The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-24
G00D-BY, GOVERNOR.
Maj. Hudson Bids an Affectionate
Farewell to Gov. Lewelling.
Executive Sins OF Omission and Commits
sion Teariully set Forth l. This Closing
Epistie-Attsntion Called to the
Indictment.

In the Capital of the 12th Maj. Hud-
son takes affectionate farewell of Gov.
| Lewelliug in the following style:
My Dear Governor: 1t is with more
than ordinary pleasure that IcOngratu-
late you and the state upon the close of
the legislative session that has brought
such grief to your party and such inf
! mite harm to Kansas You have made
a record that undoubtedly cannot die.
The melancholy hours of retrospection
have come, the saddest, to the bonn
bastes furioso in politics. of all the
! year. As we sit here this bright sunny
morning turning over the pages of re-
! cent history, how boldly accusing the
many blunders of your brief politico-
military reign stand out from among
! your weak attempts to be leader and
| the founder of new revolution. How
| distinct in this look backward are the
acts of craftsmanship you failed to per-
| form. the sentiments of patriotism you
! forgot to utter, and the just
! rebuke OF lawlessness that died
! in your soul before it was born. In the
minds of men who wear the purple of
! power, the poignant regrets for oppor-
/ tunities lost, for bad advice followed.
/ and for inherent weakness displayed
/ when strength was most needed, out
/ weigh all the glory and Establishments
/ of place. You remember that in your
inaugural address delivered just before
I you took the solemn oath of your high
office on January ., an address that
sugar-coated the deep seated principles
of anarchy which lie at the base Of
! your party, you stated in referring to
the victory that elevated you that
conscience is in the saddle" What, my
dear governor. has become of that horse
and rider? Conscience never tried to
ride that sort of broncho before ard
it was thrown in less than twenty-four
hours. You also stated in that remark
able appeal to the Imagination of your
party that
The grandeur OF civilization shall be en-
phasizei by the dawn of a new era, in which
the people shall reign. And if found necessary
they will expand the powers of the government
10 solve the ongmas of the times. The people
are greater than the law and the statutes, and
when a nation sets its heart on doing great
and good thing it can find legal way TO do it.
Inc Olu my lOf u tlinG SIanu III the way OF tlc
new, but the old must Sield. The lines
may waver, but victory is 10 the new and the
true The state is greater than party, but
the citizen is greater than the state
In your peroration, governor, you
tell of a dream you have had of the
future. in which you "behold the aboli-
ton of poverty" These sentiments
which were kindly loaned to you by
Nv. lal ha1 fn hn IL Mt
ances that reused enthusiasm at the
populist picnics and form large part
of the unsubstantial structure of your
moonshine politics. TO the unthinling
these gushing platitudes are accepted as
the wise aXioms of the ''new way" The
whole structure is based upon the false
theory that the people do not rule this
republic. They do rule, and wherever
they do not it is their fault and not
the fault of the form of government.
The other false political principle that
you enunciate is that the people are
greater than the law and greater than
the state. My dear governor, the peo-
pie. not my people," not the plain
people" but all the people are the
state. and as loyal citizens it is due
from them that they at all times be
ready to sacrifice property and life for
the states defense and preservation.
This is the true relation of the citizen
to the state. The laws are the crystali-
zation of the principles of justice and
equity to protect the rights and inter
ests of all, from the humblest to the
highest placed upon the statute boots
by the will of the people, and until re-
pealed must command your respect and
obedience, or the foundation of this re-
publican form pf government is gone.
This lack of proper Interpretation of
the sanctity of law forms the basis of
communism, socialism and anarchy, the
disciples of which have fioclled TO your
new party hoping that the revolution
you and your leaders have advocated
would bring freedom and paternalism
absolving them from the duties and re-
sponsibilities of citizenship. But, my
dear sir, your position on the 9th of
January on this important pivotal
question of the citizens attitude
towards established law was not new
one. On the 5th day of last October, at
Holton, Kan, in a speech during your
canvass for governor you said:
When any people is confronted by the state
Of affairs which now exist in America, there are
but two ways in which they can free them |
selves They may do il peacefully by means Of
the ballot box, or they NAV rise in their might |
and overthrow the whole force by arms. II one |
method fails the other must be resorted to |
But the first method need not fail. Let the |
people act unitedly for their common salvation |
and The thing is done.
My dear governor. as we look back |
over the past sixty days and note the |
temper and sentiments and intent of |
your various proclamations this same |
spirit of defiance to law and dctermina- !
ton to overthrow the legal opposition |
by force of arms is apparent You did |
not, you will remember. decide whether |
you would obey the mandate OF the su-
preme court or not until your caucus |
decided for you what YOUR duty was to |
your oath and to the people of Kansas.
Fortunately you did not have the cour
age to carry out the wish and will of |
your party leaders, and Kansas was
saved the disgrace of a bloody riot 1t |
must not be forgotten that your utter
ances are no more reasonable than |
those of the members of your party.
Jerry Simpson, the idolized clown of
your aggregation, said from his seat in
congress, April Is, 1892: Private prop
erty in land is doomed Property in
land is as indefensible as property in
man" Judge Doster, your first assist
ant governor, said in n speech last /
year:
We have got TO give up the individual COM
peiitive system. Ii is coming and the gates Of |
he'll cannot prevail against it. The antagonism
must logically continue 10 grow ever more in