The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-11
THE DEFENCE OF KANSAS.
a Topeka Bnaker SAYS Tim the szaaows'
State IL AT Right.
trom ne 7opeka capnaL

PROM TIE Topeka Capital
At tho request OF your friend. Mr.. NJ. ~
submit to you a few thoughts on aNn!rs in Kan.
sas. know that Eastern parties who have Inc
vcstments In Kansas are anxious about their
outcome.
Thisanxiety IL induced much moro by assaults
on the State by Eastern papers than because Of
the actual result Of the election. / beg to say
that we are not all cranks nor regulators. nor
has Kansas gone to the dogs" yet. We still
hnvo the same climate and soil that in one
year produced To,O0o,oOO bushels OF wheat,
267. 900, 900 OF corn. more beef and pork
than any State in the Union, while all
lesser cereals, vegetables. and fruit have kept
pace herewith. We still have o.0"5.6 miles Of
railroad In the State; 1885, 800, O23."3 of prop
erty as taxed. with u real value of three time,
that amount. with n State debt of only $3.50. 000t
n permanent school fund of ST., Os7.8 is: an
annual disbursement of $3.50. 1923 90 to the
common schools; 0,lS0 schoolhouses, valued at
Sl0.09D. OBI. with n university. normal school,
agricultural college, institutions for tho blind.
deaf and dumb. insane, penitentiary, re-
form school and Industrial school. Soldiers
Home. Soldiers Orphans Home, and State Cap
itol, all costing SIS, s?G. PES, without the eauip-
ments.. From this it will be seen that the State
can and will continue to do business.
1t is undoubtedly true that the result OF the
election will largely stop permanent Investments
fifteen years ago It would have been u blessing
to the state. At that period syndicntns, loan
coinpanies. and capitalists East and West
money and buy their bonds. Every cross road
must have u railroad. and every railroad cross
ing must have II city. and every city must have
wator works. electric lights, ana paved streets,
and bonds were issued therefor. Tho people
were led to believe that Kansas was an addition
to the New Jerusalem. Then the " hard times"
that prevailed all over the country prevailed in
ton more than her older sisters.
repent that kansans. as a body, are not re-
people were almost ali born, and received their
education east OF tho Mississippi ami north OF
iasseps AND and P mssi,r,i lime %o, i Of / @ "a s,nnS Sss 1--WE IN 9q IN
the, Middle and New England States, to say that
their sons and daughters were educated to be-
come rascals and frauds.
II it is a ~disgracs TO have voted the Demo.
cratic Populist ticket, then Kansas can well
Afford to invite n comparison with her sister
States of Illinois, Indiana. Michigan, Ohio.
PENNSYLVANIA. and New York. in all OF which
many more votes of that kind were cast than In
We have been charged with lawlessnesa.
Again we INVITE comparison. Not long ago, in
the city of Chicago. rioters were destroying LIE
and property, while the Governor and 100000
business men stood idly by and allowed tho
work of destruction to continue until a squad of
United States troops came and dispersed the
rioters. Kansas had the same ex Experience somo
years ago, when the Governor quietly placed
the state troopsron the ground, and without the
a prominent New York paper charges Kansas
with disloyalty. | necd only recall the ctthat
In 1910 Kansas sent more men into the field
80 ~ NANAA ~ 'l' hANNA WY hHkANS So
the Union, and II the flag was assaulted today
she would d. the same thing again,
1t is true that the "silver craze" became an
epidemic here. but some liberation must be ai-
lowed TO our people. who up to n few years ago
were so intensely Republican that they accepted
the teachings OF sherman. Allison, Mckinley.
Ingalls,. and the Republican party generally,
when they issued four hundred and ~sixty-siH
millions OF fiat silver between 1873 and June 80,
1926. The people seemed 10 think that IL a hals
billion of silver was n good thing. a billion was
better. They were mistaken, as were the emf
nent gentlemen named.
] condemn the hue and cry Of some OF our
people who are continually denouncing Wall
street." money loaners, gold bugs" &c. for
IL was Eastern money that gave US our mar
rellous development: but | also denounce the
statement that our people are dishonest, thieves,
regulators. and anarchists.
1t Is true that the State affairs are In the
hands Of the Democrntic-P opulist party. but We
are willing to trust them until they prove false
to the hest interests OF the State. II they do
that they will be quickly turned down"
] am a lifelong Republican, and have been
connected with the management OF every cam.
paign in this State for twenty years, and have
no sympathy with the "isms" OF any party, but
when the integrity, intelligence, loyalty, and
patriotism of the whole people of Kansas 10
assailed | am always ready to stand up for
Kansas"
AS to your Investments in Kansas. as stated
to ME by your friend. they are as secure as O
bond OF the State OF Vermont. Yours truly.
r.. ]. BoNEDRAKR.