The advocate., 1895-09-25
rHlNas LEFT oUT OF PLATFORMs
Republicans Don't Point With Pride to Some
Parts Of the Party Record.

Editor AQVOcape: In 1881 the repuD-
lican league Of this state issued an ad-
dress to the people In which they made
the statement that "our debts stand for
our investments and not our losses, our
prosperity and not our poverty" and the
redeemers Of Jewell county must have
been actuated by the same impulse when
they made the assertion that the pros
perity of this country declined with the
retirement Of the republican party"
If the statement made by them In 81
was true, then, according to government
statistics, we are very prosperous peo-
pie indeed, for at no time in the history
of our country were our debts so enorm-
Gus, and from that standpoint of logic
the Jewell county republican platform
is perfectly consistent.
Since 1890, the year the Populist party
polled such large vote and secured
control Of the house Of representatives,
the farmers OF Kansas have paid on
their mortgage indebtedness, according
to competent authority, the sum of $75,-
100000, and the redeemers would fain
make us believe that this fact betokens
decline of prosperity and that to pay
our debts is an injury to our credit, etc.
Let us CLEAN a few facts from Bulle-
tin No. Ga Of the United States census
of 1890 and ascertain how prosperous we
were under republican rule. The in
crease of population from 1880 to 1890
was 25.75 per cent, the number of mort
cages made in 1889 gained go 40 per cent.
upon those made in 1880, and the amount
of debt increased 1864 per cent. The
increased number of mortgages on lots
in 1889 over those of 1880 was 170.37 per
cent. and the amount of debt increased
236.17 per cent In 1880 the number of
acres incumbered was 29,7O693; i'm 1889,
42,556,311. The increase of 1889 over 1880
in number Of mortgaged acres was 1925
per cent. In 1880 the number of lots
incumbered was 319,513; in 1889, 997,-
1853; increase Of 1889 over 1880, 21212
per cent. Do not forget that In
1889, the year when our debts In
creased to- such an alarming extent,
the republicans were in control of ma
tional affairs and Kansas was yet in
"the hands of the party that made the
name of Kansas great in history" etc.
We admit that the history of the re-
publican party in Kansas Is great.
Great in crimes, corruption, venality,
fraud, robbery and murder. We have
in our possession the history of the York
episode, the corruption of Pomeroy the
robberies Of Sam Lappan, the defalca-
ton of Hayes, the resignation Of Cald
we'll to avoid exposure, the investigation
VI- al ofk av,ao rlr,Vr0
the penitentiary, the state house COM
missioners and the police boards, the
Hamilton steal, the defalcation Of Bill
ligslea, the forgeries of Mckinley, the
Coffeyville explosion and the murder of
Sam Wood, and ON down through every
page iswrltten the record Of the deepest
and blacklist gang Of Williams that ever
cursed the beautiful prairies Of Kansas
with their presence, and the end is not
yet.
Think of the unlimited gall manifested
by the redeemers when they adopt a
plank in their platform denouncing the
gold-bug policy of Cleveland when the
facts are that without the votes Of 81
per cent. Of the republicans in the house
and rs per cent. in the senate he could
not have accomplished his purpose.
After adopting this plank they nomi-
mated pronounced gold advocate for
county treasurer.
John Sherman and Tom Reed led the
republicans, and Cleveland's cuckoos
the democrats, and between them they
turned over the control Of the finances
Of the country to the shylocks Of London
and New York.
Talk about the Populists having a de-
sire to forget the administration of
Governor Lewelling. Why, compared
with the present lying, venal, hypocrit-
ical imbecile gang who are in charge of