Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-19

time 10 protect the producer from the raVageS
Of combined wealth National legis.@. Izz.v
for twenty years fostered and protected the H.
terest of the few, while it has left the south and
west to supply the products with which to feed
and clothe the world and thus TO beco me the
servants of wealth The demand for free COLL
age has been refused The national banks have
been permitted to withdraw their circulation
and thus the interes Is of the east and west
have diverged until the passage OF the NICK IN
ley bill eliminated in their enforcement The
purchasing power of the dollar has become SO
great that corn, wheat, beef, pork and cotton
have scarcely commanded price equal to the
cost of production The instincts of patriotism
haze naturally rebelled against these unwar-
rantcd encroachmentS of the power of money.
Sectional hatred has also been kept alive by
the old powers, the Eetter to enable them 10
control the products aud make the producer
contribute to the millionaire And thus while
the producer labors in the field. the shop and
the factory, the millionaire usurps his earnings
and rides in gildeG carriages with liveried SER
wants To check and change these conditions
for the good ~ hll, Kansas steps forth today,
and while >.5ala nding the rights OF the laborer
and producer she also presents the olive Uranch
of peace ana good will to the people of the south
by sending TO the national congress distin-
guished farmer and stock raiser, who was a
colonel in the confederate army.
And thus change is foreshadowed; change
is written on all things. One generation passes
away-and another succeeds-from lie, to
death-the tomb, the spirit-the seed. the plant
- the chrysalis, the butterf1y-out Of the tn roes
of characterization, higher Hfe-progress.
There must be change, and change must be ex-
altation and progress The old man bows to
the earth with the weight OF years and amid
mighty conflict Of ideas the new man takes his
place. From the accumulation of past wisdom
and experience, the times become pregnant
with great events and new ideas are born
These linked together become the silver chain
of human destiny.
Under the peaceful revolution that comes to
Kansas to-day. let us hope there ma also
come spirit of renewed devotion to the inter
eStS OF the people spirit OF sympathy for
those who struggle and an awakening to the
greatness and the responsibility of citizenship.
The state is greater Than party: but the citi-
zen is greater than the state while the family
the citizen produces, is the priceless jewel of
oUr civilization. The problem of to-day is how
to make the ate SubServient to the individual
rather than to become his master Govern
ment is vciCntar; union for the cCu-
good. 1t guarantees to the individual
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness The
government then must make it possible for the
citizen TO live by his own labor. The govern
meut must make it possible for the citizen to
enjoy liberty and pursue happiness. If the
government fails OF these things it fails in its
mission 1t ceases 10 be of advantage to the
citizen. he is absolvedfrom his allegiance, and
IS no longer held by the civil compact If ole
men go to the poor house and the young mel
go to prison something is wrong with the econ
omic system of the government And what is
the state to him il its labor is denied him and
his children cry for bread2
Talk to the winds and reason with despair,
But tell not misery's sons that life is fair
What is the state to the farmer who YEARLY
drags himself from dawn to dark TO meet the
stern necessities of the mortgage on the
farm2 WHAT'S the state to him if it sanctions
uSury and other legal forms by which his home
is destroyed and his innocent become a
prey to the fendS who lurk in the shadows of
civilization? What is the state to the business
man, early growing gray. broken in health and
spirit by the successive failures, anxiety
like boding owl his const ant companion by
day and the disturber of his dreams by night
How is life to be sustained, how is liberty to be
enioyed, how is happiness to be pursued under
Such adverse conditions the state permits if
it does not sanction? Is the state powerless
against these conditions? Then the state has
failed and our boosted civil compact is hollow
mockery.
But government is not failure and the state
has not been constructed in vain This is the
generation which has come to the rescue
Those in distress who cry out from the dark
ness shall not be heard in vain Conscience is
in the saddle have leaped the bloody chasm
and entered contest for the protection OF
home, humanity and the dignity of labor
The grandeur OF civiliza ton shall be ernpha-
sized by the dawn OF a new era, in which
the people shall reign Ana, if found neces-
sary, they will expand the powers of govern
ment to solve he euigmaS OF the times The
people are greater than the law or the statutes,
and when nation sets its heart doing
g,
do it." The old may for a time stand in the
way of the new but the old must yield Every
age and every epoch is marked with conflict
The lines may waver, but victccy is TO the
new and the true. In its general course,
the great march OF human destiny
is forward The winding Strear,
NAV return upon itself. but the channel still
makes progress toward the sea. Egyptian CIV
ilizaton passed away, but lived in Jewish his
tory. The prosecuted Christians were scat
tered to the four winds. but like the seed watt
ed on the breeze their principles took root in
every soil Rome triumphed aud passed away,
but tho word inherited the results OF its bril-
liant achievements Thus Alexander con-
Quered Esi6 gave added impulse to intellectual
life. Thus Bonaparte enihroned the idea OF q
government of the people and Washington ex-
allied human liberty.
have dream of the future and enduring
faith in the evolution of an abiding human gov
eminent. In the beautiful visions of coming
time behold the abolition of poverty. A time
is foreshadowed when the whitening hand Of
want shall NOS be outStretched for charity,
when liberty, equality and justice shall have
permanent abiding places in this republic.
Having finished his speech, Lewelling
waved his hand in token that he de-
sired the audience to cease its applause,
and, turning to Chief Justice Horton,
said with quiet dignity: ''Mr. Chief
Justice, am now ready to take the
oath of Office as governor of Kansas"
The chief justice then administered the
usual oath to which Mr.. Lewelling re-
sponded: 81 do" He then bowed ana
kissed the book.
When the new chief magistrate had
signed the oath, the chief Justice said:
81 have the pleasure of announcing
that Lorraine D. Lewelling is governor
of Kansas
The crowd yelled and shouted for
three minutes After quiet had been
restored, Lieut-Gov. Felt present
ed his successor, Percy Daniels. for
the oath, which was duly administered.
And SO on the other new Officers were
prese nted and sworn in.
POLICE BOARDS EXIST.
Attorney General Little Holds That The.
Have Not Been Lawfully abolished
TOPEKA Kan Ian IN The first Of