Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-01
KANSAS AND NE pRAsKA

has proved Conclusively that no prohi-
bitionist can discuss what is proclaimed
as agreat moral issue without becoming
blaclguard.
Ast1'iking Ill ustratlou Is furnished in
open letter just publishedby German
A merican wohibitionist named Kret-
singer, who takes upon himself to eNtol
x ansas and bcliule Nebraska in Ian
guagc that would become the barroom
roundcr much betterthan a person who
tries to pass himself Off as II gentleman.
Instead of presenting his views indignl-
fled and polite language Mr.. Kretsingor
starts out with his tiradeas follows:
From the estimate sent out from Washing
ton by amcubcr Of Supcrinten dent PorterS
staf Kansas has increased in population
several hun drcd thousand moro than even
hcrfricnds gave her.
WHISKY papers and whisky orators and
common liars like ROscwater have pro-
claimed that NcbmslSa has outs stripped Kan
sasn the last tenyeaH but Porer's count
gives kansasa gain of bS4, OW and Nebraska
n gain OF only 553OOO. - Nebraska, our
own grand state, that lies right beside Kan
sas, that started the decade with millions OF
acres more oichcap lands than Kansas, has
gained IN pOmlat I3l, 900 less than Kan
sas. Wisconsin, with i,iS2, 900 peo-
pie, and Kansas with $50 900, arc Dso rivals
forhfteenth StatGm population Ten years
ago X ansas was barely twenti eth,
II seems thutthC glorious state Of Is ansaS, on
whose soil the first blood for freedom was
shed, whose noble sons fought 10 the death
that she might be born into the union free
and notslave, whose example thrilled the ma
tion to action for the liberty of the slave, is
now dcstin cd TO give the lie to tho charge
that state that unfurs 10 the world the
white flag OF sobrIety shallend in decay.
In the country whence Mr. klct-
singers ancestry hails thereis AN adage:
1T is dirty bird that befouls its own
nest" Any man who will slur and Sian
der his own state is not u very loyal or
public spirited citizen, to say the least.
BY rights, Kretsingor oughtto pack his
grpsaci and cmigrate TO the glorious
state OF Kansas, on whose SOLVE venture
tosay he never Sheda drop Of blood for
freedom.
And now let us see who is the
| admitted into the union in 1861
she had nearly three times The
| Dopulationof Nebraska, which was COM
| puted at fraction over twenty -egh
thousand by hocensus Of 1860. Nebrasll;
| was not admit tied into the union until
| 1857; hence her growth was seriously
retarded by her territorial swaddling
| clothes. In 1870 Nebraska had pOpu
| lation of l22,O03, while Kansas haC
| 36i, 39O, or still yeryneary treblethe pop
ulation of Nebraska InlSSO II ebraSka :
| pOpulation was 452402; that of Kansas
| 9G, O93-Or more han double the pOpu
lationof Nebraska, In 1890 Nebraska
census as returned by the super visor
shows a population Of l,O45,T6, an,
| Kansas, according to the latest report
from the census office, has 800 900 pOpu
lation Ncbraska's clear gain in ter
years 5SS, 374; Kansas gains onl'
5j3, 09i
But mark the difference in theper
centagc Of growth. Nebraska show
lSl per cent of growth in ten years
KANSAS only 5jpercent To have keE
up with Nebra5lla'S increase since lSS
Kansas should have over two million
population now.
| Kansas has an areaof S2,0SO squar
miles, which makes 81, ,j3l, 200 acres; n,
| DItShi lltS tiH StIcb VI iO,O-o SQud I
miles mother words, Kansas has 3,344
coo more acres of land than Nebrasll;
and not, as Mr.. kretsingcr rsays, milior
less than N g braska.
| Wedo not want to disparage Kansa.
but the fact that Nebrashs has been ra
idly gaining on her since SheadOptedpr,
hibition can not be successful lygainsai,
| Just compare the cities the two state
| The largest town OF Kansas does n,
come within fifteen thousand OF the pO'
ulation Of Lincoln, or within a hundre
thousand of the population Of Omah
and her cities are nearly all going bacl
ward. Wichita, Atchison and Leave
worth are also as dead as Damascus, ar
Topeka is simply koptup by state inStit
tions and state appropriations,