Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-01-14

OF men When this beast Is wounded b. o hunter
In India and In making preparations ior u TO-
vengcful assault the musicians seated on an
elephant play vigorously TO charm him WIN
their melody. And thus the people are up.
rcased by q Jingle OF tho sonorous words OF
rarity platforms
All that makes existence valuable or govern
ment desirable depends upon the enforcement
OF restraints upon the actions OF Others ana
therefore the restraining power OF government
is evoked to-day Our hearts have ached De-
cause OF cvictions under the Irish tenant laws
hut hundreds OF our own families arc maze
homeless by the foreclosure laws OF Kansas
and thus the power which freed the African Is
forcing into tho same cruciole the sons anu
daughters of our own blood.
Two great forces are forming in battle line:
the same under different forms and guise that
have long been in deadly antagonisul, repre-
sented in master and slave, lord and vassal,
king and peasant, despot and serf, landlord ana
tenant lender and borrower, organized nvarlce
and the necessities OF the divided and helpless
poor. Iappeal TO the people Of this great com.
nonwealth to array themselves on Inc slue OF
humanity and justice II II be true That the
people have no right to the property OF The rich
let IL also be declared that the rich nave NO
right TO the property OF the poor.
II Is the mission OF Kansas to protect anu
advance The moral and material interests OF oil
its citizens 1t is its special duty at the present
time TO protect the producer from the ravaSes
OF combin ID wealth. National Legislation mas
for twenty years fostered and protected the IN
tercst Of the fow while II has left the south ana
west to supply the products with which 10 reed
and clothe the world and thus TO bsco me the
servants OF wealth. The demand for free coin
age has been refused The national banks have
been permitted to withdraw their. circulation
,lo t,.N, nf hn IN
have diverged until the passage OF the McKin'
lev hill eliminated Ia their enforcement The
purchasing power o; tho dollar has become SO
great that corn. wheat, beef, pork and cotton
have scarcely commanded o price equal to the
cost OF production The instincts OF patriotism
have naturally rebelled against these unwar'
ranted encrolchmcnts OF the power OF money.
Sectional hatred has also been kept alive by
the old powers, the better to enable them 10
control the products and make the producer
contribute to the millionaire And thus while
the producer labors in the field, the shop ana
the factory, the millionaire usurps his earnings
and rides in gilded carriages with Lvericd ser
wants. To check and change these conditions
for the good OF all, Kansas steps forth today,
and while dema nding the rights OF the laoorer
and producer she also presents the olive branch
OF peace ana good will 10 the people OF the south
by sending to the national congress distin'
guished farmer and stock raiser, who was
colonel in the confederate army.
And thus change is forcshadowcd; change
is written on all things One generation passes
away--and another Succeeds-from lie. 70
death--the tomb. the spirit-ihe seed. the plant
- the chrysalis. the butterfly out OF the throes
OF ature-revolution, higher l!fe-prc2ress.
There must be change, ana change must be ex.
altation aud progress The old man bows TO
the earth with the weight OF gears and amid
mighty conflict Of IDEAS tue now 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 chan
Of human destiny.
Under the peaceful revolution tina; comes TO
Kansas io-dIy let US hope there may also
come n spirit OF renewed devotion to the inter
ests OF tho people. Il spirit OF sympathy Tor
those who struy Ile ana an awakening TO the
greatness anu the responsibility OF citizenship.
The state is great Than party but the citi'
zen is greater than tho state, while the 1umhy
the citizen produces, Is the priceless jewel Vi
our civilization. The problem OF to-day Is now
10 make the state subservicnt 10 the individual
rather than to become his master. Govern
ment Is q voluntary union for the COM
mon good. II guarantees 10 the Individual
life liberty ANA the pursuit OF happiness. Inc
government then must make 1t possible Tor Inc
citizen 10 live b; his own labor The govern
ment must make II possible for tho citizen 10
enjoy liberty and pursue happiness II the
government fails OF these things 1t fails In Its
mission 1t ceases 10 be OF advantage to the
citizen, no is ahsolvcd from his allegiance, ana
is no longer held By the civil compact IL OLD
men 20 20 the poor house and the young men
70 to prison something Is wrong with the econ
omic system o; the government. And what Is
the state TO him II its labor is denied him and
his children cry for bread!
Talk TO the winds and reason with despair,
hut tell not misery's sons that life Is fair. d"
What IL the state 10 the farmer who YEARLY
drags himself FRI m dawn TO dark TO meet the
stern necessities OF the mortgage on the
farmi What Is the state TO him II II sanctions
usury and other legal forms By which his home
IL destroyed and his innocent ones become
prey to the fends who Turk in the shadows OF
civilization? What Is tho state 10 tho business
man, early growing gray. broken In health aud
spirit by the successive failures, anxiety
like O boiling owl his constant companion by
day and the disturber Of his dreams by night!
How Is life 10 be sustained, how is liberty to be
enioved. how is happiness 10 be pursued under
such adverse conditions as the state permits II
IL does not sanction! Is the state poNerless
ngainst these conditions: Then tho state has
failed and our boosted civil compact Is hollow
mockcry.
But government Is not a failure md the state
has NOT been constructed In vain This Is the
generalion 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, We have leaped the bloody chasm
and entered u contest for the protection OF
home, humanity and the dignity OF labor.
Tho grandeur of civilization shall be empha-
sized by the dawn OF new era, In which
tho people shall reign And II found neces-
sary, they will exp md the powers Of govern
nent TO solve he enlgmas OF the times" The
people are greater than the law or the statutes,
and when nation sets its heart on doing
great and good thing. It eau md legal way TO
do It." The old may for 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 victory is 10 the
new and tho true. In its general course,
tho great march OF human destiny
fs forward The winding stream
vnav raturn uuon ITSELF but the channel still