The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-16

spairing. ones called it during the can
vass-''the ash-heap Of human failure -
out of which old hOOpskirts of men We're
ral0ed to make candidates for office.
What the last state of the state is to be
is beyond prophecy. POpulsm has al
ready lessened its population by 100000
people, according TO Kansas estimate
on Tuesday have already wrecked two
great mortgage companies by the i'm
providence either of their choice or cult
walton Of the lands on which they secured
loans Now that the most dangerous
POpulist in the state-a man who has con
Quoted crusade against property from
the lower bench-haS been elevated to
the chief justiceship every dollar of cap
( ltal that can be wlthdraWn by outside IN
VestOrs viii be so withdrawn. And no
for much was acquired in the states
earlier years-win go out"
Every Kansas man knows that what
it was that decreased Kansas pOpula-
tion was the fact that the arid portion
of western Kansas could not support the
vast population that crowded into it
The rains did not come, the crops failed
and the people had to move out The
opening of Oklahoma decreased our
population. No state was ever before
called on to endure the opening of
whole state of virgin soil upon her bor-
derS. We venture to say that such an
event would even reduce the population
of New York or assachusetts. There
were no 500, 900 people left Kansas-that
in itself is gross exaggeratfon.
And this from the Chicago Inter
OCEAN.
for president. That is. majority of the
voters OF that state want to abandon the
lucent dollar standard of money for the
United States. Why2 Simply in order to
enable large number of persons many
Of them residents of Kansas. to pay their
debts in debased 50-cent dollar money
though they We're contracted in 100-cent
a9iiaT mohey-Ine kind Of money with
which Kansas farms had been bought
/ improved. and stocked They have been
persuaded to think they believe that is
an honest enough change
And this from the New York Mail
and Express:
Now that the country has returned its
Popuhsm. mixed or unmixed. upon the
federal government, the state of Kansas
is likely to furnish an interestfnsr ana in
structive political study during the next
the home Of Populfsn and f5ere "a 5fs -
blighting effects have been most plainly
visible. We had become .alm St persuad-
ed that the state was tired Of its unen-
Nlable nOtOrletys that the reign of the
LeWellings and Simpsons and PETERS
and incidentally the Mary Fllen leases
had permanently cured the common
wealth But we We're mistaken. Kansas
has taken the plunge again, ignoring the
Now Kansas has gone back to her first
Ialse love, Populist misgovernment suf-
monwealth in the union has failed to
convince her. She is to have a Populist
new POpulists in the lower house She
~ HeI gatSs ullder Hopullst admlnlstra-
ton, and that her population decreased.
side capital halted her development. and
invited the general Tidicule that follows
failure to profit by hard experience
And this from the Chicago Tribune:
kansas is not in position to claim
anything from this administration from
141enav cheatine If lTai5t sufi5er n5aAl le NaIae
rTr
pudiation- and all the other denominations
Of the Popocratic national platform. She
has given her vote to Bryan who pub
ltcly indorses them all, to carry out that
rulnOus policy
And this from the Minneapolis Jour
nal:
Poor Kansas Swept by the hot winds
from the plains of western Texas. burnt
by the summers sun and shriVeled by
dronlh she has been overtaken by
worse calamity IN the last election than
anything she ever experienced before
kansas must be prepared not only for
in the state who owns a dollar or has a n
aIapltion an 70 40 50. but must expect that
an OUTSIDE eaplIai VIII avoid her as its
owners would shun pestilence"
And this from the New York Post:
Every result has its cause. and the
triumph of Populism in Kansas this year.
Is. aI5er an only the natural consequence
Of Influences which have been a work in
S5Spsc4Sl A9fce curing the last six years.
The Popullst goyernOr-elect has himself
.
sons why Kansas declared last week in
favor of the free coinage of silver:
" The people of this state are in favor
/ OF silNer me rank and file of the Re
/ publican party are in favor of it. They
have been taught it by good Republican
/ the Topeka State Journal. and the To-
Peha3 Capllal' ana when the party leaders
tIled 70 turn them over to the other side.
/ they considered that they had been sold
out and refused to be delivered
The truth is that the Republicans or
Kansas nave no claim upon the sympathy
oLthe 81 the nation: tor many years they
whirlwind which they invited and de-
serve"
There are scores of editorials like the
! above, some even more Vindictive all
in what is called the sound money
/ press.
Why is Kansas alone singled out for
destruction by the evil disposed and
/ relentless East2 Why is she made the
/ scapegOat2 TWenty-One other states of
this Union hold the belief in free sill
Yer Colorado, one of the grandest
! and weaithiest states in the Union.
stands almost unanimously for it, Ne
/ braska, the companion state of Kan
sas, not only elected a POpuIist gov
ernOr two years ago, but reelected
I him in this election; Washington the
magnificent commonwealth on the Pa
/ cific coast, with two peerless cities Ia
coma and Seattle, more splendid in
their buildings and commerce than
/ cities three times as large in more
eastern states, stands ALONGSIDE of
Kansas in the new and so-caled pc
/ culiar doctrines that fill the East with
/ horror. The young states of Wyoming
Idaho and Montana likewise Joined
hands with their other western sis
ters. North and South Dakota are
with the eastern states only in name.
having but few hundred votes to tie
them to the chariot wheels of their
! eastern cOnQuerers. Look on the map
and you will see one grand sweep of
q sovereign states all standing sh0ul-
H. J.
right or wrong. Why, then is Kansas
alone singled out for destruction2 Why
are we to be burned at the stake Is
! it because Kansas is the greatest. the
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