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The advocate., 1897-02-03
PROUD OF OUR STATE.
Loyal Kansans Celebrate the ThIFty-sixth
Anniversary OF Our Statehood.


Anniversary Of Our Statehood.
Friday was the thirty.sixth anniver-
sary Of the admission of Kansas into the
union, and Representative hall and it's
galleries were filed in the evening with
people assembled to attend the celebra.
tion arranged in honor Of the event,
This celebration, the first of It's kind in
the history Of the State, had been pre-
pared in accordance with O joint resOlu-
tion Of the Legislature. Owing to some
hitch In the arrangements, Msrshall's
band and some Of the speakers were ab-
sent, but this did not detract materially
from the success of the occasion. DR..
Roudiez, Journal Clerk Of the House of
Representatives, rendered several solos,
and addresses were delivered by Judge
Doster, Judge Horton, Colonel Harris
and Hon. Jerry Simpson.
Speaker Street of the House Of Repre-
sentatives called the meeting to order
and introduced Chief Justice Doster az
President Of the evening. Judge Dos
ter said in part;
"The average speaker on such an occa-
sion as this satisfies himself with woEdy
defamation and statement Of the great
resources Of the State. Here in this
State where matters Of material devel-
Opment have occupied our attention, no
Kansas day speech has been considered
complete without reference to our vast
resources, our corn and our glorious
sunshine. You will pardon me il / fail
to dwell upon this fsvorite theme.
will not speak Of Kansas soil and cline,
her riches and her railroads, but Of
Kansas men and Kansas women.
what constitutes a Slater
Not hills, nor Wales, nor mines, uor marts OF
trade;
Not steaming, pulsing miles of rail; nor lands,
nor crops, nor great estate,
But men, high-minded men; men who their
duties know, but know
Their rights as we'll, and knowing, dare main
tain. These constitute State"
"I think | know of lands whose skies
are even fairer than ours, whose hills
are grander and whose water run clearer.
But / know Of no land whose people are
brayer or more generous, whose symps-
thies are warmer, whose ideas are more
progressive.
"The KentuckiSn prides himself upon
the chivslry Of the men Of his State, the
beauty Of its women, and, it is said, upon
the excellence of it's liquor. The pride
of Virginia is in her hospitality and her
illustrious sons, and Massachusetts
prides herself upon her conservatism.
But | pride myself upon the liberality
and radicalism Of our people, and their
receptiveness to new ideas.
"Kansss has been in the van Of every
new movement, and experience has
shown that she has always been right.
Here it is that the love Of liberty first
inspired men to resistance against the
encroschments Of slavery. Here it was
that the proposition to confer political
rights upon women first took definite
form. Here, more boldly than anywhere
slse, have tho people taken ground
against the evils Cf Intoxicating drinks. !
The advocate., 1897-02-03
SENATOR HARRIS TALKS.
The New Senator Speaks to the Joint Con-
ventiOn Of Legislators.

