Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-29

curlty to depositors.
II enabled cities 10 own and operate
public utilities instead of paying an.
nuaI tribute to corporations.
Ittook from thetyrant on the bench
the power to punish for contempt and
gave it to the people 1t declared
against the czar in the judicial func.
tions Of the state.
1t struck down the vicious aud per-
niciouS system of blacklistiDg, a Gus.
tom or institution pelpably intended
for the crushing Of labor.
II declared that no non-resldent
city thug could set foot on the free
soil of Kansas and lntimidate labor
under the guise Of Pinkerton de-
tectlve.
1t has reduced or equalizsd the sal
aries of officers to sum commensur.
ate with their services
1t declared that it would be crime
for street car companies to unneces-
sarily expose their employees to the
rigors of the elements.
1t declared for text book law that
would remove the burdens of the pat
rons Of education
1t declared that that giant monopo-
ly the Kansas City Stock Yards com
pany, and kindred corporations should
do the business of the people for a
fair remuneration,
Every member Of the popullst adj
minlstration has done things credita-
BILE alike to himself and the state.
Governor Lsedy, in times Of war as
we'll as in times Of peace has been a
worthy leader in the cause of the peo-
pie. He equalized every man, black
and white, rich and poor, before the
law.
He insisted that the old soldier had
a right to defend his country as many
times as he desired.
He insisted that the negro had as
much right to wear shoulder straps
and carry sword at the head Of men
of bis own race as the white man.
lie put bis shoulder to the wheel
in every movement in the interest of
the people.
He asserts the doctrine of the rights
Of the state when the federal govern
ment sought to enCroach upon its pre-
negatives.
He has insisted upon honesty and
efficiency in every department Of the
state government,
The heroism of David Of old does
not compare with that of Attorney
General Boyle, David fought only
one giant; Boyle has fought and van
pushed score. lie has met no Wat
erloo. Every battle of his has been
an Austerliiz or q Marengo. His
hardest fights have been where hui
manity was weakest. He has brought
hope where there was despair and
turned tears into smiles.
Superintendent Stryker raised the
standard of public education. He
separated the wheat from The chat.
He drove the drones from the hive
and asserted the doctrine that no one
but a scholar can teach the children
OF Kansas. His unwavering fidelity
to honesty drove the American book
trust from the state and saved the
people hundreds OF thousands Of dol
lars. Ia three months be accomplished
what the republican party, during
the seventeen years of its greatest
power failed to de-.
Superintendent McNall fought
twenty battles against the insurance
corporations and won everyone Of
them. He smashed the insurance
trust and saved the people hundreds
of thousands OF dollars thereby. He
took the insurance swindler, whose
prey WAS the widow and the orphan,
by the throat and made him settle NJ,
He has turned more money into the
treasury than any superintendent IN
the bistasy Of the department. He
dehed the assumed power of federal
judges and today he has all bis emo
mics on their knees craving for
mercy.
10 the eighteen months ending June
30, 1898, the insurance department
collected aud turned over to the
proper parties the sum of $133, 363.78,
as compared with the sum Of SIG, 733
collected during the entire two years
of tha Morrill, administrators