The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-02-10
WHAT OF KANSAS LEGISLATURE
EXPECTATIONS NOT FULFILLED

The admirable message OF Governor
Hoch was universally approved by the
DeoDIe Of Kansas and expectations were
raised that something was 10 be done IN
the Legislature commensurate Win the
Dro0ram mapped out by the CHIEF eX-
ec11five. The state printing plant ana
a salaried state printer IS now law
and the law as to a state depository OF
public funds IS expected soon to pass
This is the limit, up to the PresenI IlIlle'
of the arduOus labOrs OF Kansas law
makers at q cost Of 500, OOO or over
The recommendation of the governor
for > statg oil refinery was the one
measure above all others that evoked
the most popular commentator, and
its speedy passage was anticipated. But
now comes Stubs, the wh1lom Tallroao
contractor, the chairman OF the repuD-
Iican state central committee, and now
speaker of the house Of representatives.
Who savs that 1.-The oil refinery bill viii
not mass the house if he can help It. -
Who Is this CarrOt-haired, hannel-ha1reo /,
dapo-hustier and mule-whacker Jnat ne
should arrogate to himself such pre-
negatives and power?
Stubs is ''nOminally' speaker Out
don't know any more about ParllaIne.n-
tarv law and usage than a Berkshire
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his absence, as in a recent instance
Col. z. D. West, an auctiOneers Preslo-
ed. But Stubs had made few nun
dred thousand dollars as a railroad con-
tractor. and as chairman OF the rePuD-
Iican state central committee collected
the dough, =" handled and disburseo
the funds, and, consequently, knows
where the stuff came from and TO whom
the party of great moral ideas IS n
debted. He is there simply TO pay z
debt
So when Stubs turns up 'in the
house the understanding IS that he IS
on hand as a ''whipper IN, and there
Is a suspicion that IN some capacIous
pocket he has q mule whip cooled up,
for use in emergency to get the animals
into line. This man of the white eye
brows is in line with established pre-
cedeut. for t'since the memory OF man
runneth not 70 the contrary, his party
has been the champion OF corporate
special privilege. He stands for both
railroad and Standard Oil interests, and
denOunces any attempt to curb corpoT
ate extortion as ''populistiC-
Stubs is not alone, but IS one of a
class Of railroad and corporation attOr-
news who are always so much IN cyl
denCe IN the legislature, and on test
vote, which may be taken this week,
they will stand up to be counted. The
pronuncianentO Of Stubs on the oil
bill svnchrOnizeS exactly with the ad-
vent Of the Standard Oil lobby at To-
peka. Was It a mere eoincidence2 It
viii be interesting to note developments
of the issue. The Kansas City Star OF
a recent date contained the following
short editorial on this burning OF
question.
''Can for a second John Brown IN
Kansas.-The inception Of the war on
RockefeIIerism on Kansas soil viii lend
a strong sentimental interest to the con-
fict. The people of the great SunhOw-
er state should greet with joyous alac-
rity the opportunity held out to them
by the Standard Oil company to main
tain the shining prestige Of their now
powerful commonwealth as the battle
ground Of freedom. Now who viii
come forward IN Kansas as the John
Brown of the crusade against monopo-
listic slavery9-a thing more hateful
and dangerous and demoraliZing than
was ever negro bondage, at its worst
estate"
Scripture teaches that men may be
possessed of the devil; and spiritualtsts
declare that human beiEgs are some
times possessed by the basest spirits Of
departed souls. The speaker Of the
house, halls from Lawrence, the scene
Of the diaboiicsI sack aud massacre OF
Ouantrel. In the Stubs spiritual de-
veIopmsnt is 1t Quantreu or the Devlls