The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-11-02
TOPEKA LETTER.
The Last One Before Eieetion-A Few
Statements.

press Of Kansas. and in closing
We desire to say that our work has
been gratuitous and spontaneous. Our
letters have not been shaped by dieta-
ton from a Political body or a single
individual. We felt the necessity of
reliable correspondent in this, one Of
the most important political contests
in the history of the state, from the
head Of the battlefield and We took up
the work at the solicitation of friends
without pay or promise of remunera-
ton in any way. If we have succeeded
in placing the facts before the people
in such a convincing way as to dispel
all doubt as to the real points at issue
we shall feel that we have been amply
paid for our work.
This has been the most remarkable |
political struggle in more ways than
enc. We have now at the head of our
state institutions a set of men who are
serving their first terms, elected by the
Peoples party on a platform which
promised retrenchment and economy
in public affairs A majority Of these
officers are asking for reelection on
their records and as men who believe
that they have fulfilled every promise
made to the people two years ago,
Have they acquitted themselves in a
oOmmendatory manner as BELTS their
pledges9 We believe they have, most
nobly. Every department at the CAPT
tai shows a nice saving in expenses
over Republican predecessors. No
scandal has attached to a single one of
them; no public moneys have been lost
to the taxpayers. and as shown in our
former letters the state is receiving
more immigration from the best class
of citizens since the wild boom which
swept over the state in 1889. Our
bonds maturing abroad which have
been drawing per cent interest, can
be renewed at per cent, showing con-
clusiYely that this administration has
maintained the credit of the common
wealth by an honest, clean and conser-
yative course in all its branches.
On the other hand we have the old
time Republican political manipula-
tors who ran affairs with recklessness
parallelled only by their greed, for
years, who are asking to be tried again.
They seek to supplant one of the big
gest hearted, Whole-souled men as gov
ernOr, by one who has no interest in
common with the plain people; a man
whose associates and councillors are
bankers, loan agents and corporation
manipGlatOrs; a man VINO has been
shown by uncontFadictOry evidence
that he extorted money from the old
settlers Of Kansas for which not one
cent of value was given a man, who, if
elected governor Of the state would
lend willing ear to capitalists and a
deaf ear to the poor man; man who
would be controlled by one of the
worst and most dishonest set of politi-
cal bosses that ever disgraced a state.
When taken into consideration the
combined elements at work to defeat
Governor Lewelling and the rest of the
Peoples party ticket, we wonder how
any person who loves decency, fairplay
and honesty among men can support
the Morrill, ticket.
The campaign slogan adopted by the
Republicans, redeem Kansas" means
take the affairs of state away from men
who have some conscience and turn it
over to the old ring which has none.
This is proven by the fact that the rep
resentative gamblers, lottery manipu-
lators and boodlers Of Kansas City and
other less noted places are furnishing
the material for the Republican cam
paign. We have shown in former let
ters that each and every charge made
against the present state officials we're
absolutely false; we have shown it by
the records and by the report of a COM
mittee of five senators appointed at
the request of Governor Lewelling
Two Of those senators were Thatcher
and Parker, among the most prominent
Republicans in the state, and one was a
Democrat. They made the following
unanimous report:
ave beg further to report as to Gov
ernor Lewelling, his private secretary,
Fred ], Close, and Attorney General
Little, that we fud no evidence show
ing that they or either of them re-
ceived money for any official act of in.
fuence whatever. neither did they OF
either OF them know Of the use of any
money to influence their own action in
any manner whatever, OF to effect leg
islation or the appointment OF election
of any officer whatsoever.
ave find furthur that Major Hudson,
the editor of the Topeka Capital.
placed confidence in certain state
ments made by John V. Mofltt con-
corning the charges made by him
against the state officers mentioned,
which statements we're entirely unsus-
tanned by said Mofftt on the witness
stand"
Republican victory means extFaya-
gance in public affairs and railroad
domination Of state matters to the de-
tEiment of her people.
The part the corporations are play