Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

WITHOUT surrenueIius sheH charters,
and going through the formula of re.
organizing. Supposing for a momen,
that this is not the design f the law.
does the Globe claim that corporations
could not water their stock if the Law
had not been enacted? A corporation
when desirous of increasing its capital
stock, would simply re-organize, file a
charter raising the authorized capital,
and the result would be the same.
The Globe shifts on to another stat.
ute for which Mr.. Hoover voted. The
law is one regarding the mining of coal
BY convicts in the state .penitentiary
An amendment was offered to this bill,
which made it obligatory to sell this
coal on the market at the same price
as coal mined by outside parties. The
Globe here unwittingly and foolishly
put its foot into it, as it condemns
something of which it knows no facts
Mr.. Hoover, as the Globe says, voted
against this amendment, and why? Be
cause there was in eastern, as thcre is
now against western Kansas, a Goa
ring, which so far as pitiless extortion
is concerned, is without pIralell in
this country. Kansas is deficient in
fuel and consequently at the mercy of
coal corporations. The amendment
which the Globe refers to, was intro
duced at the instigation of lobby rep
resenting the coal companies, who had
formed combine to keep up the price
Of fuel, and if that amendment had
been passed, it would have been thro'
the influence of this lobby. The Globe
has overdone the thing. In their des-
perate efforts to make Mr.. Hoover a
vampire, Mr.. Finley's managers have
landed him before the public as a would
be alder and abettor of the most grasp
ing, grinding, piti!ess corporations that
ever robbed and plundered the poor.
If J. L. Finley is SO wanting in per-
ception that he would be taken in by
this cry of putting honest labor on
par with horse thieves, when it is ut
tered by hribing, blood-sucking lobby
in the employ of the coal combinations
then indeed would the interests Of Ford
county be in weak and unstable hands.
The cry that it was strike at the poor
man is merely ignorance and prejudice.
Mr.. Hoover's vote meant a vote for
cheap fuel to a thousand poor people,
where one laborer would possibly be aft
ected the other way; it meant cheap
fuel for farmers, laborers, and mechan-
les; it held out an inducement for man
ufacturers to locate in the state on ac-
count of cheap fuel; it broke the pow
er of the coal corporations that were
grinding down the people through ex-
tortionate charges. The rejection of
that amendment was one of the wisest
acts Of that legislature. It brought
warmth and comfort to the home of
many laboring man, who had been at
the mercy Of the coal barons, and whose
hard earned dallars went to swell their
bank accounts.
The Globe cautiously, grudgingly,
and with great conservatism admits
that Mr.. Hoover has been "somewhat
generous" in giving money to enter
prises. Honestly, we feel sorry that
it has cost our contemporary so much
pain, such mighty effort to acknowl-
edge what is known to everybody.
Aside from the campaign, the Globes
files will show that it has often ac-
knowledged Mr.. Hoover as one of the
leading citizens, as man of superior
ability, as one who has probably did
more for this county than any man in
it. When there is anything of impor-
tance to be gained for the county, The
Globe nor indeed no one else turns to
J. L. Finley to secure it, but to G.. NJ.
Hoover. 1t probably remembers about
one month ago, it stated that G. NJ.
Hoover was in Topeka for the purpose
Of working to retain the rcund-houses
OF the Santa Fe in Ford county. 1t
probably remembers how it lauded Mr.. |
doovers efforts in the organization of
the north and south road; it remembers
that he contributed time and money to |
secure the soldiers home, state forest |
y station, the college and every other |
enterprise which was for the benefit =
The old soldier, laborer, farw. I'D
merchant but it does not propose to
ell its readers this nov Il does no.
u D. u. Finley being men
aohea IN Connection with aov of thase
h'hS for the reason that he had moth
ns to do with them; but the voters of
this county, the men who have their all |
1t stake, who are taxpayers, who can
lot afford to have their interests in in
competent hands, will not forget on
election day.
0eggs' German SaDve.
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