The Iola register. [volume], August 31, 1894, SUPPLEMENT, Image 6

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V f
ber, 1SS8, end conlinued as . such
superintendent until Jun.e 30, 1S93,
He Is a practicing physician of this
city and is a son-in-law of Judge
Samuel C. Park", who was at ono
time the law partner of Abraham
Lincoln, and was Chief Justice of
the Bupreme Court of the Territory
of Idaho under Lincoln, and of
Wyomiug and New Mexico under
Hayes and Arthur's administrations.
Dr. Wiles is a gentleman whoe
purity of character and high person
al honor is known to every citizen
in thiB community. A Couiiibr re
porter called upon him and the fol
lowing interview occurred:
Reporter: Dr. Wiles do you remem
ber Will Heading, of Great Bond; John
Collins, of Kureka: ham Dolan, or Paola;
Gharlea Alton, or Ottawa, and Arthur
Steele, of A'ound Valley, as inmates of
the aylum during your eupenntend
ency? Dr. Wilos: Oh, yes I remember them
very well They are among the older
inmates and three of them havo been in
mates of the institution for about ee en
years. Ibeothrriwo, I believe, were
brought in during the early part of my
administration.
Reporter: What was the general
character of these Ave boys?
Dr. Wiles: Wll, with two exceptions
they were ery Rood boys. I never had
any trouble with with Alton, Steele or
Collins, but Djlan and Reading cave me
a good deal of trouble from a nameless
habit with which they were afflicted.
Reporter: How did you treat them
for this affliction?
Dr. WIIob: As soon as I found out
they were addicted to the habit I had
them placed in charire of attendants
with instructions that the attendant
should watch them constantly. After
this I had no more trouble with one ol
the boys, but with the other I found it
necessary to improvise what I called a
'Straight jacket," but which was, in
roallty, a Birt of canvas bag with arms
which were uuckled tocothor during the
night. I found this ontriance did not
prevent the boy from getting his usual
rest, while it effectually stopped the
practice. After thin I had no further
trouble with either of them. Of course
the inclination remained and was ex
hibited at ovory opportunity but the at
tendant wan always present to repress
it and the results were entirely satis
factory. Tho other three hoyH gave me
no troublo in this line. Of course, I bad
them under constant survelance, and,
as many of tho inmates of this institu
tion, being weak-mmdod, aro liable, up
on any and every oraMon, to give full
play to their inclinations, it was neces
sary and a part of my duties, to see that
they were looked aftor properlyaud that
these inclinations were repressed and
their exorcise prohibited.
Reporter: 1 suppose yon attended the
annual meeting ot the Rtiperlntondents
of tho Itnboci.o and Idiotic Asvlums
during your charge of the institution?
Dr. Wilo: 1 did.
Reporter: At any of theso meetincs
was the prnpo-uion ot castrating in
mates ocer presented or discussed?
Dr. Wile-: No, c t rtainly not.
Reporter: In stndjiDi; the history ct
such in litufiou.s hae youiAor known
oicastintion being adw-oit us a cure ol
6uch practices?
Dr. Wile: No, sir.
Reporter: In otiropinlon WRScastn
timi iiccesHary,durinirouriuprititeiid
ency, to prn-ire tlio iit-iltli nud life oJ
any of the inmates ol the' institution
hero?
Dr. Wiles: Not in the least.
Reporter: Durirg our piiporintond
ency did you, at any tim, hnri r. im
possible to prevent these practices?
Dr. STiles: No Mr. Of course, oc
casionally I would hear of these prac
tices au 1 would then "take Ups to put
the Inmates under tho care of a projei
attendant, and after discovering the
disposition to indulge in such practice),
Ibd but little iliftKiuty in preventing
them. Ofcoimol used moral suasion,-
, and told the boj of tho distresses thai
would result to them from such prac
tices and advioi thorn and pload with
them, for their own pond, to abstain.
Many of the boys seemed to bo con roll
ed by this sort of aigamtnt. With
others it was necessary to uso great at
tention and givo tbom careful wntuMtnr.
Reporter: Have ou ever heard ol
castration being uaorttd to'iu instance
of this kind?
Dr. Wiles: No sir, never.
Reporter: Dow do ou rrpsrd cas
tration as a means ol preventing indul
geucesof these practices atnoug feeble
minded children?
Dr. Wile: 1 reg?Td it as inhumane
and unnecessary.
