Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-06-09

lawyer mas, however, ATTACKED the
doctor in two letters.
To the first one Mr.. S. replied
but briefly, calling the attention of
the populist to the kind Of leader
ship enjoyed by the peoples party
and mentioning the name of James
F. Legate among others. This
brought a written letter, Astounding
in the pet phrases Of the modern re-
form party, such as spirit of ha-
tired and renown," republican rule
means oppression to the poor, !"
equal rights to all, special prlvi-
leges to none" and enclosing Mrs.
Leases recent TRADE on the gospel
ministry. The lawyer in both let
tiers referred to "the mild Nazarene. !"
DR.. Swenson replied as follows:
L1NDsBoRG, KAN, May 8.-Dear
Sir-Your bitter and unjust let
ter is just received. l have no.
ticed that you are like the balance
Of your friends. You speak very
kindly Of the mild Nazarene" every
time one dares to hold up your par
ty wickedness before your eyes, and
those of the public, but in your own
treatment of people there is moth
ing at all of the mild Nazarene."
| have little too much experience
with people to be hoodwinked by
high sounding phrases without any
contents. If 1.-The mild Nazarene"
lived on earth to-day, he would GER
tainly not associate with such men
as Doster, Clemens, Artz, Osborn or
Mrs. Lease until they had repented.
His doctrine was this, that truth
would conquer by it's own strength.
Your people seem to believe in force
of the rudest and most material
kind. Christ said, "All mine is
yours" your doctrine seems to be,
"All yours is ours" That is the
great difference between your party
and the truly Christian people in
the world.
Yes, | have read Mrs. Leases elo-
quence against the loyal, Gospel
ministry of our land before you sent
it to me. In the opinion Of every
decent man it does you and your
party very little credit to indulge in
language of that kind, and you may
rest assured, my dear sir, that the
intelligence of the people Of the
United States will by and by place
your party on the shelves of public
condemnation to remain there sta
tionary for all time to come.
Old Jim Legate belongs to you.
He went to your side about when
the other fellows did. He was your
friend, until you had a family fight
among yourselves. He will never
belong anywhere else but with you,
If your party can help it, as | don t
believe that even the democrats
want him. | have been the foe Of
Legate in the Legislature and know
little about his methods and do
ings. 1t is my belief that in your
party he has found the most con-
genial company of all his life time.
You say that your slogan is:
Equal rights to all; special privi-
leges to none" That looks very
fine on paper, but l would be glad
to have You point out single in
stance where you practice it. | am
not asking for great things Of your
hands, | only request you to state
a single case | believe, for instance,
that your party is using more rail-
road passes than any other party
ever in power in our state. If you
are not, it is not because you have
not asked for them.
know personally that your party
in the alliance has tried to force
people into belonging to it by tell
ing them that they could not do bus
mess if they did not. Yes, your
history as party in this state is full
OF the opposite Of your so-called
slogan.
But there is one more fact | want
you to remember. You say: Re
publican rule means oppression to
the poor" | could hardly imagine
a more startling misstatement..
Lincoln, Grant and Garfield and
other great leaders of republicanism,
were the sons of the poor. During
republican rule the great Middle
states, in which we are most closely
interested, have developed from
waste prairies into industrious, hap
py and beautiful commonwealth,
the admiration of the whole world.
During republican rule hundreds of
thousands of laborers were employ
ed at good wages in factories, shops
and on the farms Of this country,
and the farmer received a fair re-
enumeration for his products. Yes,
during the thirty years of republic
can rule Kansas and the United
States advanced and developed so
rapidly, that nothing which | know
of in the entire history of the world
can be likened unto it. See what
one year of democracy for the ma
ton and populiSm for the state has
accomplished. Look at conditions
In onr land to-day and cnmnarn