The advocate., 1891-04-15

INiMIN /. MNNN|NMN1 UNMNAAAN NfAHHi ~
n ia 10 tho interest Of othor mon 10 mako nlom
beneve H. Wholhsr they wish 70 or no', and aa
some OF our Old.llmo friends and associates, Wh0
WoFo leaders 10 bOnd-vOting and molcy-bou0w
ing, claim 10 be recently converted 10 the ahOln
inablo financial theory, We arc to-day nOt only
confronted with payday and short crops, but
with tho ASSURANCE that q considerable number
OF our former associates have gone from uai that
ihoy have discovered . nov way OF paying Old
dobs that the decalOgue theory Of doing unto
others "a you would have 0th0ra do unto you in
obsolete and haa no place In financial matters Of
our time. In other words, q gOOdly number Of
Kanaas people have absorbed the theory that the
proper way 10 meet mortgage 10 10 pass D hW
against it
Here is q covert charge chat "a
goOdly number Of Kansas people" are
repudiatoB; but 10 is considerably
more than implied in the following
quotations on sound finance"
It would not DO q dlflcult matter ioy Kansas 10
pay lts debts n the people who created lhom
would stand together but whom 0ne'haR Ono
people talk ropudiatiOn n make0lt di1lcult Cor
tho other half 10 Fonow og Got an extension on
their ObIgAd0nG Not only thla, buG II ilighiena
the men who loaned ua tho money NO thoy are
n0t willing 10 extond even the best Of giltedgo
paper
But sorroWful admissions, random
charges, stupid denunCiatiOns and q
seeming smAttering Of moral philoso-
ply and doubtful ethics are found in
the following sentences;
The laws Of thla land arc, In many instances,
OutEag0Oltly unfair and unjust, but thoy arc
nearer just than have boon Tho laws OF any other
nation since time began. And however unjust
they may be, mOuntsbankgand chaglatana WIN
not make thom more Just or moro fair, Whilo
oharaclerless bcOundrela or demagOguet cannot
no trusted 10 protect tho rights Of honest men
anywhere. Political revolutions do noe come
that way. Political reformation, led by mon OF
pure hearts and honest convictions, which socks
10 o1alt manhood, is one thing, while dlSOrgan-
lzatlOn led by impure men OF dishonest c0nyio-
tons, and upon whose banner ls inscribed COM
munism, socialism or repudatlOn, ID quito an
other; and no man now living will see tho day
when such fag win triumph for even one hour
In this land.
II no dishonorable "dsg viii tri-
umph for even one hour in this land"
why, oh, why should the Senator thus
deClalml
This fosgiliEed, ranting Republican
statesman(O y thus arrRigns his politi-
cal opponents:
The man with Che Jaw, tho preacher without
pulpit and tho teacher without pupils got the
poOplO together In the school houses and pro-
oeeded 10 onllghton them upon these newly dis
covered methods OF seli-gOvornm0nt,
They explained, under oath, how q mortgage
could be paid without money; how wealth could
be created by legislative onactments and how
debt could be abolished by AWj and many poo
pie believed them.
The result OF that belief was tho control OF the
lower House OF the Kansas Legislature. Tho
record Of tho acts OF that body 10 matter oi hla
tory, and with this we propose 70 deal.
The mon In control OK the House Of Represent
atlVes OF tho Kansas Legislature sought to NC
COmpllsh three things;
First destroy the railroads.
GeCOnd-AbOliah the bankR
Third -Repudiato the mortgage indebtedness
Of the state
And had Tho mon who were I'm control Of Tho
House been given equAl control Of the Senate
and state government, Kansas to-day would DO
financial wreck. Every mortgage would have
been repudIated, 70 far 90 legislative enactment
would determine, oyory bank would have beon
closed aud every mile Of railway would have
been foroClOsed within year. This 10 matter
OF Legislative history, duly recorded, and the
men who made Il win have abundant OppOftu-
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