The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12

DAo WOLh LuCy nave uOuG duu bEo uO-
ing for the people OF this State. Governor
Leedy has been untiring In his efforts
to see that the many excellent laws
passed by the last Legislature are car
ried into effect. Each department OF
the State government has done it's part,
has given full confidence to the people,
and is in hearty sympathy with the
Governor In carrying out the demands
on which the people OF the State have
tnslsted for a number Of years and
which they have never been able to
obtain under any Republican admins
tration.
Among the many valuable laws passed
are the stock yards law, which has
saved to the people of Kansas more
than $25O,OO0 annually; the school book
law, which saved annually more than
100000; the antitrust law, whereby
many Of the corporate combines in
Kansas have been broken up and de-
stroyed, and for the punishment of cor
porations or others for discrimination
against labor organizations; the fees
and salary bill Of the county officers,
which saves more than 100000 a year
to the taxpayers; the State grain in
spection, which is now under the con-
troll of the Grain Inspector and not In
the hands Of the spectators and boards
of trade and which has saved to the
people many thousands Of dollars each
year; the banking law which protects
the interests of the depositor and pre-
vents the starting of wildcat banks,
and many other laws of almost equal
Importance that will save to the State
hundreds of thousands Of dollars each
year, for which the Legislature of our
State should receive the everlasting graf
itude of the people of the State Of Kan
sas.
We especially indorse the Insurance
Department in its efforts to drive out
Of the State all insurance companies
which are unwilling to abide by the laws
Of this State, and protect their policy
holders, and we hereby tender our
thanks to the Insurance Commissioner,
the Hon. Webb McNall, for his Untir-
ing energy in standing UP for the peo-
ple-s rights and protecting their inter-
ests, and pray for his success in all his
efforts.
Our Attorney General, L. G. Boyle, Is
especially commended for his zeal and
ability in the enforcement OF all laws
and for the protection against the out
RACES of these insurance companies and
other combines and corporations.
While we do not believe the presnt
exigencies Of the case require the as
sembling of the Legislature in this State,
yet If the best interests of the State re-
Quire or demand such Legislature, we
have sufficient confidence in the Gov
ernor's ability and foresight to leave
that matter to his care, believing that
he will work for the best interests Of all
the people.
We desire to call the attention of our
people throughout the State to the dis
organized condition of the party Of mo-
nopoly rule. While Senator Chandler
in the East is clamoring for legislation
along silver lines, Senator WolcOtt in
the West threatens to resign and prac-
tically declares that the monetary COM
mission is a failure, with Senator Hanna
in the Central West in the throes of po-
litical dissolution in Ohio, with these
and other indications which point in
the direction of honest and good gov
ernment, we submit this to the people
of Kansas, with the assurance that they
will continue to trust the party Of the
people to administer the affairs Of his
State IN the future.