The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-10

producer contribute TO the millionaire.
| Thus, while the producer iabors in the
! Held, shop and factory, the millionaire
! usurps his earnin-s and rides in gIlded
carriages with liveried servants.
To check and change these conditions
for the good of al Kansas steps forth TO
| day, and, while demanding the rights OF
the laborer and producer, she also presents
the olive branch of peace and good will to
| the people of the south, by sending 10 the
! national congress a distinguished farmer
and stockraiser who was IA colonel ia the
! Confederate army. And thus u change y
| foreshadowed. A change Is written on all
! things. One generation passes away from
/ life TO death-the tomb, the spIrIt-the
| seed, the plant-the chrysalis, the butte er-
! fy-out of the throes Of nature revolution,
! higher life and progress. Under the peace
| iul revolution that comes TO Kansas today
! let ussbOpe there may also come spirit OF
renewed devotion to the interests OF the
| peOple--a spirit of sympathy for those IN
trouble and an awakening TO the greatness
and responsibility of citizenship. The
state is greater than the party, but the
citizen is greater than the state, while the
family the citizen produces Is the priceless
jewel of our civilization.
"The problem of today is how to make
the state subservient TO the individual,
rather than to become his master. To &C
complish this government must make it
possible for the citizen to live by his own
labor. II government fail OF this 1t fails
Of its mission. What is the state of the
farmer who wearily drag5 himself from
dawn to dark TO meet the stern necessities
of a mortgage on the farm? What IS the
state of him if it sanction usury and
other legal forms by which his home is
destroyed and his innocent ones become
prey TO the fiends who lurk IN the shad-
ows of civilizltion2 What is the state or
the business man, early growing gray and
broken IN health and spirit by successive
failures? Anxiety like broodIng owl, Is
his constant companion by day ana the
disturber Of his dreams by night How is
life TO be sustained-how is liberty 10 be
enjoyed under these conditions? IS the
state pOwerieSs? Then the state has failed.
Government is not a failure. This IS
generation which has come to rescue 1t.
Conscience is in the saddle. The people
are greater than law or sta utes. When a
nation sets its heart on doing great and
good things it finally finds a way TO 60
them. The old must yield. Every epoch
aud every age Is marked with conflict
The great march of human destiny Is for
ward. | have a dream of the future-an
enduring faith in the evolution of an abiG-
ing, honest, human government, and III
the beautiful visions OF the coming time l
behold the eradication of poverty. The
ltuiS Is jpICSudNAON Gu W BEl IHC hlblCi GU
hand of want shall not be outstretched for
charity; when liberty, equality and pros
perity shall have abiding places IN this re
public"
The speech was interrupted by frequent
bursts of applause. When it was finished
Mr. Lewelling waved his hand in token
that be desired the audience to close the
applause, and, turning to Chief Justice
Horton, said, with quiet dignity:
MIR. Chief just IGs., | am now ready to
take the oath of Office Of governor of Kan
sas "
The chief justice then administered the
usual oath, TO which Mr.. Lewelling re-
sponded, Il do" He then bowed and
kissed the book and, having signed the
oath, the chief justice said:
81 have the pleasure of announcing that
Lorraine d, Lewelling is governor OF
Kansas"
This done, the crowd yelled and shouted
for several minutes. After the applause
had subsidized Lieutenant Governor Felt
presented his successor, Percy Daniels, for
the oath, which WAS duly administered.
The other new officers were then pre-
sented aud sworn in.
Treasurer-elect Biddle will not assume
the duties of his office Immediately, as he
has not yet completed his bond.
The pOpulists held n love feast at repre-
sentative hall tonight. 1t took the form of
a reception, interspersed with speechmal-
ing Governor and Mrs. Lewelling,
fianked by their four daughters, We're as
sisted at the reception by Lieutenant Gov
ernOr Percy Daniels aud wife aud the other
state officers and their wives. Six thou
sand people hocked 10 the capitol and
shook hands with the governor. Mrs.
Lease, Mrs. Anna L. Dig2s, jerry Simp
son. Judge Frank Doster and J, W.
Breidenuhsl made speeches. which aroused
intense enthusiasm.