The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-09-14
HOT FROM KANSAS.

Inc following IrOm tuo warren
Tidings relative to kansas facts, "
instead of Bryanistic theories, can be
read with interest and profit by the
readers of the Chronicle:
A reporter for this paper interview
ed Edward Youmans of Medicine
Lodge, Kansas, at the st. Cloud hotel
the other day, where he and his esti-
mable wife are making their head
quarters while visiting numerous
friends and relatives in this vicinity.
To give due weight to the gentle
mans present political opinions, it
may be we'll to info rm the few who
do not know him as a bright-minded,
successful business man, who is hon
est and straightforward, few points
regarding what manner of man this
is who has the strength of his chang
ed political convictions.
Mr.. Youmans was born in Washing
ton over 65 years ago and is connect
ed with some of the best families in
Warren county. He showed his in
trepid spirit and ambition by immi-
grating to the then red skin and bor-
der-ruffian infested territory of Kan
sas in 1856, and to no other man who
helped bring order out of chaos and
establish one of the greatest common
wealths of the country is more credit
due for active participation in the
stirring events of its early history or
the more recent development of its
material growth than to Edward
Youmans, son of old Warren, whom
her citizens delight to honor almost
to the extent that he is honored
throughout his adopted State. He
for many years has been engaged in
the cattle business there, besides be-
ing the principal partner in the ex
tensive mercantile house of l.. A.
Ely & Co. and is heavy real estate
owner as we'll. The opinions of a
man of this character must carry
weight and here are some of them as
formally expressed by him on the ma
tional political outlook as applied to
Kansas in particular, but which he
claims holds good throughout most of
the west:
81 voted for Bryan four years ago
principally because of his position on
the money question. We of Kansas
were passing through panic at that
time and with many thousand others
grasped at the straws that he in his
grandiloquent language offered us.
But we have lived to see every one of
his dire predictions provided McKin-
ley was elected, come to naught, and
he will be but wasting his time by
telling the people of Kansas any more
| lies this fall.
Though wheat was with us a
poor crop four years ago and the law
of supply and demand should have
given us fair prices for what we did
have, had it not been that business
was FRUSTRATED throughout the coun-
try, the best we could do was "a cents
a bushel, while now there are 70. 900,
600 bushels of wheat in our state which
is worth today Ga cents a bushel,
and with good prospects of still
further advance. In those dark days
under the benign influence of a Demo
cratic administration corn was worth
exactly 10 cents per bushel while now
there is steady demand for it at AZ
cents. Hogs then brought az cents
per pound, but are now anxiously
sought for at Az cents. Steers in the
market for which I am interested then
brought the munificent price of go
cents per pound while now / am buy
ing all can find at Az cents. Ii
fact there is an enormous advance il
progress all along the line and every
thing Mckinley promised has com,
true.
-Four years ago Bryan made many
addresses in Kansas telling us limo
cents that if silver was knocked GU
that all our products would still fur
ther fall in price because the value o
wheat and other commodities coulC
} only advance under the coinage o
silver. We hope he will not tell u
| any more such fairy tales this time
Thousands of Republicans hav,
seen the error of their ways and com
back to the only party that can ant
! does redeem its promise of prosperity
and in their train are large number
/ of Democrats and Populists.
In the last Presidential campaign
: was president of the Medicin
Lodge Bryan Club (for which I hop
l may be forgiven) and now as capa
BILE lawyer as we have in the State
J who was actively associated with M
i'll that club is president of the re
Gently organized and fiourishing Re
! publican club here.
Four years ago nearly every on
had his farm or place so covered Will
mortgages that they had in many cas-
es no equity at all in them. The worl
of paying off these obligations ha
gone steadily on until now our PEG