The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-30

Of the financial Dill, the question being
upon Senator Stewards free silver oOinag,
amendment Senator ingalls,, of Kansas
addressed the Senate IN favor of free coin
age. He spoke as fOliOWB:
Nh. President; Two POrtentOus Perils
threaten the safety, if they do not eudangeI
the existence, of the republic The FIRST
of these Is ignorant, debased, degraded
spurious and sophisticated suffrage; suf
frsRs contaminated by the sewage of de-
saying natiOns5 suffrage intimidated and
suppressed in the SOUTH suffrage impure
and corrupt, apRthetic and Indifferent in
the great cities or the North; so that It Is
doubtful whether there has been for half
a century a presidential election in this
country that expressed the deliberate and
intelligent Judgment of the whole body of
the American people,
FEAUD WORSE THAN VIOLENCE.
The election bill that was under oOnsid-
Grafton q few days ago was intended TO
deal with one part OF the great evil to
which have alluded, but it was an imPer-
feet, partial and an incomplete remedy.
Violence Is bad, but fraud is 10 better, and
1t Is more dangerous because It Is more
iusidious. Burke said, IN one of those i'm
mortal orati0us that emPtied the House Of
Commons, but which will be read with aG-
miratlon so long as the English tongue
shall endure that when the laws of Great
Britain were not strong enough to protect
the humbIest Hiudoo upon the shores of
the Ganges, the nObisman was not safe in
MS castle upon the DHnE6 or the j names.
Sir that lofty sentence is pregnant with
admOuitiou for us. There can be no re-
pose, there can be no stable and Perma-
neut peace IN this country and under this
Government. until it is just as safe for
black Republican to vote in Mississippi "a
If he were white Democrat in Kansas.
TIE TTRAESE or CoIBINED CAPITAL
The evil, Mr.. President, the second to
which 1 adverted as threatening the safety,
If IT does not endauger the existence OF
the Republic, Is the tyranny Of combined,
concentrated, centralized and Incorporated
capital. And the people are considering
this great problem now. The conscience
of the nation is shocked at the IN Justice of
modern society. The moral sentiment of
mankind has been aroused at the unequal
distribution Of tUeu{til at the unequal dir
fusion Of burdens, the benefits and the
privileges of society. At the beginning of
our second century the American people
have become profoundly conscious that
the ballot is not the panacea for all the
evils that afiict humanity; that it has not
abolished poverty, nor prevented In Justice
They have discovered that political equal
ity does not result in social fraternity;
that under democracy the concentration
of greater political power IN fewer hands,
the accumulation and aggregation OF
greater amounts of wealth in individuals,
is more possible than under monarchy,
and that there is a tyranny which is more
fatal than the tyranny of kings.
General Washington, the first President
of the republic, at the close of his life, in
1799 had the '--ry-- b " .i- ,ts fortune in the
United States OF America. Much OF this
came by inheritance, but the Father of his
Country In addition to his other virtues
shining and iilustrious, was a very prudent
sagaciOus, thrifty and fOrehanded man.
He knew a good thing when he saw it, a
great way OF. He had a keen eye for the
main chance. AS a surveyor, in his youth,
he obtained knowledge that enabled him to
know exceedingly well the value put upon
the public domain. The establishments OF
the national capital in the immediate
vicinity of his patrimOnial possessions
did not diminish their value. He was a
just debtor but he was an exact, if not
szsotiEg, creditor. And so It came to
pass that when he died he was, to use the
expressive phraseOlOgy of the day the
richest man in the country.
A GREAT CONTRAST.
At this time, 80 years afterWard, it is
not without interest to know that the en-
tire aggregate and sum Of mis- earthly pos
sessions - his estate, personal and mixed,
Mount Vernon and his lands along the
KanaWha and the Ohio, slaves securities
ali of his belongings reached the sum
total of between 100000 or 100000.
This was less than century ago, and it is
within bounds to say that at this time
there are many scores OF men, Of estates
and OF corporations in this country whose
annual income sspcssdS, and there has been
one man lgisose monthly FeUs1lsts since that
period exceeded the entire accommodations OF
the Wealthiest citizen of the United States
period the social condition of the United
States was one of practical equality. The
statistics of the census Of 1900 are inc
piete and partial, bot the Popuiat50o 81
the Union was sbOut {, 100000, ana ths
estimated wealth Of the country was oe-
tween $4,000, 100000 and "a. coo, OO0, 600
There was not a millionaire and there was
not tramp OF & paupeF, SO far as We
know in the country, except those who
had been made so By infrmity or disease
or inevitable calamity. A multitude OF
small farmers eOntentedly titled the soil
Upon the eoRzt race Of fishermen and
Sailors owning the crafts that they sailed
srestled their subsistence from the stormy
sea Labor was the rule and luxury tbs
exception The great mass Of the people
lived upon the products OF the farms that
they cultivated They spun WOvs anr
manufactured their clothing from FAX anG
FooL Commerce and handicrafts afforded
honorable competence The prayer oil
agar was apparently realized There wai
neither poverty nor riches, Wealth was
uniformly dinuseG, and uous were con
4emned 60 hopeless peEury ana depend
zuee. Less than 4 per cent. Of the en-
tiEa population lived ia towns, and there
su1e. but four cities whose population eE
ceeded 10000 persons. Westward to tins
aciao lay the fertile sOlitude or an ureZ
oFed continent its resources undsveI
uItsd and unsupported The dreams o,
Utopia seemed TO be about fulfilled: tn,
siJsl the universal diffusion of civil, 20
-it-csa and personal hts among the grsa
BODY OF the people accom- panied by sfdci
cient and vigorous guaranty for the safety
OF life, the protection Of property and tn,