The advocate., 1890-08-13

Resolved, That we heartily endorse the admin
lslratiOn Of Hon Lyman ", Humphreys worthy
the high respect and confidence eacrorded iolt ny
Che people OF Kansas. To- an the departments ~
state government The officers serving the people
have been faithful tO their trusts and are entitled
10 Che unqualified support " their party
Resolved, That the act Of republican leglshl,
ture providing commission for The state control
Ol railroads, has IN our Judgment been prOduc
ave VI great benefit tO tOc people, ANA 20 tlr end
that the commission be- further strengthened We,
the republicans Qi shawnee county recommend
tlRt the next legislature provide IOr the elecllon
0i the commissioners by q drecl vote ol thc pco'
Resolved, That the republican party, as the or
glnlZed expression VI political progress ln THIS
country, should In the state legislature deal fear
lessly with the problems Ol cheap transportation
and the protection Of The labor Interests Wthn
Resolved, That the republicans ot Shawnee
county reaiirm their further declarations ln n
vOr Of prohibition, and declare their ulnllrrlDle
and emphatic opposition tO any Legislation lhat
will permit the return OF the saloon In any FORM
under any preteXt whatever,
Further. that we demand " Congress the pas
sage Of such a law as VIII permit the stale 10
drive out the Infamous '0rlgllml package Sl
Resoyed, That we renew our expressions OF
esteem and confidence I'm Senators Ingalls, ana
Plumb and the members Of the lower House,
Their OiilCial course merits the cOnmendau0n
and support Oi the people 0f Kansas. In whose
interests they have worked With unnAgging zeal
and marked ability
II may be seen at glance that the
foregoing is eminently conventional ana
stereotyped, and they are hereby repro
duced that voters may observe what mod.
eFn Fepublcanism Is.
REATFlRMING ALLEGIANCE 10 NATIONAL
PLATFORMS.
Hon. William Mckinley, jr,, Of Ohio,
whose name the House tariff bill Of 1890
bears, is responsible for the last national
republican platform, which on protection
declared:
The protective system must be bcmantalnod lts
abandonment has always been followed by gen
egll disaster tO all Interests except those ~ the
usureT and the sheriff,
"Interest Of the usurer and the sher-
ifYo
Do not Shawnee county voters very
we'll know that under "the protective
system, which has obtained for the last
quarter Of a century, and which McKin-
Icy and the Kansas members OF the lower
House Of Congress have voted on May
81, 1880, TO make still more protective"
immensely promoted sheriiT's sales, and
have such harvests for "the usurer' as
we're utterly unknown before the last
quarter century republican legislationY
Have these political managers really
entirely lost their judgment and reason?
A WEAK SET or MUTUAL ADMINISTER
TIoNIsTs.
In view Of the present and prospective
great upheavaI Of political thought, seem
ingly somewhat understood by all save a
convention Of Shawnee county republi-
cans let their following declaration be
considered; "The republican party is the
organized expression of political progress
in this countryw
"Organlzed expression Of political pro,
gress" in class legislation, which throws
the overwhelming burden Of taxation on
the people Of "this country" who pro
duce It's wealth by their persistent toll,
and which goes into the expansive nav
Of capitalized corporations, which have
neither actual bodies nor breathing
soulsl
It's "political progress" at this session
Of Congress Is to enact John Sherman's
silver scheme and Of millions OF acaes Of
Of land, which are justly forfeited to the
railroads, made now a fresh present to
them
AN UNswERvING FEALTY TO INGALLS,.