Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-23
TAXING MICllONAIRES.
Lieutenant Governor Daniels of Kansas,
Who Advances the Plan
Politics In Kansas and Future Events
tfal Candidate From That state.
,rrespondence Of The Evening Star.


cranks and advocates of congiomerated
islns and exhibit the combined elements
under one tent Kansas would shine IN her
regal splendor and attract the attention OF
al who desired to look upon a combination
Of elements and persons who are response
bic for the reputation the state has made
among the cOmmonwealths Of the nation as
the abiding place OF the impractical. vision
AIRY and radical elements Of The universe.
When the present state administration was
indicted into Office Chairman Breidenthal
of the peoples party state central commit
tee announced that II was the beginning or
the first peoples party government on
earth" and that the old things had passed
away and new doctrines and new IDEAS
would take their place The prediction has
been remarkably verified, and The same
Kansas that was quarter or century
ago blessed by the loyal men Of the nation
because her brave sons beat back slavery
and made her broad prairtes the land of
the free and home of the brave Is today
ridiculed by everybody and referred TO as
the resort for the crank and political ad-
Senturer
The people Of Kansas who have made the
state great in commerce and business do not
marvel at these things. When a town mar
shat can be elected to Congress because he
does not wear socks and because his OPP
ponent wears silk underwear, what right
has the Intelligent and patriotic citizen to
complain Of the Jeers and snee-s from out
siders at such a constituency And when
the joke was carried into the state election
last year and the anti-sock party swept the
republicans from power they submitted
with becoming fOrtitude. and were conSoled
with the thought that like the smallpox.
yellow fever or any other infectious 20 So aus
There Is no question that the people
party IN this state is gradually losing In
strength. that II will not survive the state
election next year. and that It will cease TO
be a factor In politics after the presidential
election in 1895. In the election of county
officers this fall both parties will gain ma
terially from the reisning party. The fact
that the democracy is in power in
the nation will give that party
~ -, de- Of o11 r4r,,a
democrats. who have affiliated with the
peoples party to punish the republicans.
have returned home and are free to de-
nounce the wild and visionary dreams ad-
vocated by the reformers. On the other
hand. thousands of ex-Union soldiers. who
were induced to join the peoples party. are
now openly denounctng the leaders. and adj
NIT that their votes for Weaver were half
votes for Cleveland. Hoke Smith and his
pension axe.
The result of the county elections this fall
VIII have decided bearing the election
of legislature next year. a successor to
Senator Martin Is 10 be chosen by that body
for a full term Martin owes his present
short term to a peculiar combination Of
democrats and under such unfortunate cir
crmstanees that both elements are claiming
liberal share of the federal patronage
which he is supposed to control. II he fails
70 acknowledge the demands OF the popu-
lists, who gave him seventy-four OF the
seventy-seven votes he received he is bit
terly denounced for treachery and ingrati-
tute, and, on the other hand. whenever he
friends the democrats VIII drop him and his
control of federal patronage will cease.
IL Is not believed here that Senator Mar
Tin can succeed himself. If he acts with
the democrats and cuts loose from popu-
ism entirely he cannot. under any possible
contingency. be reelected. Should he bid
acieu TO democracy and declare himself
populist he could not secure the united sup
port OF that party. because there are two
other very prominent pOpulists who have
an eye on his seat in the senate
During the past month there has been
wonderful change OF sentiment going on in
Kansas. and when a successor TO Martin is
chosen Ii will either be middle-of- .he-road
populist or a republican. IL a populist as
sentiment now exists Congressman W A
Harris or Lieut.. Gov. Percy Daniels will be
chosen Neither are candidates in the
sense OF seeking the place. but both are
willing 10 be called. and II the chances IA
vor either Daniels is the favorite He is
undoubtedly the ablest man in the peoples
party IN Kansas. His nomination for lieut.
enant governor was an accident. He was
not at the convention. but at home hoeing
potatoes Some enthusiasts friend, re-
rnembering a spirited correspondence Dan
iels had carried on with ex-senator Ingalls,
sprung his name. coupling with IL this in
c:dent. and the convention nominated him
with hurrah
In 1sss when Gov Daniels was SIN a re-
publican. he wrote Senator Ingalls, deClar-
Ing that certain business combinations
coming up to the point OF asserting that
positive legislation must interfere" He in
FORMED the Senator that idle resolutions in
conventions or perfunctory discussions in
legislative bodies would not fool the people
and that justice demanded that something
he done
To Gov Daniels curt letter Senator In
gals replied saying: II belong TO the
school of politicians who think that govern
ment should interfere as little as possible
IN the affairs OF Its citizens. / have no
sympathy with the paternal idea, but be-
hevs that the best results are attained
when the people are left to settle the great
questions Of society by individual effort
All that LEGISLATION can do Is to give men
a I'll n In N
cannot make poor men rich or rich men
poor except by making the natural capac-
Ties IN society arise from the fact that
Providence has established unequal confi-
lions. making some men wise and others
foolish: some men provident and others
thrlftess; some men industrious and enar-
getic and others idle and self-indulgent
Every man ought to have the same chance
aggressions of the rich, and the weak from
the injustice Of the wrong When we have
piished that can Be reached a by staiu Iee"in
The Senator's letter did not please Sir
daniels Danieis /, and a reply was mailed in very
cannot see that the distribution of
wealth is very closely allied to our individ-
Cal capacities
There are men here in Kansas that are
barely making a living raising grain who
are as able and INSCRIPTIONS as any Of the
wan street nnsnciers or the men who di-
Tded quarter OF billion in the various
racine railroad deals. Opportunity Is the
IArser factor IN most OF these transactions
lack OF integrity taking second place
and capacity third. You say every man
should have the same chance. VIII the
government ever give any one again the
same opportunity IL gave those men? Ii
cannot give the same 10 all
Again. your reasoning followed to a
conclusion would make wealth dependent
on capacity. Take the Senators and write
down their names IN the order of their dol
lars. Would you concede that the man
whose name headed the list is the ablest
Senator. and the second next to him? II
So. Kansas would complain al being repre-
scented by one 50 near the foot Of the list
as our acting Vice President. Nor Will the
ru!e work with our great men OF the past
consider Lincoln. Webster and Grant the
greatest names IN our history Lincoln
said In 1853 II he should get the vice presi-
dency he hoped TO save enough TO make
ZOO. and that was enough for any man
j think when he died i've figures ca sflv
covered his pile. Webster could not take
care Of his own pocket book. and Grant
who had 80 much given him. died we'll
nigh penniless
1T IL not a oreditable thing 10 our civ
liza ton that when q man like Cyrus W
f1eld gets stuck In the mud with a hun
dred thousand shares OF the most valua bic
stock In the country. a man with n gun OF
hrser cahber can jump out Of the bush
and tell him he may pull out OF the mud
III ne VIII drop 1000 Of his stock To be-
sure. In transactions between the brokers
~ makes but little difference to the country
who gets on top. but these deals are not
confined to that class. In most OF their