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The advocate., 1896-10-21
Should Wash Our Hands.

Under the above head the Wellington
Voice, edited by Lyman NRugle, Secre-
tary Of the Kansas Reform Press
Association, prints an extended article,
from which the following are extracts:
"Abe Steinbergsr sends the Voice q
marked copy Of his paper, the Girard
World, containing an appeal to the
members of the Kansas Reform Press
Association TO hoist the names Of the
"Middle-of-the-road" Electors at the top
Of their editorial columns He signs It
as president Kansas Reform Press
Association
"We are sorry to break amicable
relations with Abe, but we must say
that when he issues this sort of an
appeal officially he is usurping privileges
and making an unwRrrRnted show of
authority. He is placing the association
in false light before the people, It is
safe to say that out Of the $50 reform
papers in Kansas, not over q half dozen
of them are in sympathy with the 30
called Middle Of -the-roRd' movement.
X On such q narrow basis the
President of the Kansas Reform Press
Association officially appeals to Populist
editors to desert the Electoral ticket
chosen overwhelmingly by the Populists
in regular convention, and support the
rump ticket begotten in Doodle and born
in fraud. Abe's gall is supreme. This
action demands some action on the part
Of the association. Let it be called to-
gether at once by the Executive COM
mittee.
"If there were no suspicious circum-
stances about all this, the agitation at
this time could do no good. 1t is a Mark
Hanna scheme, and the reform press
ought to wash its hands Of the affair
and do it at once"
The advocate., 1896-10-21
A Record to be Ashamed OF.

The Legislature postponed it's most
creditable act until the very last--thRt
was the adjournment. After hsv.
ing condemned the late Democratic
Congress and the calamity Legislature,
we cannot say "well done" Of q body
that discounted them both In worth
legsness and extravaganza, simply be-
cause 1t was Republican. Therefore
we are compelled to say that the late
Legislature of Kansas was the most
reckless, the most worthless, the most
scandRlous of any body that ever sat
In Kansas. We would add, the most
corrupt, hut we have no proof Of It,
except appearances. How the Repub-
liCan party can 60 before the people
and ask for continued confidence on
the record of that Legislature, we can
not imagine. 1t was thought that de-
feat and exclusion from power for two
years would have been a lesson, and
that when they returned to power they
would have used extra eXertions to
commend themselves to the people, but
instead, they seem to have become
rSVenous by their enforced absence
from the fodder rack and to have gone
In to gorge themselves, regardless Of
all else. But as 9 whole, Il
was a herd of Texas steers, without
any conception of the duties Of law
makers, bent upon running things
wide open. Elected at the close Of q
season Of unprecedented drought, they
had heard that there were rich pick
ings In the Legislature, and they went
with the determination Of getting all
there was in sight.-Troy Chief (Rep.),
Mareh "A, 1895.
The advocate., 1896-10-21
(Crieo of we will have a good

sembly. (Cries of we will have a good
one.O
ayes, / am sure you will, but we don't
want you to make any mistake about it;
for when this general assembly has
been chosen it will have a most i'm
portsnt duty devolving upon it in the
matter Of selecting q successor to SEN
atOr PETER. Lsughter.) We are ready
out in Ohio to excuse Senator PETER
from further public service in the nation
(grsat spplsuse), not that we have any
thing against him personally, for we
regard and esteem him highly as a man
just as you doubtless do, but simply
because his views are not our views and
the legislation that he makes in our
Judgment is not calculated to promote
the prosperity Of this country. And so,
therefore, it is, my fellow citizens, that l
say to you that come here not only
about your business, but about my own
business; not only about the business
belonging to Kansas, but also in regard
to the business Of the people Of Ohio,
and Of all the other States Of the Union. -"
The advocate., 1896-10-21
FOraker's Opinion Of Psler.

