Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-07-04
ToPEKALETTER.

TOPEKA LETTER.
TOPEKA, KANs., July End 1894.
The daily Capital is taking more IN
terest in working up stalwart demo-
| cratic state convention than the demo-
Gratis themselves, and it now looks as
though we are to hare four tickets in
the held this fall, representing the fol.
lowing interests:
The republicans representing the
corporations and capitalists. The
Dopulists representing the farming and
laborlng interests. Tue prohibition
lists representing the temperance senti-
ment, and the democrats, from present
indications, will represent the resub-
missionists, Observation-Disclosures and
Grover CleYeland.
The populists contend that the issue
before the people which comes most
closely to them is whether the railroad
and other corporations shall govern
Kansas, or, whether the people shall
rule. They will contend that the
peace and prosperity of the people are
paramount to any side issue, while the
democrats Will contend that resubmis-
sion and keeping the women from vot-
ing is paramount to any other issue.
The republicans will contend that the
upper and foremost issue is to show
to the capitalists that Kansas is their
friend by elevating to power that party
which has made it possible for farmers
to get mortgages on their farms and
equally impossible to get them off.
The prohlbltionists will contend that
the most vital question is the proven
ton of mems getting liquor to drink.
This is apparent from the platforms
which have been adopted and outllEed.
No sane man will contend otherwise
for moment than the real fight will
be between the populist and the repub-
lican parties, so we must make up our
minds how to vote by studying these
two party's platforms. The mere fact
that the republican platform says
nothing about controlling the railroads
lessening interest or taxes, is positive
proof that it is controlled by the rail-
roads and money loaners. The fact
that the populist party has spoken
through its platform against these
evils and symphathizes with the labor
ing people shows that it is the party
and friend of the oppressed class. If
you vote your own interest it is no diff
ficult task to ascertain for which party
you will vote. The question every vot-
er should ask himself is, lam 1 to be
benefited by the railroad corporations
governing Kansas, or by the people of
Kansas governing the state?" This Is
the question, and you cannot evade it.
The platforms are too plain upon this
point to be misunderstood. The dem
ocrats and prohibitionlsts will have
fight all to themselves over the ques-
ton of resubmlssion, question which
will not bring relief to the people, no
difference which way it is settled.
The thought comes to us that if the
government would collect the amount
due from the Pacific railroad, $751;
227 ,000.) and that from the whisky
trust, (Sl22 ,654 600. making a total of
$3.50, 9SS, 100000 there would be no use of
issuing bonds to pay the running ex.
penses of the government. But these
TWO robbers are government pets; es-
pecial pets of Grover Cleveland and
must not be asked to pay so small
amount. The Pacific railroad might
give Uncle Sam credit, at least, on &C
count for hauling her mail cars, if she
can't pay her interest. How the peo-
pie like to be humbugged. What fools
we mOrtals be, anyway. Voting to
maintain parties in power to sit idly
by and see us robbed of all we possess,
and then mortgage us with bonds to
hire armies to defend these same dead
beat corporations who will not pay
what they owe. Olney wants to give
them 100 years more and reduce the in
terest to two per cent per annum.
Why not collect the amount and loan
1t to the people at two per cent per an
numY
A great deal is being said of late
about the mismanagement of public
state institutions by the republican pa
pers, and their late convention even
went so far as to condemn the popu-
lists in the most severe terms, especial
ly laying great stress upon The peni-
tertiary affair. 1t might not be out
of place to append here an extract from
the Greensburg Signal, republican, to
show how unfair such attacks are.
1.-The first month in the history of
Kansas that the penitentiary ever paid
expenses was last December, when
Warden Dick Chase turned into the
state treasury surplus of S1,08O.OO.
Honor to whom honor is due"
j. NJ. Z.
IN the South the democrats seem to
be as bad as the republicans in the
north. The republicans of Tennessee