Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-16
SUBSTANTIAL INTERESTS.

Chairman Jim NJ. Simpson of the
republican state central committee, in
his latest circular, the substance of
which was made public in the Journal
of Friday, calling or republicans all
over the state to furnish money for the
support of the republican house. Mr..
Simpson says he borrowed money in
order to pay the expenses of the repub-
lican house. 1t is not known ot whom
Mr. Simpson borrowed the money, as
Of course. to make public the names Of
the benefactor OF benefactors would be
a very impolite act on the part of MIR.
Simpson. 1t is much easier for Chair
man Simpson to secure money than it
is for the populist managers. It is not
surprising that the substantial interests
of the state should come toward in an
emergency of this kind, and furnish the
funds to temporarily tide the legally
organized house Of representatives
through their difficulties, but where
can the populists obtain such sum OF
money to keep their forces together?
This is the mystery that IS now inter-
esting the people. Journal.
II is more than likely that the SUBJ
stantial interests of the state, or, what
republicans consider substantial inter
ests. are helping out the republican
house. But what some not very vel
informed people would like to know is
what or who are those substantial in
terests.
There are some newspapers in south
ern Kansas that are considered pretty
substantial interests, but none of them
have come forward to contribute their
money to sustain the republican house.
There are some wholesale houses in
Wichita and some other southern Kan
sas towns that are very substantial in
terests, but none of them are known to
have contributed a cent TO furnish the
drinks for this republican only legal
and constitutional house.
There are some manufacturing insti-
tutions in southern Kansas which are
exceedingly substantial interests, but
up To this present writing none of them
are so highly elated with the present
discriminating railroad rates against
them that they are breaking their necks
to contribute money TO sustain the
republican house and republican party
in their efforts to prevent railroad leg
islation.
There are thousands of farmers in
southern Kansas who are very solid
substantial interests, but the farmers
are not giving any money to this repub-
hcan house by a very large and over
wheiming majority that even republi-
Can returning board could ignore. Not
that anybody knows of.
The Beacon is unable to say what
some of the railroads Or banks may or
may not have done.-Wichita Beacon.
Possibly the populists are not far
from right when they say that the
Santa Fe railroad has been cashing the
checks of the house of Douglass. Pos
slbly The much sought substantial
interests" are having headquarters
very near the state house, and that
former surm ses were not far from
right. Possibly, too, the small country
papers which are so eagerly jumping
in to the defense of the corporations
Can LOW begin TO 'smell a MICE" and
possibly, too, the average farmer will
begin to see that the substantial in
terests" of Kansas are not considered
by the great defunct g. o. p. as being
the farmers interests.
We have no fight to make upon rail-
roads, they are the great arteries of cur
land through which the blood Of COM
merce flows from one part of The sys-
tenn to another, and without which our
fair state could not be prosperous. We
need the railroads as bad as the rail-
roads need the business the people
furnish. But for the past number OF
years, through the doctorlng OF the
republican party, these great arteries
of commerce. necessary to all lines OF
business have been made too prominent
a feature OF our commercial system;
have taken too much of the strength
of the country To keep them flied, and
other parts of the system have suffered
thereby; until the greatest and safest
ply ysiciaus s-public opinion and public
Understanding diagnosed the case,
have decided that there should be
regulation of those arteries, that they
should not be permitted to take up SO
much of the blood Co the detriment OF
other parts of the industrial anatomy.
Hence. the men WHO are looked to to
prepare the medicine for such reGula-
ton. and to administer the dose,
should not be interfered with, not even
for the sake of saving the reputation OF
the quack physician-the g. o. p
which has so long attended the case.
The good financial health Of the masses
of people, who compose the body Of the
state demands that something he done
tn regulate the railroads.
a False Alarm.