Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-12
ATTORNEY GENERAL BOYLE

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The heroism of David of old doeo
not compare with that of Attorney
| General Boyle. David fought only one
giant; Boyle has fought and vanQuish-
| ed a score. He has met no Waterloo,
Every battle of his has been an Auster-
litz or Marengo. His hardest fights
have been where humanity was weak
est He has brought hope where there
was despair and turned tears into
| smiles.
| SUPERINTENDENT STRIKER.
Superintendent Stryker raised tho
standard of public education He sepa-
rated the wheat from the chaff. He
drove the drones from the hive and as
serted the doctrine that no one but a
scholar can teach the children of Kan
sas- His unwavering fidelity to hon.
esty drove the American book trust
from the state and saved the people
| hundreds of thousands of dollars. In
| three months he accomplished what
the Republican party, during the sew
enteen years of its greatest power fall
| ed to do.
WEBB M'NALL.
Superintendent McNall fought twen-
ty battles against the insurance corpo-
| Ii.
| smashed the insurance trust and saved
the people hundreds Of thousands of
dollars thereby. He took the insur-
ance swindler, whose prey was tho
widow and the orphan, by the throat
| and made him settle up. He has turn
| ed more money into the treasury than
any superintendent in the history Of
the department. He defied the assum-
ed power of federal judges and today
he has all his enemies on their knees
| craving for mercy.
In the eighteen months ending June
| 30, 1898, the insurance department COL
| lected and turned over to the proper
| parties the sum of S133. 1863 rs, as COM
| pared with the sum of $116,733, COL
| lected during the entire two years Of
| the Morrill, administration.
JOHN PRUDENTIAL.
Commissioner Breidenthal has out
| lived the slapS and slams of an igno-
rant and prejudiced financial combine
and has made every state bank in
Kansas walk the chalk line The de-
| positors now know that if bank fails
it will have something more than the
paper OF Republican politicians for as
sets. His administration is a guaran-
| tee of security which no depositor will
doubt. He has converted the banker
from politician to what he should
| be, business man.
SECRETARY BUSH.
Secretary of State Bush wiped 5000
| fake corporations off the records of the
state and made the balance come to the
front and prove that they were legiti-
mate and trustworthy He did it
without fear or favor.
AUDITOR MORRIS.
State Auditor Morris exacted month
ly statements from state employees who
had the handling of state property or
state money. "You are the servants
Of the people" he said, "and you must
account for your trust
TREASURER HEFLEBOWER.
| Treasurer Hefebower has handled
the finances Of the state and the treas
ury has not been plundered out of q
| penny.
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
Commissioner johnson Of the labor
bureau has received praise from every
state in America for his Intelligent in
terest in behalf Of the workingman
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The railroad commissioners have
saved Thousands Of dollars to the peo-
| pie OF the state. In the ease wherein
the hundred pound rate On cattle was
| wiped out saving amounting to
| Thousands OF dollars was secured and
| there are plenty OF similar casAA
THE SUPREME BENCH
The Pepulist judges have ths respect
and confidence Of the bar and the peo-
pie The supreme court Is q tribunal
| that Is above suspicion for the first
time in great many years with tho
exception Of the time David Martin
was a member Of it. He was a Re-
publican in politics, but a non-parti-
| san on the bench.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
All good things, however, did not
come from officials The Populists in
! the ranks have done things At the last
| state convention they demanded the
abolition of the metropolitan police
system and like true public servant,
Governor Leedy established the princi-
pie of home rule upon its ruins
1t declared for a constitutional con-
vention to remodel the rule and guide
of law Only one man in seventy now
living in the state voted for the consti-
tuition that governs them.
1t declared for state insurance at
cost While insurance companies have
been taking several dollars out Of the
state in premiums for every dollar re-
turned in losses, it has become appar-
ent to the people that protection could
be obtained through the state at .
great deal less cost than under the
present system.
1t declared for the operation Of
stock yards by the state at cost By
this means 1t Is intended that the ex-
ceSsive charges now being paid by
shippers shall be reduced 10 the actual
cost of operating the yards.
1t declared for better labor laws for
the protection OF the man who forms
the base of the real greatness Of the
state.
| It declared for reform in many other
ways: reform that interests the cfti-
Gems who want Kansas to be the first
state in the Union in progressive gov
ernnsnt
1t demanded railroad legislation Of
a character that will injure NO railroad
employee, no railroad company or
citizen A law that will be fair to all
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