In the course Of his remarks at Topeka
Senator Foraker made the following
reference to the Kansas Senatorial
situstion:
"And you have another duty to per-
form in which we are interested. It
shows how we are bound together in
this union Of States. We, out in Ohio,
are interested Ia your selection OF Rep
resentatives from this country in your
general assembly, and in your selection
Oe Senator to represent you Ia this
senatorial district il your general as
The advocate., 1896-10-21
The National Committee Speaks.
Continued from maze ~


who seek the enactment Of laws to bene-
fit them and impoverish the people. On
the other side are the farmers, labOrers,
merchants and all others who produce
wealth and bear the burdens Of taxation.
The one represents the wealthy and pow
erful classes, who want the control OF the
government to plunder the people. The
other represents the people, contending
for equality before the law and the rights
OF man. Between these two there is no
middle ground.
"The one and only hope Of the Repub-
lican party to win in this campaign, and
fasten the gold standard upon the coun-
try, Is the corrupt use OF an unlimited
supply Of money for bribery, corruption
and intimidation. The patriotic action
Of the Peoples party in forming and sup
porting these joint Electoral tickets has
shattered that hope. Already they are
alarmed at the impotency Of Doodle
campaign, when all Of the great moral
forces OF the people are solidly united in
the defense OF American institutions.
The revulsion Of the American people
against this Doodle campaign during the
last ten days has so united them that
victory 10 now assured.
"The Peoples party made this revolu-
tion possible. Let everyone do his duty
and fail not. Let our boast be that we
are American citizens, and that Ameri-
can citizens are more than partissns.
"This done, the cohorts of domestic
and foreign greed will be driven from our
legislative councils and the domination
OF American institutions; this done, and
the betrayed public will be redeemed
and American prosperity restored. The
men and the party that achieve such
grand and patriotic results in this crisis
will DO the men and the party Of the
future. It has been left for the Peoples
party and the silver Republicans to make
the party sacrifice and to do the patriotic
work necessary TO accomplish this result!
The Peoples party must do it, for no
other party will, and the Peoples party
will do it Therefore the Peoples party
will be the party Of the future; the
American people will recognize it as the
agency that saved the day when their
interests were at stake, the American
people will rally around its banner as the
party to contend against the enemy Of
good government in the future. Every
man 70 his post, and the victory is won.
Signed by Marion Butler, Chairman;
J. r. Sovereign, Fl. w. Reed, John w.
BreidenthRl, George F. Washburn, NJ. G..
Rankin, G. F. Taylor ]. A. Edgerton,
Secretary,
The advocate., 1896-10-21
BALLOT CASES DECIDED.
Continued from page u

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Topeka Bank building, which building is
owned and controlled by a leading Re-
publican, said banner having been pro-
Vided and put up to be seen during the
week ending October g. 1896, while q
State reunion Of soldiers and fall festi-
val Congregated in Topeka thousands Of
voters Of all parties from all over the
State,
"Fourth-That Thomas e. Watson Of
Georgia, having been requested to come
TO Kansas and make some speeches for
said Middle -ths-roRd PopulisE ticket,
the telegram announcing when he would
come being first sent to leading Repub-
lican Of Topeka, through whom its con-
tents were communicated to said
Middle-ot-the-rosd Populist' committee;
and the Republican State committee has
been arranging for special train at it's
expense for the uso Of said Watson and
other speakers while campaigning in
Kansas for said 'Middle-of- -the-road Pop
ulist' ticket
"Fifth-The said Republican State
Central committee lately, at it's expense,
secured control Of a hitherto Peoples
party paper published in Topeka and
known as the CO.OperGtOT, and has
caused, is causing, said paper to be con-
Quoted at it's expense as tae organ OF said
Middle.Of-the-roRd Populist party, and
for the furtherance OF said fraudulent
scheme Of deceiving Peoples party voters
into. dividing the votes intended to be
cast for the Electors OF William j
Bryan, their candidate for President, to
the end that the Electors of William Nc
Kinley may be chosen.
"Sixth-Th4t all the foregoing facts
are not only currently accepted as un-
doubted facts generally in the city OF
Topeka, and by the leading politicians OF
all parties, but they have been repeatedly
published or assumed as facts by the
Kansas City Daily Times, newspaper
published in Kansas City, Mo-, and oI
wide circulation In Kansas, and espe.
cially in the city Of Topeka; yet said
facts have elicited no denial from either
the said Middle f-the-road Populists' OF
the ssid Republican State Central com.
mittee, nor can said facts be truthfully
denied. / offer to prove them in support
OF these objections.
AIN view Of the lack Of conformity with
the statute and the evidence Of fraud
apparent upon the very face Of the nom
mating papers themselves, together with
the fact that no proof has been furnished
that any Of the signatures are genuine,
respectfully ask that you shall reject
said nominating papers altogether, Rn6
refuse to certify said candidates for 9
place upon the official ballot; or that, il
you should deem the papers to be in Rp
parent conformity with the law, 30 as e
make il imperative upon you to file them
all the foregoing objections and ques
tions, including the third, may be heard
Investigated and determined, as provided
by section 10 OF chapter rs OF the laws oI
1888"
The advocate., 1896-10-21

