The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-23
sTINGING INDICTMENT.
An Open Letter From a Late Prom
inent Republican
John Madden ArsaIEns the ElePubIiean
Party AZ the Isar Of Public Opinion
Its Many sIHs OF ComInIssIon
and omis foa.

an state central committee. in answer
% NE Simpsons Macedonian cry,
stand mp for Kansas = John Madden
was republican presidential elector in
1sssHnd voted for Harrison. As let
tor writer and hard hitter he takes rank
with Judge John Martin. Indeed, his
arraignmcut of the republican party is
one OF the most powerful documents
ever produced by pen, and will prove a
terrible stumbling block to the repub-
iican party of this state. John Mad
den's position for the right is but an
other illustration OF the very, very rapid
disintegrG tiCn of the republican party:
CoTFoSwooo FALL, Kan. AUG. u, 1892
Afea- J. ~ siHP40H. Chairman RePuJlicaH Stase
GsH.Uat Commit P, TOgeEa kan.
DEAR SIR-Your letter Of tho 9th inst re-
quosting my services for the state campaign in
behalf Of tho republican party duly received.
will stale the reasons syh- cannot accept your
invita- ton ana hope tho sam NAV be received
b. you sunicient: they are not intended to
Be personal au hope yOu viii receive them n
the same kind spirit ia which they are penncd.
They are reasons why oppose a systern vyhieh
IA ny judgment IS not truly American
havo never been what might bs termed
PARTISAN for the reason that could never see
anything sacred in political doctrines whzn
they did not impress the conse!ences Of men as
being right
have alyza-s been opposed to the protection
ot one class OF men at t.2s expense OF the great
wealth producing masses, ana never supposed
any party would be short sighted enough to at
NInpt q thing OF that KIND nnd have been
mistaken, like thousands Ct other men who
have been voting with tho republican party,
and We see our brethren OF the producing and
laboring classes surrounded by conditions
which are ABSOLUTELY appalling, and the great
question now Is 70 save them before it Is too
I am an American by birth, training and sdu-
cation and as such am unalterably opposed
10 any political movement Of men that tends TO
set aside the simple faith and loyalty Of the
fathers and create conditions unnatural and un-
American, whereby capital becomes i heartless
olIsarchy, and labor drops down 70 the level OF
a homeless and hopeless peouage-
Partisan prejudice cannot close the food
gates through which rush the clear and living
waters Of truth; neither can its blind dogmas
draw unto themselves respect venerauou or
reverence when huugFy thousands clamor for
bread and laboE's voice IS hesFd at every gath
ering demanding protection, and IL is answered
The motto. stand up for Kansas, " on your
letter head, in view of the condition 20 which
The toiling masses have been reduced; In view
Of the fact that your political system has con
tructed the peoples money, so that obligations
cannot be paid; IA view OF the fact that homes
are being sold under mortgages and passing
into the hands Of syudicates; iu view Of the
fact that the people have been robbed by rail
road CO. porations and transportation lines; in
view OF the ract mat trusts ana combines CON
trol the peoples market and get what Is left;
In We" OF the Iaet thGt you passed an IN
4Gultous law extending municipal AID 70 ral--
roads, and now great number Of the
counties OF Kansas arc resting IN she sleep Ot
oeAth under oohls voted by hlFea voters
of the companies through tho operation Of such
"A law ia view OF the fact that such Il
system Of municipal aid has been main ntainsd,
when its repeal urged by your pntri-
D;ic governor, John a Martini in view Of the
fact that our immense wheat erop Of this year
Is being already absorbed by the railroads ana
wheat ombines: in view OF tho fact that the
most industrious can scarc.fT maintain them
selves and families, the motto, Stand up for
Kansas Is unnatural, inhuman and ghoulish,
and sounds like the hollow moczery Of winds
You say you want speakers, capable Of ex-
pounding party doctrine and especially the
magnificent services which the present admin
istration has rendered the farmers and laboring
men Of the country
presidential electors of Kansas cast my vote
direct for Benilmin Harrisoni I hoped then a
change OF administration would benefit the