Iuo NOW ooHhJOE ppehkb W buo JOAub JUL
ventiOn Of Legislators.
After his formal election, Senator
Harris was called for and said:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Kansas Legislature: When consider
the high honor that you have conferred
upon me, when l think ofthe confidence
respossd in me as one of the representa-
tives in the Senate of the United States
Of this great State, / ieel that any words
Of thanks that may utter will seem
utterly stale, fiat and insufficient.
However, desire to say that, deeply,
profoundly and gratefully, from the
bottom Of my heart, thank you. l
am not ashamed to say, also, that when
consider the vast responsibilities rest.
ing upon me to adequately represent the
interests Of this great State and to main
tain her place as one ofthe brightest
stars in the galaxy Of the union, and to
retain your generous confidence, l sm
not without fear and mlsgiving. II it
were possible for you to find combined
in cne man the magnificent eloquence Of
Ingalls,, the tremendous energy and in
dustry of the lamented Plumb and the
absolute faithfulness and integrity of
PETER, then indeed, you might have g
representative worthy of the position.
So far as l am concerned, all may tastes
have lain in the direction Of the plain,
simple, frank manners and methods Of
the country. Accordingly, you will not
expect Of me any brilliant rhetoric or
skillful political maneuVering in the dis
charge Of my duty. l shall endeavor,
in simple, unaffected, practical and
manly way to maintain the cause en-.
trusted to me.
"In the consideration Of the great prob
lens that are before us, it must be
considered that there has been no lack
In this great country Of ours In the pro-
duction of all things that constitute ma
terial wealth. Our ability to produce
all Chat is brought from the bowels Of
the earth, or that is reaped from the
fields, or that is produced by the skill
Of the artist and Of the mechanic is the
most wonderful story Of human achieve
ments We may, therefore, wonder why,
with this fabulous store Of wealth sur
rounding us on every hand, there is not
that general diffusion Of prosperity and
Contentment and happiness that might
fairly be expected. Certainly the want,
or the evil, or the weakness, must lie
chiefly in the methods by which this vast
wealth is,' or should be, distributed
among the people.
"In the great work Of distribution, the
two factors which are Of the greatest i'm
portance are finance and transportation.
1t is not strange, therefore, that the
public mind everywhere should be con-
csnbrsted upon these two questions as Of
prime Importance and vital interest.
"When we come TO solve the questions
pertaining to these, we find, first that
the use Of great corporate power is ab-
sclutsly essential. No great work re-
The advocate., 1897-02-03

men anQ requiring LlmeS vastly In excess
Of the duration Of any human life, can
be affected without the aid of these
artificial creations. 1t is absolutely
necessary that we should have corpora
tions, and it is, therefore, not against
corporations in themselves that any res
sonsble or legitimate objection can be
made. It is equally and unQuestionably
true chat the abuse Of corporate power,
it's extension beyond it's proper legal
sphere and it's enoroachment upon the
field Of individual action, has attracted
the attention Of tie ablest minds Of the
country, regardless Of party; and it is,
therefore, / think in the direction Of the
correction OF these abuses that practical,
reasonable and legitimate effort must be
directed.
"From the time Of the Dartmouth
college decision down to today, there
seems to have been mapped out field
exclusively occupied by corporations,
which to the average private citizen
seems strange and mysterious. They
have been endowed with rights which
are wholly different from those which
ere exercised by the natural citizen.
They have been given powers vastly in
excess Of his, and without limitation OIL
restriction, are permitted to 60 in many
directions altogether and entirely beyond
the rights accorded to natural citizens.
1t seems to me that the same rules OF
equity and justice which are observed by
all mankind in their natural relations
with each other should not be made of
no effect, and should apply with the
same intallible and automatic strictness
to the operation Of corporations.
''If the rivste citizen cannot claim
that his debts or the interest on bis debts
constitute part of his capital to be
regarded as essential to be provided for
before he can be charged with the
amount OF his income, then it seems to
me equally true that a corporation
should be Invested uf that peculiar
right. If it is true that an individual is
limited in his ability to escape liability
and is held rigidIy to the performance
Of contracts, then it should be equally
true that the artificial citizen created by
Legislative enactment should be confined
even more rigidly, because Of it's great
power, to the same honest performance
Of duty.
"In the matter of financial policy,
while an individual is deprived of the
right to circulate as money bis notes,
then there is no reason why an aggre-
cation Of individuals should be endowed
with the power to absolutely contract
and determine the total volume OF that
which is usually called money and to
usurp the fuctions OF sovereign power.
hit is true, az we have been taught
for ages, that the automatic theory or
the supply by nature Of the two precious
metals should be the only means Of and
the only restriction upon the volume Of
the basic money, and that labor, as
applied to the production of the two
precious metals, constitutes the most cer-
tCDMssMusa Ss gOgs o.
The advocate., 1897-02-03
$l.OO A YEAR.


