Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-21
NUMBER 81.
KANSAS ALLIANCE.
From the Topeka Advo >ate !
Brace Up, Brother.

1t Is ID be hoped that no good citi-
zen of the state will allow himself to
forget that Kansas has been are-
deemed" Things have been regulated,
and soon will be going on in the old,
Did way again.
1t will be source of great consola-
ton to the wage-earner, as he trudges
his weary way to and from his days
work. to know that the state offices will
soon be filed with highly respectable
people; by officials whose souls are
possessed day and night with that
great question, the credit of the state,
and who will not waste their time
thinking about the people in the state.
What we need now is credit, so that
when the present crop of mortgages
is harvested and the property gets
into new hands, another crop can be
sown for future use. The working
people were tired of having tfeir own
kind of trash" in Office. They will
now have officials who can make some
kind of show.
There is to be no more penurious
saving of the peoples money, if these
officials do as the recent voting indi-
Gates is the desire of the voters. No
more clamor for cheap transportation
and cheap money. No more tramp
circulars; no more foolish defense Of
workiugmen. Let these look out for
themselves.
And how delightful it will be to
know that 'sassiety" has found q
home in the state house once more.
Instead of the wonted calamity wall
the sound of revelry will now be
heard, and the banker-lawyer admins
tration can trip the fantastic toe to
the sweet strains of music that will
pervade all Topeka. In the legisla-
tive halls, where dissensions and dis
cussions held sway but late, there il
to be dream of harmony superin-
duced by the click of poker chips and
the mellow voice of the railroad lob
byist.
And there is the new governor; ah,
let us not fail to be thankful for him.
The daily papers and the magazines
have since the election sent artists and
reporters 20 describe his lovely home
and family, and the world viii soon
know the secret of his success as an
office-seekcr. His wealth is variously
estimated at from 5000, ,O00 to 81 ,O00.-
900, says the Times report. His beau
tiful home at the edge of Hiawatha
town is dream in itself, filled and
surrounded with all the luxuries of
this life, luxuries upon which he
has paid as high as $50 year
taxes. It is model home. sur
rounded by orchards, flower beds,
fish ponds and prosperity. Some OF
these surroundings are Il sourcs of in
come, too. Their owner is not like a
man who would have things around
him that didn't pay. His income is
said to be $50 a day. How much
more than that it will be after he gets
through redeeming Kansas, is of little
concern. No one would wish for it to
be less, since he had such hard time
earning it, with his troublesome land
deals and the like. Major Morrill, is
said to be a patron saint of one of the
churches in Hiawatha, and has been
for twenty-five years Sunday school
superintendent. His family consists
of wife, a charming daughter and
son unmarried, and married daugh-
ter and son-in-law.
All these points will be, as sug-
gested above, source of great Joy
and comfort to the poor, deluded peo-
pie of Kansas who have until recently
thought they had in some way been
imposed upon, when the trouble was
only that the credit of the state had
been injured and confidence destroyed.
Let the farmer, the mechanic and
the common laborer cheer up. If,
while meditating on the condition of
yourself and the country in general,
your other hand should come in con-
tact with the Harrison-C lie veland
badge with which the rent in your
apparel has been mended, Just recall
the brave words of Governor Morrill,,
and resolve to live more prudently,
wear less expensive clothing and eat
cheaper food. If you can't earn a
dollar day take fifty cents, and you
will be happy"
And above all don't forget that Kan
sas has been redeemed.
THE falling of in the total vote in
the state is matter of much specu-
lation. 1t appears that it is less than
5000 against 325, 700 in 1892. In
Wyandotte county the vote, is more
than 5000 less than 1892 So it ap-
pears that over 25. 900 voters (probably
Populists) have either left the state or
failed to vote. The Populists have
made their greatest gains in the West
ern counties.
The Peoples party has polled a
greater percentage of the total vote
in the state than ever before. In cal
. culating the percentage at different
: elections, that of 1892 can only be
. reckoned by the size of the Republi-
can vote, as the Democrats in that
year voted for Populist candidates.
A MOVEMENT is on foot among the
Populist senator's to have enough OF
them resign to give Republicans full
: control of the legislature. The Same
t spirit seems to be growing among the
1 holders of appointive offices, many Of
, whom are preparing to hand Governor
. Morrill, their resignation.
GOVERNOR LEwELLING is over 5000
z votes ahead of the average Populist
: vote on state officers and congress
men. This would indicate that the
a people were not dissatisfied with the
state administration so much as with
! some other things. The cry of Doodle
and corruption evidently helped Lew
elling.
l The Republicans are talking now
lust like the Democrats did in 1892
only more so. They say the opposi-
ton has been buried cut of sight and
beyond resurrection.