Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-04-30

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Senator Blackburn has been away
from his post of duty for three months
trying to have himself reelected as
senator from Kentucky. During thiS5
time his salary has been going on at
the rate of $500 or $500 month, which 3.
the people have to pay. Likewise"
Senator Jones has been spending con-
siderable time in Arkansas to the end /
Of Strengthening his political fences. It
seems now that when a man Is once, :.
elected to congress his sole object and
greatest ambition is to keep right on
succeeding himself
This is all right but he should make
his record in congress such that tho
people could not see their way clear to
spare him or exchange for another. As
1t Is the average congressman has to
go home and explain things to his con-
stituents and indulge in the usual de-
nunciations Of the other fellows. A
machine that needs to be constantly
creased is a poor excuse at any rate.
Think Of Webster, Clay or a Cal
houn going home during the session Of
congress to foot their own horn for
reelection. Verify American statesman
ship has the dry rot.
We have before us a report for the
agricultural department. 1t shows the
corn crop of 1894 to be 65,5S2,OOO acres,
from which was gathered 12,77O,OOO
bushels, worth 1854, 10000. The crop
Of 1895 was SO,O75, $50 acres, from which
was gathered 2,151, 10000 bushels,
worth only 1851, 500, 900. In other words
100000 acres more In area, with
about $50, 100000 more bushels, in 1895,
only brought $13OO0,0O0 more money
than the crop of 1894. There's moth
ing like having something to sell, you
know. With oats the farmer Jared
worse. He received about S5O,OOO,OOO
less for 1924, 444,O0O bushels in 1895 than
he did for 662,OS6,929 bushels in 1894.
The farmer has been producing on
falling market for twenty-five years,
while the money lenders crop has been
advancing in value. And the former
has been voting for so-called honest
dollars instead of honest bushels.
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Soon after the present congress met
Congressman Joe Cannon, speaking OF
what would likely be accomplished,
said:
"There'll be lot Of fddlln' an talk
in an resolutin, an investlgatin' an
bluffin' an maxim faces, an playin'
buncombe, an firin' the popular heart,
but when we get through We'll find we
have not done blamed thing but pass
the appropriation bills"
And this is just what congress has
been doing and is doing, and is all 1t
intends to do.
The st. Louis Globe-D democrat Is wor-
rled over the action of the southern re-
publicans. In recent issue 1t says:
"If the southern republicans would
fight the democrats with as much
energy as they fight one another, their
party would have more reason to point
to them with pride"
The trouble with the southern repub-
licans Is that they have nothing to
fight for but spoils and there Is not
enough of that to go around. The re-
publicans In the south stand about as
much show as a one-legged man would
in a foot-race.
OF course there are a few localltSeg
where they succeed in electlng county
officers. But 1t only results In another
set of men drawing the salaries. When
republican president is elected the
Federal pie counter is also open to as
pirants-and there's no dearth Of them.
Then during presidential year a dele
gates vote Is worth something. It has
q market value-sOmetimes 1t has two
of them. OF course the south Is not ex-
pected to furnish single electoral vote,
but all presidential aspirants look to
the southern field as a more or less
profitable one to invest what spare cash
he has. It Is sometimes reported that
the man who buys last buys best. This
is perhaps the reason there is so much
wrangling among the southern republi-
cans.
Ex-Gov. Campbell has warned the
democratic party of the dangers which
beset 1t. II say 1t with firmness," he
exclaims, "Gor It is my unqualified be-
lief that should the party be split at
the Chicago convention, 1t will then and
there meet its DEATH" 1t was in the
national democratic convention in 1892
that Henry Watterson said that II
Cleveland was nominated the party
would march through the slaughter
house to an open grave" The slaughter
house scene has been experienced, and
now In the detection in the party which
promises a split at the Chicago conven-
ton, is the open grave" which Gov.
Campbell sees. But how to avoid 1t is
the question. Cleveland, Carlisle and
Co. are riding the party with a rough
spur. 1t is being dashed along the gold
standard road at furious rate. Sena-
tors Jones, Vest, Harris and others, 1t
Ia true, have bound themselves to the
a,lno oh arinf and declared their MIR