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The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

We hereby reafirm our allegiance to the
Peoples party national platform adopted
at st. Louis in 1896.
We commend the State administration
for its patriotic and vigorous defense Of
the rights OF the people and its efficient
and economic conduct OF State AFFAIRS. We
commend the action Of the Populist mem
bers Of the last Legislature in passing laws
that have saved hundreds of thousands of
dollars to the people of Kansas. We also
commend the course or our Senator and
Representatives in Congress for their OPP
position TO issuance OF interest-bearing
bonds and the encroachments Of corporate
power upon the rights of the people, and
their vigilant devotion to the interests OF
their constituents.
We demand that the initiative and refer
endum be embodied in our State constitu-
tion, and favor proportional representation.
We favor the public ownership OF all
public utilities and demand the public own
ership and operation Of all monopolies.
The State laws regulating stock yards
having been resisted, we demand that the
State Of Kansas shall provide adequate
market facilities by purchasing land and
constructing necessary buildings, yards
and other conVeniences to furnish the peo-
pie an open public, market and under such
regulations as will prevent a combination
Of buyers and commission men from con-
trolling or regulating prices. Charges for
such services to cover actual cost of OPP
Grafton and repairs only.
We demand that the State of Kansas
shall provide insurance protection against
fire, lightning and tornadoes as a State
function. at cost.
These being in opposition 20 the existing
constitution of the State, we demand
constitutional convention to the end that
they may be made effectual and that other
defects that now exist in our State cOnsti-
tuition may be remedled.
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We demand the enactment Of a freight
rate law giving to court OF railway COM
mlssioners, to be elected by the people, the
power to fix rates and classification Of rail-
ways and the further power to compel the
railways to make full reports with refer
ence to their business.
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Recognizing the great saving and bene-
fits to the people from the text book law
passed by a Populist Legislature and put
into operation by Populist administration,
we favor it's extension along the same gem
eral lines to include all text books and
school supplies as far as possible.
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We demand the enactment of the follow
ing labor laws necessary for the public
veal: First-A law making County Clerks
offices free public employment agencies, the
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
THE WICKED ARE Doing GOOD,

Because of an extra pressure Of war
news last week the Topeka Capitals
editorial on proportional representation
was crowded out. 1t is presented on the
eleventh page of this number. 1t is
worth while again to call attention to
the fact that while the Capital states
that proportional representation or ef-
fective voting would put an end to party
rule so far as giving the voters repre-
sentation in proportion to their strength
would do this, it does not advance sim
gle reason to show that this would be
undesirable. Boss rule is form of
party rule which effective voting would
make extremely uncertain, and of course
that doesn't suit the Republicans.
That was the best that the Capital
could do. In the same way the Kansas
City Journal "unmasked" Populism, say
ing that it stood for the public owner
ship of the great public utilities, but
offering not one reason why the people
should not own and manage for them
selves that which they are all compelled
to use in common. The Republican pa
pers are in a bad way. They will con-
tinue to blunder along over parts of the
Populist platform, doing more good than
harm simply because they have run up
against something there is no arguing
against
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
THEY DON'T WANT A CAMPAIGN FUND.

It is amusing to watch the eagerness
with which the Republican politicians
fall over each other to assure the report
ers that their party will have no cam
paign fund this year. That is not nec>
essary; nearly every one knows the fact,
The immense fund they will have at
their disposal reeks too much OF that
which is corrupt and evil to be dignifed
by designation as campaign fund You
can't make a long campaign on money
alone, so the Republicans want a short
campaign in Kansas this year. Their
aim is to have as small campaign fund
as possible, and to hold off until just
before election, when, IL they have their
way, they will turn flood Of mud and
money on their opponents, hoping to
crush them in that manner.
But the Republicans might as well
stand up and face the music. The Peo-
ples party presents some definite plans
to the people Of the State. These plans
are backed by the assurance that they
will be carried out so far as the party is
given authority. On the other hand the
Republicans promise nothing; they give
not even the slightest assurance that
If asked to run the State government
during the next term they will not do
the people Of the State more harm than
good. OF course, on this sort of cam
paign they don't want any campaign
fun-what they desire, and what they
are going to have is large sized slush
fund. They have influential friends
The book trust, the insurance COM
panies, the stock yards, the railroads
and few others are crying in the will
derness, and who shall say that 1t is
not the chosen mission of the Repub-
lican party of Kansas to lead them to
the land OF milk and honey? 1t goes
without saying, too, that the horde
camped in the edge of the State will pay
their guides in advance for leading them
back again.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

