The advocate., 1891-03-25

iheif preachers diatrib0s upon political az
fairs, and proposed 10 disnias him, but
when the membership wAa called together
they were OutvOiod beoauso folks IN town
who lihed worldly proaohing allod thO num-
bor up, and tho preacher could defy bic con-
sorvative pariahOnera.
KANSAS A STATE OF EXCEPTIONAL PEO-
PILE.
Hear this brave and intelligent states
man speak:
The Kansas people are democratic, and X
l should 90 before thom with my staff In
fino uniforms, like tho G0vornou OF Masaa-
ohusetts and Connecticut, their iarcaams
would nSvor end. No, they have dropped
10 tho idea 80 long agltatod In the Senate by
Jones, and now by Stanford, that 10 is tho
province, the duty, the oompulaion Of the
state, the government state, 10 oatamD money
In their name. Land for security, grain for
collateral, money tho panaooaj thoro II ls.
They are little raw yet and new for parlia-
mentary business. They have two-thirds In
tho Assembly, minority only IN the SEN
ate, and but one officer OF the executive.
Tho secret lodge supplies 10 thom tho 90 .
hor0nco lacking by inexpodonOo, agree
that their new United States Senator is Che
best Of the party. HO 10 not a brilliant man,
but he is not dumb one, and no has been
a Arm pFotoOtionist till no struck thiomo
subject, and upon chat ho found the ilold OF
Kansas ripe 10 bo harvested. The old
GF0enbaok seed has grown up with the othsr
grain.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ANDREW JACKSON
FELT.
Mr.. "Gath" says, "Thls gentleman ls
the best stump speaker In Kanaas, and
thls is the report Of his interview with
this most feeling felt:
10 would bs Of much benefit 10 tho har-
mOny and credit Of Kansas Il the wostorn
100 TO l5O miles we possess we're cut of and
territOrializod or put In q separate jurlsdio-
tion. Tho complaints which are tho basis
OF The present political chaos all come out
Of that poor, dry, high section, whore men
made tho original mistake of compounding
beautiful sanitarium with profitable agri-
culture. speak from experience, because
/ went from Iowa 10 western KansaS worn
out through Che captivity / had In Libby
prison. When arrived al tho Annapolis
hospital my clothes had not been OF my
body for about eleven months. rOmom-
Der only the good Maryland nurses tearing
those clothes from me, and for weeks I
know nothing. Well, / was a wreck and
went TO western Kansas, those upland
steppes where the altitude is from $500 10
1000 feet. In two weeks / gained ton
pounds. thought would live there all
my days. but u became painfully apparent
that the noble landscape aud dry, delicious
air didn't contain the moisture 10 support
vegetation. The average yield OF Kansas
corn is put down az tWonty-soven bushels,
through the drawback that region is upon
eastern Kansas, with its ffty 10 seventy
bushels OF corn per acre. And little story
/ will tell you illustrates tho settlers and
the soil 90 we'll Of chat remote district, A
man encountered fOrloEn, ShEewd person
coming back from Garfield county In
skeloton wagon, with skeleton horse, and,
tied TO the tail Of tho wagon, was q sksloton
calf, not as big 90 a yellow dog. Said She
man 10 the returning settler:
"Where are you going, fEiendY"
Back 10 Injiahny, my old hOmo."
"Didn't you thrive out yOnder2"
"NO, not much. II parOhed all one sOa-
son and didn't get wotting 70 speak Of for
four years; so guess I'll git home."