Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-17
THE EAST CALLED DOWN.
Not the Slightest Danger That the Dom
inant Party In Nebraska and Kansas
WIN Be Unjust to AnyOne-ATas-
sachuSetts Sharply Raped
Senator Hoars Remarks
Replied To.

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floor of the senate to-day for the first
time since the session opened. He was
cordially greeted by his associates on
both sides of the chamber.
The vice president announced the
names of Messrs. Sherman of Ohio,
Elkins OF West Virginia and Mitchell
OF Wisconsin as a committee to arrange
for the coming Inauguration of the
President-elect in accordance with
resolution introduced by Mr.. Sherman.
After some other routine business.
Mr.. Allen, Populist, of Nebraska called
up the resolution introduced by him
self last week declaring the sacredness
of contracts, devoting himself to
refutation of the charge that the legis-
lation in states which had elected Popu-
list legislatures, such as Kansas and
Nebraska, would be such as to retard,
if not prohibit, the enforcement of
legal contracts and of legal obligations.
He declared that so far as Nebraska
was concerned: There is not the
slightest ground to fear that anything
will be done that will in any respect
violate legal obligations or place a
barrier across the pathway of their
prompt and effectual enforcement"
PoPULIsTs WILL BE JUST TO ALL.
"The Populist party of Nebraska"
Mr.. Allen went on, lis composed of
men who understand quite as well the
inviolability of all contracts, as well
as the sacredness of public and private
property and the right of citizens.
The party was not born to destroy,
but to build up and make more secure
the rights of all, and to give to- all that
full measure of justice their position
as members of society entities them to-
"Those who live elsewhere and have,
or may have, obligations against the
state, or any of its subdivisions, or
citizens, will not be deprived of enter
ing our courts and enforcing
them as fully and completely as
they can in the courts of their own
state. They will find no prejudice
against them or their cause if meri-
torious. Our judges will compare
favorably with those of the oldest
states in the Union in the point of
ability, integrity, and a knowledge of
the duties of their offices. They will
hold the scales of justice impartially
between residents and non-residents;
they will enforce all legal obligations
in their letter and spirit, and defeat
those in violation of law. They are, in
every conceivable respect, abreast of
the times, and fully armed and equip
ped by character and education, to inn
11rr f1,ns,
fear or favor.
Eastern holders of stocks in our
railway corporations sometimes ex-
press fear of hostile legislation, and l
desire to say to them that such feel
ing is groundless, While | do not !
doubt that the Legislature will enact |
measures looking to the prevention of !
overcapitalizatiOn, wild and reckless !
management, and will take strong
grounds against railways interfering
in political matters and favoring one
political party by the free service of
their trains to the rigid exclusion of |
others from like privilege, yet SO far
as equitable and just passenger and !
freight rates are concerned there will |,
be nothing done of which any fair
minded man may justly complain
MASSACHUSETTS SHARPLY RAPED.
Mr.. Allen also declared that there |
would be no disposition to legislate so
as to injure the beet sugar factories of
the state, as had been charged would |,
be done, and he replied vigorously to
a quotation from q banquet speech !
said to have been made by Senator
Hoar before the Home Market club in !,
Boston in November, in which the |
Massachusetts, senator was represented |
as characterIzing the efforts of the |
Democrats and Populists, especially of |
Kansas and Nebraska, as "crazy at
tempt ut revolution and a passionate |
crusade of dishonor." Nebraska" |
said he, in reply to this, has never
engaged in revolution that was not |
pacific and lofty in its character and |
directly within the true province of a |
Christian government.
II do not speak of this misrepresent- |
alton as strongly as feel, but l must |
be permitted to say that it was an I'M
warranted, gratuitous open and fla |
grant insult to an honest, intelligent, |
poor but struggling Christian people. |
The percentage of illiteracy in Nebras- |
ka is smaller than in Massachusetts,. |
Her churches and schools, according to |
her population, are fully as numerous
and as we'll equipped to impart Chris |
tian and secular education as are those |
of Massachusetts. Our charitable in |
situations are among the finest of the
world; our people are industrious, eco
nomical, honest, intelligent, persever-
ing and loyal.
1T cannot be truthfully said of
Nebraska that she joined in q crazy
and dishonorable crusade to enforeo
the provisions of brutal fugitive slave
law. Her people have never been
guilty of mobbing one of their own !
citizens for no greater offense than
raising his voice against oppression and |
wrong. The stiffness of her atmos- |
phere has not been broken by the APP |
peals for assistance of cringing men |
and defenselcss women and children.
guilty of no ufFense but fleeing to her !
soil for freedom, only to be captured
and placed in chains by her citizens
and returned to servitude for reward. |
no BLOT on SEBRAsKA's RECORD.
Whatever may be said of Nebraska,
she has not been guilty of any of these
crimes against the laws Of God and