Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-01

slgnlncant remark: John Sherman
financial speeches are Of the same gen
eral character as those which Carlisle
made in Kentucky" 1t might have
said with equal propriety that the Dem
ocratiC platform adopted by the Demo
Gratis in Kentucky is of the same gen
eral character as one which Johr
Sherman would have constructed. The
two old parties are camping on the same
ground, and their leaders are controlled
by the same power,
There is no longer any doubt but thai
the ultra-radical men In the Democratic
party are the advocates of a gold stan
dard. They have declared time and
again that If the free-silVer Democrats
succeed in controlling the National
Convention that There will be split
in the party" There can be but one
Interpretation to this declaration. 1t
means that If the gold standard adVo-
Gates are outnumbered and outgener-
aled in the National Convention that
they will bolt. 1t cannot mean any
thing else. This declaration ought to
set the pace for the masses who have
heretofore voted the Democratic ticket.
They should lose no time in declaring
that If they could not vote their senti-
ments in the Democratic party, they
would leave it and find party in which
they could do so.
The fate of the free-silver Democrats
in Kentucky will be the fate of the free
silver Democrats in the whole country
after the holding Of the National Demo-
cratic Convention. While we recog-
nize the fact that there are many hon
est and sincere men in the Democratic
party that are making an earnest effort
in behalf Of free silver, so far as most
Of the leaders are concerned, they are
simply free-silver men because they
know that 1t Is popular to be so, and
they could not be elected in any other
way. But there is no possible show for
them to control the National Conven-
ton or to secure the adoption Of a free
silver plank or the nomination Of a free
silver candidate. The Democrat who
has made up his mind to vote for free
silver In 1896 will be compelled to do so
outside Of either one of the two old
political parties.
It requires no keen observer to see
that the corruption which prevails in
our public affairs, and the false sys-
TENS which we have permitted to be fas-
tened upon us, are having democrat
izing influence upon the lives Of the
people and undermining the fabric Of
our social system. The case of Mrs.
Scott, who for several years was the
leader Of band of horse thieves in the
Indian Territory and New Mexico, is
only one of many of the same nature.
After her capture, she said: "0f
course, 1t is wrong, theoretically, to
steal horses. knew that as we'll as any
one; but we only took from those who
didn't need them as badly as we did,
and mostly from those who we knew
had been dishonest to somebody else,
and didn't consider 1t nearly so bad as
hundreds of things that lawyers and
business men do right straight along
and nobody ever says a word about.
Besides, could make more money for
my children than I could in any other
way that I had ever tried, and I had
become so discouraged with the other
ways that when I found one by which I
could make comfortable living for
them was so relieved that 1 really
didn't care whether it was right or
not" There is enough in that con-
fession for moralists to think and write
about for years. More than one-half
the women who have become prosti-
tutes can say the same thing. 1t is safe
to say that more than one-half of the
crimes committed in the country are
the direct result of enforced idleness
and poverty, and of examples set in
public life.
The Georgia fruit growers have had
meeting and instituted movement by
which they can get their products into
market without paying the railroad
companies from one-half to three
fourths of the proceeds thereof. The
merchants of Little Rock, Arkansas,
recently held a meeting to protest
against freight determinations and
high rates. Thus, the leaven is work.
ing, and when people begin to feel their
burdens they naturally look about them
for the purpose of trying to get rid Of
them. This leads to investigation, and
Government ownership will be found to
be the only solution to the problem.
Few people who have investigated the
subject Of Government ownership Of
railroads that do not become enthusiast
tic advocates Of It. It is not, as many
seem to believe, an experiment. 1t has
been successfully adopted and demon
strated by ffty-four Governments in
the world. There are at present only
eighteen Governments that do not own