Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-12

sas for which the true Kansan has any
reason TO blush. The true Kansan Is
proud OF the soil asa Of the people Of
his State. The blood involuntarily
comes to the cheek Of the loyal Kan
san only when he is confronted with
the Infamous record Of the gang Of
imbeciles and INSCRIPTIONS dems-
gogues who have through trlckery,
fraud and deception fastened their
fangs into the body polite Of the
State.
The true Kansan is ashamed Of an
administration Of which Mary 4.
Lease says; II know that this admin
istration is dishonest and corrupt and
that 1t received brides from the NJ. X.
st., the Missouri Pacific and the
Rock Island"
He Is ashamed OF an administration
about which Senator Taylor, Popu-
list from Wyandotte, says: "Some
| Of US took the reform business seri-
ously to heart. We meant every word
Of 1t. Judge Of our disgust then when
we found that the "rcform" which we
had assisted in bringing in began in
the skillet and ended in the fire. The
conditions here lin Kansas City, Kas.)
are such that ninc-tenths Of the peo-
| pie believe that the administration is
in some way beneficiary Of the law
lessness Of this town"
| He Is ashamed Of the admlnistra-
| ton about which W. II. Bennington,
chairman Of the populist central
committee Of Shawnee county, says
"There Is no question that our adj
mlnistration, by Encouragement with
the slums and liquor and disorderly
elements is now under the direct con-
troll Of dives and joints and gamblers
1t would take all night to unearth oil
the cussedness OF this adminlstra-
ton"
He Is ashamed OF an administration
concerning which a jury otWyandotte
county, composed partly Of Populists
upon a trial OF J. A. Smith, u Populst
lawyer, who had charged the admins
tratlon with receiving $4,000 in cash
for the purposes Of obtaining "execu-
tive influence from one 5. $. King,
Of Populist renown, finds that the
charge made by Mr.. J.. A. Smith Is
substantially true"
He Is ashamed OF the administration
that extols a Representative Burgard,
who boastingly under oath admits
that he received money for his vote
in the legislature; a McAlny, who
admits under oath that there was an
organized gang Of boodlers in the
Dunsmorc house, OF whom he was
one, to promote or defeat Legislation
for money; jim Legate, who admits
under oath that he received money
from Kansas City gamblers for "leg-
islatlve purposes" and that he "dis-
tributed the same among Populist
representatives where 1t would do the
most good"
lie Is ashamed OF an administration
Of which W. f. Rightmire,' a recent
populist candidate for chief justice Of
the supreme court, says that the Pull
man Palace Car company, has for a
valuable consideration, purchased all
the favors that 1t desires in the way
Of the assessment Of its property in
this State, and Mr.. Rightmire
further says 1.-THE Pullman Palace
Car company owns the present cxecu-
tive council Of Kansas"
He Is ashamed Of governor, Of
whom Cyrus Corning, a Populis,
leader, says "You may search shcol
all over and you will not find man
that would do meaner things than he
has done.n
He Is ashamed when he reflects that
the governor Of the great State Of
Kansas would so far disgrace the posi-
ton to which he has been elected as
to connlve with one Of his own ap-
pointees, the warden Of the State pen
itentiary, to deiraud the State Of
Kansas Of its coal contracts.
He is ashamed Of a governor who
would willfully and reasonably call
out the State militia for the purpose
Of cver-ruling by force and fraud the
will Of the people as expressed at the
polls.
He is ashamed when he reflects
that his SECRETARY Of state stands
today convicted Of crime against
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