The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-30

W. O. BisseI of Phillips County.
Carefully I have. examined the re-
mains of all aud sundry that came
to my notice, and after due and ma
ture dehberation I have decided that
they came to their death by blows
inflicted by the fot- or feet of parties
who usually can be identified only as
members of the organization.
Kicking an Ancient Art.
Upon careful research we find that
the art of kicking is one of great an
tiQuity, an art that has been studiousIv
cultivated ever since the day when
one Lucifers objecting to the policies
OF the administration of God Almighty
as applied in the eternaI city, organ
lzed the first Democratic party in the
| history Of the universe, upstos and in
| Guiding so much of the year 1906 as
mas elapsed since the both day of last
December.
AS we read the epitaphs upon the
srayestones history rears to mark
work OF the busy toe, if we examine
closely we may always discern an in
Jured foot. By examining the au-
LhorltleS at hand we find that for more
IMAM lhlrty-four centuries the express
Slve term Kicker" has been aDnIied
70 those whose heads have become en-
larged TO such an extent that it is i'm
possible for them to see beyond the
bulging dome of thei rforehead. and
VINO forgot from what pit they digged
anu AOAA the 4OuGS OF royalty before. re-
moving the OdOr of the stables that
cling to their persons. But of all
kickers there is one beginning and
one ending. Moses, an ancient poll
/ tlclan and lawyer of more than local
repute. has, as believe. the honor 7of
coming the expression kicked as we
know 1t today. In narrating what
happened to one Jesurun, that ven
cradle sage, after searching the ex-
lst1ng vocabulary of his time in vain
1 an n To-
the orneryness, idiOcy and destruc-
tlveness of his erstwhile friend, ex-
claimed, "Jesurun Waxed fat and
kicked, and added the Iaconic eDi-
taph mat IS craven on the headstone
! OF every kicker "and was destroyed
altogether" Well has it been said
that "a house divided against itself
cannot stand" which is Interpreted to
mean that the organization that har-
bors kicker is marked for destruc-
ton
Let US look to our state for the proof
of the maxim-Kansas our own fair
Kansas under the guidance OF al CON
| tented and united Republican party,
emerged from the desert the most beau
tiful damsel in the family of states, her
prosperity was unequaled. her resources
unknown and unknowab1e, her wealth
amounted and uncountable, her charae-
ter was as pure as the. spring that
| bursts, bright limpid and sparkling
! from the granite breast of the mountain.
her reputation as spOtless as snow, her
credit inestimable; look upon her in the
/ full blush of her prosperity. a thing fit
to be. and thing that was loved by
all the WOrld-just as her first great tri-
umph was achieved, at the moment
when wealth and culture struggled to
| lay their treasures at her feet, the tap
Of shoes was heard.
Suddenly as though the Prince of
Kickers and all his motley crew had
forced the gates of hell, breasted the
turbulent flood of the Styx, and taken
up their residence on the fertile fields
of Kansas, an army of kickers started
as from the ground. One day the sum
last ray kissed the verdant fields of
| corn, the endless pillows of ripening
grain, the satin side of prancing steed
and lowing kline, and sinmered upon the
/ spotless robes of a virgin pure and
sweet. The next gazed in establishment
upon sere and yellow plain peopied oy
half clothed VagabondS, each waving
naked foot in the atmosphere Whlie
they hurled anathemas and abuse upon
a covering bag clad in rags and tat
ters.
In those days there was no objections
to the kid" in politics, the young Re
publicans were welcome to ride III the
saddles vacated by grizzled warriors
who had taken to the brush. The KICK
ers were all in the Allo-Deno-Popo
party We were united again and sue
! cess perched upon our banner none
claimed to be RepuDlCdlS WHO WOAC
not strong in the faith and, zone could
vanouish a thousand and two put ten
thousand to fight" Kansas was re-
I deemed and while I, as L believe every
Young man here, wish to pay htIlng
tribute to the old guard who IN nolloW
square faced political death with glDe
and derision. whose cries brought the
Young Republicans of Kansas TO the
rescue. and gwho led US on to victory
beneath the banner they upheld. Yet l
believe I can say without boastlng that
fine Young Republicans are directly re
sponsibIe for the success OF the party II
Kansas at this moment
Today the Republican party Sis as
we are prone to opine secure IN the seat
Of mower. Republican laws, ana Repup-
Iican integrity have massaged away eE-
erv trace of the scars left by the poots
Of the old DemO-P0pocratlc party Out
state under the tender minlstrat non OF
Fenublicanism has responded 10 liedl-
roent and has not only recovered ilsL
former health and strength, but mas
i arisen from her bed cleansed ana puii-
fed bv her sufferings- -
But there is i fly in our olnlIneiiL u
Econonlacence: a hair in the oil OF our
iov. a coclx-roach in our soup OF con
tent. Even as flies are attracted oy
the smell of mOlasses, ana as tIie 2SaI-
fiful and odorous white ana PACK
strined kfttie with the bushy tan Is
l,1red on by the loud advertising OF
fhe harm ward biddy, so the klckets