The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-09

reserved and conserved for the people,
| nevertheless, We are still young as a
state, and, thank God, enough priv
iieges and resources are left to enable
US TO establish a commonwealth that
will be a rich inheritance to those chill
dren who shall come after US, if we will
nave the manhood and courage TO
estabi1sh 1t as a state policy that no
power in the state shall be greater than
the people who constitute it
People Can Be Depended Upon.
The aggregate justice and intelligence
OF the people of Kansas can always be
depended on to protect the rights of
corporations which they create under
the provisions of the constitution and
laws Of the state. We create these in
situations for servants of the state,
hoping that they will be useful to the
people, and believing that their services
should be compensated by fair re-
turn upon the investment. Our faith
is pledged to protect their rights so
long as they observe their contracts
and charter obligations and do not seek
to be the masters instead of the SER
wants of the people.
On the other hand, the corporation IS
pledged to furnish to the public rea-
sonable service at reasonable cost, and
when any corporation fails to comply
with the terms and conditions stipu-
lated in it's charter and the constitu-
ton and statutes of the state, then
by state authority to observe its OBJ
legations or forfeit its rights under the
law.
If we are to leave that splendid in
heritance of government to our chill
dren, which is our cherished hope, we
must not consider entirely material
! prosperity. We must not forget the
great factors of education and moral
ity as essential in the pursuits of our
ideals. A state can be rich. and In a
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prosperity, but no state can be really
great without wholesome private and
public morality and education and Gull
ture that will enable us to enjoy the
blessings of riches when they come to
US from the fields and mines and fac
tories and other sources Of wealth by
honest and faithful toll
Mems Mission ON Earth.
I care not what men call it, but my
idea of mans mission upon earth is to
leave the world better than he found
it. 1t is our natural instinct to strive
to make conditions better for our chill
dren, and 1 hope the time is near at.
hand when all good citizens will as
seciate their political duty with the OBJ
legation they owe to the children they
have brought into the world. When
that time comes, men will look after
the interests of their government. and
their votes in being cast for their boys
and their girls will also be cast for
their God and their native land The
strife of factionalism will cease in po-
litical campaigns and the misrepre-
sentation of the demagogue as we'll as
the plausible appeals to self interest III
the determination of election results
will come to an end forever.
We then shall have a government CT
the people, for the people and by the
people, which was the ideal of Abra-
ham Lincoln, as it is of every thinking
and patriotic citizen of our country to-
day.
My hope and ambition is to see Kan
sas establish a practical model state
government, based on justice, equal OPP
portunity and scientific knowledge OF
conditions, which demand efficiency,
industry. economy, and the loyalty OF
every public officer, and with that kind
of government We shall continue to set
the pace and keep a reasonable dis