Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-11

that corporations enjoying pro-
lection of the law pay their just
and fair part of the burden of
citizenship, in the same proper
ton as the farmer and home
owner? If these natural things
are not wrong they must be
right; and if right are you full
filing your duty as a citizen in
not doing all you can to support
them? 1t means much to you
personally. 1t means adding to
the assessed value of Kansas a
greater sum than all the present
real and personal assessment
values in the state. Tt means
Justice to your neighbor. Tt
means one-half the tax you now
pay. What harm is there in
openly proclaiming for the right?
Did | hear some one say, the re-
publican party would do it? My
brother, do you in your heart
| believe the gentlemen now in the
saddle of the republican party
would do it? Do you know of
one single circumstance in their
past career that would justify
you in thinking they would do
it? Don't you know the differ
ence between republicans and
spoilsmen, or bosses? Theodore
Roosevelt is a republican. AS
governor of the state of New
York he started this agitation,
made it a law, and the great
state Of New York is supported
by the franchise owner. Illinois
is republican. She followed New
York, and enhanced her tax rolls
II million dollars. Democratic
Missouri followed suit Boss
ridden Kansas has had years in
which to follow the example of
the illustriOus president these
bosses eXtOlled to the skies in
their platform, in hope to blind
the people to the True issue.
The change cannot be made un-
der the old regime Respectable
men stick to their friends who
made them. | shall stick to
mine. Who are the friends OF
the two tickets? On the one
side, shoulder to shoulder, are
the bosses who make their living
out OF politics, all the corpora
tiOns, all the trusts, with all the
money required to make The re-
publican campaign a success.
VINO are my trends? The man
who knows the value OF a dollar
earned by the sweat OF his, brow.
The man in the cottage and On
the farm, who says his wife is
the best woman that ever lived,
whose prattling babe makes the
sweetest music his ear ever heard.
The man who works and saves,
that his children may be edu-
Gated to take their place in So
ciety as honest men and women.
The man who each morning un-
dertakeS a task, each evening
sees it close. The man who
thinks his neighborhood, his
town, and locality a little better
than any other. This natures
nobleman, this citizen ofkansas,
who is himself honest in thought,
word, and deed, who demands
honesty in his fellowman, and
will have it, regardless OF party
creeds, or conditions. Ii any OF
my hearers are not in this class,
let them think we'll who is their
| friend, and stick to him.
You would say | was a fool if
l were to advise you to pay a
rich speculator down east, inter-
est for all time on $500, pro-
vided he would invest 800 with
us and with the further agree
ment that we assess him for
taxes only sos. Make the figures
read millions and seek cOnsOla-
tion ii you can in the thing ac-
complished and now confronting
you. l don ask you to destroy
the rich man, his property, or
even his usuriouS interest. |
only ask you to make this non
resident pay taxes on value OF
this property in same ratio as
we pay on our homesand farms.
Kansas City, Kansas demo-
Gratis and republicans, in April
1901, concluded to rid them
selves of the bosses who had
COZ. trolled the city for more than
20 years. The first year of the
new administration showed a
gain to the tax payers of $780,
I776. If this can be done in one
community of 10000 people,
what might not be done for the
| people in SO great, a state as
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