Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-04-01
LEGISLATION FOR CORPOR-
ATOMS.
Shall the Matchmaking Few
Control the Honest Masses?

state republican committee and others
the plan of securing the name OK every
member OF the alliance in the state.
also urged, after this was accomplished,
land it could easily have been accom-
plished at that t..ne) that literary bu-
reau be organized at once to send mat
ter to these alliance men. 1t is well
known that during the campaign OF the
year before this class of men were not
allowed to read republican papers or to
hear republican speeches. My theory
was that during the year they could be
reached through the mails with repub-
lican matter The committee, while
agreeing with me as to the plan, re-
fused or neglected to take any steps to
carry it out. If it had been done l
have no doubt but the republican state
ticket and legislature would have been
elected last fall.
Again, at the opening of the cam
paign last fall, urged upon the new
state central committee that matter be
prepared and sent out as supplements
perhaps to the republican papers. But
this was not done although some mem
bers of the committee strongly urged
it. Unfortunately for the republican
party, in my opinion, its state central
committees for few years past have
not realized the necessity Of sustaining
republican papers or getting republican
matter before the people.
I remember after the election of Har-
rison there was meeting of the lead
ing republicans of the state called and
held at the Copeland hotel. 1t was a
meeting to congratulate one another
on the result of the state and nation
al election. Enthusiasm was bubbling
all over, speeches were made and reso-
lutions passed congratulating almost
everybody and everything in the state
except the newspapers. Not single
word was said, or resolution passed,
thanking the republican papers of the
state for the good work that they had
done during the campaign. was then
out of the regular work on daily papers
and had no personal interest IN the
matter, but I remember that my blood
boiled at this neglect.
It has been. during a great many
years, too much the habit of leading
republicans to foster and build up So
called independent papers at the expense
of regular republican papers. Let any
one look over the various counties Of
the state during that time; and they
will find that the county boards and
cities have given more patronage to So
called independent or mugwump papers
than they have to republican papers.
Contrast this course with that of the al
lance party during the last two years.
Comment upon it is unnecessary.
I now again urge upon the republi-
can state central committee to take steps
to see that such matter as J. Z. Hud-
sons book and other matter be sent to
every alliance man outside of the cities
in this state during the coming year. I
say outside of the cities because those
in the cities who have left the republi-
can party for the populists have done
it for Office in the main, and not from
conviction of its being right. $4,000
expended in this manner this year is
worth thousands expended during the
political campaign after the nomina-
tions are made. know that about 100,-
900 supplements to the populist papers
of this state have been printed and cir |
culated with those papers during the |
last sixty days These supplements con-
tanned all the poison that is in the the |
cries Of that party. Nothing on the re-
publican side has been allowed to be
printed in these supplements, not even
the decision of the supreme and other
courts has been allowed to go out.
Thousands of men all over this state
really believe that the courts are cor
rupt and in the employ of the corpor
atoms. They also believe that the gov
ernor and the legislature are above the
constitution. It is hard to make GER
tain class of men understand that the
governor is amenable to the law and
constitution. They really believe that
they are above the constitution and
above law, and that for sheriff to IN
dertake to protect the people against an
error, to say the least, of the governor,
is treason. They should understand,
and be made to know that a constable
or police officer even is bigger man
than the governor when acting in the
line of their duties. The only way that
this can be done is to get up and send
out matter and get it before them at
their fresides, not during the campaign,
but now.
A certain class Of people gloat over
any legislation that will injure corpor-
atoms. One state senator said, during
he last session, that If certain law :
vas passed it would embarrass them
great deal SO the government could buy !
hem cheaper. Unthinking men raised ]
cheers over this statement. They have ,
lot read history and do not know that ,
'evolutions of that kind never go back !,
ward, and if they can so legislate as to !,
'uin capital invested in corporations the
,ext step inevitably will be that the :
ramps, 'impecun;ous classes, farm la I
'orers and others will legislate to con- /
iscate the farm property OF the country. t
The spesch OF senator in the state @
enate scoring the course of the su- 7
'remo court for its judgments, claiming (
hat that oOurf waa in the nav ~ fbo