The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20

time 10 protect the producer from the ravage5
of combined wealth National legislation lrz-
for twenty years fostered and protected the in
terest OF the few while it has left the south and
west TO supply the products with which TO feed
and clothe the world and thus to beco me the
servants OF wealth. The demand for free coin.
age has been refused The national banks have
| been permitted to withdraw their circIlatio
| and thus the interests of the east and west
have diverged until the passage OF the Mckin-
| ley hill eliminated in their enforcement The
purchasing power of the dollar has become so
great that corn, wheat beef, pork and cotton
have scarcely commanded price equal TO the
cost Of production The instincts of patriotism
haze naturally rebelled against these uuwar-
! ranted encroachments OF the power of money
| Sectional hatred has also been kept alive by
| the old powers, the hetter to enable them 10
| control the products aud make the producer
| contribute to the millionaire And thus while
| the producer labors in the field, the shop and
! the factory, the millionaire usurps his earnings
and rides in gildec carriages with liveried ser
wants. To cheek and change these conditions
for the good 81 aIl. Kansas steps forth today,
and whiiS rs5l.la nding the rights of the l'borer
/ and producer,she also presents the olive UrInch
of peace and good will to the people of the south
| by sending to the national congress a distin-
guished farmer and stock raiser, who was
colonel in the confederate army.
And thus change is foreshadowed; change
| is written on all things. One generation passes
away-and another succeeds-from Ike. TO
death-the tomb, the spirit-the seed. the plant
- the chrysalis, the butterfy-out of the tn roes
of characterization, higher life-prozress.
There must be change, and change must be ex-
altation and progress. The old man bows to
the earth with the weight of years and amid a
mighty conflict Of ideas the new 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 chain
of human destiny.
Under the peaceful revolution that comes to
Kansas to-day, let US hope there ma also
come a spirit of renewed devotion to the inter
ests of the people. IA spirit of sympathy for
those who struggle and an awakening 10 the
greatness and the responsibility OF citizenship.
The state is greatsr than party but the citi
zeE Is greater than the state while the family
:he citizen produces, is the priceless jewel of
our civilization. The problem Of today is how
to make the sate subservient TO the individual
rather than TO become his master. Govern
ment Is YOlCn.ar; union for the com
mon good. II guarantees to the individual
life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The
gCYernmcnt then must make il possible for the
citizen TO live by his own labor The govern.
mont must make it possible for the citizen TO
enjoy liberty and pursue happiness IL the
government fails of iheSe things il fails in its
mission 1t ceases 10 be of advantage to the
citizen, he is absolved from his allegiance, and
is no longer held by the civil compact II ole
men go to the poor house and the young mer
go 10 prison something is wrong with the econ
omic system of the government. And what is
the state to him If its labor is denied him and
his children cry for bread:
Talk to the winds and reason with despair,
But tell not misery's sons that life is fair
What is the state to the farmer who wearily
drags himself from dawn 10 dark 10 meet the
nf fhn nrfr flta
farm? What is the state to him if il sanctions !
usury and other legal forms by which his home |
is destroyed and his innocent ones become a |
prey to the iends who lurk in the shadows of |
civilization? What is the state 10 the business |
man, early growing gray, broken in health and |
spirit by the successive failures anxiety |
like boding owl his constant companion by |
day and the disturber of his dreams by night |
How is life to be sustained how is liberty to be 1
enjoved, how is happiness TO be pursued under 1
such adverse conditions as the state permits IL 1
it does not sanction? Is the state powerless 1
against these conditionsg Then the state has |
failed ana our boasted civil compact is q hollow
mockerv.
But government is not failure and the state |
has not been constructed in vain. This is the 4
generation 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
home, humanity and the dignity of labor !
The grandeur OF civilization stall be empha-
sized by The dawn OF new era, in which |
the people shall reign Anj. if found neccs-
sary, they ~ i'll expand the powers OF govern
ment TO soive he eaigmas OF the times " The
people are greater thln the law or the statutes,
and ''when nation sets its heart on doing a
great and good thing. il can md legal way TO
do H." The Old may for time stand in the
way of the new, but the oil must yielG Every
age and every epoch is marked with conflict
The lines may waver, but vic.c-y is TO the
new and the true. In its general course.
the great march OF human destiny
is forward The winding stream
may return upon itself, but the channel still
makes progress toward the sea Egyptian civ
ilization passed away, but lived in Jewish his
tory. The prosecuted Christians were scat
tered to the four winds. but like the seed watt
ell on the breeze. their principles took root in
every soil Rome triumphed and passed away, !
but the word inherited the results of its bril-
liant achievements. Thus Alexander con-
Querod G13 gave added impulse to istellectual
life Thus Bonaparte eHihroned the idea Of a
government Of the people and Washington ex-
allied human liberty.
have dream of the future and enduring
faith in the evolution Of an abiding human gov.
In the beautiful visions Of a coming
time behold the abolition of poverty a time
is forcshadOwed when the withering hand os
want ShaE nns be outStrS tched for charity,
when liberty, equality and justice shall have
permanent abiding places in this republic
Having finished his speech, Lewelling
waved his hand in token that he de-
sired the audience to cease its applause,
aud, turning to Chief Justice Horton,
said with quiet dignity: "Mr. Chief
Justice, l am now ready to take the
oath of Office as governor of Kansas"
The chief justice then administered the
usual oath to which Mr.. Lewelling re- I
sponded: 81 do" He then bowed ana
kissed the book
When the new chief magistrate had !
signed the oath, the chief justice said:
81 have the pleasure of announcing
that Lorraine D. Lewelling is governor
Of Kansas"
The crowd yelled and shouted for
three minutes After quiet had been
Lieut-Gov. Felt present
ed his successor. Percy Daniels for
the oath, which was duly administered
And so on the other new sofficers were
presented and sworn in.
POLICE BOARDS EXIST.