The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-11
MIR. STANLEY TALKS.
Says Republicans Must Redeem Kan
sas From Populisn-

sas From POpulism-
Kansas City, Kan, Aug. 11-W. E.
Stanley, the Republican candidate for
governor, said in a speech here last
night:
1T is the air of Republicanism which
makes candidates feel encouraged. You
cannot conceive of a man starting as
Lincoln started and reaching the great
height to which he attained except that
man was surrounded during his youth
by the principles of Republicanism and
devoted his manhood to the carrying
out of those principles. Lincoln reach
ed down into the depths and lifted a
race from bondage into freedom and to-
day another great man has heard the
cries of the oppressed from an island
of the sea and has gone out and given
liberty to people outside of this cOun-
try This man in this hour has taken
the old ship of state safely through the
breakers and into the harbOr of peace
just as Lincoln did more than a quarter
of century ago. Like Lincoln, he has
inscribed upon every sail the word HUI
mainly and in carrying out this grand
undertaking President Mckinley has
been but working out the great princi-
pies OF RepubI1can1Sln. To the Repub1-
can party has also been given the work
of taking Kansas out of the depths of
degradation and disrepute and restor-
ing the state to its former high posi-
ton.
4 have gone" continued Mr. Stanley,
all over the state. I have seen her
great crops, her churches, her school
houses on every hill and in every val
ley, I have seen her magnificent citi-
zenship and after November next, when
by your suffrage have been elected
governor, I will feel that I have been
elected governor of one of the best
states of the Union, and I will give you
my promise that 1 will give you an adj
ministratiOn which shall be so honest,
so clean and so business like that no
citizen of Kansas shall ever have occa-
sion to blush for anything which has
been done"
W. R. Smith, candidate for associate
justice, and a resident of the county,
was then introduced to his neighbOrs
and called attention to the fact that
WyandOtte county is historic ground
1t was but two and one-half miles from
where the meeting was being held that
in 1885 a bogus, uSurping Democratic
legislature enacted a, law making it an
OffenSe punishable by not less than two
years in the penitentiary for any per
son to write, read or have in his pos
session, within the state of Kansas, any
paper containing any argument against
slavery.
1T was in Wyandotte in 1882 said
the speaker, that a Republican legis-
lature framed the constitution under
which the legislature is now conducted,
work which has stood the test of time
and has been but slightly changed in
the many years which have since elaps-
ed. Now this Republican party is con-
The Democratic party which formerly
had some principles and reasons for ex-
1Stence, has been swallowed up by the
POpulsts, party composed originally
of Republicans who are now willing to
Join anybody who will help them in Of
flee. The POpulistS never had any prin-
c1ples. They were just fellows who had
failed to get office in the Republican
party" The speaker said the POpulists
claimed they should be continued in Of
flee because they had made laws to
benefit the people. They only cite two
laws. One is the stock yard law, law
in which they reduced the feeding
charges made by stock yards.
But they have not benefited the far
mer or stock raiser a particle in this
The only effect the law had was to
drive the stock yards out of the state of
Kansas and into the state of Missouri
The other instance they cite is the in
PEELED the insurance companies to deal
sQuarely- But all that has been done is
the enacting of a law which gives the
insurance commissioner, Mr.. McNau
power to send agents to eastern COM
panies for an examination These
agents go to the cOmpany's head office
and say, I have been sent to examine
your company. The fee is $780, If the
company pays the fee the agent pOcx-
cts it and reports the company all right
and entitled to do business in Kansas
II they refuse to put up the money if
they refuse to be blackmailed the re-
port is not favOra ble.'' The speaker
said he defed anybody to show when
anybody in Kansas but the examiners
had been benefited by this robbery of
eastern companies.
But" continued the speaker. eve
must redeem the state from the Popu-
lists. The people are beginning to get
upon their feet. With the calamity talk
of the POpulist we are branded as DOW
erty stricken. We have suffered in
money and reputation ever since the
Populists came into power with the ca
lamity bowling and lamentations Their
mortgage law has so injured the state
that upon property of the same value
here or just over the line in Missouri
the Missouri owner can borrow money
or per cent lower than the Kansan
There can be no choice but to vote for
Republicanism and regain our credit
We must stand up for McKinleyism.
for Mckinley stands for the principles
which Republicans advocate in Kansas.
We must redeem the state by voting
the Republican ticket from top to bot
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