People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-22
HERE'S YOUR nULE.
Figures that Do Not Lie.

James II. King, a farmer from near
Norwich was in town yesterday to
pay his taxes. He has two quarter sec
tionS in Kingman county, which he
had just paid taxes on, which
to $50 per quarter, max
ing si5 Il for the two quarters. He
las . quarter section in this county
anI The taxes thereon WIS Sl307, SO
fur the two quarters the taxes
would be S9GlLtcn dollars more
than the same amount Of land
in Kingman. The Gingmin land is.
better than the Sumaer county land.
The only way to accluntif1i this diff
ference is that Kingman county is
run by PopuliStS and this county is
not. IL is evident from this compar-
isOn that it would pay Simmer coun-
ty to elect Popu'st on.ccgs hereafter.
The Federation OF LaLjrat the re-
cent Chicago meeting pissed resolu-
tiOns strongly endorsing the princi-
pal planks in the Omaha platforms
and ayowing the intention ~ The or
der to 90 into politics in earnest. A
committee was appointed 10 meet a
similar committee OF the Knights Of
Labor, and il an arrangement is
made 20 cast their votes with the
Peoples party, the old parties may as
well retire before the battle begins
Grand Master Workman Sovereign
of the Knights Of LABOR evidently has
the correct view Of the political sit
uation and the duty Of workingmen.
He says: "a man may be a member Of
the OrderOf Knights Of Labor and yet
remain amembcr ofany one or the
other Of the old political parties; there
is no law either against member
joining himself to any political party
or faction or hocking by himself DO
litically if he chooses: but inasmuch
as the Peoples party embodies in its
platform an epitome Of the orders
political demands, and inaSmuch as
j that platform was formulated i'm
convention in which the order partic-
ipated through its accredited repre-
sentatiyes. it would seem that a con-
SisteDt knight Of Labor would find
himself most at home in that party
An honest man may differ from the
St.L0uls and Omaha platforms, but
a man who is isaltOgether honest would
feel that he was inconsistent at least
did he, while remaining a member of
the order, write or speak in opposition
to that platform.
The fourth Ofa series or articles on
| the governmental departments at.
Washington was published in The
Kansas City Weekly Times of Decem-
Der q. 1t relates to the State depart
ment, and gives the interesting details
Of how the diplomatic service Of the
government is scOnducted. ItOccupies
more than page, and coutains much
information that has never been pub
lished.
This is the fourth article Of the
series that has appeared in the Sunday
and Weekly Times the others being on
the Post Office department. the Agri-
cultural department and the Weather
bureau. Copies containing either of
these articles may be obtained by in
closing cents in stamps to The Times
business Office. The articles are pre-
pared by member Of The Times staff,
who has been sent to Washington ex-
pressly for that purpose, and are worth
the price Of years subscription to
the paper, which. besides its special
literary features, Of which these ar
) ticles on the departments are only
Illustrations, publishes more tele-
graphic news than any other Kansas
City paper.