The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-28

taxpayers TO think of this proposition.
The Nominating Board
And now gentlemen, three OF these
same boss busters, Coleman, Burrows ana
Wells compose a state board for passing
upon nominations and they have TO pass
upon the legality of nominations IN oroer
that the same may be certlheo 10 tne
county clerks 10 be placed upon the ON
cial ballots. And this boss buster ral-
road combination found II would be nee
essary, in order to defeat Governor Ban
ey and some OF his friends running for
congressional offices, ans 10 Ia he care VI
Walker their railroad commissioner ana
Kelly, their state treasurer, and GURUS
and Bowersock, their congIesslonal cofh-
rades TO work uD a lot of so-caied con
testing delegations, 70 there appeared IN
rhe congressional ana state conventions
number of so-called delegations. ana no
matter how absolutely frivolous their con
tentions in order TO carry out the
schemes OF the combination ana TO save
the Offices for their crowd. they promptly
ignored all sense OF fairness ana decehc!
and kicked out all delegations aSalhst
the busters and issued certIncateS TO their
friends. This of course, passed II up 10
the state board which as promptly ratl-
fed all the acts of the boss buster rail-
road combination. And as the supreme
court had decided that there was no ap-
peal from the decision of this board, II
Seemingly settled the matter In favor OF
Ihe boss buster railroad combination, and
the matter has now reached the courts 70
determine if there Is any way under the
law of overturning me decision OF TINS
hoard if il can be shown that a conspiracy
was entered into by the members thereon
to defeat the will Of the people.
Federation interests Ignored
And now my friends, knowing this COM
bination running the Republican party,
was it any wonder that they lmpudently
ignored the interest Of the farmer. stock
man, miller. wholesaler, and other com
mercial interests of the state, and re-
fused 10 listen TO the federationistS when
,l,u,r ff.l no their
henchmen in the convention! ana TINS
combination in the interests of purhy and
reform crucifying such man as Gov
ernor Bailey turning out a man nke
Judge Atkinson simply because he was
appointed by Governor Bailey. jumping on
men like Henry Allen and Dan Anthony,
Jr because they were friends of Gov
ernor Bailey. W hat had Governor Ball
ey done to brinr down the wrath Of such
A combination upon him? Il man OF clean
personality having never been charged
with nor convicted of any crime, and not
q dishonest act laid to his door. All! but
they said. the legislature was rotten and
Squandered the peoples money. Gov
ernor Bailey was not member or II;
Stubhs was W ny didn't Stubbs stop it?
1t seems that if the statements of tins
Republican. Mr.. Hackney. can be believed,
he was too busy getting in his own work
on the state treasury. All, but they said
Bailey stayed by his friends and he con-
suited Cy Leland. Well ladies and gen
tlemen. have never met Governor Ball
of a single dishonest act of either or of
any appointee of Bailey's. And when |
llhnk OF Burton Kelly and some others
of this boss buster crowd, / should hesi-
tate to make the same statement con-
Cerning them And do you wonder at
lne Republican press being so outsDoken
concerning the convention run by such
combination. and do you wonder that the
people generally are up in arms against
q ticket put out by such combination?
They distrust their honesty of purpose,
and Judging by their past. know that
there is no nope for them in the future if
these people. SURROUNDED they are with
such influences, ever take charge OF state
affairs They pass resolutions in favor
of lower taxes in the face of their past
record raising them. They resolve in
favor of n primary election law to pre-
vent them stealing county delegations,
and yet they steal all that is necessary to
carry out their purpose. They deal in
Rlittering generalities relating to rail-
road laws and the very convention Is alb
soluteiy dominateD by the railroads. They
did not care for the commercial interests
of the state. This was Presidential year.
and no matter what they did. Roose-
Welt would carry them through In fact,
this year everything would go in Kan
sas. But what change has come over
the spirit of their dreams. The press of
their own party is so shocked at the man.
ner the convention was handled by the
boss busters railroad mbinatiOn. at the
unholv CrucifiXion of Governor Bailey, at
the inSOlent treatment of the great COM
DSrc!af interests OF the state, at the law
less Methods of the nominating board and
the mass of the voters of the Republican
party are seemingly off the reservation"
and so the boss buster gang have called
upon ,4Icir railroad comrades to come out
among the people ard make promises.
throw out sop here and there and try
and bridge the thing over until after cleo
ton and then il will all be smooth sail
ing for them again. | direct your mem
ory Dack over the past twenty years.
nave you ever seen the railroad officials
visiting the people and asking them about
their grievances before and making prom
iSeS to right them2 Not a bit Of il. Why
our wholesalers millers grain men ship
perS and municipalities generally have
spent day after dav and dollar after dol
lar trying 20 get a small part of their
rights. only TO be defeated They have
carried their grievances into court and
before the railroad commissioners only to
he fought 10 the utter end. And now nv
friends. there is an awakening among the
people and the loss buster railroad gang
are trying 10 put them to sleep again
with a fcW promises and a sop here and
there until after election. And so tney are
out as | said. among The people; they
are trying % fix il up with the stock
.hmpCr by giving him return transpor-
tation that they took away from him
Thcv arc tryin to fiX il up with the
wholesaler 10y Giving him rate tenn
IoraTily on sugar from California Doints
'rhey are trying IL :iN il up with the grain
men by nr7misine them something. And
am remiuGe" 81 n prophetic statement
made - the CITY Regulator in the
Daily Eagle Of April TO- concerning these
promises and the effect of them. which
* as follows.
Watch the railroads for the next three
or four mcnthS They viii cut rates all
along the line; viii seek interviews with
their traitic managers. viii publish abroad
reductions in -3tes i'm p month or a soon
sheet can hc got out. etc But as
soon as the ~ .Ctiou Is oVe~ they won't
have train that can run fast enough to
1ut Tie rates back again higher than
they are NOW. and get the reduction all
back again
don't know which one Of The Muir
docks il is that writes this city regu-
lator stun. hat he hit the bulls eve in
this article. And you know that every
word OF IL is true
Freight Rate Question
DO you know that on the lumber shin
ped from Arkansas and Texas points right
through the city of Wichita. Winfield
Arkansas City md other points to Kan
sas City. that the rate has been until the
matter was taken vD by the interstate
commerce commission FIVE and one-half
cents per hundred cheaper 10 Kansas CITY
ihan 10 Wichita and these other points >
"For good work,