Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-01-25

tepn made and millions saved to the
ax-payeis OF Kansas, reaction has
occurred, the tide of enthusiasm of
the masses in their onset for their
| rights has ebbed, and Kansas is now
under control of the old time pro-
f.ssiohal politicians, g. alto fnanciers.
speculaiors and INSCRIPTIONS self
aggrandizers, who care absolutely
nothing for the rights or wishes of
the people.
We prove :he above statement.
An I 10 do 80 requires only the publi-
cation of what the vampire politlcIars
at L ps ka, (of both and all partiee)
DID at Topeka last week: aud they
have done little better this week.
They practically stole from the tax
payers of Kansas $40 500 in seven
days.
The legislature was to assemble
Tuesday January 10th, presumably
to transact business for the state
Railroad mileage was paid by the
state and three dollars day paid out
of the pockets of the taxpayers for
each member. These allowances are
perhaps not extrsve CANT, altho hey
amount to 81 500 day. The money
is paid by the state, tho, for busi-
ness, not for pleasure. Aud it is paid
to procure laws for the people ind
not high offices for the legislators.
What did the legislature do? They
inaugureted with pompous ceremony
the new corporation king and placed
him on his throne. The day was
past and no business for the state
transacted. Caucuses were held CO.
teries chiqued, ''you-scratch my back
a1G-iil-scratch-yours" a societies form
ed, political nets and webs spun, and
all sorts of wire-working done solely
for personal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
struggling for high office. and for
the position in which 1t is possible
to steal most from the state. Conse-
quently the most desperate fight was
for state printer-tho all struggled
for everything in sight forgetting or
ignoring entirely the states business
which they were employed to trans
act.
No business session of over twenty
minutes ives held any day for whole
week and some days the 81 ,5G0 was
entirely thrown away. No session
wss held at all.
For those seven days these public
parasites will put in bills for e X l.
50O) $10,5O And what has the
state derived from it?
What we common people want is
to elect sensible business men who
will transact the ste's buslness with
dispatch and then go home. In the
name of humanity, how long must
farmers, laborers, merchants, pay
81 ,5oJ wesk t. h,ve un+,rupllol.
attorneys lobby about high priced
hotels and scramble for honor and
boodl+!
representative of Kansas, if there
is businesr to transact, transact i
with dispatch If there is nothing
to do, uuhitch and go home.
If there Is a man in the state house
this session who does not protest
against such tomfoolery as has been
going on the first week be merits
only the contempt of his constituents
1t is dishonest for any individual
members to submit to such holiday
proceedings d,aw his pay and kill
time that belongs to hard working
people. 1t is jnst as dishonest to
rob the state treasury of three dollars
each day as it would be to rob it of
l56 at one time.
Readers watch for the names of
those who laise their voices in the
Legislative halls and protest against
such lethargic incidence aad never
vote again for any member of what
ever party, who silently and will
llngiy submits to the hand that steals
your hard earnings $40, 800 week.
STANLEY said the law protecting
motorneers by requiring vesti bules
on street cars affects only a very
small number of persons and does not
amount to much. If the law had in
creased the comfort of the governor
or added to the salary of supreme