Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
ATTORNEY GENERAL BoYLn

General Boyle. David fought only one
giant; Boyle has fought and vanQuish-
ed score. He has met no Waterloo.
Every battle of his has been an Auster-
itz 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 ths
standard OF public education. He sepa-
rated the wheat from the char. Hs
drove the droneS from the hive and a.
serted the doctrine that no one but 3
scholar can teach the children of Kan
sas. His unwavering fidelity TO hoa-
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 tweu-
ty battles against the Insurance corYo-
rations and won every one of them He
smashed the insurance trust and saved
the people hundreds OF thousands or
dollars thereby. He took the insHr-
ance swindler. whose prey was the
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 historyo 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
80, 1898, the insurance department COL
lected and turned over to the proper
parties the sum of s133, 363.7s, as COM
pared with the sum of $116,733, col
lected during the entire two years OK
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 a bank fails
it will have something more than the
paper of Republican politicians for as
sets. His administration is guaran-
tee of security which no deposition VIII
doubt. He has converted the banker
from a 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
~ statements from state employees who
had the handling of state property or
state money "You are the servants
of the people" he said, land you must
account for your trust"
TREASURER HEFLEBoWER.
Treasurer Heflebower 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 case wherein
the hundred pound rate on cattle was
wiped out a saving amounting toH
thousands of dollars was secured and
there are plenty of similar cases.
THE SUPREME BENCH.
The Populist judges have the respect
and confidence of the bar and the PEG
pie The supreme court is q tribunal
that is above suspicion for the first
time in a great many years with the
exception Of the time David Martin
was q member OF it He was a Re-
publican In politics, but a non-partf-
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 a true public servant.
Governor Leedy established the princi-
pie Of home rule upon its ruins.
It declared for q constitutional con-
vention to remodel the rule and guide
of law. Only one man in seventy now
living in the state voted for the constf-
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 q
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 it is intended that the ex-
ceSsive charges now being paid by
shippers shall be reduced to 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-
Zens who want Kansas to be the first
state in the Union in progressive gov