The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-10-19
FACTS ARE AGAINST HOGH
A KANSAS REPUBLICAN MAKES A
CLEAR STATEMENT.
Which Platform, the Square Deal or
Convention Platform, Does the
Governor Stand On?
(From Kansas CITY star.)
East Hill. Golden Avenue. Tor

/ dependent republican. I believe in
| strong independence in politics.
voted for Roosevelt and HOch in 1904.
I This year I intend to vote for W. A
Harris for governor because I believe
/ the last republican state convention
was controlled absolutely by the rail-
roads If not, why should the lead
ing republicans ask their candidates
! they stand on a square deal2 Is this
not an admission that the party's plat
form is opposed to a square deal? Is
/ the platform in harmony with ROOse-
velt's idea Of a square deal? The
man who expects a square deal and a
/ reduction in passenger and freight
/ rates from HOch. if he IS elected, is
reckoning without hope.
| What Roosevelt and Click Did.
". A Harris and all Of the candi-
dates on the ticket with him stand
for a twO-Cent passenger rate and a
| reasonable reduction on freight rates.
Some say that with a republican hold
over state senate Harris can do Moth
| ing II elected. I heard the same talk
I when George ". Click was elected
with one democrat in the senate and
not one in the house When Mr..
Click gave them to understand that
he would hold up the appropriation
for their pay, together with other ap-
preparations and call a special session
OF the legislature, they passed a three
cent passenger rate the next day
It wants to be borne in mind that
Roosevelt had a United Staes senate
strongly in favor Of the railroads and
which opposed his idea OF a square
deal, but they came down on Of the
dump and came his way before they
adjourned
Hoch is not entitled to be our gov
ernOr for a second term. No man is
who puts in so much OF his time dur
ing his first term paving the way for
a second term. He neglected his le-
gal duty in not making an eXamina-
ton Of the state treasury monthly as
was required by law, which resulted
in 1857, 900 being tied UP in one bank
when IL failed: not one dollar Of which
would be paid now had not Q. J. Dew
lin died with his life insurance policy
in the hands OF the First National
bank receiver.
Governor Hoch promised the peO-
pie in making his campaign all over
the state that when he was elected he
would make a thorough examination
Of the state treasury and then he fail
ed TO keep his promise and 90 MS
legal duty. And when confronted with
the fact that he had not done this he
Is reported to have said that the law
that required an examination Of the
state treasury every month was
farce. It is now up to the taxpayers
Of the state to say whether it is the
law or the governor that is farce.
HOCh and Law Enforcement.
do not believe that Governor Hoch
enforcement Of the prohibition law.
If so, why does he not start in on
AtchisOn, LeavenwOrth, Wichita and
Topeka right now and not wait as he
did with the examination Of the state
treasury Is he afraid it will lose him
vOtes2 If so, that is the rankest and
rOttenest kind Of political hypocrisy.
Roosevelt don't do things that way
The Joints never ran at any time wider
omen under any governors admins
FEnnnEl II
is a well known fact by everybody who
wants to know or will take time to
look it up, that enough Intoxicating
liquor can be bought any time in If
teen minutes, day or night, by the
single drink, pint, quart or gallon, /
within two blocks Of the state house,
to keep the governor and his eXecu-
tive council dead drunk for fifteen
years.
The Katy Deal Brought Home.
Suppose that the governor Of Missouri
should dig up an excuse to loan the
name Of his state to railroad cor
pOratiOn to take from the thousands
Of honest farmers OF Kansas on every
Central branch and the Union Pacific
railroad for 400 miles through the
state, and thereby cloud their title
and take from them their whole earn /
ings for over forty years, how would
our people in Kansas feel about it2
I think we would call out the militia
The farmers would tear up the track
and Uncle Sam would have to station
a soldier on every tie before the trains
could run Now this is exactly what
Governor HOch did for every settler
on every alternate section Of land
clear through the Indian Territory,
along the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroad, by loaning to that road the
name Of the state to bring suit and
cloud the title. I quote the name Of
William Allen White, good republican
auth Ority, who says If the road wins
in this suit il will cost the taxpayers
Of Kansas one million dollars. There
are only two conclusions to arrive at
Governor Hoch did this out Of pure, |
personal friendship to his netghbOrs |
John Madden, who is the chief at
tOrney Of the Missouri, Kanas and
Texas railroad, or the railroad COrpOT-
atoms own him body and soul He
may be a competent governor in some
things, but he comes too high, and We
can't stand it.
Harris in the Z. p. Fight
I helped lick W. A. Harris forty !
years ago. When the fight was over
we were both only too glad to get out |
Of il alive Since that time ne has
been lust as loyal and faithful in his |
American citizenship as I have been |
He was once our COngressman-at- |
large from Kansas, and was credit |
to the state. He represented our state /
as United States senator, with 50
welt would have put him on the Pana- |
ma commission had il not been for |
the narrow partisanshp Of Burton and |
Long
He knew more about the Union Pa !
cific's governmental subsidy Of fifty |
million dollars than any other senator !
in the United States and made the
fight Of his life to save that fifty mil /
lion dollars for his countTy-and won |
He could have come home worth |
million or more but he came back with /
his honor, his integrity and a good |
name, but poor.
The Railroad Tax on the Farmer.
From the time the first railroad !
crossed the Sixth principal meridian |
line at Clyde. Solomon City, Mcpherson |
and Wichita the farmers in the west
half OF the state have been compelled |
to give from One-fifth to One-third OF l
all they raised to the railroad cOmpa- |
MES to freight their surplus crops to ]
the Missouri river markets Every |
third row Of corn, every fourth or NTH |
busheI OF wheat and 50 on down to
every ton mother earth produced has
been taken to pay dividends on va
tered railroad stock or interest on
100000 capitalization per mile OF
road that cost less than $4,000 from
the sale Of bonds voted by these farm
ers and donated to the railroads
The land in the west half OF Kan
sas has a productive quality equal to