State Labor Bureau to constitute a gen
eral clearing house for the surplus appli-
cations Of the counties. Second-A law
making the Bureau OF Labor and Indus
trial Statistics an Independent department
OF the State government. Third-A law
completely revising the mining laws, to the
end that 1t may be safer for the miners
to work and more dangerous for the oper-
atOrs to disObey. Fourth-A law taxing as
costs in actions for the recovery Of wages
q reasonable attorneys fee for the cOllec.
tion Of the same and providing that in case
OF an employers assignment or insolvency
wages shall be prior lien TO all attach
ments and mortgages Fifth-While the
law of 1897, under the operation Of which
all profits, accrued to the State rather than
to the middleman under the gulse Of q con-
tractor, was an Improvement on the old
contract law, we declare for a law that
Will confne the output Of the penltentiary
mine to the needs of the State institutions,
to the end that these institutions shall not
in the future be placed at the mercy of a
combination Of private corporations.
We demand the free and unlimited COIN
age Of gold and silver at the ratio of six
teen Of silver to one of gold and the issue
Of legal tender notes for all debts in pref
erence to the issue Of interest-bearing
bonds.
We oppose the issuance Of all bonds and
we condemn the Republican party for its
action in fastening upon the people large
bonded debt Ostensibly for war revenue,
but in reality for the perpetuation of the
national banking system.
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Resolved That we send to our volunteer
soldiers our high appreciation of their pat
riotic devotion to the country and every ia
cility be extended to them to vote at the
coming elections and that their pay be In
creased to 500 per month.
We favor service pensions for all sur
vivors Of the Union armies Of the Civil war
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We demand the immediate suspension Of
the metropolitan police law and also its
repeal by the next Legislature.
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We denounce the Republicans in both
houses of Congress for the unanlmity with
which they have followed the dictates of
foreign and domestic bondholders in voting
against an income tax and One-fOurth Of
per cent tax on railroad corporations
which are being enriched by government
contracts, and also their refusal to tax
Wall street transactions.
And we also denounce as unpatriotic the
action of the Republican party in following
the dictates of those who would speculate
and make gain out of our present war
while our brave volunteers risk their for
tunes and lives in defense Of our flag and
humanity.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

ence between a law that declares against
the commission Of an act that is In its
very nature criminal-a crime per Sc
and law which seeks to regulate what
man shall eat and drink" Well, what
in the light of truth has that got to do
with the injustice Of the prOhibitory
law? It is evident that Mr.. Boyle wants
to draw this inference, since he makes
the remark in connection with the fact
that he is mot in sympathy with the
spirit Of the law" There may be a broad
difference between the law against horse
stealing and that which says that man
shall not eat and drink what belongs to
his neighbor, but what Of it? What Of
a law against traffic that is menace
to the welfare of society? There is no
argument for the liquor traffic that is
not based purely on commercial grounds
as against humanity; and Mr. Boyle Is
not at all commercialized, he Is a hu-
manitarian, and a broad, nOble-souled
one, too.
The drink evil has been regulated as
far back as we have any knowledge OF
history. It has always been a menace
to free government and deterrent fac
tor to the settlement of the social prob
lem. It's whole nature is destroying; 1t
is the greatest evil worker against which
Christianity has to combat. 1t has
no staunch friends to back 1t from prin-
ciple but its strong allies are only those
who befriend 1t for profit or for evil
purposes. There is no respectability or
honor about 1t.
But this is only stirring up old straw
We have to consider only what Mr.
Boyle has to offer. There is no mistak-
ing his sincere and steadfast devotion
to what he believes to be right, and 1t Is
unfair to think of classifying him as a
friend Of the whisky element, but what
has he that is better than prohibition?
Surely not license, which has been, Is
now, and always will be failure. Mr..
Boyle accomplished the purpose Of his
letter in making clear his position. He
is opposed to prohibition, and unless ne
can produce something better Mr.. Boyle
Is clearly in the wrong.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
DIRECT LEGISLATION.

