The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

more for some OF the other blessings
of this life than for the success Of news
papers in distant cities.
Lawrence World (Rep): Governor
Leedy is to be congratulated on refus-
lnE to pardon law violators in advance.
That is the most perniclOus kind Of
practice. No Governor has any business
doing II. If a man Is regularly con-
victed he should go to Jail. II pardon
is to issue at all 1t should find a man
in Jail and release him. 1t never pays
to trihe with the law and this Governor
Leedy understands.
Pleasanton Herald Pop) Is there
any necessity for the cOnvening OF the
Kansas Legislature in extra session?
The Herald can see no good that can
come out of such move, and hopes
Governor Leedy will not be led to such
a move by those who are calling for 1t.
There are many needs Of legislation but
they failed to pass this needed legisla-
tion. Will it do it now? The expert
ment is dangerous one.
Kansas City Drovers' Telegram: II
it were not for Kansas we'd probably
shut up. During the first eleven months OF
1897 the stock received here from the
Sunfower State amounted to 54.4 per
cent. of the total cattle and calf re-
ceipts, 635 per cent. Of the total supply
Of hogs and 34.4 per cent. of all the
sheep received. In other words Kansas
furnished 970,614 of the 1,783,6 ,624 cattle
and calves; 1,SS9,174 of the 1887 ,582
hogs, and S69,547 Of the 107S,5O2 sheep.
Hutchinson News (Rep.): The Inter-
state Commerce Commission must have
the power to compel an equitable ad-
justment of rates so as to prevent this
discrimination or 1t may as well lay
down the gun. Legislation will be pre-
sented to Congress giving it this power
and it should be enacted. The princi-
pie involved is the most important one
in the transportation problem, and is
one that must be decided right. The
News trusts that Kansas Senatorsand
Representatives will stand by the COM
mission and see that its power is in
creased and not diminished
CoMcOrdia Kansan The lightning rod
peddler is an angel of mercy and the
cloth peddler a public benefactor COM
pared to the doctor" CD who hunts up
the poor unfortunates suffering from
some incurable disease, and guarantee
a cure for q stipulated amount, usually
paid by note, which turns up in the
hands of an innocent purchaser" The
former marauders ply their nefarious
scheme of robbery on full grown healthy
people. The last named class choose for
their victims those already unfortunate
and entitled, by all rules of humanitar-
ianism, to the aid and sympathy Of
those more fortunate.
Hutchinson News: Eastern people
have fallen into the habit Of thinking
or saying that the eastern part of our
State is the rich and prosperous sec
ton and that western Kansas is bat
tie against nature. The facts are that
the banks Of western Kansas have more
money, the chances for making money
are more numerous in western Kansas
than in eastern Kansas. There is prac-
tically no suffering and no absolute pow
erty, no poor houses and very little use
for jails. Western Kansas was 'in the
air" for few years, but now has struck
its feet with cane, Kafir corn and calves
and is laying up treasures on earth.
Fredonia Herald: There is no per-
son who has done as much to turn this
county over to the fusion forces as have
the greedy bosses who have been run
ming everything to bleed the taxpayers.
The fusion forces should not forget that
the way to receive any benefit from boss
rule is to always see that the boss is in
the other party. If he appears in the
fusion forces, he must be politically
murdered, without judge or jury. Bosses
are good things for the party to which
they do not belong, and they are sure
death to the party which they control.
No man should be dictated to by any
other man, and no truly good man will
want TO control his fellows. Il is only