Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30

oession to pass him, but when he was
not expecting it the time calno for him
to reach out and take the highest office
in the state
In 1891 he made the declaration that
''the rights Of the user Of property are
paramount to those of the owner 2 Tt
became famous among the radical think
ers of the west, and on it he rode into
power. He now explains it as the basis
of new political school which he be-
lieyes will rule the nation in a short
time. It is a school devoted to the pria-
ciple that the elevation of the loaning
of money to the heighto Of the chief bust
ness Of mankind must stop.
&c is responsible for the disorder
and tho discomfort of today, says he
II believe that it would be better for
The people Of Kansas il they had been
unable to borrow money, and I look to
this money borrowing as one of the
deepest causes Of our troubles upon this
earth -
He has a aystem Of tenets upon which
he believes a model society could be-
built They are:
That only such things as a man uses
for himself 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-
tation, lighting and the like should be-
long to the government.
That because a man has invented a
machine he may not DO allowed to reap
an exorbitanb profit from it.
That there can be no relation between
the laborer and the employer except in
a division Of profits.
That tie proportonGto profits Of the
user of The land should DO moro than
that Of The owner.
That speculation shegld &c stepped.
Upon these stones Judge Doster, rear
ing his house and his high position in
the state, Las gained him large fol.
lowing. Ee is not an oratorical leader,
but he is perhaps the more cool in his
deliberations on that account. He is the
brains Of the party's management ana
may be expected to impress others Of
his party as he has here among his own
people. He lives in a small cottage
needing paint and shingles, but it was
here that che etato came for its material
for that high place to which it has ele-
waited him. Lis clear methods of thought
have led to this, and lac is unquestiona.
bly, the leader Of his party in tho west.
In his analysis Of the relation Of capital
and labor he places tho latter far in the
lead, and he does not hold that they arc
mutual. Use, he thinks, represents la
Dor, and ownership represents capital
The person who submits his property to
the public uso must concede that the
public is the user and has the para
mount right to it in case Of q disagree
ment OF course this position is SO
strange that it is received with a great
deal of criticism, but tho judge defends
III! his ii3S5ssii ss;;S,i. , ali ;.
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 unpardonable sin in the aver
age western village, and his neighbors
do not like it. They could hardly be-
lieye it whom they heard that he was
| elevated to tho supreme bench from the
place Of o humble country lawyer, ard
many Of them are yet of the opinion
that there 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-
ioal propositions He is melancholy,
never speaks unless spoken to, is excess
lively slender and has deep set eyes.
He has no confdants and little humor.
Yet he has made a great success as the
world goes, and his friends say that the
nation may as well get ready to hear
from him. He is one Of the men who
will be prominent in Populist politics.