The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25

10 the EDITOR OF the Easie
The great apostle of reform has come
and gone. Did he labor in the interests
of temperance alone all good people
would wish him God-speed. But as an
annex to the Demo-Pop party St John
is miserable failure. The animus of
his political speech was directed against
that party which has honored him in the
gift of the highest Office in the state for
two consecutive terms, setting aside
that grand and true man, George L.
ernor. Still Anthony was true TO his
connections and never has wavered IN
his Republicanism, but the Saint turned
and smote the hand that gave HIM
bread, cursed the breast that nourished
him, and would trampie in the dust If 1t
was in his power the party which geve
him emolument and a political victory.
Today he would have been a nonentity
and would have been as little known as
the Pops candidate for governor was
when he was loaning the dear people D.
per cent month money. If the people
of this state had known the man as well
before he sought place in the Repubh
can ranks as they do today, he would
never have been elected to any position
of public trust. The Republican party
he claims to despise because OF the Nc
Kinley robber tariff. But it is less than
it was when he idolized the party. He
dwelt on the fact that the duty had been
raised on wool. which made clothing
dearer. The duty on class 1, the kind
mostly produced here, was changed
from 10 cents per pound, the old law, to
II cents under the new Mckinley bill.
Glass 2 is 10 cents, same as the old law.
AS there are from five to ten pounds OF
wool in suit of clothes, the cost would
be advanced from 5 to 10 cents a suit
but the fact is clothing is as cheap today
as it ever was in the history of this
country.
Could we have free wool the grower
would get from to 10 cents per pound.
OF course it cannot be produced in this
country fer that and the result would be
that the business would be utterly ruin
ed and we would have to depend on the
English colonies in Australia and South
America where wool can be raised for
half the cost we can produce 1t for.
When the industry was ruined here
they could set their own price on
this commodity and we would have 10
pay more for our clothing than we do
today, and foreign counties would get
the bulk of it for their manufactures.
while ours would languish and die unless
we reduce to wages accordingly. The
same is true of every other enterprise.
The law was framed to benefit the
farmer and poor classes generally. More
especially does it protect the farmers IN
raising flax, hemp, tobacco. beans, poul-
| try and eggs, as they can fully realize
! in the better price they are getting for
eggs duty cent per dozen, old law
| free) and poultry duty now D cents
per pound.) Holland prior to this bill
! shipped enormous quantities to ourports.
! The reciprocity provision has advanced
| the price of corn and pork aud event. u.
| Carlisle has acknowledged that it has
stimulated manufacturing to such an ex-
| tent that better wages are paid their
| hands. Duty on silk from 30 to 60 per
centum. The Saint said this came in
| free, but take it from the law itself. OF
course the rich wear the silks, let them
! paw for them. Diamonds 90 per centum,
/ old law % per centum. Another slight
! mistake by the Saint. He said: Ola
monds free" How many OF you poor
| fellows wear diamonds? All Jewellery
| 90 per centum, and so on all the time in
| favor of the poor man as against the rich.
! Castor beans so cents per bushel, which
! is a great crop in Kansas; also, 30 cents
on fiaxseed.
Now, let US see what other statements
he has made which are misleading. De
said the Democrats never offered to pay
! him money for his influence and work
in their behalf, but he could not say as
much for the Republicans. Now, l can
prove by some of The national Republi-
| can committee of 1880 that he offered 10
sell out for $50, 900 10 them, saying tie
! Democrats had offered him big money
to run the Prohibition party, as 1t bene-
| fitted them indirectly for him 10 do so.
But they thanked him and told hlm they
were not in that kind of business, and
the result was he ran the Prohibition
party, the same as he Is dong today, as
q Democratic annex.
The Democrats worked the old
soldiers as best they could az the re-
union, by having their henchmen 10
spot them on the street and toll them in
| to a saloon. treat them and try TO get
them to promise TO vote their mongrel
ticket. They worked the other end of
the string at the Prohlb's meeting by
being present, cheering the saint and
chipping into their campaign fund. but
this double-barrel muZzle- loader Is liable
to kick back and knock the stufhng out
of their yelled prophet Ii IS a slick
scheme but too thin TO catch the sensible
portion Of Prohibs.
The reason St. John did not leave the
Republicans at once, was that he was
figuring for Ingalls, seat, but he failed IN
that aud he thought IN his distored
Imagination OF his own power aud
greatness his following in this state
wonld be so great that 1t would disrupt
the &. o. p. but his desertion hardly
created a ripple. But he is making
money and gaining an unenviab!e
noteriety as running a Demo-Pop side
show which no one outside or these
poor fellows are III any ways interested
A PR0HIBTTIONiST.