Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-10-31
TOPEKA. KANs., Oct. oath, 1879


This has been the most remarkable |
political struggle in more ways than |
one. We have now at the head of our |
state institutions a set of men who are |
serving their first terms, elected by the |
peoples party on a platform which |
promised retrenchment and economy
in public affairs. A majority of these |
officers are asking for reelection on
their records and as men who believe
that they have fulfilled every promise
made to the people two years ago.
Have they acquitted themselves in a
commendatory manner as BELTS their
pledges? We believe they have, most
nobly. Every department at the Cap
itol shows nice saving in expenses
over republican predecessors. No
scandal has attached to single enc of
them; no public monies have been lost
10 the taxpayers, and as shown in our
former letters the state IS receiving
more immigration from the best class
of citizens since the wild boom which
swept over the state in 1888 and '89.
been drawing seven per cent interest,
can be renewed at four per cent, show
ing conclusively that this administra
tion has maintained the credit of the
| commonwealth by all honest, clean
and conservative course in all it's
branches.
On the other hand we have the old
time republican political manipulators
who ran affairs with a recklessness
paralleled only by their greed, for years,
who are asking to be tried again. They
seek to supplant one of the biggest
hearted, whole-souled, men as COVER
nor, by one who has no interest in COM
mon with the plain people;a man who's
associates and counsellOrs are bankers,
loan agents and corporation manipula-
tors: a man who has been shown by
uncontradlctory evidence that he ex
torted money from the old settlers of
Kansas for which not one cent of val
ne was given; man, who, If elected
governor of the state would lend a
willing ear to capitalists and d deaf
ear to the poor man; man who would
be controlled by one of the worst and
most dishonest set of political bosses
that ever disgraced a state.
When taken into consideration the
combined elements at work to defeat
Governor Lewelling and the rest of the
peoples party ticket, We wonder how
many persons who love decency. fair
play, and honesty among men can sup
port the Morrill, ticket.
The campaign slogan adopted by the
republicans Redeem Kansas" means
take the affairs of the state away from
men who have some conscience and
turn it over to the old ring which has
done. This is proven by the fact that
manipulatOrs and boodlers of Kansas
City and other less noted places are
furnishing the material for the repub-
lican campaign. We have shown IN
former letters that each and every
charge made against the present state
officers were absolutely false: we have
shown it by the records and by the re-
port of committee of FIVE senators
appointed at the request OF Governor
Lewelling. Two of those senators were
Thatcher and Parker, among the most
prominent republicans in the state,
and one was a democrat. They made
the following unanimous report:
We beg further to report as to Gov
ernor Lewelling, his private secretary,
Fred J. Close. and Attorney General
| Little, that we find no evidence show
ing that they or either of them received
money for any o1icial act of influence
whatever, neither did they or either of
them know Of the use of money to in
fluence their own action in any man
ner whatever, or to effect legislation
or the appointment or election of any
officer whatsoever.
We find further that Major Hudson,
the editor of the Topeka Capital, plac
ed confidence IN certain statements
made by John V. Moffitt concerning
the charges made by HIM against the
state officers mentioned, which state
ments were entirely unsustalned by
said Moffitt ON the witness stand.
Republican victory means extrava-
gance in public affairs and railroad
domination Of state matters to the
detrment of her people.
The part the corporations are playing
in this contest is quito significant.
| A populist cannot get pass to travel
over the state to maks speeches and
everything who wants to &c out aud
malign the populsts has transporta-
ton for the asking. This is not mere
assertion but unYarnished facts. and
tie question for every voter to consider
before casting his ballot IS, do want
the corporations to rule Kansas, or do
l want the people to run their own
| affairs2
On congressman at large there should
be no hesitancy In man who wishes
to see honest men in Office which man,
Harris, popuiist, or Blue, republican,
should receive his vote. Harris is as
honest as the day is long and Blue is
man who drew opt oyer $4,000 of
depositors money in bank in a bank
in his own county putting in for the
depositors his worthless notes instead.
For attorney general you have Dawes,
republican, a man who collected
$500 90 insurance policy and absolutely
refuses to render statement or make
settlement with his client. This we
have charged him with time and again
and he dees not deny it for it is true
and we can prove it. lie knows 1t. al
so. The populists have the Hon. At