"What reason Dr. Pilcher can have
for these wholesale mutilations is a
mystery to all with whom we have
talked. The principle underlying
the management of all public chari
ties is that the most humane meth
ods only should be employed. There
is no question bat that castration
effectually cures the practices com
plained off but they can be pre
vented with proper care, therefore
it is the settled policy of all Boards
of Charity to never employ tho
knife when other methods are
available. In this instance, accord
ing to the testimony of Dr. Wiles,
the practices were easily prevented.
Castration would reduce the num
ber of attendants necessary, so it
may be that Dr. Pilcher was im
pelled to commit these mutilations
by a deBlre to "Eeform" the expen
ditures of the Institution. If this Is
his policy he could make it em
inently successful, and reduce the
expense to a surprisingly low iigure
if he would perform "operations" on
the throats of all the inmates, and
throw their bodies in the well. It
might not be humane but it would
certainly cut down the necessary
expenses to a figure satisfactory to
as enthusiastic a "reformer" as Dr.
Pilcher.
THE DEATH BATE.
One of the most surprising evi
dences of Pitcher's incompetency in
shown by the record of deaths at
the Asylum. During. the fouk
years and eight months of Dr.
Wiles superintendency the follow
ing inmates died:
M.T. Wallace, died JnlyS, 1610 of epilepsy
Wallace Powell, died August -J, IS31, bf
pneumo la.
Lottie Flfek. died OctoberO. 1591. of OU.
May Wilson, died Ktbruary 10, IbOJ, of
consumption.
Ed. Keeling, d ed April 17, 1802, of epi
lepsy. G. Park er.'dlcd A ugust 2, H92, or abeess.
B.Hanfort, died Decembers, 18J2, of epi
lepsy. Gussle Smith, died March 13. 1893, or pneu
monia. Llbble Jet', died April 22. 1S93, of consump
tion. This is a total of nine deaths in
four years and eight months. The
average number of pupils in the in
stitution during this period was 101.
Anunl death rate Iosb than TWO
PER CENT.
Dr. Pilcher took charge of the asy
lum in July, 1S93, one year ago.
Since then the iollowing inmates
have died:
M. Rector, died September 9, 1S33, of heart
failure.
Elizabeth Watftlns, died September 18,
1 9.1 of exhaustion.
E Mos er, died September 21, 1893, ot con
ultsions. Gertie Logan, died October 10, 1SC3, of pros
tret on.
II. AnderEondled December 4, 1893, of En
teric fever.
Maggie Murphy, died January 2, 1391. of
consumption.
Ada Kltcklnger, died January 2, 1631, ot
measles.
atella Klmlev, died February 27, IM)t, of
consumption.
E. MtOowan, died February IB, 1594, ot
don't know.
Lucllla Short, died April 3, 1S9I, of typhoid
leer.
B. L. Brown, died April 21, 1S94, of nerve
trouble.
Maude Blake, died May 23 1831, of Bright's
disease.
Lewis Burke, died June 11. 1B94. of fever.
Chas. Hillings, died July 10, 1SJ1, of typhoid
fever.
A total of FOURTEEN DEATHS
in ONE YEAR, the average num
ber of inmates during the year
being ninety-one, tho annual death
rate being nearly SIXTEEN PER
CENT.
,1s not this comparison appalling?
What manner of management is it
that would let these poor children
die as If they were in a pest house
instead of au asylum? Is it tho idea
of tho "Reform'' administration that
it is batter economy to let tho in
mates of tho Asylum die than to
continue to care for thein properly?
Or, what inhumanity ! It should
bring the blush of shame to every
honest Kansau'o face.
The litter Incompetency of Dr
Pilcher is thoroughly understood in
this community. Even thoso most
charitably inclined toward him, feel
that he is totally unlit for such a
position. It only requires a viait
to the institution to prove
this. Then why, in the faco of the
evidence presented, with the child
ren dying off like sheep In the
shamble", with poor, helpie-s, inno
cent girls crying for protection, will
Governor Lewelliug delay remov
ing this mat ?
i
In the name of common humanity,
in the name of justice, in tho name
of morality, in tho infrect of com
mon self-respect and decency, tho
Courier, on behalf of every citizen
of this stn'e, demands tho immedi
ate removal of Dr. Pilcher.
Chas. Billings, the last name on
the death list of Doctor Pilcher, is
reported to be ono of the boys cas
trated. The cause of death was
given to the undertaker as "typhoid
fever." To us it was given first as
brain fever and nain as dysentery.
Tbero are circumstances surround
ing the burial, which indicate a de
sire for seorecy, hence ttie suspicion
is held by many persons that the
death resulted from tho "surgical
operation" of Doctor Pilcher. The
death occurred, according to Dr.
