The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-17

floor of the senate to-day for the first
time since the session opened. Hewas
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 q
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 q
REPUTATION 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.
1.-THE Populist party of Nebraska"
Mr.. Allen went on, lis composed of
men who understand quite as well the
inviolability of all contracts, as we'll
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 i'm
partially discharge their duties without
fear or favor.
Eastern holders of stocks in our
railway corporations sometimes ex-
press fear of hostile legislation, and
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 fayoriEg 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
quotation from banquet speech
said to have been made by Senator
Hoar before the Home Market club in
Boston in November. in which the
as characterizing the efforts of the
Democrats and Populists, especially of
Kansas and Nebraska, as ''crazy at
tempt at revolution and passionate
crusade of dishonor" Nebraska"
said he. in reply to this, has never
engaged in a revolution that was not
pacific and lofty in its character and
directly within the true province of
Christian government
Il do not speak of this misrepresent-
alton as strongly as feel, but must
be permitted to say that it was an un-
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 well 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 trstAfully said of
Nebraska that she joined in . crazy
and dishonorable crusade to eaforce
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 Bringing men
and defenseless women and children.
guilty of no ofssnse hat fleeing to her
soil for freedom, only to be captured
and placed IN chains by her citizens
and returned to servitude for . reward.
no HOT ON NE8RAsKA,s RECORD.
Whatever may be said Of Nebraska, Z
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