The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-07
Doster Roasts the Reformers.

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Topeka, Kan. March Especial Judge
Doster says he Is disappointed with this
le gislature. He Is also disappointed n Gov
ITnor Leedy, and IL he would express his
convictions fully there is no doubt that
they would SAVIOR with disgust
1t Is strange" he says that a set Of
men who accepted the doctrines of popu-
ism. who pledged themselves to a maxi
mum freight rate law and assured the PEG :
pie that some law prohibiting rsury would
be enacted could so suddenly change their
minds These are cardinal principles Of
our fight We have presumed all along TO
be In sympathy with the demands Of the
common people. These men in the legs
iature were elected on the promise and IN
| the hope that they would bring some re-
Lief from the avrice OF greedy corpora
tons and they have signally failed 1t IS
| strange how they could so soon forget-so
| completely reverse faith
There was an expression on the face Of
| the chief Justice when he said this that
| conveyed more than his words. Doster Is
bratuy. 1t Is a matter Of much speculation
| az to how such an extraordinary amount
| Of gray matter ever got into the PopuIst
party and consented TO remain there. He
| is also consistent However wooIfy and
cross-grained may be his notions Of popular
| justice and state policy he sticks TO his
faith Doster's brains speculates as to the
logic Of this sudden process of reversal ana
his notions Of consistency put him entirely
at sea as to causes and results. But Dos
ter Is not alone. Hundreds OF reformers
from over the state-reformers from con-
science and reformers for revenue, simon
pure Pops OF red-eyed and claw-dsted
makeup. Pops of conscientious motives but
cratic judgment. siow-going. honest, per-
sistent Pops and all that other class Of
freakish and voluble statesmen, the social
misft and commercial failure. the pessi-
mistic and perpetual haters OF prosperity.
the product OF ehinch bugs, drouth, hot
winds. political disappointment and habit
ual inactivity, all these alike are swarm
irg around the capitol building and saying
IN chorus that the collection Of mistakes
commonly denominated the Pop legislature
have in this session made asses of them
selves and the whole reform movement and
ought to be kicked into the garnet for a
siege of dry rot. The corridor between the
two halls, the lobby rooms and al the stats
offices are crowded with the men who last
fall whooped the road hot for Bryan and
the free silver candidate for the legisla-
ture. who carried the torches and made the
midnight rides for the purity and hope OF
reform. They are different now. They
cuss the legislature: abuse the great IN re-
form and retire between acts to kick them
selves. They swing their arms, get red IN
the face and say things of thu brothers
they so lately loved and legged for thai
would not look well in print No maxi
mum freight rate. no law against usury. no
anti-oleo measure, nothing 20 protect the
people from the clutches Of corporations.
national banks and mortgage fends. AND
they promised so much. The abuse these
fellows heaped on the Republican party in
the campaign would be oil on the water
compared with what they are saying TO
each other. And this matter of fussing
has got down to a regularity that works
with a nicely TO excIre admiration. They
retire in pairs in the cooler moments of the
day and proceed to abuse each other down
to the end of time Not day goes by but
somebody gets up on the majority side and
says there is evidence Of Doodle and some
body else gets up and fntfmates that they
are liars. Whereupon they proceed to some
committee room and abuse each other till
they get out of breath then come back into
the hall and join purpose in booting another
other.
The lack Of harmony Is exceIled only by
the bitter efforts by which they intensity
their indifferences. The state superintend
ent of public institution says the legisla-
ture was bought of on the railroad bin
and the legislature says Stryker is IN col
fusion with set of Jew publishers on the
school book question. Trueblood of Usage
said Weilep was interested In mines when
he tried 10 get mineral reserve law en-
acted. Weilep get back by saying that
Trueblood is. an agent of the American
Book company and that's his reason for
fighting the text book bill. Trueblood gets
up and makes the general assertion that he
is himself honest which is more than he
can say Of some members OF the house,
and that anybody who says he isn't honest |
is scoundrel. This makes Weilep mad and |
rising to question of personal privilege |
he blisters the gentleman from Usage and |
the gentleman from Kingman and every |
body else who happened to disagree with |
him. And that's the way time goes in the |
reform legislature.
Governor Leedy assumed to take the su- |
preme court in hand because that body |
having no reason refused to Gust Hudson |
and install Snow as state printer and be- |
cause when by his direction the auditor, |
OF state and state treasurer were |
ordered not to recognize Hudson the SID |
preme court refused TO sustain him he sent |
an address TO that body in which he says: |
'Disclaiming any right TO unduly exait |
my prerogatives, ii IS nevertheless my duty |
to exercise and protect the supreme exc |
cutive power vested in me by the consti-
tuition and leave II unimpaired TO my sue
cessor; and !, therefore. insist that when. |
by my expressed direction, an action Is |
brought TO Dust man from office as a
Isurper. the other officers Of the executive |
department have no right Tor authority to
Zeal with that man and pay over stats
funds TO him as II his right remained I'M
questioned. Though elected. instead of ap-
pointed. the other officers of the executive
department. stand in the same relation 10
the governor as do the heads OF depart
1lents 10 the president. The words SD
oreme power certainly do not mean subor-
Innate executive power-do not permit 9TH
pr executive officers 10 overrule the COVER
nor or ignore his executive policies and de-
,isions.
IF I an right, then pending this decis-
on, every dollar paid 20 Afr. Hudson must
DC Illegally paid, and renders the officer
,aying 1t liable for his unlawful act"
For the actions OF the supreme court
Leedy has no use for that body and for this
address. the supreme court has no use for
Leedy. Ard 50 it goes. Reform IS sick al
he stomach. AUSTIN z. MEAL.
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