Emerson, six or eight weeks after
the operation. These suspicions may
or may not be well founded. We
give them for what they are worth,
bat have taken steps to ascertain
the facts, conclusively.
EXPERT TESTIM017T.
By this mail we are in receipt of a
letter from Dr. C. T. "Wilber, who
was for eighteen years superintend
ent of the Illinois Asylum for Idiotic
and Imbecile Youth, and for ten
years prior to that time assistant in
the New York Asylum. He is at
present in charge of a large institu
tion of like character at Kalamazoo,
Mich. Dr. Wilber Is the highest au
thority in the United States on the
care and treatment of this class of
unfortunates, having devoted his
whole life to the work. His letter
under date of Kalamazoo, August
17, 1891, says:
As to the practice of castrating
either feeble minded boys or the in
sane for masturbation, itisunlawful
in most states and unjustifiable, and
the individuals practicing it should
be placed in the penitentiary Just as
quick as possible for such atrocious
practices. It was neyer practiced in
institutions in this or other coun
tries. Respectfully yours,
C.T. Wilder.
This is tho opinion of one of the
most eminent men on the care and
treatmont of this class of unfortun
ates in the world.
THE POPULIST SENATE.
Out of forty members composing
the last state senate the populist
party elected twenty-thre. They
had a strong working majority, and
are responsible for the acts of that
body. They told the people the re
publicans had been guilty of useless
expenditures in conducting the bti-i-ness
of the senate, and pledged
themselves to practice rigid econ
omy and enforce needed reforms.
What was the result after the elec
tion? They gathered at Topoka,
bringing with them their sons,
daughters, nephews, nieces, and
uncles, seeking iu every way to pro
vide them with fat places. While
twenty competont persons could
have transacted all the work per
taining to the senate, they actually
placed one hundred and eight em
ployes on the pay roll. Out of that
number eighty-two worn relatives of
senators. Twenty-eight enrolling
and engrossing clerks were appoint
ed the first of the session at three
dollars a day each, although but one
bill passed the senate until thirty
six days after the senate convened.
The engrossing an I enrolling work
of the senate cost over five thousand
dollars, when a proportion was sub
mitted to do the entire work for
three hundred and thirty dollars.
The employes of the senate cost the
state over twenty thousand dollars,
although several populist senators
said they would take a contract to
have tho same work done for throe
thousand dollars.
In tho matter of appropriations,
their pledges to ecutiomizo were
recklessly disregarded. Take the
appropriation for the Industrial
school at Belolt. In Seuato Bill
No. 175, providing for its main
tenance, they reduced the pay of tho
washerwoman fifteen dollars a year,
the matron ono hundred and fifty
dollars a year, tho engineer from
four hundred and eighty to four
hundred dollars a yor.r, and tho
chaplain from two hundred to ono
hundred and fifty dollars a year,
and then raised the appropriation
for the bank commissioner's office,
presided over by John W. Brideu-
thal, from fifty three hundred to ten
thousand dollars a year. In Senate
Bill No. 194 they reducod the pay of
the night watchman from two hun
dred and forty to one hundred and
eighty dollars a year, aud then rais
ed the appropriation of tho adju
tant general's oifice, as shown by
Senate Bill No. 417, from twenty-
fivo thousand dollars for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1893, to forty
five thousand dollars for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1891, twenty
thousand dollars more than had ever
been opproprlated before for that
office- for the saino period of time.
They reduce the salaries of the four
jauitors in the state house, as shown
by Senate Bill No. 417, ten dollars a
month each, and then passed a mis
cellaneous appropriation bill appro
priating tho enormous sum of one
hundred nnd tweuty-lhreo thous
and dollars, aud this was outside of
the regular appropriation bills
which provided for all the expenses
of the judicial and .executive de
partments as well as the different
btate institutions.
They reduced the salary of the
sewing toacher at the Beloit school
soventy-fivo dollars a year, and then
passed a bill creating a court of
appeals that would have cost the
state sixty thousand dollars a year.
