The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-10

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. AT noon Ioudy
the old Republican administration vacated
the state house and the following new
state officers, all populists, were inaugur-
ated, Chief Justice Horton administering
the oath of office: Governor, Lorraine D..
Lewelling; lieutenant governor, Percy
Daniels: secretary OF state, X. >. Osborne;
auditor, Van B. Prather; treasurer, w.
II. Biddle: attorney general, j. I. Little;
superintendent of public instruction, ii.
n. Gaines; associate justice Of the supreme
court, s. II. Allen.
Governor Humphrey, on retiring, de-
livered a brief address, expressing his
gratitude to the people of Kansas for the
honor they had conferred, and cOngratu-
lating his successor, who, he said, would
find tie office one which subjects the in-
cumbent 10 the sharpest criticism, despite
the strict performance of duty. In closing
Governor Humphrey said:
while / am deeply and truly grateful
TO the good people Of the state and fully
appreciate the honor conferred upon me
by their suifrages in the past, await the
change so soon to occur with pleasure and
satisfaction-glad, indeed, TO lay down the
burden Of care and responsibility lnsepara-
bic from high official station"
Governor dwellings response was Of
intense interest, being the first official
statement from the new executive, who is
the first of his party to hold the Office he
spoke as follows:
LEwELLING's ADDRESS.
"GoyERNOR AND FELLOW CITIZENs-The
profound responsibilities OF this moment
are too great for the individual. For the
present we are citizens more than pRrti
sans, aud each must lend his strength to
bear the burden. Adopting the Language
of an eminent statesman, 1t Is not that we
love the party less but the couAtry more
shat now, upon the threshold of new
year. and surrounded with new conditions,
we plead the cause of higher and purer
patriotism. aud demand that political
parties shall exist by reason of progressive
principles rather than subslsg upon the
spoils Of Office. The survival OF the tiJtest'
is the government of brutes and reptiles.
and such philosophy must give place TO
government which recognizes human
brotherhood IL - the province of govern
meut TO protect the weak; but government
today is resolved into u struggle OF the
masses with the classes for supremacy and
bread, until business, home aud personal
integrity are trembling in The face OF pos
sibe want in the family. Feed tiger reg
ularly ana you tame and make him harm
less; but hunger makes tigers OF men.
When this beast Is wounded by hunter
in India and is making preparations for a
Tevengeful assault, musicians seated on
an elephant, play vigorously to charm him
with their Ihelody. And thus, the people
are appeased by Z jingle of sonorOus words
in party platform.
"a II that makes existence valuable or
government desirable depends upon the en-
lorcement Of restraints upon the actions OF
ot thers, and therefore the restraining power
of government Is invoked today. Our
hearts have ached because of evictions
under the Irish tenant laws, but hundreds
of our own families are made homeless by
the foreclosure laws of Kansas, and thus
the power which freed the Africans is fore
ing into the same crucible the sons aud
daughters OF our own blood. Great forces
are forming in battle line-the same, uu-
der IA different form and guise, that have
long been IN deadly auJasoulsm, repre-
seuted in master and slave, lord aud VassaL
king and peasant despoJ and serf land
lord and tenant. lender aud borrower,
organized Hvarice and the necessities of
divided ana helpless poor. ! appeal TO
Jhe people OF Lnis great mmOnweaiJh
that they array themselves on the side of
humanity aud justice. Ii it be true that he
POOR have no night TO the property of the
have no right 10 the property of the poor.
1T Is the mission OF tue government OF
Kansas 10 protect and advance The moral
and material interests of all its citizens
it Is q special duty OF the present time 20
protect the producer from the rava.rs OF
combined wealth. National legislation
has for twenty years fostered and protected
the Interests of the east, while il has left
the south ANA west TO supply the products
with which to feed and clothe the world,
and thus 10 become the servants of wealth,
The demand for free coinage has deem
refused; the national banks have been
permitted to withdraw their circulation,
and thus the Interests Of the eust and the
west have ulyerIed, until the passage of
the Mckinley bII eliminated in their di-
vorcement. The purchasing power of the
dollar has become 50 great that corn
wheat, beef, pork aud cotton have scarcely
commanded price equal to the cost OF
production. The insuucts OF patriotism
nave naturally rebeiled against the en-
croschments Of powers the better to enable
them 10 control products aud 10 make the