The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-29
KANSAS REPURLICANIsM.

There is no true American whose heart
does not beat faster when he turns his
thoughts to Kansas. 1t stands ont
against the horizon Of history as the
state that has produced more racket and
more grasshoppers than any state in the
union, not to mention John James In
gals, Jerry Simpson and Mrs. Lease
The country will therefore hail with
joy a new work defining the exact posi-
ton of the republican party in Kansas,
with casual reference to the location OF
! the United States, the situation of En-
gland and other foreign powers, and
other interesting and valuable informa-
ton. 1t is entitled "Whither Are We
Drifting?" and purports to be the
product of wv. p. Hackney, ex-state
senator of the state of Kansas and
chairman of the republican state con-
vantion of 1892" 1t is therefore of
fetal, and as it was hurled into the
world on Oct q. 1898, ii may be assumed
to present Kansas republicanism in it's
latest phases. 1t is evident from pass
ages of the book that the author does
not refer to any physical drift of the
country. for he says:
To the south of us opens up vast
| virgin field where, manufacturers are
unknown. There lies the Greater An
! tiles, Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecua-
dor, Peru, Bolivia. Brazil, Paraguay.
Uruguay, Argentine, Chilli, Guatemala,
| Honduras, Salvador. Nicarauguay, Costa
/ Rico, Yucatan, Central America and
Panama silver nations with their guano
| silver, indigo, cocia, sugar, coffee, banan-
mas, cochineal mahogany, vanilla, Peru
! Wan bark, from which quinine is eX-
! tracted, india rubber, dye woods, salt
peter, tropical fruits. etc, all of which
we need and must have and none of
| which comes into competition with the
American farmer, manufactures or Ia
/ borer.
To the west of us are the Sandwich,
| Caroline, Philippine, New Guinea,
Borneo. Sumatria, Ceylon and Java
islands, the latter having a population
alone of 600 people, Japan, Siam,
China, Arabia, Persia, Georgia, Tur-
kestan and Afghanistan with their hun
! dreds Of millions of people. with few If
any manufactures, silver nations, who
bid us to give them our surplus for
! their products and which do not come in
( competition with us in any way.
[ by an VI Ttudbit maps
and charts it will be seen that we still
retain our old bearings, and, therefore,
have not drifted at all in a physical
way. The author apparently refers to
political drift, and as to this he is
not so specific as might be desired and
therefore leaves the impression that we
are drifting in several directions at one
and the same time. He opens his re-
marks in great depression:
To the student of peoples and govern
ments, the signs of the times are omin-
Gus.
To those who have long burned the
midnight OIL bordering over the rise
and fan Of nations" our future looks
gloomy indeed. History is but a sad
record of bloody wars and mercenary
statesmanship-an epitome of the treach-
cry OF men and the butchery of peo-
1 pies Along the shores Of the great
! ocean of time, may be seen here and
! there. the broken wrecks OF mans Oft
repeated efforts at self-government, evil
: dence of his incapacity, treachery and
brutality.
AS he wanders along through these
sad "reminiscences Of dark and dismal