State, to elect a recently.emancipated
slave to position Of dignity and honor
In her government. And now when the
lines of combat are drawn between the
forces Of industrial freedom on one hand
and industrial ssrfdom on the other,
Kansas, as before, is found in the post
OF honor.
"The spirit Of Kansas is born Of the
shock Of contending forces OF nature, of
heat and cold, Of wet and dry, upon her
pains, She could not do otherwise
than breed a race Of men for strife and
change. Yet her changes have never
been backward, but, like the spiral,
winding yet ascending and ever to the
stars"
Ex-Chief Justice Horton delivered an
able address eulogiatic OF Kansas, her
resources and her people. He began by
quoting from an address delivered by
William III. Seward before the admission
OF Kansas as State, when he said:
"When 1 look at field after field, and
cabin after cabin, and church after
church, and school house after school
Mouse, where but six years ago was the
unknown range Of savages, I am pre-
pared here-not expecting TO escape,
being heard on the PacifC as well as the
Atlantic ooast--I am prepared to de-
clare, and do declare, the people Of Kan.
sas the most intelligent, and the most
honest and most virtuOus people Of
the United States"
Judge Horton reviewed the history Of
Kansas, and agreed with Seward that
her people in her thirty-six years of
Statehood have lived up to the chsrac-
tor given them by Mr.. Seward. In con-
clusion he said:
Tonight we ought to dedicate our
selves and our commonwealth anew in
In the name Of labor, without which men
cannot live; and ofliberty, without which
mans life is worth nothing; and Of law,
which binds, yet hold men together in
safety and peace. Kansas should mean
all these and more.
"Upon this anniversary of the entrance
OF Kansas into the union may we hope
that the people Of this State, especially
their Representatives in legislative ses.
sion assembled, will consecrate them
selves anew to the great cause Of human
ity, and IL possible, emulate the golden
age Of Rome,
"Whsn none was for party; when oil were
When the great men helped the poor man and
the poor man loved the great
When LANDS were fairly portioned when spoils
were fairly sold--
For the Romans were like brothers, In the
brave days OF old"
Some OF the regular speakers not being
present Jerry Simpson was called for by
the audience and spoke a few moments.
He said:
"You seem determined to hear, or at
least see, Jerry, 80 I suppose | must give
you that qualification. In fact, / have
gotten use to putting myself on exhibit
tion. Every Kansas man ought to be
always ready to say something good
about his State, since 90 many people
ars saying bad things about uR 4
(CeRisaNed o. pnos 81
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-07
AMONG FARMERS.

Wheat went up two cents bushel in
Chicago on Tuesday
Cabbage is being brought to market
here now by farmers in large quantities.
The price of farm produce is on the de
cline. 1t seems To be a steady and per
sistent drop. but it does not seem poss1-
BILE 1t will continue.
1t Is the best kind of wheat in the
world, and yields more flour and a better
quality than any other. No. /, hard comes
from the Red River valley.
Ho. cholera is doing an immense
amount of damage in Outagamie ana
Wlnnebago counties. 1t is of viruent
form and hogs are dying by the score.
1t will not continue hard wheat In
Wisconsin or other sections in which the
climatic and soil conditions are not fay-
orable. Ii will turn soft after couple
of years.
Seven farmers wto live a long dista nee
from the city came here with farm prod
nee at five O'Clock Monday morning. The
reputation of Manltowoe as farm prod
nee market Is abroad In the land
The rnle seems to be without exception
that farmers who sell their produce early
make the best bargains. 1t did seem tl,,s
fall that to hold grain would be wise, but
the Old rule is bonnd to assert itself. And
yet unless all reports are misleading
prices must soon again take an upward
tendency.
The Agricultural Experiment Station
has issned directions To farmers who wish
to send samples Of sugar beels for analy-
Sis. Three of average size, washed, dried
and done up securely should be sent
The railway companies have agreed to
take the beets To Madison free. They
should not be sent by express unless pre-
pald. No beeis will be analysed ait-,r
ID cember l. SO that they should be
cent during the months of October and
November.
There seems To be- a decline in tia
prica of wheat and other grains, though
from ali reports this tendency is ont,
temporary. Ii does not seem possible
tina. the price of farm produce will keer
declining. The reports of shortage i'm
Europe, Australia and Argentine have
not been denied The only prediction
that WAS wrong IS Russia's action. It
was said that she would stop exporta-
tions of wheat, but instead she is EXPORT
Ing more wheat than she did year O,
The present drouth is unpreceflent
ed for the area covered 1t extends
throughout the United States. In some
states stock is driven several miles for
water. Indiana is suffering most from
the dron'i: as it has been of greatest
duration there. Prairie fires are rag
ing In ali prairie states and forest fires
are becoming dangerous. In Indiana
the low lands have burned underneath
and stock walking over the tleacher-
our surface break through it and per-
ish.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-07
SURROUNDING COUNTRY

