The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-02

value of the property OF this State was as
| follows:
/ Lands s152 on sss
| IoWn Iots--. 90 6.s1;
halIroaos ----..--- .---.----.-..-.. 4-222 IS
| iotai ---------------- ~ .NsO. II
"For the year ISIS the assessed value OF
the same property was as follows:
LANDS -------.---.----- $1,000 --.-.- Sl6S So 54i
| IoVn lots. % $50. ID
haiiroaos- ----.--.--.--- ---..---- o2SZs654
Total. SIS. ESQ "a,
Thus, as is shown by the official 81 cures,
the assessed valu. of the farm property OF
Kansas has increased in one year. S16 35I.-
SS1; the town property has increased in
value, 81, 2l5 a63. and the railway property
has increased in value, 81. 6o1 e63. making
total increase in the assessed value of
| the real property Of the State. in one year.
of 81, IS0, a9S.
Senator George G. Vest became some
years ago, a resident of Kansas City, Mo.
He invested in property in that city. He
was, it is said, poor man when he came
! there. He has. have been told, been en-
riched by the rapid increase in the value
of Kansas City property. The growth and
prosperity of Kansas City is due, almost
entirely, to the growth and prosperity of
the State of Kansas. Kansas City i, the
produce Of the commerce of Kansas. Four.
ffths of all the business done in Kansas
City comes from Kansas. Not one-tnth
Of the trade and commerce of that CITY
comes from Missouri. And vet this Mis-
souri, Senator stands up in a city that is
product of Kansas and ISLANDERS and
defames the State whose growth and
prosperity has enriched him by crea-
ting and building the city in which he ut
tered the atrocious SANDER have quoted
To serve a political purpose he gives cur
renew to vile falseho ID. and ende.vors
to make the world believe that Kansas is
bankrupt, hat her property is depreciat-
ing in value. and that her prosperity has
been utterly destroyed. If there has ever
been a more shameless exhibition of par
tisan malice and personal in gratitudA than
this, it has never been brought to my no.
tice
kansas has been. ever since its organ
ization. a Republican State. Its laws, its
institutions, have been framed and
moulded BY Republicans. It's growth and
development have been without parallel
in the records of American common
wealths- The Democratic party has
hated Kansas for thirty three years It
has DETAINED Kansas during all those
years. 1t has sneered at its sentiment.
slandered its institutions and laws, de-
preciated its prosperity and growth,
invented and given currency to all
manner of falsehoods that could in lure the
credit and good name of the State. and en-
deavored. constantly and maliciouslv, to
turn immigration and capital away from
Kansas. Our Stare has grown and pros
pered. in spite of the jealousy, the false
hoods, the defamation of it's enemies and
maIigners, at home or abroad. Ii has tri-
umphed over droughtS and grasshopper in
vasions. and Democratic defamers and
slanderers, and il will continue to triumph
over them. 1t has better institutions of
learning, more wholesome laws. and a
more intelligent population, than has the
S ate Senator Vest represents. Il has
made greater progress in thirty years than
Missouri has in fiftv. The western third
of the State has suffered during the past
two years from the effects of severe
droughts. and the people of that section are
distressed by these calamitias of nature.
But as a whole the people of Kansas are as
prosperous as those of anv other State in
the Union. Kansas has within her
limits as many happy and con-
tented homes. in proportion to
population as any other State Her
wealth is more equally distributed than
that Of any other State. The sources of
her prosperity are just as secure as those
of any other State. Her Indebtedness per
capita. is smaller than most of the States
in the Union giving Democratic majorities.
In brief, the people of Kansas are far more
prosperous, every thing considered. than
most of the States OF the Union.
1T is new thing, in politics. for citizens
OF State to endeavor to DESTROY its credit,
to destroy its reputation. to infiict damage
upon its industries, to deprecjate the value
of its possessions and to magnify its in
debeedness in order to accomplish poll
teal purpose. But this is what the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee has at
tempted TO do. I dsnounce this new de-
perture in politics as infamous. I dsnounce
it as harmful TO all the people of Kansas.
1 denonnce it as q crime against the State
denounce it as the most shameless and
piece of deuagoguery eyre
known in this country.
In his annual report for the fiscal year
ending June 80, lsSS, recently published,
State Auditor AcCarty very properly saws
this subject:
For the purpose OF obtaining reliable
in relation to the amount Of
on real estate in Kansas. it
seems to NE il would be a move in the
right direction to have some legislation
which should provide for official returns
Of such Indebtedness, to be made to the
Auditor Of State. who should publish the
same by counties in the biennial reports
Of this depar tment At present there
IS no method of ascertaining the
mortgage debt, and exaggerated
statements are made by INSCRIPTIONS and
designing dsmagogues representing that
the State is buried By an enormous mort
gage indebtedness. This is calculated 20 !
nislesd the public and injure the good |
name and credit OF the State, the result of 4
Shic would be an increased rate of in /
serest to parties compelled to borrow 1
money On real estate security
i hope the suggestion VIII be acted on /
Jy the Legislature II is the best method |
hat can Be devised for silencing the de-
'amers of Kansas and confoundirg the
political denagogues who are attempting
% make political capital BY destroying
he credit OF our citizens and of the State.n
The h. C.. W. y. w.
TOPEKA, Kan. Oct. 26.-The annual re-
port OF the Kansas City, Wyandotte &
Northwestern railway was filed with the
Secretary of State yesterday. Il shows
hat the capital stock is $3.50, 00O, the
otal amount Of common stock issued. The
,onded Indebtedness is Ss,s1l, 900. The
,ost Of constructing the entire line, includ.
ng part Of the equipment, 10 S,4il, 900. |