The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-28


that has not witnessed the brutal muir
der of some old soldier inmate of the
Home and have not hundreds Of them
been robbed, with your seeming &C
quiescence, of their pension money!
Nfnth-What truth is there in these
words from the Wichita Eagle: Truly
our great and pious governor is a man
of varied parts. Scarcely had the holy
calm Of the Sabbath's spiritual refresh
ment evaporated from his mind and
blended with the mist and fog of ma
chine politics, than the thrifty and as
tute governor plunged heaolong into the
legal arena, as lord chief counselor for
her ma 1esty, Queen Dixie of Smoky Row,
in an Injunction case. While the Soiled
queen of Wichita streets most splendid
palace Of vice and soul domination, has
conferred a signal honor upon the peo-
pies chief magistrate by choosing him
a. her chief counselor, the chief magis-
trate has conferred equal honor upon her
royal parsonage by becoming her chief
counselor. It win be particularly grati-
fying to the good people of Kansas to
learn of this late preferment OF their
chief executive-and his willingness to
ACCEPT the extended favor We would
suggest. henceforth, when the governor
if invited to address a Young Mems
Christian association or a Sunday school
convention, that the conventional pane
gyrfc contain an ailuS1On to the COVER
nor's new honor 20"
If you have time. we should be obliged
to have you answer the following ques-
tions pertaining to the pending cam
paign, towit:
First-Do you believe in old war taxes
to prevent trade with Europe and in the
new war taxes to froce trade with Asia
Second-Dou you believe in excluding
the uneducated Europeans at Castle
Garden who wish to enter our territory,
but in including millions of Asiatics who
are now fighting to keep out?
Third-Do you believe in Home Rule
for Ireland. but in alien rule for the
! Spanish islands2
Fourth-Do you believe that the whites
and blacks Of this country have right
to govern themselves, but that the
whites and blacks and browns of the
Philippines have no such right?
Fifth-Do you believe in a Monroe
Doctrine which forbids Europe to inter
fere with government in America,
but which permits America to interfere
with government in Asia?
Sixth-Do you believe that govern
ments get their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed in America, but
from the contempt for the governed in
Asia2
Seventh-Do you believe that taxation
without representation is tyrrany when
applied to us, but that it is philan-
thrOphy when applied by us2
Eighth-Do you believe that forcible
annexation is criminal aggression, but
that the payrnen of $50. 000. 900 to nom
owners is benevolent assimilation?
Ninth-Do you believe that militarism
and foreign broils strengthen despotism
abroad. but makes Republicanism strong
Tenth-Do you believe that American
policies have made q little nation of us.
but that by adopting European policies we
Will be made a great nation.2
Eleventh-Do you believe the command
ment should read Honor they father and
they mother. but disregard the fathers OF
the country
Twelfth-Do you believe this would be
except to extend trade?
Thirteenth-Would you teach your Sun
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commit adultery. but you may enter into
entangling alliances. and have harems
Fourteenth-How would this fit your
creed: Thou shalt not steal, but shalt
Fffteenth-How is this: .sThou shalt not
bear false witness. but you may censor
Sixteenth-Is this good doctrine: Thou
shadt J, not coyet, bgt If you want anything
Seventeenth-Nhy does the pension de-
partment Of Clay Evans and Mr.. McKin-
ley reverse all known rules of evidence
and require the widow of every old sol
der to make proof she is a woman of good
moral character when she applies for a
Eli hteenth-why must the dependent
mother of the soldier boy who died in the
Philippines introduce proof that she is a
woman of good moral character before
she receives in her behalf the plain duty
of the government?
Nineteenth-Is it not a presumption of
law, recognized by the civilized world
that every persons character is good until
it is shown by proof to be bad? and, if
So why does the pension department pre-
sumo that the character of every soldier
widow and the character of the dependent
mother of every soldier boy is bad until
she introduces proof to the pension de-
partment that she is woman OF good
character
Twentieth-Is it beer or the constitution
that you believe should follow the flag?
Twenty-first-Is it patriotism to haul
down the flag in Alaska at the demand of
England and treason to advocate that it
float side by side with the flag of our
Philippine allies until they can stand alone
against the governments of Europe that
are engaged in land grabbing and the
murder of republics?
Very respectfully yours,
o. L RICE,
Rubens, Jewell county, Kansas.