Charles E. Smith of Oshkosh, carpen
ter, fell from scaff old on Monday after
noon and sustained internal I'M urIes from
which he died.
John kraiowltz of Sheboygan fell from
a bicycle Oh Monday evening and the
fall caused his death. He was troubled
with heart disease.
The fresh water pearl craze has br oxen
ont In La Crosse. A barber of that place
found so pearl in "A clam and now al
most every one In that place is looking
after $50 pearls in CLANS. Its tongh on
the clans.
|. Joseph Blackburn, farmer who lived
alone near Spooner, this state. was found
dead In his house on Sunday morning
with bullet wound in his head The
deed ls thought to be murder as Black
burn WAS known to have money liz the
house.
There Is diphtheria scare at Wonewoc
this state. A family afflicted with the
disease was quhrantined, notwithstand
ing which one of them took load of
vegetables to the city and peddled them
from house to house, until stopped by
the health officer.
Willie and Celia Cummings Of Marin
cite, two children who were reported lost
and who were absent from their home
four days and nights, have been restored
to their parents. They say that the
farmer who brought them back had taken
them to his home against their WILL He
brought them back only half way ana
they had to tramp the remaining distance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-07
AMONG TEACHERS.

The North Side high school now has
an enrolment of l60, which Is great
or than that of any high school of sur
rounding cities. There are among these
30 from the country schools of the coun-
ty. Most of these latter are working TO
complete the course in two years. Conn
try students are wonderful aid to city
schools as they make an impression by
their earnestness
The executive committee of the Coun-
ty Teachers Association Let in the city
on Saturday last and outlined a scheme
of work for the teachers meetings for the
current year. This gives uniformity o!
work among the different sections. For
some years considerable attention has
been given at these meetings to the sub
iect OF literature, With good re"ults. The
meetings will open during the early part
of November
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-07

THE interest the United States have
taken 10 Cnba has been wholly unselfsb,
dictated by the common impulse OF hu-
manity ,ssrengthened, no doubt, by neigh
borly feeling. II the government OF Spain,
under liberal management agrees to give
Cuba form Of government similar to that
of Canada. independent IN every way save
appearance. it should be accepted by
Cuba, which shonld be urged TO do so by
the United States.
The United States have assumed sort
of protectorate over the countries of the
Western continent. While not meddlng
/ n their internal affairs it stands ready to
shield them from wrong by any European
country. Should Cuba refuse the offer
of Spain what will be the United States
duty in the premises? Clearly to permit
Cuba to work out her own destiny with
out aid or sympathy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-07

PEOPLE have come to regard 1t as pa
GrIotic to harass corporations. A corpora
tlon is per sc an Otfense against The pub
lie. This Is not a sound position to take.
Large improvements cannot be made
without concentration of wealth. or
course wealth conferred in this way be-
comes powerful and power unrestrained
is always dangerous. For this reason
the power of corporations should be
closely watched and carefully limited.
But this is not done by Intlicting injury
Whenever the opportunity TO do so pre-
sents itself
Corporations are not the natural en-
emies of the general public. They are
Interested IN the public welfare. They
are not IntenG upon paralyZng the arm
OF industry because 1t Is through the
fruits of industry they prosper. Thev
aim to develop the resources of the sec
tons through which they run, solely
from selfish considerations AS Is the case
with Individuals
The fact that We receive melons from
the south is dne to thu Investigations ant!
experiments OF railway corporations. The
native melons would not bear transpor-
tatior. A kind was developed which
wOulf, much to the mutual benefit OF the
people of the north and of the south
The kind of wheat for which the great
Northwest is best adapted was ascertain
eel throu gh the Investigations conducted
by railway corporation. Just at pres
ent a railway corporation has competent
persons engaged to make study of hog
cholera with view to It's prevention. All
these things are done from selfish mo-
tves, bnt the incidental is greater than
the direct purpose; the people must prof
1t by these things before the railroad
companies do, and IN q eater measure.
Corporations are grasplng and must be
held firmly In check to prevent abuse of
power. But there is a wide difference in
the rest raining hand and the destructive
one. To cripple is poor way to hold in
check.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-07

