught him to read. It's third president the
son of . poor tanner, lived for years in OBJ.
/ scurityand knew the bitterness of poverty ana
| fr.elldleesness. He alled the world with The
glory of his achievements, but preserved to
the end the simple manhood Of modest
citizen. Its fourth president was also man
of the people. After him came man Who
had been carpenter and q schoolmasteg,
and then followed the son of poor Irish
minister. It's last candidate was another
self-made man of the people, who had BEEN,
in turn, schoolmaster, reporter, editor, con-
gresham, senator and secretary Not ono
of the republican candidates for president
was born to the purple. One and al, they
came up, by their own exertions, from the
humblest walks of life. Working people
themselves. they have understood and SYM
pathized with the aspirations, the interests,
the well-being of the real working people.
THE LAWS OF KANSAS TOUCHING H1 LAB0B
QUESTION.
In this state, one of the first acts of the 70
publican party was of vast importance and
general benefit to working men. Tho
Wyandotte constitutional convention, which
inctively republican official body ever as
sembled in Kansas, and one of its mostnotable
actions-and as novel and benefcent a. IL
was notable-was to adopt constitutional
provision exempting from forced sale, un-
Ger any process of law, and the homestead
of every citizen. Years ago too-long be-
fore labor questions were much
discussed-republican legislatures of Kansas
enacted laws protecting the wages OF
the laborer, laws providing for Q
mechanics lien broad enough to
fully secure all demands for work or ma
terials, and laws making liberal exemptions
from taxation to small manufacturers and
dealers. And these tenefcent acts have
been supplemented, during later years, with
laws authorizing the Incorporation Of asso-
! Citations of workiugmen, and providing for
the safety and health of miners, while dur
| ing the legislative sessions of 1886 and 1856
an act establishing bureau of labor statis-
tics, charged with the duty of collecting
facts and statistics concerning the moral,
financial and educational condition of the
laboring masses, and q law providing for
the legal arbitration of all differences BE-
tween employers and employees, were
enacted.
Thus from its first accession to power
down to the present time, the republican
party Of Kansas has been enacting laws to
protect workingmen against the encroach-
ments of capital, and to provide remedies
for wrongs done them, or threatened to
them. The statute books Of no other state
of the Union contain SO many laws de-
signed especially to protect workingmen,
and to secure justice for them. Claims for
labor take precedence, under our laws, over
cheat mechanic out of the wages
he has earned, for his wages consti-
tute a first lien on any structure he
has aided in building. Every homo in
Kansas, no matter how humble, is
protected, by the constitution, against forced
seizure or sale for debt, and any body Of
workingmen, believing themselves agrieved,
can now appeal to any judge in the state for
the appointment of a board of arbitration
to consider and adjust such grievances. In
! brief, the republicans of Kansas have, for q
quarter of a century past, been enacting law
after law to protect the labOring man, to
shield him against wrong or injustice, and
to secure for him a just proportion of the
proceeds of his work. Such a record of
steadfast devotion to the interests and rights
of workingmen is the best pledge of justice
for the future. But the platform of the
party, adopted in July last, speaks on this
| question with an earnestness and frankness
that leave no room for question or doubt. It
does more than this. 1t draws a wide dis
tinction between the honest, law respecting
intelligent workingmen of this country, and
those noisy, turbulent, and vicious dema-
gogues and lOafers who muster under the
red flag of the anarchist and communist.
To the interests and rights of the real work
ingmen, Nc matter how poor or humble they
may be, the republican party of Kansas
pledges its constant and unfaltering sup
port. while to the doctrines and aims OF tins
anarcn1st ana communist IL pleoges unalter-
able hostility.
REVIEW OF THE ISSUES.
And now, my ellow-citizens, 1 have pfc.
sented for your consideratiOn-fairly and
correctly, think,-the principal issues and
interests involved in the approaching cleo
ton. / have established the wisdom and
benefcence of republican administration in
Kansas by presenting facts and figures from
the census, and letting them tell the story
of the marvellous growth and development
of the state under the fostering influences
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 endeayoring hon.
estly to 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-
bition has hurt or harmed the material
growth or prosperity of Kansas, Is without
foundation. l have presented facts and ar
guments illustrating the hypocrisy and
ing and drunkenness have not been largely
diminished since the prohibitory law
went into effect. 1 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 and helpful friend of the work
ing people, and has constantly and faithfully
labored to improve their condition and pro-
tect their interests. In brief, nave main
tained. and fairly and conclusively shown,
think, that the republican party of Kansas,
by it's acts, its policy, its clear and honest
administration of public trusts, its steadfasi
and courageous devotion to the best inter
ests of 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 YepOsed in
it, and deserves their confidence and support
to-day, as fully ad fairly as at any time dur
ing the past quarter of q century.
PERSONAL.
As for myself, am the candidate of this
great party for reelection to the Office OF
governor. Two years ago, after a campaign
OF remarkable interest and excitement, was
elected by q majority of nearly A, 600 votes.
I have been unspeakably proud Of the conf
dence thus reposed in me by the patriotic
and intelligent people of Kansas, and pro
foundlv grateful to them. as well. ] have