The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-14
Nebraska Never Enforced
Brutal Fugitive Slave Law.
No Western State Ever MObbed
Its Own Citizens.
SUCH SHAMEUNKNOWN
DefenseIess Women and Child
rem Fleeing For Liberty
We're Never BY Nebraska Mama
cled For a Reward.

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tracts. me speech vas laigsls g e.Ht@
ton OF charges mace Dy senator Ltoa1
in a recent address before the Home
Market cluD IN Boston-
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CONT "a he cIassed as revoiuti ionsrv and
reeardiess Of tie sacred nature Of legal
contracts and obligations. He assured
eastern stockholders in western railroadss
that they have nothing TO tear ana sal@
western Judges Were equai r. Jusel1S J. % %e.ls
v1oSIId hoid he bsiance faIri,5 lefvyeer1
residents and non-residents they would
prevent over capitalization and wild and
reckless management OF corporations pu1
would be lmpaftlaI lh lle en- tltisiit ~
oqIn tne IeegeT ana AZ SI'l,ls y t,.ed ss4
- "a rl9s IL "a -, 1tir1, Ak noe.
- frt,eleriil,r f7lf honest fshTstiar7 conn
Tnunitv.'
Mr. Allen devoted himself to q refuta-
ton of the charge that the legislation fn
states which had elected POpuiist Iegis-
latures, such as Kansas and Nebraska
will be such as to retard. if not prohibit,
the enforcement OF legal contracts and
OF legal obligations
He declared SO far as Nebra ska is
concerned. sThere is not the slightest
Ground ia fear thar anytime viii be
5ane fhat will in anv respect Violate ie-
gal OBLIGATIONS or place a barrier across
the pathway of their prompt and effect
ual enforcement" And he continued.
tsThe P0pulist party of Nebraska is
/ COMPOSED of men who understand quite
well the invfOla bilftv of an contracts of
well as the sacredness OF public and
private property and the rights of citi-
zens The party was nor born to de-
strov. but to build up and make more
secure the rights of all. and to give to
all that full measure of justice. their
positions as members of society entities
them to.
Those who live elsewhere and have
or may have, obligations against the
state, or any of its sub-di visions or clt-
liens will not be deprived of entering
our courts and enforcing them as fully
and completely as they can in the courts
of their own state They win ind no
prejudice against them or their cause
if neritOrious our Judges viii compare
very favora blv with those of the oldest
states of the Union in point OF ability
intaeri+v and a lxnoyvIadea of fha duties
of fbeir. offices. They viii hold the
scales of, Justice impartiaIy between
residents and non-residents they will
enforce all legal obligations in their LETT
ter and spirit and defeat those in vio-
lation. fhev are in every conceiva BILE re-
speof abreast Of the times and fuflz-
armed esF7 aolIinDed bv character ana
educati to fnnpartfaIlv discharge their
duties without fear or favor
Eastern holders of stocks in our rail-
way corporations sometimes express
fear of hostile legislation and I desire
to saw to them that such feeling is
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the legislature VIII enact measure e9 zoos
ing to the prevention of QVef-ca Nltaifza-
ton wild and reckless MANAGEMENT and
viii take strong grounds against rail-
vvaz-s fnferfering in political matters.
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excursion ~ obHsLS from q tlhS pl llNAa17s's
yet so far as equitable and Just passeu-
ger and freight rates are concerned.
there will he nothing done of which as7Sr
fa5r minded NAV s74stlv oor9r1si4l
u aleo geIse5 tlt fta ,,ln,,1 IL
no alsposlllon % Isglslale 50 az - lAJufF
the beet sugar factories oil the state as
had been quoted would be done and he
replied vigorously to q quotation from
BANQUET speech said to have been
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Wnlch the aAdsacilua1ttS senator was
represented as cnaractefizlng the eI-
| forts Of the Democrats and Popuists;
especially of Kansas and Nebraska, as
crazy attempt at revolution and "a