The reduction only affected a poor
woman, while the court was created
to provide places for Webb, King,
Doster, Fitzgerald, Nicholson and
Clemens, a3 judges, and a boat of
other lobbyists a3 clerks, reporters
and bailiffs. The populist senator
from Osage county, Senator Jumper,
left before the close of the session,
and declared that the appropriations
being pushed through the senate
were infamous and without reason,
and that he wanted to disclaim any
part In them and would condemn
and denounce them in the next
campaign. They reduced the pay of
the already pooily paid employes of
the state institutions, but did not
reduce tbepay of a pingle officer or
clerk In the slate houee, where
salaries lange from fifteen hundred
to threo thousand dollars a year. It
was opsuly charged on the floor of
the Benate, and not denied, that the
populist members did not daro to
reduce the pay of any oue that was
considered a man of influence, and
tho action of the senate demonstrat
ed the truth of tlm charee.
BOMEVrJEiiiiiAiriiisToirr.
Governor dwelling, a few days
since, iu a studied aud inflammatory
Interview, expressed a deep sym
pathy for the strikers contending
with tho Pullman Palace Car com
pany and their sympathizer?. His
purpogo was doubtle-s to make po
litical capital for himself. The true
character of the Governor is plainly
manifest when you compare Ills late
interview with hl3' course in the
spring ol 1693 iu connection with
the notion ot tho State Board of
Railway Assessors.
After years of litigation, when the
Pullman Palace Car company,
having been defeated In the court3,
first consented to give In its proper
ty for assessment, it gave $13,500 as
the valuation of a palace car. The
State Board of It lilway xVssessors, In
fixing the assessed valuation, put it
at $0,000 which was probably in
about tho same proportion to its cost
or value as other property in the
slate Is nsseestd. What is known
as the tourist's car, which is n very
plain car, and a car in which the
laboring man could afford :o take a
night's rest, tho cost of a berth be
ing at that time only fifty cents, was
assessed at Sl.500 per car. The State
Board of Railway Assessors, com
posed of the present populist etate
officerp, whose actions were passed
upon and approvod by the Governor
iu bis capacity a3 a member of the
State Board of Equalzition, re
duced tho assessed valuation of the
Pullman palace cars from S0000 to
$4500, making a reduction of $1,500
per car, and raised the assessed val
uation of the tourist car, in which
the poor man rides, from $1,500 to
$3,000. There are many more palace
cars that run through Kansas than
touriet cirs, so the result was that
the sum total of the assessed val
uation ot Pullman's property was
reduced nearly 25 per cent. Tne
tourist oar, with the plain, comfort
able bed in which the laborerMmd
poor man could Tide for fifty
centp, had the assessed valuation
doubled, and ns a result Mr. Pull
man takes advantage of the oppor
tunity which the reform adminis
tration gavo him, and raised the
price of n berth to ono dollar,
A very short time after this re
duction the assessed valuation of
tho property of tho Pullman Palace
Car Company, Mr. Levelling aud
his state administration wore given
a freo ride in a Pullman palace train
to tho World's Fair and return. The
train iu which they left the capital
city of thia state was a gorgeous one
Mr. Loweliing was not thon com
plaining of Pullman's iron heel, but
he did complain in his recent inter
view most bitterly in regard to the
porter's feos, from which wo judge
that the sorvico of the porters were
not donated.
And in the face of these facts Gov
ernor Loweliing is now posing a3
the laboring man's friend and the
enemy of "corporate greed."
Hon. W. F. Rightmire, who was
tho candidate of the populist party
four years ago for Chief Justice, and
who is still a member of that party,
on June 8th. wrote an open letter to
the Hutchinson Newc, of this state,
and over his own signature made
tho following exposition of the hy
pocrisy of tho present administra
tion in its pretenses of being the
people's friend as aginst the corpor
ations: kigiitjiibe's statement.
"After the State Board of Railway
Assebsors of the state of Kansas had
assessed tho rolling stock of the
Pullman Car Company, operated In
the stato of Kansus in 1887, aud had
refused to reconsider its action, us
the time approached when the taxes
levied upon the said assessment
were about to bo collected, the Pull
man Company brought au action in
the Circuit Court of tne United
Sta:es in and for tho first division of
the district of Kansas against all of
the counties in the state through
which its cars were run, and against
tho couutv treasurers of such coun
ties, "case No. 57773, asking for an in
junction restraining the collection
of the taxes assessed against the
said company.
"The injunction was granted on
the 1st day of February, 188S, and on
final hearing in said court the de
ewe of the court wa3 for a dissolu
tion of the injunction, and the val
idity of tho assessment and the levy
of the taxes was affirmed by tho cir
cuit court.
