The advocate., 1894-05-09

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of Bethany college at Lindsborg, Nc
Pherson county, has written for publi-
cation q letter to Governor LsWellnR,
giving his opinion as to the great injury
the Peoples party has done and is doing
the state Of Kansas. His "provUc alton"
for doing 80 sOems to have been that the
governor kindly sent him, prepaid, some
Populist literature, which, not being
property that could be turned into cash,
the reverend professor did not Rppre-
ciste as q favor but received as an in
suit. Among other things he says:
have ample opportunities for kno wing
through my large acquaintance, and many
trips East and West, what terrible calamity
TO our state the asCendenoy Of your political
party was. The plague Of grasshoppers and
drOuth cannot be compared to the disasters
that have been heaped upon our young =,
noble commonwealth by the doctrines and
proClamations, and public and private utter =
anCeS Of yourself and other leaders of your
party. There was time when citizen Of
Kansas could mention his home state with
pride anywhere, East or West, or in Europe,
but at present we are, through the instru .
mentality Of your party, the laughing stock
Of the entire intelligent world. Il 10 only
because those who see below the surface,
understand that your remaining in power
will be brief, that our state to. day enjoy 8
any standing whatever in the intelligen :
and commercial world. Inmy
opinion, Kansas has never had 80 unpatri-
otto state administration az yours. Your
connection with the troubles Of the last
legislature, your repeSted vaOCilstlng and
unmanly performances, and your oren
leaning towards socialism and anarChi SIM,
your seeming unwilling obedience to the
supreme court, your careless hesping Of
unnecessary expenses on the people, your
selection of eminently unfit persons for
high Office, and your apparent coldness
towards our temperance laws, have made
your administration, in my opinion, q blot
not easily erRdioRted from the pages of our
states history.
Poor map! He ought to be trans.
ported to his native country where there
would be no danger Of "socis lism and
anarchy"
The ADVOCATE has not taken the pans
TO inquire what excuse the governor had
for sending Mr.. SWsnsson the Popullst lit
erature, but learns incidentally that the
professor made friendly calls at the OK.
ecutive Office, which may have been mis-
construed by the governor as an molina
tion on the part Of the professor to
learn something. Besides that, Mr..
Swensson has lived largely on donations
and subsidies from different sources and
the governor may have considered him
self under obligation to donate his
share. We are not positive "a to that.
The Swedish citizens Of Kansas are, 10
q rule, q very intelligent and worthy
class. The ADVOCATE is on very init
mate terms with many Of them, for in
spite Of such men as SwenssOn this pa
per visits their homes, and whenever
they are in Topeka they visit the ADvo.
CATE, and are welcome. Through them
We leasn something Of Rev. Swensson.
He is no fool, but rank partisan bigot,
because it pays him to be one. In fact,
it is now almost necessary for him to be
one. His college is deeply in debt, un-
less it has been extricstsd recently, and
re has been obliged to travel q great
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