Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-11-26

administration and his associates
+ every department is in excellent
, business condition and the records
up to date. It will also show that
this administration has covered
: more money back into the state
: treasury from appropriations made
than any previous administration in
the history of the state, and it will
be seen that the state government
during the past four years has been
run at less expense than during any
four years preceding, and without
asking the Legislature to make a sim
gle appropriation to meet de6cien-
cies. Our political opponents will
have the right and the opportunity
to look upon the proceedings of the
executive council for the past thirty
years, and upon the pages of its rec
ord will be found every official ac-
ton during that time, and not cent
placed contrary to law. After our
alliance friends examine the record
of the proceedings Of the various
executive council meetings under re-
publican rule they will be compelled
to confess that their predecessors
have been honest, and that they also
must perform their official duties in
accordance with law, as we and those
before us have done. If they will
examine the journal of the executive
council they will find the applica-
tions Of several prominent gen.
tlemen now within their ranks for
favors, which were rejected for the
public good.
"What effect will the recent de-
feat have upon the republican party
Of Kansas"
''Allow me to correct you. It is
true the republicans have lost the
state offices and the state senate, but
the party has in reality won a great
victory.
"With majority Of over 10000
against it when it entered the last
campaign. it energies with that ma
jority reduced to less than $500 and
having control Of the popular
branch of the legislature. Those
forming the opposition which partly
overthrow us can never combine
again, and opposed to them stand
100000 loyal republicans, shoulder
to shoulder, undaunted and firm in
their belief that their cause is right
and will yet prevail. Such mag
nificent campaign as we have just
gone through was never seen before
in the west, and the republicans Of
Kansas are to be congratulated upon
the splendid organization they have
achieved under the leadership Of our
very able state central committee,
headed by Chairman Simpson and
Secretary Brown. That organiza-
ton will be retained, and next cam
paign our populist and democratic
friends will hear something drop.
''The next republican campaign
will be made upon republican prin-
ciples, pure and simple, and no isms,
fads or ologies will be allowed to en-
ter into our platform. The days of
crazy quilts are over and from now
on you will see republican battles in |
Kansas made for republicanism and
honest government"
"What will the board Of canvass
ers do regarding the tie vote for
member of the legislature from Cof-
fey county?''
''In 1890 the election in Marion
county there was tie vote on mem
Der of the legislature and the board
of canvassers decided the same by
lot and issued the certificate to Mr..
Hood the republican and successful
candidate.
1.-THE alliance house, however. ig-
nored this official action Of the
board and arbitrarily unseated Mr..
Rood. What the present board vii,
do, | cannot say, but the lower
branch Of the legislature Of 1890 es-
tablished a very dangerous precedent,
which may give their party serious
trouble in 1898"
SHOULD the peoples party con-
troll both the executive and legisla-
tive branches Of the state govern
ment, will the credit Of Kansas be
affected?" /
I'm answering this question /
would say not so much as if they
had obtained absolute control in
1890. That party is not so wild in
its theories now as at that time. l
was somewhat educated in the. pc
culiar ideas of that party during the
season Of 1891 and learned, as did
the members of the Legislature, that
a great many of their vagaries and