The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-04
NEW PARTY FAILS
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people believe E. d. MeKeever was
right when he said that under the
present primary system there is no
need for third party IN Kansas be-
cause any man can run on either of
the old party tickets.
Coughlin Is Optimistic.
However. D. r. Coughlin, head of
the third party movement, is not so
sure He recalls that big oats from
little acorns grow And he believes
that a big political movement may
sim be grown out of the little meet
ing held in Labor hall today.
In his carefully prepared speech
the Rev. Bond said in part:
The big question before the coun-
try, and the big question before this
assembly today is: Do the farmers
know when they have had enough of
OF oppressive taxation which within
the last few years has been crushing
them like an avalanche from the
mountains?" he told HIS hearers And
dQ the farmers have enough sand to
make a fight for freedom from their
burdens?"
Conditions Have : Changed.
The speaker told how conditions
have changed since the RevoIutionary
patriots freed themselves from the op-
pressions of the rich of England; and
he asserted that the American farmers
have now been subjugated by the rich
trusts of America, asserting that thew
are at the mercy of big business COM
nlnes every time they undertake to
sell their products or buy the necessi-
ties of life 49,
1t used to be that the farmer
skinned his own beeves," he said But
now the farmer gets skinned. 1t used |
to be the farmer tanned his own hides:
now he gets his hide tanned. The
farmer is compelled to patronize a |
trust for nearly everything he sells
and he is compelled to patronize |
trust Tor everything he buys, and the /
trust sets the price both ways.
What ShaIEs BE Done?
What shall be done?" he cried. |
organize Create new party? |
Shades OF Theodore ROOSEVELT |
Wouldn't that be awful? Organize |
anerereate new political party l say.
Call it the Kansas Patriots, or the 1
American Patriots or if for the want /
mated Association of HeIl-raisers.' 1t |
seems to me that the farmers would be 1
justified in raising a good deal of
that commodity
Speaking as to the direct remedy /
for the present evils, Mr.. Bond said:
Now is the time to clean house
You know that cleaning house means
taking up everything that is down and
taking down everything that is up.
Let's get our local affairs shaped up
at least one-half.. Clean up politically /
in the separate counties; then here in
then in Washington. Now is
the opportune time, now is the psyche
logical moment. Organize a party
that will be pledged to the reduction
of expenditures along all lines. Gut
out the highway commission; cut out
the Industrial court which Mitchell
county farmers said in a set of resolu-
tons not long ago is vicious piece of
feln
Cut out the $4,000 Of a contingent
for the governor. Cut
out a large part of the $4,000 appro-
priated to the legislature for postage.
Cut out large part of the $4,000 ap-
propriated to the state fair at Hutch
preparation TO the utilities commits
sion"
New Taxation Move.
Mr.. Bond urged that the farmers in
sist upon new listing OF property
for taxation so that tax exempt securi-
ties may be taxed. He asserted that
r. ID. McKeever. of Topeka. was right
when he said the trouble with the
Republican party in Kansas Is that IL
is controlled by a financial newspaper
trust backed by $26.0OO.000, and he
urged the farmers of Kansas to be
'nursed in the lap of the paternalism
OF machine politics which has been
so considerate of us that II does not
and only wants us to sneeze when it
makes the snuff"
Each Own Section OF Land.
The six farmers representing Cloud
county in the new party" conven-
lion here own an average OF more
than a section of land each They d
are members of the Cloud County
Booster club, sponsors of the new
party" call: %. r. Coughlin owns
s40-acre farm. said TO be one of the
best equipped in the state. also owns
several smaller farms: Matt w. Will
COX, S0-year-oId Civil war veteran,
500 acres; j. r. shay, $50 acres;
Ulysses Reigner. 400 acres; Robert 4
Hanson. loo acres; z. J. Panlsen.