country and hghtcu some of the burdens rest
ing upon the people
In the campaign OF that year I advised the
barefootcd men whom I met at political meet
inEs IN western Kansas vote for republican
supremacy. I shall never forget the pLthos OF
some OF those gatherings, when stood in the
solemn presence OF toil-wO-n men and women
whose faces indicated that they needed bread
With these things in mind and deeply i'm
pressed as with the frfghtful condition Of
the people, j am in no mood 10 eZpound the
magnificent services which YOU say this ad-
ministration has rendered The people
II the services have been you claim, the
people need be told Of them, results
would speak for themselves Ths fact Is ths
administration has rendered magnificent ser
vices, not TO the farmers and laborers, but 70
the Carnegies, with their PinlSartons; the Nc
4-cods- with thGir coal trusts the Armours5
with their beef combines, and the GOuids with
their railroad systems; and IN fact all Of tas
many agencies formed for the purpose Of con-
trolling the output Of The mines, the shops, the
nelds and the farms
fear your party has departed from the
teachings OF Lincoln, Stanton. Seward and
Chase fear that spoilsmen dominate your
councils and lobbyists corrupt your law max
ing body. / fear that YOU follow leaders who
by slow but sure transitions load you to dc she
bidding Of the most cruel and heartleas power
this country bad ever known the money power
Your rank and file are honest but they are as
Ceived by sophistry and false logic Your lead
ers stir up prejudice and set men acatnst their
Heighbors They light the hres OF sec llGiial
hatred, and arouse partisan bigotrg. They
have placed your party practically on the SIDE /
Of capital, which Is nothing but property ehat !
Eel and against labor, which IL hEInauitg tE 40
fion- Humanity is above all the chattel prop 1
erty earth II holds within it mighty poten- /
fialiffes human hearts and immortal souls l
which cannot be made 10 long submit 10 use /
less eeremolials, empty formulas and question I
able doctrines
VITA !Oos0, coo men arganized.ln the various !
Industrial and political organizations Of the /
country protesting against the conditions that /
now confront them; demanding that tne bread 4
winners and wealth producers receive an equal 4
that something IS wrong with the machinery 1
Of government and that Il should be adjusted 1
the people, aud are continually presenting /
themselves Tor solution
Senator Palmer, IN the United States senate, 1
IN speaking or she Homestead trouble sprung I
some Of these problems and he was denounced /
by the republican press as a dosiallFE boceu1e 4
he said labor had . property interest," n thAt /
when it created II this belief is socialism as
understood 5y the old and existing order tnen /
an proud q the honor OF being enrolled in The
new school Of political thought nnd hero enter
my protest against system which euslaves /
and desrades labor BY denying 10 IL equal pro
tee tton with capltala property interest IN taat 4
which ia creates, and equal distribution In i
tbs proesedE Of its earnings
Your tariff theories Ere aJiE1llse questions ana 4
very incomplete because YOU do not take into /
tccouuG the social qEes rious and dneQ uEl ties OF
Jus that lie back of tho IN cory os pro
tscrfon- Hence you nacd not he surprised 10 i
hear Of locl-outs and atriizcs- They but she 1
volcanic ouaaursss OF rlls coDvuisiVa fsea with
IN which e properly adjusted harmless.
other fsa des tzuGtLVs- Il IS tha duty Of gov
eminent to 50 adjust these relations that peace
and prospe-tsy may bsiolg 70 sn ctaases ans 4
become The common blr tl-iEht q eVarF cittEsR-
Your silver ul1Ek -ss framed in the interest," OF
me money power, hence IL Is Het entitled 70 I
any rsaasls from tbs lahering snG Is-ldae-
fns5 classes, OF in faet from Any cial-s q /
citizens who have patriotic regard fqr taeiE
cauntrv Your force h-ll- was intended 20 4
- fie = isfe-uari OF the same dominant reEer
Erd easnnef ensIavci Iabor 10 vote under tna
touch Of rsderll z1-sonetl- 1cuE idea of gov
1ln4-aas IS force, sshisE is lloua1ehia1 and Is
er He destructive Of ts d Der -ies OF the citisal
in 8 free rapznlie. &our idea OF mca2E beieuEs
30 the % Tauiam ,f the Rtst-iE1pertaEts
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