THE Green Bay Gazette snstains the
action of the Legislature in ordering the
sale OF the State Park lands. 1t is more
earnest In its defense of the Legislature
than courteous In expression toward
those who differ from it, his attitude
OF trucnlent defense was the result of an
examination of map of the section in
which these lands are located. The lands
are not contiguous, the map shows, many
are swampy and forest fires are doing
much damage.
How can fires damage what is worth
less? Why should there be such persis-
tent effort Tor years on the part of certain
people to have these lands thrown upon
the market? The legislature seldom
takes the initiative in such matters I'M
less there is an lmpellent force outside
itself. Who was there so interested in
saving tins waste by fire as TO induce the
legislature To run counter to :hS wishes
of the people at large? Who Is il so i'm
bued with public spirit that public opin-
ION Is detied in behalf of pnbiic interests?
The sentimental fools" have a right to
live. They have a right to form and ex
press opinion though 1t may not be IN the
channel of thrift 1t IS not an evidence of
distorted nature that everything Is not
subjected to the dollar standard One NAV
gaia with emotional delight npon beau
tiful landscape consistently with The laws
OF human nature, with as much propri-
ety as he does who looks through the
ewes OF speculation and who hnsies him
self with calculating the commercial
va lne # that he bebolds. The feeling of
rapture aroused by observing the beautI-
fni is as legitimate as the Eeen pleasure
which comes from the clink of CON. Tyn
dalfs beautiful lecture on symmetrical
development Is n plea for the emotions.
None of MS love RuskIn the less because
he loved Nature more than commercial
development when it made necessary ,ae
sacrifice of natural beauty.
Has the editor of The GaZette ever
spent any time within the State Parkp
Ii he had, the sanrlege OF touching with
tie finger of greed the beautiful cbapIets
of areen which eucircle the lakes would
make him cry ont with pam and indigna.
ton. Would he approve of stone omar
ries at Devils Lake? of blasting ont the
rocks which give ms the Dalles in the IN
terests of navigation? of planting to DO
taices The Capital Park at Madison?
The lakes IN the region of State Park
are things of beauty They, with their
surroundings, are Natures completed
work. What II there are swamps and nm
tidy stretches OF marsh. These are but
fouls to heighten beauty. One rows from
LAKE To lake through narrowing thorough
fares overhung with screen of green
through which the sunlight Sits to dance
on shinmerIug waters. Here one can
look mp through Nature to Natures
God" Gods first temples have beer
reduced to aarrcw limits. The settings
of these gems of the forest are about
all that are left in the state There is.n
appeal IN their qulet solitude, an nm
syllahled prayer that they he spared
the sacrifice. No man whose boyhood
knew the pleasures of The wooded>hill.
who loitered lovingly along forest paths
or felt the awe of the shades OF the deep
1 rest can be deaf to that prayer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-07

TEE DIngley law Is not making suffi-
cIent revenue yet TO pay the expenses of
the government. There was a shortage
for September. There is nothing lawful"
IN this as shortage OF receipts means
simply an insufficiency of taxes, and If
a sufficient amount we're collected it
would simply mean that that additional
amount had been paid by the people. 1t
is only a deferred payment. A tariff
law is not producer of revenue. 1t is
an instrument of collection.
The point to which The Pilot wishes
to call attention Is this: When the Will
son law, through causes for which it was
In no senee responsible, failed to meet
the expenses OF the government. there
was no end to republican criticism.
Changed conditions always require lime
for adaptation. The Wilson law would In
time have produced ami lie revenue. 1t
did what tariff law can do, made our
foreign trade increase by removing OBJ.
stacles. 1t was IN force during a period
of depression when individuals were IN
able TO meet their obligations. But these
things were not considered when stric
lures were poured upon the law.
1t is not improper to cail attention To
the failure of the Dingley law to meet
! expectations, simply for the purpose OF
teaching the critics CT the Wilson law a
lesson of forbearance.