The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-09-25
OUR LETTERS.

/ A FEW THOUGHTS FROM ..sEaT1NEL-'
EplToH GHArzIc-
It's presumabIe that the state rePub-
Iican committee appointed 10 prepare
an address 10 the benigbted citizens Of
the United States, iIIe result Of whose
deliberations appear as AN afteT-clap
of the convention, viewed with uO
( little pride the document evolved by
their concentrated efforts For islspira-
tiuH, and to give the thing grand
impetus, they extract a fragment from
notable speech delivered by young
Pitt, the eminent English statesman,
who, Oh being tainted with his youth,
replied, THE atrocious crime Of being
young man shall attempt neither
TO paliiate nor deny
This committee, AS CONSERVATION Of
public interests admits OF existing evils
which it apparently realizes it is useless
Ito attempt to palIiute OF deny' and
get the influence deJuced from an
analy sis OF the address is that then no
evil conditions in connection with The
system which has been fastened and
exalted 10y successive republican admin
istratiOns, viz: the credit or borrow
ing'' system, as this COMMITTEES OF
moguls is pleased TO style it. They
declare "the state has achieved Won
derful material results" The be
nighted citizens is, and WAS, aware OF
the fact, and the citizen also is aware
that the republican party did not
achieve these results, and that the |
results in a great measure have passed Z
from the possession OF those who /
achieved them into the capacioUs maws /
of horde Of Buccaneers, aided and |
allotted 10y republican administrations. |
Our debts stand for our invest /
menls, not our losses Losses being |
almost wholly on the borrowers side |
are not worthy of consideration by the |
committee Of HabObs, but, Investments /
are perfectly secure, as they rest upon |
the true wealth of the state, the real /
and personal property They All bs t
paid to the last penny" An, yesi /
Why? because the LOnest tOilers of /
the state-the men who made the state /
what it is-Owe them. 10 whOmg To /
a class who, when adversely presents l
itself transfer their property in various |
ways and repudiate their debts. The /
men who composed this committee /
belong TO a class that furnishes the /
great repudiatiOnists of the world to /
class that creates national, state and /
municipal debts; that bond, tax and |
rob honest men which they brag about /
as GLORIOUS achievements
Kansas is emerging from an era of .
general depression that is not limited |
to state lines nor even to the jurisdic- /
ton Of republican administrations - /
Tat the depression is not limited to |
state lines is a truth which under many |
circumstances this same committee /
would break their necks to deny. If
the present era of depression is not
wholly within the jurisdiction OF repub- |
Gcan administrations upon whom OF
what shall the responsibilities be !
placed. If it be granted that the
statement is true it commits other
administra lions to ruinOus policy
which good business sagacity demon
strates as deplorable and dangerous, |
and suggests a substitution Of some
policy along the lines of reform.
The producers of Kansas have
encased themselves in armor that is !
proof against the adhesiveness Of |
republican taffy and have resolved
that a system shall be devised and
operated whereby their hard-earued |
wealth can be retained to advance the
best interests OF the state, and those |
who made it what it is, instead of /
being paid as tribute into the vaults /
Of the pirates who have been manipu- +
lating the machinery of government /
for the advancement of their own Pri- |
vate interests. SENTINEL.