Kansas City Star: "The fact remains
that William Jennings Bryan draws bigger
crowds, two to one, than any man who has
appeared on the stump during the present
canvass, and the public can draw its own
conclusions as to the cause.n
The advocate., 1896-10-21

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treatise sent BY Dr. Kline, eSl Arch st., Phils-
delphias Pa.
The advocate., 1896-10-21

You can get the old reliable Kansas
Farmer and the ADVOCATE, both one
year for e1.50. The Breeders Gazette
and ADVOCATE for e2OO.
The advocate., 1896-10-21

Think of it This paper from now
until January /, 1897, for Is cents.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09
THE RECENT ELECTION.
What 1t Means-What Its Results VII

What 1t Means-What Its Results VIII
BE.
At every election, Of late years, the
old party papers suppress all reports
Of the Populist vote, and then howl,
"The Peoples party is deadP And
every time 1t dies 1t grows stronger.
This year we have increased our
vote everywhere, Notwithstanding the
fact that both the old parties have been
masquerading In our garments. In
the South, the Democrats swear by the
Populist platform and free silver,
and in the mountain states and the
West the Republicans do the same
thing. We read that the Democrats
carried Mississippi ION a free-silVer
platform" and the Republicans did the
same thing in Nebraska. In Ken
lucky both parties were at the same
time blmetallists and monometal-
lists. The poor Populists are con-
fused. They find it hard to vote
against their old party when 1t is
preaching their distinctive doctrine.
They feel like Job Scroggins, the car
ter, when he woke up in his cart, very
drunk, to find his horse stolen. Said
he: "Be I Job Scroggins, or be not?
II l be Job Scroggins l have lost
horse; and If I beant Job Scroggins l
have found a cart" And so our
brethren in the South and West
scratch their heads and say: "Am l a
Populist or am 1 not? II am Pop
ulist have got an awful lot Of con-
verts; and If 1 cannot agree with the
enemy, who are whooping it up for
free silver where do I belong?"
But all these fogs will disappear
next year. The national conventions
will have to fish or cut bait" They
will have to be either fish, flesh or
good red-herring." II they 90 in on
the side Of the gold-bugs, as is highly
probable, they will lose the greater
part Of the voters they have been
feeding so recklessly on free silver
pabulum. Paul's ADVICE to be "all
things to all men that you may win
some" is good politics up to a certain
point. Prior to 1860 the Wing and
Democratic parties played that game
with the slavery question; but there
came a time when the people would
stand subterfuges no longer and the
Wing party was wiped out as the
Democracy have Just been, and died
the death. The meaning Of the re-
cent conflict is that the Democratic
party has ceased to be a national or
ganization. It's eastern and western
ends are not agreed upon a single po-
lltical prlnclple-tariff, silver or any
thing else. It is two parties in one,
tied together by the tails. like the Kill
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