The book that started the referendum
movement in America is ]. W. Sulli-
vans Direct Legislation" 1t formerly
sold at rs cents, but we are able to offer
it to our readers for cents, six copies
for rs cents. If you want to check cor
ruption in public affairs, If you want to
put stop to boss and machine rule and
to raise an effectual barrier against such
methods, If you wish honest and pure
government, you are interested in the
initiative and referendum. If you want
to know more about direct legislation
or wish to advance the cause you cannot
find better material than Mr.. Sullivan's
book.
Concerning Direct Legislation" MIR.
Sullivan says that its statements,
though before the reading public for
six years in book form, stand uncOntra-
dicted Copies Of Direct Legislation by
the hundred, and of the Direct Legis-
lation Record by the score, have been
circulated in Switzerland without bring
ing any criticism upon our facts. The
Geneva Journal accorded to this little
book a six-column review, and the Zu-
rick Post one Of several columns, three
issues. The New York Sun, the leading
critical daily journal of America, gave
1t four columns. In literally thousand
notices of the work that have not been
called into question. Besides, the book
has been in nearly all the leading public
and college libraries in America and
England for six years, and, so far as
the author knows, stands in no need
Of correction to-day. An American
writer, who had passed years in Swift
zerland, wrote Of it, What strikes me
in this brochure is its quality OF con-
densed statement and its accuracy"
If you wish large number we can
quote you lower prices. The Direct
Legislation Record is a quarterly, de-
voted to the interest OF the cause. The
subscription price is 25 cents year, and
the Advocate and News receives sub
scriptions.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
MIR. BOYLE IS WRONG.

In his answer to the State Temperance
Unions request for his position on the
enforcement of the prohibitory law, At
torney General Boyle makes a reply that
liz very like him, straightforward and
sincere and without reserve. He does
not evade anything in stating his posi-
ti0n. His letter is frank in showing that
he Is not in sympathy with prohibition,
but 1t leaves no room for doubt as to
what he will do for prohibition during
his second term, and double assurance
Is given to his words by his work in
his present term
Mr.. Boyle says: "The statute makes II
mandatory upon the Attorney General
to attend to cases appealed from the
trial court; and consider it the duty of
an Attorney General to earnestly, and
10 the best Of his ability, prosecute
liquor cases so appealed, and in the
event Of my election shall faithfully
pursue such a course. The other duty,
that is, the appointment Of assistant At
torney Generals, involves, Of necessity,
the exercise of discretion. am not in
favor of appointing assistant Attorney
Generals--never have appointed any
since I have occupied this position, and
in all probability will not as long as I
continue to occupy it. In regard to this
last statement MIR. Boyle adds, "Wher-
ever an Attorney General has in the past
exercised this power there has resulted
enormous expense to the county, bitter
dissensions in the locality, and the re-
suits have never amounted to anything
so far as the better enforcement Of the
law is concerned"
n, So Ear, well, The appointment of an
assistant Attorney General is seldom, IL
ever, justihable, for there is local ma
chinery to perform his work. But Mr..
Boyle goes on to assert something which
win provoke more eager attention. He
drags out from hiding the comparison
between the enforcement Of the law
against horse-stealing and the prohib-
itory law, and fences 1t around with the
statement that there is broad differ
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
TYPICAL AArERICAN1sSI.

DR.. Albert Shaw, editor of the Review
of Reviews, characterizes Lieutenant
Hobson's brave work at Santiago as rep
resentative OF an American type and not
of an exceptional personality There
were hundreds Of others with the fleet
who, with full realization Of the dan
ger, were anxious to thrust the Merri-
mac into the jaws Of death. And this
bravery is but sample of the American
courage that has kept our country NOV
ing forward, that pushed our civiliz-
alton and development across the plains
and mountains to the Pacific, that made
Kansas a free State and the negroes
free people. 1t Is that same courage that
shall cause us to meet without fear or
hesitation the new and vexatious prob
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

