Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-10-27
w. A. REEDER.
Congressman Sixth Congressional
District.

Congress man heeuer spoke TO an aB- /
tentive and enthusiastic audience at |
the court house in this city. Tuesday |
We are not in a position |
to give his entire speech, but Will
give you few excerpts of the same:
81 am always well pleased to APP
pear before a Kansas audience, be-
cause the people of Kansas are better
posted in governmental affairs than
people down east. This is my seventh
week of campaigning, and my main
object is to renew old acquaintance
and to get acquainted with new pee
pie.
s.Ours is a government of the peo-
pie, by the people. and for the people,
and do not think it possible for any
one of us to rise above the govern
ment. When we believe in a theory
of government we should not be so
narrew minded as to let local affairs
interfere with governmental affairs.
Local difficulties should not allow us
fere with the election of men who
stand for our principles, whether
they are to our liking or not. If you
want government for the people
you must elect men who ally them
selves with the party that does things,
the Republican party. The party
who elected such men as Theodore
Roosevelt, who has been the most
useful man that has ever been elected
president of the United States since
the time of Abraham Lincoln.
IN, II nfh or
campaigns is to make the govern
ment for the people. Every young
man my age and under, should con-
| slider that we have the best govern
ment on earth, the best ever known.
If you wish to continue it you must
vote for men who stand for the
principles that have put our country
ahead of all countries If 1 can get
you to lay aside all personal preju-
dices and vote your better Judgment
/ will have accomplished some good.
| 1 come before you as republican,
1 became and for many years have
| been a republican, because l think
that party has run the government
On better basis than any other party
has or could do. But do not think
they should have absolute power be-
cause some people would be elected
who do not deserve to be.
Last year Travelled 1000 miles in
the interest of irrigation. You know
they call me "Irrigation Bill''. Here
he gave an interesting account of the
irrigation districts through which he
passed. His party was composed of
about so persons, 40 men and 10 wom-
en-, senators, congressman and their
wives. They were out 35 days.
He spoke of the Kansas Expert
ment Station at Hays, one of the
| largest in the world. They now have
22O kinds of wheat and 81 varieties of
grasses from all countries of the
known world; all supposed to be
adapted to semi-arid regions, and said
he: II believe that the station will
be doing better work in a hundred
years from now than it is now doing.
He also spoke of the tariff, and
| showed how the protective tariff has
brought about the prosperity we now
enjoy by creating markets for our
| products, thereby protecting Ameri-
can labor, and now. under the present
tariff, we export $500, 900. 900 more in
goods and stuffs each year than we
| import, and that we now have per
capita of 500. 1--WE are not going to
revise the tariff" said he, mot at
| least until after the next general
| election. You remember the result
of the tinkering with the tariff by
the democrats some time ago. You
remember how sick they got over it.
If it wasn't for the prosperity we now
enjoy, they would not be over it yet.
I met man at Colby the other day
whom i took to be democrat, and
upon telling him he replied, II hahn t
neither; I've been sick.''
He suggested that the people should
lget together and devise a s'square
deal" so all shall have an equal show
and when we get a square deal, com
petition. in his opinion, will take
care of prices. independent voting,
said he, SIS alright until you carry il
too far and lose your principles and
gain nothing"
He spoke of the Capitalization OF
schools and told of the benefits to be
deprived therefrom. Better schools
at less expense. He told also how
education is affected by irrigation
| He called attention to the rapiC