Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-05-16

OIL GdllIOdu OMu6Hbulp' nA' O@SAS' -
congressman and member Of the demo-
cratic committee from Illinois, recently
came out and declared that 1t was the
proper thing.
The Times Herald, the leading demo-
cratic paper in the west, commenting
on this thought that he was many
years ahead Of his party" and ADDS
an time government ownership OF
these and other natural monopolies
will doubtless come. The whole trend
Of modern social progress Is in that
direction"
One of the principal features Of the
currency question which the new silver
proposes to leave out, and an important
one, is how the increase Of currency
which they propose, is to get into the
hands of the people. The Omaha plat
form provides that 1t shall be loaned
TO them at a tax not to exceed 2 per
cent, and to be paid on in the way
Of public improvements. 1t seems tnat
this part Of the plan was to be dropped
by the single plankers. Many are dis
posed to think this a new idea and
Impractical, but this opinion has its
foundation in ignorance. In 1885 the
government had a surplus Of S37 ,OO0,-
900 in the treasury. This was distribute
ed among the states and loaned to
the people at interest at the rate OF Z
per cent per annum, Not a dollar OF 1t
was lost Looking over a county pa
per the other day, we saw this Item:
Court approved loan 1885 County
School fund to Thos. Dodson." This
was In Missouri. This state, as do a
number Of others, loans all Of its mon
ey to the people and rarely ever loses
a dollar. The Massachusetts, colony
loaned money to it's citizens and they
repaid every dollar Of it. The Domin-
ion of Canada helped the Mennonites
In settling as a colony with govern
ment loan. Every dollar Of 1t was paid
back. The government is constantly
loaning money to national bankers. II
not infreQuently loans to expositions
of various kinds. A loan on real es-
tate is safe. 1t would require no more
officers than we now have. Each state
and county could become responsible
for the money thus loaned and the
government not lose dollar. 1t would
help all the people by reducing the rate
of interest and making money plentier
It would hurt no interest but that o.
the money ,loaner. There can be ne
serious objection to this plan, and Il
is one that should be retained in the
peoples party platform.
II Mr.. Cleveland had taken contrac
to create discord In his party he coult
do 1t no better than he is. A recon
dispatch from Washington reviews hi
conduct in the following language:
The president is doing his part
toward the division Of mis- party. H,
continues his policy Of putting nont
but cuckoos on guard. There is no sucf
word as Cancellation In his lexicon
that Is to say, Cancellation toward ele
ments in his party which differ from
him. The president can be concilia
tory enough toward republicans, bu
he has no use for democrats who dis
agree with him. Mr.. Cleveland's sec.
ond term is unlike his first in many
respects. In no other feature is the
difference so marked az In the matter
Of patronage. To repeal the Sherman
act the president dispensed appoint
ments where they would help on his
policy and withheld them where sena-
tors were too stubborn to accept his
Views. More recently this theory has
been carried out in the provision for
beaten senators and representatives to
a degree unknown in previous admins
tratlons Breckenridge, repudiated by
his Arkansas constituency for his
course on the silver legislation, was
made minister to st. Petersburg. He
got the best Office the president had
on his list at the time. Springer, as
head of the committee on banking and
currency, was most loyal to the admin
istratlon policy, for which and for no
other reason he was made a Judge in
the Indian Territory. When one Of
Springer's associates in the house was
asked about his qualification for the
place he said: "He won't have anything
to do but set dates for hang
ings and determine the num-
Der of years for penitentiary
sentences. reckon he will be able to
all the bill" From the first to the last
of the late session Of congress Buck
Kilgore kept the committee Of coinage,
weights and measures without a quo
rum. His reward at the hands Of the
president was the other judgship. Once
a week Mr.. Bland would call meeting
of his committee. There were eighteen
members, but one was the delegate
from Utah, who had no vote. Eight
members were for free coinage and
eight were against free coinage under
existing circumstances. The seven
teenth member was Kilgore.
II don't know about Kilgore," Mr..
Bland would say. HE tells me he is
for silver, but he isn't there when we
need his vote"
Sometimes Kilgore was sick. At 9TH