Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-02
LEEDY Is RIGHT AND WILL
BE INDICATED.

BE INDICATED.
A large crowd greeted Gov. Leely
at Kansas City, Kansas. Among
: other things he said:
''The Populist party believes that
the corporations Of this country have
been granted more rights and priv
leges than is consistent with the well
being OF society. Now 1 don't refer
to all corporations but those that
have gained power and property by
overriding all law. We believe that
their privileges should be curtailed
by legislation. The Republicans be-
lieve that there should be no control
of corporations but that it should be
left to competition. We have been
trying competition for years and we
have seen it grow less and less year
by year.
eve have passed a stringent bank
ing LAW and put it in operation.
Does any one want that law repealed?
II it had been in force during the
past Is years many bankers who have
burst would be here today doing
sound business and it would have
saved the people much money.
I'VE have passed school book law
which reduced the price of school
books one, half. don't need to dwell
on it. But if we are continued in
power we will enforce it.
'We have passed the stockyards
law. They say Populists can't pass
good laws. But fellow citizens, this
law has been passed on by two judges
of the federal court who didn't want
to hold that it was good. But when
we showed them the books of the
stockyards and it's enormous profits,
they lad to hold it good. Now if we
are kept in power We will carry this
contest to the highest court in the
land. No, we have no apology to
offer for this law.
"If the supreme court of the Unite
States ovcrthrows this law we will
find way to do without the stock
yards. If Kansas City can have a
public hay yard to sell hay the state
,, can have public cattleyard where
cattle can be sold without our being
= robbed by Boston corporation.
!: "Now l am willing to give the Re-
publican party credit for the insur
. ance laws. They passed them. Now
, they are bowling because we are en-.
forcing them. Because we are making
the companies come to time and
obey the law they are calling the in.
, surance commissioner and his assist
. ants Road agents From what they
= say in this campaign l think that il
the Republican party is returned te
power that they will repeal the in
: surance laws. Do you want tbi:
8 done? (Cries Of No. MOI The law
q says that the companies shall treat
j the citizens of this state fairly
4 What does fairly mean? Surely no
e less than that they shall pay thei
t honest debts. The valued policy Law
, says they shall pay total losses in
;. full. Now if any citizen has a total
loss and they send an adjuster around
g and he wants to compromise with
II you, don't you do it, You notify
. Webb McNa!l and he will make then
= pay or get out"
o The governor devoted some little
It time to exhorting the LABOR vote to
d stand together and explained thai
direct legislation (the referendum
y would enchance the value of the bal
If lot.
q In talking to the colored people
x the governor said: 81 never saw
20 campaign in this state where tn,
negro vote was an uncertain thing
The Republican party has Away!
been like a man starting in business
1t The man goes and gets together tel
b or fifteen thousand dollars and put
# it in bank and calls that his capita
~ or what he has to start on. So it ha
1T been with the Republican party
n They counted up the negro votes AM
d knew that they had that much t.
r. start on.
es "The ballot was not given colore'
On people for them to express gratitud
e with, but to protect and defend you
OF rights. The colored man is grateful
No he has voted the Republican ticke
u for 20 years without getting any prof
NJ from it. Vote for yourselves, not TO
ne me or for Abraham Lincoln"
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