Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-01-24
THE MESSAGE.

Morrill, calls to mind the scriptural in
terrogation, "can the Ethiopian change
his skin or the leopard his spots?" The
quotation may not be literal, but it fol-
lows the text closely enough to convey
our meaning. 1t will be noted by thos 9
who have carefully perused the docu-
ment that it deals almost conclusively
with the appreciation of real estate val
ues from 1861 down to the present time;
that the words "caDital." "bonds," sin
terest." "taxable wealth" and "cash
values" occur more frequently than any
thing else and in fact forms the basis
upon which the superstructure so
ecstatically admired by the Capital is
built.
1t is Morrill, the banker and the money
maker who talks TO the people in this
inaugural address-who considers as
"public benefactors" the money sharks
who purchased 10 per cent interest bear
ing school bonds for so per cent on the
dollar. He has no word to say for the
workingman, no words of cheer for the
toilers who are in misery and dispa ir, no
encouragement for the tillers of the soil
who have lpbOred year in and year out
and seen the fruits OF their lab or abb
sorbed In the everlasting cent per cent
business that rises like Banquos ghost
in every paragraph Of the governors ad-
dress.
The governor deals with the issues of
the day as he deals with man who
came TO his bank for temporary loan
on gilt-edged security. The collateral
was worth only so much so years ago.
Today it has multiplied in value many
times. 1t is consequently worth my
while to take chances on it.
From beginning to end. with the ex-
ceptiOn Of an apologize paragraph re-
'sfr d 80 ia Lh IS, cDiun -, the "OrIef"
three column inaugural address by
Major Morrill, deals with the material in
rs cold blooded manner as Bill Cook
would assume in holding up train in
the Indian territory.
Compare this policy with that Of the
administration that has just retired. 1t
IS true that mistakes have been made.
but they have been of the~ head, rath er
than the heart. They will serve as warn
ings to the present administration to
avoid the same dangerous reefs. But
there has permeated the entire history
Of the control OF state affairs during the
Lewelling regime, a u spirit Of RESPONSE
Oility to one that is higher than all hui
mans, spirit of charity, the greatest of
the graces, and genuine interest in the
welfare of the common people that has
endeared him to the public not only
within the wide confines of the stat but
from ocean to ocean.
We will say frankly and without fear
of successful contradiction, that the So
called "tramp circular" issued by Gov
4rnor Lewelling year ago has had
wider circulation than Governor Nor
rill's address will ever have, though the
world should live thrice the life already
allotted to it by scientists. "The poor
va always have with YOU" says the
Holy Writ. Is there a sentence in the
Rh lie of the inaugural address delivered
yesterday that breathes the spirit of the
Nazarine? On the contrary, the Ian
guage of Morrill, would more properly
be that Of the moaey changers in the
to nple who were scourgrd aud driven
out by the boy from Bethlehem.
There is no need Of expstisting on
he subject, it is left to the public to
pass judgment on the policy of the past
administration, and to surmlse as to the
future. Iu the one we see the dictates
Of man in touch with the people and
through whose veins pulsates the blood
Of great commoner. In the other
there flows the current from the crucible,
it Is gold and itwithers everything with
which 1t comes in contact. We wis
that we could promise something good
from this republican idol, but we can see
nothing in it but dollars and bents. -
Topeka Press.