Of the results Of the business struggle
1t is forced upon US to ask, is it right?
is 1t Christian? are the commercial
transactions which all engage in, the
acts of trade commonly regarded as le-
Ultimate, moral?
From an editorial In an Omaha
daily we clipped few years ago the
plain statement following, written in
answer to query Of a correspondent.
That paper said:
ut is the law of the business world
and the law Of the industrial world
that the buyer and seller, whether la
Dor or material be bought or sold, stand
for the time being in antagonism to
each other"
Each gets as much as he can and
gives as little as he must, buys cheap
and sells dear, If he can do so, and con-
siders it practical wisdom and neces-
sary business so to do. 1t matters not
how much kindness of heart and sym
pathy individuals may possess, 1t is
not allowed to interfere to any appre-
ciable extent with the business strug-
gle. Business is business" we say.
But this struggle for gain one Of
another, which we call business" is
anti Christian, is exactly contrary to
the moral law. "Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as myself" And it is this
selfish struggle which has divided men
and produced all the innumerable, i'm
measurable, indescribable evils which
flow out Of selfishness. Let this state
ment sink down into your minds ant
receive careful consideration, that thu
business system Of selfish force which
fixes all prices and wages and dis
tributes the rewards Of labor, Is anti
Christian, immoral, and we must sepa
rate ourselves from it. We must com,
out Of this Babylon, whose doom fore
told approaches, or we shall contlnu,
to suffer her plaques and go down will
her into final destruction. For hel
sins have reached unto heaven and Goo
hath remembered her iniQuities."
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

kenny cats, and there will be some
dreadful scratching when they are.
hung over line in the national CON
vention next year. Heretofore the
divergent elements of the party have
been held together by the hope Of sue
cess-but that hope is now crushed for
ever, and the fragments will fly apart
by an irresistible centrifugal force.
There can be only two parties in this
country--one representing Thomas
Jefferson and the other Alexander
Hamilton-one representing the rights
of man and the other the rights Of
capital-one representing forward
movement to higher levels of progress
and liberty; the other symbolizing a
retrograde movement toward darkness
and despotism. The past and the flu
ture stand face to face, and all the tenn
porary expedients that come between
them will be ground to powder.
The Republican party have won the
elephant, and the question is how to
feed him. The menagerie will open in
about three weeks, and the stencil
and the roar will be dreadful. They
must agree upon some policy, and what
shall it be? All! There's the rub
They must produce good times to sat
isfy the people, and, at the same time
sustain bad policies that will satisfy
plutocracy. And that which will salts
fly plutocracy will not satisfy the PEG.
pie. And in the meantime. like the
closing in Of an Arctic winter, settles
down upon the world the deadly effects
Of cutting in two the metallic money o
mankind and throwing one-half Of
away.
The Democracy has been destroyed
trying to unity its forces on this ques
ton. The same doom awaits the Re
publicans. They will be caught be
tween the upper and neither mill
stones Of plutocracy and prosperity.
The Popullsts can afford to stand still
and look on and laugh when theil
fear cometh. Representative.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09
LATEST MACHINERY.
The Trades in Which Its RavageI Are
Felk

The Trades in which It's RavageI Are
Felt.
Cotton spinning. One man and two
boys do the work which 1t required
LOO spinnerS to do but small num-
Der Of years ago.
Cotton weaving: One man does the
work now of 40 weavers, which were
required at the time of his grand
father.
Cotton printing machines have re-
placed 1900 per cent Of hand labor.
Horseshoes: One machine, with one
man as attendant, manufactures as
many horseshoes in one day as 1t would
take 500 men to make in the same time.
Log saving: Out Of 500 men former"
ly employed at this business, 499 have
lost their jobs through the introduction
of modern machinery.
Nails: One nail machine has taken
the place Of 1000 men.
Paper: In the manufacture Of this
article 95 per cent Of former hand
labor mas Deen replaced,
Pottery: One man now makes az
much ware in the same time as 1000
could do before machinery was applied.
Shipping: BY the use Of machinery
in loading and unloading ships one
man can perform the labor Of 1000
men.
Steel ties machines: A saving of 500
per cent.
Steel wire nail machines: A saving
of 200 per cent.
Typesetting machines: A saving Of
$50 per cent.
Watches: An expert matchmaker
can turn out from $50 to 800 watches
each year with the aid Of machinery,
IS per cent of former hand labor being
thus replaced.
Wood carving: One man now does
as much work as 100 men could do
fifty years ago.
And similar proportions hold good
in all other trades.-N. Y. Common
wealth.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09
ARE BIRDS GUIDED BY srARs7
An Attempt to Solve the Great Mystery
of Bird Migration.

