The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-23

| 's"'e n"u POSSESSION OF auu COutrol Vi u
'tate government. A party once honor
ape ana respected, but which has becor
ne mere tool Of railroad corporations. DIES
titnte OF honor or principle. and which la
| SUNK SO low III the scale of morality AIT
| integrity that it delights in keeping II
| Doodiers and Parasites III the front: whic
mas niled the state Offices and halls or lee
| isiation with political pilgrims whose oni
| purpose Is spuila, aud whose highest am
| oiaion Is 10 maintain party supremacy.
| we especially congratulate the Soo
| people of Kansas that rnis annex TO th
railroad corporations of the state has bee
lnally 0yerthrown and the state relieves
from the stencil Of the Humphrey ant
higgins rule. That an honest state gov
eminent has succeeded the former corrup
oae. That the will of the people nos
bears rule. and the Kansas state govern
! ment no longer takes its orders from th
Santa Fe railroad.
j. We also commend Governor LEVEL
ing, WHO at all times has conducted him
sell as fearless and honest official, dis
charging his duties as the executive heaf
OF the state with courage and fidelity ant
WITH equal and exact justice TO all thu
cl.lzsns OF the state, irrespective or party
4 We heartily commend the state boarc
Oh assessors III placing the value OF railroad
property on an equality with the Other
mat corporate property should bear It's
Its just proportion or the expenses OF the
government
.. We believe that a majority OF the
members of the last legislature were legal
ly elected by the Peoples and Democratic
partles; that Immediately upon such TACT,
becoming known, Il conspiracy was enter
ed Into by members OF the state returning
board with dishonest coanty clerks,
lei w fff b.1r
md an apparent majority returned
or the Santa Fe annex, commonly known
as the Republican party. That such APP
parent majority Was procured for The eX-
press purpose OF preventing any iegisla-
tion regulating and controlling the
freight rates, and the enactment of proper
railroad legislation was by this means pre-
vented.
4. We affirm the failure to enact whole
some railroad legislation is solely chaTgea-
bic to the Republican mem bers of the leg
lslature, ANA the Republican party shonid
be held responsible for such failure. Or
gained IN defiance of usage and law by
the hired Lenchmen OF tue Santa Fe Rail
road company for the sole purpose Of pre-
venting the enactment by the Popuilst
members of the Legislature of proper
maximum freight law. it succeeded in its
and thereby compelled the people
~
excessive freight charges before the meet
ing of another legislature.
Z. We denouncs us an unparalleled out
rage the calling Of Republican toughs,
thieves, boodlers and plug ugies from all
parts of the state by the Santa F'e annex,
to the state capital, to overawe the regu-
larly constituted authorities of the state.
under the guise Of special sergeants ut
arms, and we denounce as robbery, the pay
r lain IF no
state treasury.
We also denounce the legislature foa the
enactment of n law authorizing the pay
ment of those so-called Republican, special
5ergeautS at arms.
s. The lawless proceedings of the Repub-
Iican members OF the last general Assem-
bly, has only the more thoroughly con-
vinced that Kansas can never have equiJ-
able legislation and clean government un-
til every Republican office holder is driven
from office, and to accomplish this most
desirable purpose we call upon the honest
people of the state to rally TO the support
Of the Peoples party.
9. Believing that the greatest temporal
blessing that can be conferred upon man
S 10 give him continuous and profitable
and that this can only be at
aimed by sufficient volume of money to
stimulate the exchange or commodities,
We hold it to be the primary duty of the
government (Which reserves TO itself the
right to coin and regulate money
% furnish to the people money in quantity
to do the business of the country
IN Il cash basis.
History has conclusively demonstrated
hat the people are prosperous or the Oppo-
lite, as the things they use for money are
,ienty or scarce: aid it being universally
conceded that our volume OF money is in
efficient to satisfactorily conduct the bus
less Of the country, we declare that we are
II favor of the free anI unlimited coinage
f silver ut the ratio of l6 to l. and unaIter-
bly, opposed TO the repeal of the act of
$50. known as the Sherman law until
rec silver coinage IS substituted therefor.
We further declare that while the de-
Of silver has inflicted an un-
old loss upon the American people, the |
armer has suffered more than any other !
lass, and is as vitality interested in its |
estOratiou to free coinage as the silver |
inner. Tue statistics of the past twenty /
ears have demonstrated that The price OF |
grIcultural products has risen and fallen !
i the same ratio as silver; aud il the |
liver mining Industry of this country is |
0 be crushed ut the behest of European |
lngle gold standard financiers and their |
american lackeys, the farmers of this |
ountry will by the same blow, be forced !
D Il condition of poverty, want and desti-
ntioD, equaled only by the peasants OF
'oland aud Russia and the Ryot of |
ndia
The struggle for supremacy now being
lade III the United States BIZ the single
OLD standard advocates means, it sue
seds or fails, poverty or prosperity;
suorancs or intelligence; degradation or
slavery or freedom for the
reat industrial classes OF this country.
1t the conspiracy TO enthroue gold rs the
utocraL oil America proves successful the
'publlc OF our fathers Will have passed
way, and on its ruins have been erected
as abhorrent as that of Russia,
$ subjects nation OF paupers and slaves.
Ii the history of the nations that have
sen, ffourlshed and been eXtinguished in
10 past are AL index to the future there is
0 question but that the liberty Of the
merIcan people is involved in the settle
ent OF the financial question. 1t Is not "A
artisan one, aud in view OF the monoto-
Gus Issue, we earnestly urge every person,
gardless of party affiliations, TO help
eleat the onoplracy to establish single
Did standard in this country.
10. We believe the government should
'oVlde safe repositories for the savings
the people, ana that they ought not be
objected TO the risks aud hazard of leay
< their savidgs with private corpora
ons. We therefore insist upon the gov
nment establishing postal savings banks
I the use OF the people.
IL In the the interest of proper economy
I'd the purer administration OF public
fairs, we favor the reduction of the fees .
all public officers to a tair compensa-
on for the labor performed and the re-
onsibility assumed.
l.. We believe the government can never
!Iy repay tue soldiers who maintained !
Q Integrity OF our country during the
beliion and we insist that ali peusion
VS. shall be literally construed and i'm
rti"lly enforced. Respectfully submit
4, T. - SANKEY,
l. / CARNAHAN,
w f. GREER,
Y DFsN