Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-04-02
A MANIFESTO.
rHK ALLIANCE REPRESENTATIONS on
THE LATE LEGISLATURES REVIEW
THK WORK or THE SESSION,


laDofb 10 your CousiueIAliunt Aiihi9
convinced that it will receive youl
approval.
The legislature met January 18th, a:
provided by law Hon. L. +. Elder
was unanimously elected speaker. The
committees we're at once appointed and
the house proceeded TO business on the
second day thereafter, With celebrity
hitherto unknown IN the history OF this
state, and were at work two days earli-
er than any prior legislature.
Tho senate, elected two years ago
last fall with two or three exceptions,
was opposed TO our party, and the plat
form upon which we were elected. The
governor and executive departments
OF the state, with the exception OF the
attorney general, were also in opposi-
tion TO US. No effort was spared by our
opponents 70 divide and disorganize
our party.
We were told that the farmers could
not and would not stick together. The
daily press, not only here in Topeka.
but all over the state. with two honor
able exceptions, we're opposed TO us
The first matter OF Importance was
the election of the state printer. The
peoples candidate, l.. H. Snow, OF OF
tawa, was elected on joint ballot, receiv-
ing l0l votes. For years Mr.. Snow has
been advocating our principles, and was
and is in full sympathy with our de-
mand.
The peoples party in conference,
after hearing the claims OF all candi-
dates presented. decided on w. A. PET
fer editor of the Kansas farmer, man
who largely contributed to the success
of our party, and he was elected TO the
high Office OF United States senator, to
succeed John J. Ingalls, without u
break in our rauks.
The result itself, was worth all the
effort Of our party last fall, as it makes
a new era in the politics of this state
and indicates the grand success Of
the party in the nation in 1892.
The schooled republican politicians
OF the nation were gathered in Topeka
and our footsteps were dogged by
hired Hessiansn at every turn, with
offers OF pelf and political honors, but
without effect. We point to this with
pride, as demonstrating that the chosen
representative of the peoples party
have proven the falsehood of the rule
Of the ring politician that every man
has his price"
We found upon our statute books q
large number OF laws creating boards OF
commissioners, state agents, etc. which
seemed TO have been placed there for
the express purpose of providing places
for favorites, rather than for any bene-
fit to the state: but we found il impOsi-
ble TO repeal these laws with the senate
and executive department making a
bitter fight against abolishing these
sinecures.
An attempt was made on the part OF
the house in good faith, and without
any attempt 10 cripple any state institu-
tuition, penal, charitable or education
al, 70 reduce the expense to something
like an equality with the earnings Of
the average citizen Of Kansas.
This attempt was made by the senate
with an absolute refusal TO consider any
proposition which reduced the wages
or salaries OF employees OF state institu
tIons which were under republican
management.
We present hereafter comparison
OF appropriations made two years ago
and the appropriations made this session.
The senate insisted on higher appropi-
ations except the proposition to aprro
plate $50, 900 for the relief OF the people
in the western part of the state who
were suffering from the severe drouth
VI last year, and an appropriation OF
Sll5, 900 to provide for the destitute in
sane who have been for years past con-
fined in the county jails OF this
state.
The peoples party OF the h3ose, or
iginated and passed the bill appropriate
ing $50, 900 for the relief of the western
Z a. 4. Il
by the senate. We have not forgotten
that In the drouth in eastern Kansas in |
1860, that several northern state legisla- |
lures appropriated large sums of money |
for the relief Of the people-but when I
the peoples party passed the bill in the I
house for the purpose OF relieving /
western Kansas from similar infiic- |
tion-the senate discovered that al |
such legislation was unconstitutional. |
BY amendment insisted upon by the /
senate, the different counties in the |
western part Of the state were made /
responsible for the distribution Of seed /
grain sent to them and the |
price thereof must be returned to the |
state treasury, while the recipients in 4
the eastern part of the state of the |
bounties extended to them in 1860, re-
fused, through the republican repre-
sentatives and senators. to assist one /
dollar in the relief OF suffering west
ern Kansas.
The legislation OF this session has not |
resulted in what we desired to accom-
plish. nor in what the people would |
have the right to expect from us had /
we been la power in all the branches of |
the state government
BY and with the aid of the senate 473 |
acts were passed and will become laws
upon our statute books, among the
most important of which arc. prohibit
ing alien ownership Of lands Ia Kansas
and providing for the sale of all lands
owned by aliens acquired after the date
OF this act in from three to six years
time. or upon the death OF aliens hold
ing previous to the enactment OF this
law
Here follows list OF the house bills
concurred III sbjyi By the tJh senate senate, that have he
come laws: also the bills that passed
the house and were defeated by the
senate.
The republican senate is declared to
be responsible for the defeat Of the
worlds fair appropriation. The ad
dress further states. The appropria-
tion for the next two years, while
luOuhhuuS Ol OOlidFS AUWtE lAltl III TIC
years past, has been swollen by neces-
sary Investigations and by the impeach
ment of one OF the republican district
judges of the state The people are
then assured that the state will be
greatly benefited by the state house
and CoHeyville investigations Mr.
Elders speech made in the house the
day before final adjournment, is insert
ed to show that the levy aud appropria-
tions made by the peoples party repre-
sentatives, was less than that proposed
by the republicans and much less than
that made by the legislature OF 1889.
The expense account Of the senate re-
vision committee amounting TO 5000
is inserted as an instance OF republican
wastefulness.
The committee adds: Not a single
measure reported by the committee has
become law except one which was so
badly mutilated that its authors could
not recognize It. LAS a comparison Of
economy between the two houses we
submit the fact that the senate had lls {
on its pay roll, while the
house, with a membership OF Us, had