eAh hlLtAhPU W NEohL
of Bird Migration.
In an article on Birds of Passage"
the Chautauquan says II one desires
an explanation for the great mystery
OF bird migration, there being nothing
else that will answer, he will have to
accept the theory Of hereditary l1nowl-
edge, knowledge Of the unfaillng
stars. The Great Bear and Orion APP
peared at the same time-in our region,
even when the divisions of land and
water were very different than they are
today. That the stars are the guides
of birds agrees with the fact that they
fly at remarkable heights, often above
the clouds, and that wanderers lose
their way when they stray into clouds
and mists. On starlight nights stray
Cling birds are seldom noticed. When
the sky is overcast, when the night Is
dark, but especially when fine rain is
falling, multitudes OF travelling birds
are heard. They will call often, doubt
less for the purpose Of keeping near
each other; and often great numbers of
them bound against the windows Of
lighthouses. Thus Gatke has observed
IIlTl vi OSl' 90 4ohA' ALOlAA ~ v ClOCh dL
night till the next morning golden
crested wrens bumped like snowflakes
against the lighthouse of Heligoland,
and that on the following day golden
crested wrens sat on every square foot
Of Hellgoland. Toward the end Of the
summer. along into the fall, it was not
a rare occurrence on dark nights to
see, through the light of street lamps,
birds flying over inland cities. The ex-
perlenced observer recognizes by It's call
the curlew and the strand-snipe, sea-
swallow and seagull, occasionally hears
even the flap Of their wings. But no
bird is visible in the darkness. On dark
nights no stare appear; then 1t Is that
the straying b;cd loses his way. The
stars are the most plausible guides to
birds in their migrations. But only the
future can tell US whether they really
serve in that capacity.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

The Story OF My Dictatorship
WI ai'o Be mailed PoS.Pad on receipt Of 80 esntL
Ths ksfEhtI Of Labor Journal says Of III IN
premises 70 y 70 economic reform what Looking
HaekU1nS was to Nitlonalism."
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09
Mhnn VIII They Lenrn9


When will the American people learn
that in turning from one Of the old par
ties to the other, they merely Change
the place and keep the pain?" With a
great flourish Of trumpets, the people Of
Maryland have smashed the German
machine and given over the govern
ment Of that state to the Republicans.
One of the fruits Of victory Is a United
States senatorship, and the man most
prominently suggested for the place
is Charles Jerome Bonaparte, the
granddaughter Of his great uncle. Mr..
Bonaparte is hard, grasping, and
avaricious man, an extensive owner Of
real estate, a more than usually greedy
landlord. He was also prominent in
movement to give over to monopoly
the business Of dredging for oysters in
Chesapeake bay. What will 1t have
profited the people of Maryland to turn
down Boss German If at the same time
they turn up Boss Bonaparte? That
is about all the political reforms have
amounted to in this country so far
changing one set Of spoilsmen for an
other. The trifles about which children
quarrel are really more important to
them than are the issues" between
the old parties over which the Ameri-
can people go daft every four years, II
not oftener. The tithing Of mint, anise
and cummin is what excites them;
while the weightier matters Of the
law, truth, mercy and judgment are
as utterly neglected now as they were
eighteen hundred years ago.-Star and
Kansan.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

Some men never think until they be-
come hungry-that is to say they seem
to think with their stomachs. A little
sensible forethought would save much
suffering. The people are responsible
for the present condition on account Of
foolish partisan blindness.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

About the only remnant Of the gov
eminent our fathers gave US is the
Fourth Of July, and the scream Of the
eagle on that day is a mere screech as
compared with that Of former days.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

The only Sound money" there is, or
can be, is the money that has behind
It q stable government. No bank
money is considered sound" unless 1t
II Youched for by the government.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

We have government ownership Of
the postal service, let US have govern
ment ownership Of the railroads and
telegraphs.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

There is no property right where
a human right has been violated TO
Obtain possession Of the property.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-09

It is no Joke to ask what congress 10
now In session for?