Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-25
Politics and Business.

feel impelled by virtue of the
thoughts that do in me arise, TO ask
again the liberty to express myself
through the columns of your valu-
able paper.
Mr.. McNair has returned to our
midst and, Notwithstanding the
hearty endorsement rendered him
by the Globe, has been very coldly
received by the men who sent him to
Topeka and has been openly charg-
ed with betraying his sacred trust,
and delivering the confding people
who depended upon him, into the
hands of the Philistines. 1t has
been more than limited also, in my
presence, that he sold himself to the
corporate interests, gathered at To-
peka, for cold cash, and this brings
me to my subject.
Now, as far as Nh. McNair's sell
ing out is concerned, [ don't know,
have no means of finding out, and
furthermore, don't care. Personal
ly, l don't believe he would do such
a thing, but suppose, for arguments
sake, that he did. Suppose also
that all the others who voted as he
did received substantial rewards in
the shape of greenbacks for their
valuable assistance to corporate and
predatory wealth; then, In that case,
[ wish to say that it is my opinion
that the people Of the state Of Kan
sas got exactly what was coming to
them and precisely what they de-
served.
The people of this great state are
rich and there are great many of
them and when they want any work
done they can afford to pay for it
like gentlemen and not like a lot Of
poverty stricken tight wads.
The people of the corporate inter
ests so much in evidence III all the
legislative halls in the United States
are, while individually speaking very
wealthy, collectively speaking, COM
pared with all the people of the state
they are poor indeed.
But when these agents of corpo
rate interests want any work done
they can pay for it and they DO pay
for it. When the people of Kansas
want to hire a man to go to the Cap
itol and there enact righteous laws,
prevent unrighteous ones, and look
after their interests generally they
choose one of their number to do so.
In choosing this person they are
governed chiefly by party affiliations
and petty spite or personal friend
ship. The qualifications of the in
dividual for the place, being a sec
ondary consideration, and having
selected their man, they send him
there pitted against the agents of
predatory wealth and pay him by
the day.
When the corporate interests send
their man there to lobby for their
special benefit, they choose a man
on one consideration only and that
is his qualifications. He must be
first class in every respect, as a
lawyer, a politician, schemer, a
mixer, driver or a purswader; he
must be of superior quality and they
pay him, not by the day, OH no,
they pay him any old way to keep
him in line, by the day, by the
hour, by the minute or by the job,
any way to keep MIN there and keep
him faithful.
Now am aware that if the ques-
ton of raising a legislators salary
were proposed, that a storm of pro-
test would arise all over Kansas but
/ am not out to argue the question.
But Just look at the result. They
pay for what they want and they gel
it. You won't pay Tor what you
want and you don't get it and you
don't deserve to. If you were. to
run your business on the same prin-
cipies as you Try to run your govern