The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-10

cAlly assumed by Oner1ng MIN the DrlDe.
The case Of Mr.. e. L. GoDKN should be
sent to the Grand Jury without unneces-
sary delay.
An Attack Upon Calamity.
It Ia our duty to direct the attention OF
tho swirl nj Drained economists. who watch
over the interests Of the Sundower State In
the Fifty-second Congress, to the assault
committed by the Secretary Of the Board OF
Agriculture Of that State upon the Farmers
Alliance and the Peoples party. The April
crop report sent out by this official asserts
that " Kansas starts out with highly favored
conditions for prosperous crop this year"
and he even dares to adduce as proof Of his
assertion such facts as that tho heavy
rainfall and snowfall In March have
strengthened the roots Of the late-sown
wheat. and that the percentage Of wheat
killed has been small. Are minds like the
Hon. WILLIAM ALFRED PEFFER's. for
merly Of CoNeyville; the Hon. JERRY SIMp-
soNs. the Sockless Socrates Of Medicine
Lodge: the Hon. BRAs1DAs HoLoTERNEs
CLovER's OF the Third District. who " was
married." as he tells the world in the Con-
gressional Record, " on All Fools Day in 1859.
and has seven children" the Hon. JOHN
GRANT OT1s's Of Topeka, the Hon. JOHN
DAvIs's OF Junction City. widely known"
as he modesuy observes In his biography.
" as an able and fearless writer on economic
subjects" and the Hon. William BAKERS
Of Lincoln, to allow the Secretary Of the
Kansas Board Of Agriculture to dissem-
mate reports false to the principles and re-
in ha h{sph Vnio ~ ha A
and the P. p. 1t is libel upon both those
institutions to say that Kansas starts out
with favorable conditions for q prosperous
crop year. Prosperity Is thing unknown
to Kansas. or else the grand cerebral con-
stellation composed Of PETER and SIMPSON
and the other stars Of the Kaw. has twin
killed. in vain. Let us look at Kansas from
the PEPPER and SIMPSON point Of view.
The only crops that thrive in Kansas are
calamity and mortgages. The impover-
ished farmer reads RUsK on Diseases of the
Horse by corn fire while his daughter
makes the keys Of the piano moan out " The
Heart Bowed Down." What have snow or
rain to do with the prospects of wheat
Kansas has weather enough: what sho'
needs Ia SO many dollars OF currency
to the square inch. irredeemable shinplas-
ters preferred. It is nothing less than an
outrage to say that the Kansas crops are
going to be good. 1t is necessary for the
salvation OF the Peoples party in Kansas
that bankruptcy. ruin. fire. drought. grass
hoppers. failure Of crops. foot-and-mouth
disease. murrain. pestilence. and the
devil. should rage and prevail. The man
who says 1897 Is going to be good
crop year in Kansas Is an enemy OF
the Peoples party and Of the Alliance. He
is q wretched optimist bent upon making
his fellow citizens contented with their lot.
We look to see the CASTELAR, OF Coffeyville
arise in his seat In the Senate and. opening
to his mouth q pathway through those su~
preme whiskers. give utterance to the
thoughts and the indignation that must be
sitting In him from chest to brainbox.
Surely he must forever hold his peace or
now snort fire at the base proposition that
Kansas Is now or ever can be full In crop or
purse until the Ocala platform has become
her ark and fortress. not single plank
shaved of. not single nail taken out Of
the coffin Of plutocracy. Aud what flashes
of indignation will leap through the gold
bowed spectacles Of the Big Medicine OF
and labored apology:
"In consequence Of the dry condition Of tho soil last
fall the wheat in the eastern belt Of tho State was re-.
duced IS per cent reported BY correspondents In
the central and western belts the condition Of the soil
was more favorable. and In both the wheat was
increased over that OF the previous year.
"Whsat sowing last fall was much later than usual
for two reasons: Frat farmers sowsd late precau
ton agAinet the Hessan ny secondly tho dry and hard
condition Of the soil in many portions OF the State did
not permit Of sowing st the usual time.
The wheat 10 nearly all portions Of the State
slow to gsrnnate and much Of II did not appear above
the ground in the fall; but the favorable weather
during the winter and the abundant rains during
March have brought ont the wheat and In tho central
and western belts wothirds Of the STATED the plant 10
very evenly distributed over the ground. and 10 in
healthy and promising condition: also In some Of the
eastern oounties"
And II SIMPSON should let tho opportunity
slide. we may be sure that JOHN DAVIS OF
Junction City. the able and fearless writer
on economic subjects. will be as fearless
and able as the emergency requires. He
will confute the presumptuous Secretary OF
the Board OF Agriculture. and show that
Hessian flies and the dry condition of the
soil do not delay the sowing Of wheat or
abundant rains help 1t. The able and fear
less economist Of Junction City will show.
II SIMPSON fails. that an insufficient supply
Of currency is what delays the sowing Of
wheat. and that cereal Sub-Treasury or q
Government land loan IL the thing to make
wheat grow. A graduated income tax is a
sure cure for Hessisn flies. and droughts are
the direct result Of trusts.
The printers In the Government printing
house begin to tremble. They feel in their
bones that blizzards OF speech and fearful
inkspouts are approaching from the Kansas
Alliance representatives.
Two Doubtful Politicians.