The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-01-27
TIE MERCURY on THE sITUA-
ZION.

shseu'GllfFs ~ al EELlGiE tAl trtfl tlifE ~
gre an impartial review Of the IeRisl',-
tive situation. NsH'ku himself into a
spssHIn OF hitter pHriisan prejudice, and
winds zap by ,isnOUnoiBg tie governor
ana TIE tSzders % shs peoples party
as anarchists and ssHiaW'Hgs.
We hardly eGpss.ted such n Viruieut
Uutburst, as lie has privately and Pnh-
liely a'lvoCaled q number Of the m'.st
radical principles 80 ti,s psEty, fOr Ebe
suppyrs 0E which tie l,opulistss have
besa denounced as crS.nks aud vision
aries.
We have hob space this week 70
discuss Jhe matter at length. but will
simply refer 40. one OF .tNO points TO
shaw that The charge he made thRt
the leaders OF The party are anarchists
is utterly UnteuSble.
II We cunCsds for the purpose Of the
argument, that according to the weight
OF authority ana precedent. = majority
Of The persons holding certificates OF
election, even though the certificates
we're given through fraud aud by a
violation Of thS lsw on tie part Of the
board OF caRvaAssra were entitled
tl organizes the house, and that there
fOis The p0puIIst uismOsEs who insisted
that the psTsuns whose seaLs were
contested. xIld tile. InsInbsFs whO ,gers
pos mastsrs should not bs allowed 70
take part in tie organization Of ths
i.Uuss, were mistaken IS u tue law, il
would not follow that thsT are ausr-
chis:s. The question as 70 whether
persons who it is claimed sirs not eIigi-
bic 70 membership, ard persons whose
election Is contested uII The gruuud OF
fraud, etc, should be allowed TO take
! part III tire organization Of tie mousse,
sChsg tie Uotes o. such persons could gsUs
one party "a majority i1hscb Il you'd not
haze t5ltboat thar Uotss- Is 3 question OF
law snd Justice UpuH which Tie highest
authority, and tie ATHEIST msu of the
! country have held contrary opinions.
| In the TEyeuty-sixth Congress the
! names Uf five persons Tao held ceTtih-
/ Gates. but WhOye seats were contested,
we're not read by the clerk when
the rul was called, and they were
{ mt allowed TO participate in ths
Organization az lhe house. The
j question WIS discussed for weeks by
avls men, and the position taken by
/ the populists I'm the present dimcuIUy
WIS advocated by sDTns Of the must
notsd men Of the country. a number
Gf Instances casa he given y here per
SONS holding certificates were UOU
allowed tn be 50 OTn ia sts all, During
81. v-. r7.-...-,- H,-,F.fgs.rv ,g.-rsFs..,es.-
wiislss loyalty WIS questioned were nuJ
/ s,IiOyyr,l 10 be sworn in until ths mat
trs had been Investigated, and ths
ehHFga dispruveu. Again, upon tht
qussti,EI JF the eligibility uf fssraunH
who issld g0vsrHEisuE slal,55s attbs time
of their election, thsEs are Il number Of
eHses holding Ilia5 s,sch persons are
! Ineligible. So that tlts pOpuiisCs have
y number Of presidents HTj decisions
70 Sustain their HsJi0p, aud tile mist
Of them have lIesu fHTulshed 10y tl,s
republican party. Even 81 the weight
ct authority should be against Ilss pUp-
| tilists, and u should EuI1I out they were
mistaken OgT the question of law ia
vulved, it would ir1I follow si,at they
arr less law abiding than tbs repubii-
cans. They have q right tO maintain
their opinions until B1mS Competent
| authority dseidss them 20 be wrong,
/ which has not bssII dome rs yet. Tlis
very tact tisuJ they cite prsesdeuJs and
decisions tu sustain their course COLI
clusivOly proves they ara not Hiar-
ehists.
IN GuGFehist tsG person S5to 0dvoootss
lllo515y and tsiRls % OBsrltFol5 al L,ts5 aHd
goreg1ialsat.
There is not a single leader who's an
sHaI eiIisJ in any degree. According
To tbs 8lergeay 8 ssheo'y every lItigJsist
who is dg'fsutsd IN n luy5-sdI5 5efOrs tile
supreme curt OF the state, would BE sH
anarchist, as ths decision Of the court
would necessarily slls'SV lie had opposed
tiis law by Hos dning what tils court
ausiiy sEesi'io,l iss siso'iid have dOnU in
tl'e HU5t PIlscs.
TIE question in dispute 1t Topeka
is a question OF lsa Gpou which honest
and able Elen differ aud over which
men have di6ered q humber Of times
Iva tire past. and each party hiss "a moral
aHd legal right % maintain tire lrssf-
tiDn they believe 70 b right until the
ga. stion can ba decided by competent
authority. again, &c must gss remem-
bsred that the muddIs, Ga tie drs5
place, was caused by tie illegal o0n-
duct OF The republicans lenders dHrine
ths oampaiiIs, and the ErEuduient ana
illegal asts q The state bOurd oi cat
vasssFu. II tha eauvasslng b0srd had
acted legally and honestly. no trouble
We9sld have Ooeurred over the orgauiza- /
ton Of TIE legislature.
Ea-aio1's iarasss E1lvs.
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