The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-09-21

OF AmQ, every nehu Ot BtUUA9 SVSAy 0VA
lars worth of personal property In these
eight western states, and turned the in
habitants out, and converted this mag
nifcent empire into game preserve for
the eastern plutocratS, and then had
831 ,859,4 ,424 left. It other words, the gain
Of the eight manufacturing states Of the
east for ten years was $3l, 1853, ,4S4 greater
than the entire gain Of the eight agrl-
cultural states of the west, since Colum-
bus discovered America.
Mr.. Hoch, during his orstorical effort,
grew facetlous, and made fun Of the
calamity hOwlers for calling the money
power an octopus" Hoch pronounced 1t
octopus. I &gree with him that COM
mon ordinary hayseeds should not at
tempt TO struggle with the pronunciation
Of such word as octopus, or octopus,
or OCTOPUS, but in describing this
monster should confne themselves to
the more melllfuous titles used by the
Chicago Tribune, an eminent republican
authority quite as correct in It's orthogra-
ply, perhaps, as Mr.. Hoch, even though
he be the putative editor Of molder Of
public opinion down in Marion county,
Kas. The Tribune confines itself to such
mild explitIves as conspiracy" "cormo-
rant" robbers" "pap-suckerS," "vul-
tures," subsidized blood-gucklng
leeches," etc. Mr.. Hoch will have my
hearty cooperation In his effort to re-
form the vocabulary of this portion Of
the "wlld and woody west," and sug-
gest as q substitute for octopus the
word "drsgon;" it represents the same
characteristics as did that noble ~ AMI
NAL to which st. George gave battle, and
at the hands Of the mobility of the COM
mon people" it will share the same fate.
suggest the use of the word dragon
because I have the precedent of eminent
usage by no less authority than the Phil
adelphia Telegraph in an editorial which
was copied by the Chicago Tribune, and
which append:
IT'S TIE STATE AND THE DRAGON.
THE READING COAL COMBINE-AvARICE
AND CRAFT EVADING THE LAW.
Philadelphia Telegraph: The attitude
Of the great coal combine towards the
constituted authorities, revealed In semi
official declarations with regard TO the
decision of the New Jersey chancellor,
continues, and rightly so, to occupy q
foremost place In the public mind. Il has
seldom occurred, even In this era Of
monopolistic boldness and defiance Of
popular rights, that the formal deliver
ance of o high judicial tribunal has been
treated with such undisgulsed contempt.
As the matter stands, the court Is told
that the letter of It's decision will be
obeyed, but that its spirit will be utterly
ignored. It ia this extraordinary declsrG-
uOn that has s'aroused public comment to
an unwonted degree, and which 10 to-day
making sober-mlnded men ponder the
consequences of the pursuance of such a
course.
It Is to be noted that while Chancellor
McGill confined his decision directly to-
the restraining Of the carrying out Of the
terms Of the Port Reading Jersey Central
lease, declared illegal single document,
and forbade It's further execution, he
called attention to the fact that the gen.
ersl demand Of the state, through its at
tOrneY general, was that the three coal
carrying companies interested should be
perpetually enjolned from all future
combinations which will arbitrarily In
crease or tender to increase the price Of
coal to the people" Then, giving the
grounds of the decision which was to fol-
innu L. -nnn hlnklnnklr dnnlnrnda That