Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-16
FROM THE CAPITAL.

miners aBs0clatl0nk ulu the repuOlr
cans thereby manifest the great in
terest for the poor oppressed miner
which they professed in the '9S cam
paign2 When one OF the western
members was asked why the house re-
fused to pass the measure bis reply
was: Because it WAS pop scheme IA
throw the responsibility OF the law on
republicans" To ono who is not "up''
in statesmanship this does not seem
to a good reason, especially when we
were given to understand during the
campaign that the miners would get
all they asked for at the hands OF
their republican friends (')
Professor Heron has given the peo-
pie who attended his lectures some.
thing to think about, and if all do
think sobsrly and honestly, the seed
sown during the past week will be
conducive to great good. The pro.
fessor objects to being classified with
any Of the existing schools Of econ
omlc thought, because, he says, that
when the object sought by the most adj
vanced is attained, the world will still
be only in the borderand of it's op-
portuuit es, obligations and duties.
He rather prefers to be known as
teacher of the doctrines of Jesus
Christ, in all that the term means
His idea is that the salvation for
which we should labor is a salvation
that extends further than the indi-
vidual and lays hold upon the com.
munity saves men, not a MAJ
makes the world better by bettOrlnr
the condition of all the people H.
holds that man or woman can't OK
pect God to save him or her and al
the same time allow a continuation of
old selfish propensities 4 good idea
of his position IS found in this pas
sage: IF it were possible for a man
to get in close communion with God,
for what he could get out Of God, he
would be the deUil! That is how the
devil got to be the devilp The daily
press seem to have nothing to say, or,
If they disspprove of the professors
utterances they do not propose to adj
vertise him by adverse comment OH
the position assumed by him.
The committee Of Legislators sp
pointed to visit the Irvine factor a.
Saltwater, has returned and made lis
report II finds that the factory 81
Saltwater penitentisry has succeeded
in furnishing binding twine to the
farmers at u greatly reduced price
and without coming into competition
with any class of free labor in the
state, while at the same time a sur
plus Of many thousand dollars has
been turned into the state treasury
The committee recommends the estsb
llshment of a similar industry at our
state penllentIary. The idea Ia a
good one, but with it comes this ques
ton: instead Of turning al chs money
into the treasury why should not q
part at least of the earnings of the
prisoners be in some way set apart
for the support, in part. of the prls-
oner's family? Is it right that the
Innocent wife and children should be
punished along with the one who ls
the real feion, and is it not true tina
under the present system they ara &C
punished, and would it not be righi
that when surplus Is produced ovel
the sum needed to carry on the in
dustry, that that surplus should go 'C
the dependent ones who are deprived
of their natural support Right here
Kansas has an Cpl ortunlty to show
to the world that she still leads By
facing one of the great questions Of
: the age-the old, old question, AN
y l my brothers. kseper| Will she
!, have the courage to rise high enough
above the idea of mere commercisnsn
y to solve this problem in the only rlgb
and just manner? Here is an "opeI
door" to the way to, in a measure, stol
the growth of criminality. Let tn
people rise up and demand that on
state do right in this Its great oppor
tunity.
s. If Representative McKeever's bi
House Bill No. 12), becomes a law /
will destroy the law requiring assign
= ments of mortgages to be placed OF
record. This bill is evidently in tb
interest Of holders who have slept Of
their rights under the 1897 law, ant
y who wish to revive their old claim:
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