"The Pullman company gave bond
and carried tbe case to the supreme
court of the United States. While
this case was pending in the su
premo court of the United States, in
18SS, a now case was filed by the said
company against the said defend
ants, No. 6118, and on tho 12th day
of December, 1888, an injunction was
granted restrainiug tbe collection of
the taxes of 1888, subject to the de-
jcision of the supremo court In the'
case pending therein, -No. 6773. A
supplementary bill was filed in case
No. 6118, and an injunction was
granted restraining tho collection of
tne taxes of ItSO. on the 1-th day of
December, 1SS0. Another supple
mentary bill wu u ed in C03B JNo.
GUS, and an injunction granted on
the same conditions restraining the
collection of the taxes of 1890 on the
17th day cf December, 1890. The case
in the supreme court was decided in
1691, and on the 11th day of Decem
ber, lS91,the mandate ol the supreme
court of the United States was filed
iu the B-ikl circuit court, ulllrming
the decree of tne circuit court, and
establishing tho validity of the as
sessment and levy of taxes thereon.
'In all of these cases the Attorney-
General of Kansas appeared as the
attorney of record of the counties
defendant, .and when the mandate
was filed in the oircult court, the at
tention of the attornev-irenerai was
called to the matter by the clerk of
said circuit court, but nothing has
been dono in the matter to tho pres
ent time
"In 1893, In February, I called the
attention of .the governor and the
attorney-general personally to this
matter at different times, and in
formed them that the Pullman com
pany was taking advantage of the
state of affairs in the circuit court,
and compromising the claims of the
counties In which its taxes were
large amount?, and escapju the le
gal penalties for non-payment, and
asked that such action be taken us
would save the counties the penal
ties and the full amounts of the
taxes, and was promised by both
tnat action would be taken at
once.
"Two months afterwards, on in
quiring of Clerk bhtirritt, 1 learned
mat nothing had been done, and at
once went to the capitol to see the
governor and uttorney-Keneral to
learn why uothiifc had been done,
aud I was plainly told that it wtis
none of my busiueex; that they were
ruuuiug tlie state, and would run it
in trielr owu way. I',returued to mv
otlice with a deterniiuntioii to watch
for results; aud what were the?
Fir"r, a reduction of the assessment
of Pullm in uir 1,500 per car in the
assessment of 1S93 uy the board of
railway us-esiors. Sjcond, a free
Pullman train to tak the tate offi
cers and their invito 1 guests to
Chicago and return for Kansas
week at the World's Fair, and noth
ing done yet in the mHtfer in court.
On the calling of the doc'tet of the
United States circul' rourt for the
present June tprm at L-uveo worth,
while John T. Little, intiruey-,zeu-eral
of KaiiFns, was p-esHur to pro
tect the interests ot his private
clients in the ca3e of the Black Bob
Indian lands, he snt in the court
room and looked wise w hen case No
0118, of the Pullmaq PalaceCar com
pany vs. Allen county, et al, was
called. In tho words of the prophet
Isiah, 'As a sheep before her shearer
Is dumb, so he opened not his mouth,'
and the case was continued to the
Noverubor term of the court; nnd
probably by that time the Pullman
company will have its delinquent
taxes all settled In the different
counties hyits pretended generosity
of paying the same before the in
junction cases urn dncided, if the
couutie will throw off the penalties
nnd interest.
Knowing that the ttue populists
of Kansas only need to knov the
truth to retire the presont state offi
cers to tho obscurjty from which
they arose, I rest my cause in their
houosty and jiistic.
W. F. Rightmire."-
Do the people of Kansas believe, in
the faco of these factp, that Governor
L9wlliiig nnd the present state ad
ministration are honest and worthy
of their indorsement?
JUSTIOE AlTfCX'S 17CTT.CK.
&T.n; ok Kansai, )
M-IMILME COl'llT. f
Topekn, Kat. -', .May 11), IfcOl
To Uov. Percy Daniolf, Uirard, Kan
sas: My Di:ar Coio.vki :-l am very great
ly tlislutbod about the politi'-a! Hituation
and had hoped to have mi opportunity
to have a talk with you. Tho timo lor
holding tho county cotivi ntious to cle?t
dolegates is so near that I thought l;a'
to wilto you aline though I wisheJ
quite as much to got. jour views con
cerning the situation as to impart nij
own.
It coins to be generally conceded that
tbe drift orbentiment is all in favor of
the re-nomination of Governor Lew el-
ling and the other stato officers. It the
people we're cognizant of the facts and
understood the kind of a campaign that
must necisiarily foilov, should have
no fears of eriou5 mistake) being made
by tbe convention; but I do not think
that the masses of tho peopleiiavo much
idea what is really going on. You know
there has been much t ilk about the ad
urnistratiou ofatrirsin thelarger cities
Within the past Jfjw daj s I havo learn
ed, not from the enemies, but from the
friends of tbe administration of clrctnn
stances showing that tbe admiuistra-
t.on of aifairs in -on . ifnot?ll, of tho f
cities of tho Umt cla-.'. is thoroughly
corrupt, and that to the knowledge at
least of the governor. I have y!o been
told of circumstances which tended
very stronsly to indicate that this con
ditio'n of tillairs meets with hissanction.
