Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-10-19

tnleVlnS INSTITUTION unue1 the authority ana
protection of the gang of pirates and land
sharks who have controlled the state ever since
its admission to the Union, until about two
years ago-controlled by such odorous birds Of
prey and ill-omen as Bill Higgins, Billy Buchan,
Bill Hackney, Bill Martindale, L. U. Humph-
rey, Joe Hudson, Geo. 7. Anthony-but, we'll
not undertake to name any nore for the Rev.
Dougherty knows them, one and all, and he
knows, too, that worse lot of knayes never
went unhung or escaped the penitentiary The
Rev. Dougherty knows that Pete Kline's and
like institutions were fostered and nurtured and
''bled' by that very gang, and he knows that
10 effort was ever made to enact law to abol
ish such institutions until the Populists took
hold of the reins; and he knows that when the
Populists undertook to enact such law the
good Brother Cubbison, of Brother Dougherty's
household of faith together with number of
other like obstructonsts, defeated the measure.
The Rev. Dougherty knows that Populist state
officials have undertaken to punish the gam
blers, joint-keepers and other blacklegs of
Kansas City, and that, in each and every case,
Republican courts and officials have defeated
the efforts made by the Populist officials. The
Rev. Dougherty knows that city laws, or ordi-
nances would be ample to close the dens of vice
of which he complains, but that the Republican
city officials are very careful that no such laws
or ordinances be enacted. The Rev. Dougherty
knows, or should know, that if the charges
brought by him and his Republican associates
and companions against Governor Lewelling
and other state officials were true, there is sui-
cient law to punish them severely, besides i'm
peaching them. In fact, the Rev. Dougherty
knows those charges are lies. He knows they
were investigated by committee of FIVE men
two Republicans, two Populists and Democrat
and that the unanimous verdict was that there
was no ground for the charges. We are sure
the Rev. Dougherty knows these things, for he
is an intelligent wel-educated man therefore,
we are forced into the belief that he is not hon
est with himself or his fellow man; that he is
whited sepulchre, "full of dead mems bones;
that he is a reproach to the cause of the Master
he pretends to serve. When we contemplate
the nefarious work being done by such ''minis-
tiers of the gospel as are the Rev. Dougherty
and his kind, we cannot wonder at the steady
growth of skepticsm all over the land And
now word about the Governor and the man
who would like to be governor, but never will
be. Governor Lewelling is a man OF we'll
known honor and integrity. He is friend of
the common people. His heart goes out in
sympathy to the oppressed. His official acts
are along the line of good government He is
a model governor. E. N Morrill, is banker
a capitalists bond-holder. He never has
thought in common with the people. HE is A
THIEF-a robber of homes-an enemy of the
old soldier. He has made his money off the ne
cessties of poor men. He is an arrogant aris-
tocrat and has no respect for the man who
earns his bread by the sweat of his brow. EN-.
Morrill, is no more fit to be governor of Kansas
than Benedict Arnold would be were he alive.