The advocate., 1891-03-25

AAe AtHlAlhlult or Ant NNANi OF AAiilhl'
no ihe People Of th0 Slate Of KaNsdo
Having closed our work Ia tho Legislature,
wo, through oOr duly appointed committee,
submit tho result OF our lnbOu io your con-
HOafatiOn. firmly convinced that 70 will To-
aolv8 your approval. Tho Legislature met
january 18Th, as provided by Law. Hon. p,
~, Elder was unanimously llcled Speaker.
The committees we're No once appointed and
tha House proceeded 10 business On tho
second day thereafter. with q celebrity hith-
eFA0 unknown in the history Of this state,
and Woro ht work two days earlier than any
prior Legisaturo. Tho 8Onat0, elected Two
years ago last fall with two on three 0Xcep-
tldnn, was opposed tO our party, and the
platform upon which Wo W0r0 eloCtod. Tho
Governor and executive departments OF tho
state, with tho exception Of tho attorney
general, were also in OppOeitiOn 10 ua. No
effort was spared by our opponents 10 divide
hnd di8OrgAnizo our party. We were told
shat tho farmers could not and would not
stick together. The daily progo, not only
hero In Topeka, but all over th0 state, with
Two honorable exceptions, were opposed
90 uh
Tho iirst matter Of Importance was the
eloCtiOn OF state printer. The PoOplSB oah-
didnlo, 10. H Snow, Of Ottawa, was elected
ON Joint ballot, receiving lOl votes. For
years Mr.. Snow has bean advocating our
principles, and Was and 10 Ia full sympathy
wish our demands. Tho Peoples party n
conference, after hearing the claims OF OIL
candidates presented, decided On w. a.
P8iier, editor OF the Kansas Farmer, q man
who largely contributed Co the success OF
our party, and ho was elected tO tho high
OillCS OF United States Senator, 10 succeed
John j. Ingalls,, without q break il our
ranks. The result itself was worth an tho
effort OF our party laHt fall, aa u mark9 a
now era In the politics OF this state and indi-
Cntes tho grand success OF tho party In the
nation In 1902.
The sohooled Republican politicians Of the
nation were gathered In Topeka, and our
fOOtsteps we're doggOd by "hirod Hoaslans"
% Oyory turn, with offers Of polf and pOliti-
Oal hOnOrB, but without oifOcb. We point DO
bhlB with pride, ns demonstrating that th0
chosen Representatives Of the Peoples
party have proven the falsehOOd OF tho rule
o. tho ring politician "That every man has
his price"
We found upon our statute books large
number OF laws creating bORrdg OF commits
EiOnera, state agents, etc., which seemed 70
have been placed there for the OXproBs pur-
pose OF providing places for fRvOrites, rather
than for any benefit 20 the state; but
WB have found II impossible 90 repeal those
laws with Che Senate and executive depart
mont making bitter fight against abolish
Ing these SinOCureB.
An attempt was made on th0 par. OF tho
House In good faith, and without any at
tempt DO cripple any state institution, penal,
charitable or educational, TO reduce tho o..
ponses 10 something like an equality with
Tho oarninga of the average Oiti20n OF Kan
Wlktn mNtnUas,A "A Avv Aha Unamha
with an absolute refusal DO consider any
proposition which reduced the wages on sal
aries OF employees OF state institutions which
we're under Republican management We
present hereafter a comparison OF apprO-
EriatiOns made two years ago and tho appr0-
priatiOns made bhis session. The Senate
insisted on higher appropriations except In
the proposition 90 appropriate $4,000 for
tAo relief the people In tho western part OF
Che state who were 8utferinR from tho severe
dEouth OF last year, and an appropriation of
9ll5,00O 10 provide for the destitute insane
who have b00n for years past confined In the
county iails in this state, The Peoples party
OF tho House originated and passed the bill
hpprOpriating 100000 for Tho relief OF tho
western farmers Of this state, which was de-
feabed by the Senate. We have not forgot
ton that Ia tho drOuth In eastern KAnsa8 Ia
1860, that several northern state L09BlR-
tures appropriated large suna OF money for
ah0 relief OF the peOplo--but when Che pOO-
pies party passed the bill In the House for
thO purpose OF relieving western Kansas
eEOm a similar inhiCtiOh-tho Senate dis
covered that all such legislation Was UNI
constitutional. BY amendment inalsted up
o1 by the Senate, Tho different counties In
th0 Western part Of Che state were made TO
spOnGible for th0 distribution OF seed grain
ciDiOnts In che eastern part Of Che state OF
Aho hOlinties extended 10 them Ia 1850 re-
Ruged, through their Republican Representa-.
tivc8 and SonAtor8, 20 assist one dollar Ia
tho relief OF suffering IN Weatern Kansas.
1'he Legislature Of this session he's mot re-
suited In what we desir0d 10 accomplish,