The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-04
INDICATIONS.

There are many indications now-a-
days, that people are beginning to
think; yes, actually think for themsel-
YES upon the political situation. At
ter the election last fall, the pessimist
said 1.-THE American people have chas
ed the almighty dollar so long, that
its glitter has blinded them;' and, in
deed, there was such universal toady-
ing and bowling to money. that it seem
81 as though people had lost the power
to reason from any other standpoint.
But the optinist said in his heart: no,
there are few who think; few who
reason from the human point of view,
and the thought waves from even few
must leven the thought Of the nation.
The optimist was right. Look at the
speech of John Wanamaker before the
Commercial club. A man who is high
In the councils of the republican party:
who occupied position in the Cabinet
Of President Harrison. A man who is
probably the largest single bayer of
goods in the U. S. All these things
give him wide point of view, and he
shows that bredth of view by facing
conditions and saying that "The foes
America has to fear, are our own
patient, heart-tired people, our own
suffering, much-promised people, who,
betrayed and disheartened, no longer
have faith in the anti-electi on promis-
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Is not prosperity, and the people can
not be fooled into thinking it is-they
are too hungry.
Here is man who dare think, and
yet nine out of every ten republicans
in Kinsley will tell you that times are
prosperous, because the travelling men
say SO. Many of these commercial
travellers sell one line of goods over
a small territory, and none of them
H. study of these things as Wan
amaker does.
Another Indication is the sseech of
Ex-senator Ingalls,, in which he says
the ordinary highway robbery is res
pectable beside the methods OF trusts
and corporations: that the Dingley
tariff bill, if passed, will be the great
est hold-up of the age. These men are
being forced to see things as they are.
and in spite of their loyalty to the re-
publican party, they seewhere its policy
and it's foster-brOther, the goldbug dem
ocrats, and the ideas they represent,
have brought our country.
The last Indication is the speech of
Hon. Benz. Butterworth, republican
congressman from Ohio, on Memorial
day, at Philadelphia. He says: "The
republic is in more danger to-day, than
when FIT. Sumpter was fired upon. Our
country is in danger rbecausecorruption on
in our politics is as common as cleo
tions, and corruption in our municipal
and state Legislatures is as common as
luncheon at noon. The influences are
ripening to destroy our government,
unless we turn aside from the way in
which we have been going and adhere to
principle rather than party. These
things are hopeful signs of the times,
and indications of an awakening public
thought that is breaking away from
the partisanism that is so dangerous
. form OF tyranny, in that it blinds men
to the right and wrong of things, and
they think only from party stand
point. Let the American voter break
the thought currents of the political
bosses. They are conceived in selfish
ness and born in dishonesty and.
havenot the good of our people for a
basis.
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Prof. Cowgirl, of the Kansas Farm