Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-01-02

cesaicu fo pass nim, Dut vhen hs was 1ot expecting if tie Sine came fer him ] to reach eut and taks Ene highest off1cs in the state
 Ia 1891 he made Enc declaration that ] 7the riRhts of ths ussr of property are paramount to those ef fhs owner 1t i became famous among fne radical think ers Of tho West. and Ca it he rode into p4syer. He noY explains t a. fhs basis l 5f q nsW political sshooi which he be- i8eges Yi1 T8is the nation in a sbort time. Ig is school devoted to the prin. eiple that the elevation Of the leaning l of moHey to fbe height of the caisf busi- ness of mankind siIust stop
 z It is responsible for Che disorder and she diseonfent of today, says he. q believe that it would be better for the people Of KaHsas if they had been unable 10 borrow money, and look to this money borrowing as cue of the deepest causes Of our troubles upon this earth
 He has q system Of Eenets upon which he believes q model society could be built. They arc
 That only such things as man uses for himgef, as clothes, horses. tools, are his own; that the railways. bakeries and kindred things belong to the users.
 That the privilege Of owning large tracts Of land and furnishing transpor- tati0n, lighting and tine like should be- long to the government
 That because man has invented 8 machine he may not Dc allowed to reap an exorbitant profit from it.
 That there can be norelation between the laborer and tho employer except in q division of profits.
 That the proportionate profits of the user Of the land should be more than that of the owner.
 That speculation should be stopped.
 Upon these stones Judge Doster, rear ing his house and his high position in the state. has gained him $ large fol. lowing. He is not an oratorical leader, but he is perhaps the more cool in his deliberations on that account. lie is the brains of the party management ana may be expected to impress others of his party as he has here among his own people. He lives in small cottage needing paint and shingles. but it was here that the state came for its material for that high place to which 1t has ele- yated him. iaoiear methods of thought have led to this, and he is unquestiona. bly the leader of his party in the west In his analysis of the relation of capital and labor he places the latter far in the lead, and he does not hold that they are mutual. Use, he thinks, represents la bor, and ownership represents capital. The person who submits his property to the public use must eoncede that the public is tho user and has the para mount right 10 it in ease of disagree mont Of course this position IS 80 strange that it is received with a great deal of eritieisni, but the judge defends his position ably
 In religion Judge Doster is an agnos- tic. and he is known as the man who never goes down town after supper. This is an nnpardouable sin iii the aver age western village, and his neighhors do not Iike it. They could hardly be- lieye 1t when they heard that he was elevated to the supreme bench from the place of q humble country lawyer, and many of them are yet of tho opinion that thero must be some mistake.
 Yet Judge Doster is hailed as the thinker of the Populist party and is in demand to outline new plans and polit- ieal propositions. He is melancholy, never speaks unless spoken to, is excess ively slender and has deep set eyes He has no confidants and little humor Yet he has made great success us the world goes, and his friends say that the nation may as well get ready to hear from him, He K one of the men who will be prominent in Populist politics. and it would not be strange if his new cult were the chief matter of discussion in few months. Coming from such high authority as the supreme bench, 1t has the best of starts. Careless of attire, ;.:;soaiai,iv and Gignliiea, Judge Doster has won in spite of the very things that are supposed to hinder the progress of individuals. He looks upon himself as Q man of destiny and his theories as those of | man called 10 lead, h quiet little cottage aome he pursnes his stud ies and awaits the dawning of his great hopas when the world shall receive his thought and he shall be It's prophet.
 Mir Dastes has wife who is a help