A year ago when the balance in the
State treasury was low the Republicans
said that Populist dishonesty and in
competence had done it, This year,
when the treasury is showing big bal
ance, the Republicans say that 1t is evil
dence of 'Dingley" prosperity. Accord
ing to Republican argument either the
Popullsts have become purified or else
general prosperity" was somewhat out
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

lens arising from our war with Spain.
1t may be that America is destined to ac-
complish great things for the progress
of the world, but whatever the future
no one can deny that Americans are
ready for It.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
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of whack a year ago. Their arguments
do not jibe.
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The room was prepared for the
operation, and all necessary ar
rangements were made.
We carefully set to work, re-
moving the outer covering, and
laying bare the bones OF the skull.
A minute or so later and the
BRAIN was exposed, and this we
cautiously proceeded 10 separate.
Judge our CONSERVATION and hos
ror when, embedded in the nerve
matter, we discovered a living,
moving insect, the exact counter
part Of the scarabHi brought from
the Pyramids by the ill-fated Sir
Robert!
IL had thus done him 10 death,
and, though all else remains amin
penetrable mystery, it is certain
that literally and awfully was the
curse fulfilled.
Washington sentinel., 1898-12-24
TT "a, SENTINEL

The Curse OF the scaraDwus..
", Dyks, in ''Sk HHlyew's Gazette" ."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25

and If the number of Examiners that
are burned in the San Francisco crema-
tory is in the same proportion to the
circulation in that city as Is the num-
Der burned here to the circulation In
Los Angeles, then fully one-fourth Of
the circulation is in smoke.
Already the fact of this bunko game
has been spread broadcast over the
city and the result is that many who
have been induced to take or buy the
Monarch of the Takers say that they
will have nothing to do with it and re-
fuse to become a party to the circula-
ton of a paper that descends to such
disreputable methods. The exposure
of its Matchmaking scheme against the
Southern Pacific Company has shown
the people that its business methods
and it's boodling schemes are Of a kind
and If the paper had any influence
whatever heretofore that influence has
been completely nullif1ed by the object
lesson Of last Saturday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25
Naval Constructor Hob
sons Good Work.
TELLS OF EFFORTS MADE
THINKS THE EXPENDITURE IN
CURED WELL SPENT.
Now the Hero Of Santiago Bay Is on
the Way to Washington to Con-
fer With the Secretary
of the Navy.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

BOSTON, Oct. 24.-The Boston Fruit
Company's steamer Beverly arrived at
her dock here at o'clock this morn
ing, twenty-four hours late having on
board Naval Constructor Richmond P.
Hobson.
Previous to Hobson's departure for
Washington he was questioned by a re-
porter as to the prospect of raising the
sunken Spanish war vessels off Santi-
ago. He said he was now engaged in
the preliminary work on the Cristobal
Colon, and that It would take at least
three weeks more before anything
would be ready.
The Government had appropriated
$780, 600 for the raising of the vessel, but
1t will be money well spent, he said, if
the venture proves a success, as the
ship is worth $4,000, 900.
The purpose of his visit to this coun-
try, Hobson said, was to see the Secre-
tary of the Navy regarding further
work on the warshtps He thought the
Vizcaya could be saved, but would not
state positively. She had settled in
the sand, which has formed thick bed
around her, so that she is resting in an
easy position, but drydock would
have to be built around her before she
could be raised. An appropriation OF
81, 10000 would cover the work of rails
ing the Vizcaya and would enable the
Government to bring her north and put
her into good condition. She cost 3d.
900 900.
The Almirante Oquendo, Lieutenant
Hobson says, is hopeless wreck. The
Reina Mercedes, which was sunk in
Santiago harbor IS a good vessel and
can be raised with but little cost.
When the work on the Infanta Ma
ria Teresa commenced" continued
Hobson Il had fifty American laborers
employed, but owing to the foul at
mosphere, foul gases and foul water
very few escaped sickness, and I was
obliged to fall back on Cuban laborers
These men seem to stand the work very
well, and under proper supervision can
accomplish good results.
There Is a growing sentiment, I find,
among naval officers that every one of
the sunken Spanish ships should be
raised, and if found to be unseaworthy
be kept as relics.
1.-THE Spanish vessels which have
been and those that no doubt will be
saved and put in commission should re-
tain their names as memento of the
prowess of America"