Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-10-27

ways full OF money TO defeat legisla-
ton and after distributing the pat
ronage and drawing It's salary the
legislature adjourned and the stat
utes OF Kansas contained no remedial
legislation for existing wrongs and
the result was that the party was
overwhelmingly defeated in 1896.
The Popullsts improved the oppor-
tunlty, the stock yards was lnvesti-
gated and the people OF the state will
profit greatly by reason Of II. The
rates for yardage, hay and corn was
reduced one-halH and instead OF the
money going to swell the stock and
dividend Of the Philadelphia, stock
holders 1t remains with Kansas ship
pers and farmers.
The superintendent OF Insurance
went after the insurance companies
and rate makers. The valued policy
act was made an act in fact and
every insurance company in Kansas
obey 1t, and citizens who were so UNI
fortunate as to lose their homes by
fire, are no longer compelled to ac-
cept One.half OF sum insured for, or
stand long drawn out law suits with
the usual delays In thesupreme court,
The companies must pay, show u
good reason why, or get out OF the
state, They then passed the fee and
salary bill, that saved the people
thousands OF dollars. The county
treasurer was drawing $4,000 year,
or u thousand dollars more than the
governor of the state, now the treas
urers Office pays $1,000 and compe-
tent men are anxious for the office at
the present salary.
The coal miners are no longercom-
PEELED to take scrip to be paid at
"pluck me stores" In goods, The
people Of this state had suffered for
years from the school book mOnop-
ly that tlourished around the legls-
lature lobby, year after year defeat
ing legislation for state uniformity
and cheaper school books. Why
the Republicans left 1t to the Popu-
lists to grant relief is only explained
by the existence and CONTROL Of the
party by that outfit that has made
Kansas Populist by reason Of their
readiness to exchange the welfare OF
the people and party for cash In
hand,
1t was in the power Of the Repub-
lican party to have enacted this legis-
lation and to have been entitled to
the lasting gratitude Of the people,
but those whose interest In the par
ty consisted in what they could get
out of 1t, was in CONTROL and the
same crowd ia trying to maintain
their position in this campaign
They are the "band wagon" patri-
OTIS, and not until the Republican
party OF Kansas gets rid OF them
can it hope to recover it's proud
position as the party OF the people,
The Republicans cannot hope to
win by hanging on to the coat tail
Of McKinley's administration. The
national administration has nothing
to do with Kansas domestic affairs,
and state legislation and the records
OF the two parties on state legisla-
ton is the al absorbing question,
The talk of unfolding the hands Of
the national administration IL
nothing but-thecry OF the demagogue,
Mckinley conducted the war with
Kansas in the hands OF the POpu-
lists. The war is over. Thenation-
al administration can get along in
times OF peace without the assist,
ance OF the, gang" and the best
way to assist the Republican nation
al administration is to put the par
ty in shape to win two years hence
by cleaning house. -Republican Ex-
change.