I cannot by letter undortake to put to-
gether tho various things that I have ..you know there has been much talk
learned, nbout goingoutof my way atabout the administration of affaira in
all to do so, nor do I wi-h at present to tho larger citje-. Within the pai f9v
snow mv authorities. In tact, I very j (iaJrs j navc, lsarliedj not from enem!e6;
much prefer not to piaco myteif an tl e bIJl fro:n fr,end3 of the administration,
attitude of an accuser of anybody, and otcIrcuumtace3 showing that the ad
whattwlshtosugcresttojou.and wishimln,slritlon of affdir8 m EOme, If not
all tho people cutd know, is that ery al of t,,e cltU)8 of tho first clas3f 8
serious charges are now made, and that thoroU!;hy corrupt, and that to tho
during the campaign we shall unqoos- knowIedce at least cf the governor."
tionablybave them to face. It Is an As.ot.lale justice Allen.
open secret that the prohibitory law has
not been onforced in the larger cities.
Yon knoWI am not, to draw it inildlv, a
prohib tion crnnk, yet it is very easy for
y . ' , . -.
meto see how readily corrupt practice
. . j
become associated with -ystematic di -
, , ... . ,, , f n,
regardacd violation of law. Our op-
ponenta in tbe campaign can start out
with theclearand admitted proposition j
that the prohibitory law baa been Ben-
erallydlsregardad In tho lrg cities. 1
fear, also, tbit they oari" ejBily show sys
tematic boodling by tbo police depart
ments. How much evidence will then
be required to convince those ofonr
people who are especially interested In
the enforcement of tbe prohibitory law,
that the administration is directly con
nected with all these practices? Worst
of all, I dread possible developments
showing direct connection of tbe execu
tive office with these matters. We have
all the matters to defend that we can
possibly carry without having to meet
charges of corruption.
Borne of my Linn county friends have
written me, inquiring as to the practica
bility of placing your name at tb9 head
of the ticket, and I think tbe delegation
from our county would be very glad to
take that stand, thou-h of course I do
not now know who tbe delegation will
be, nor under what instructions they
will come here.
I hope theCrawford county delegation,
which played a very important part in
tbe Wichita convention, will not come
here with its bands tied by instructing
Id favor ot a re-nomination of tbe pres
ent stato officer?, but will be freo to act
as seems best after consulting with
those from other parts or the state.
Of course I do not wish what I write
you to be made public, bur I haye no
objections to your showing tins letter to
sucb of our discreet friend as you think
best, if any. Very truly j onr,
S. II Allex.
INTERESTING STATISI1C3.
"The other day I called on ex
President Harrison, at the Haw
thorn, a beautiful apartment house
overlook Central Park," says Ell
Perkins. "The ex-president looked
happy and contented as he held and
patted hl3 beautiful grandchildren,
but I could see a feeling of sadness
come over him when he spoke of the
bard times which had come upon
us"
'On the first of January, 1893," he
said, "we iiud in ttie treasury $103,
010,1.00 in gold. List yeur we sold
bunds which, wim t- premium put
on them, put $58 0(10.000 more gold in
the treasury, innking 100,000,000 Ol
his $IGG,000,0C0 we have onlv $56,
000 CO J toft VH have lost in mis
time $110,000,000 It is not a happy
tt.iug to tmuK of," and then heolgh
ed nnd looked ovor into tbe park.
"Thete gold losses are meie bga-
ellns compared to tho daily loss of
$!5,100,00'J through idle labor," I
-aid. 'Hie president listened but did
not reply, but looked at me inquir
ingly. 8 I continued:
"Tom Heed, with 'the census for
his uuthority, eny in good protec
tive turiff times, wnen the wheels
areall turning 15000.000 out of tbe
70,000,000 were Ht work. Home re
ceived 50 ceuts a day, some
$10 and some $1. Tim aver
age was $2. So $30,000,000 went
into circulation every day. The boys
earnpd it and spent it. Now ono
tbird of theee workmen are id'e, the
mills are stopped and $10,000,000 is
lost evory day. The 10,000,103 peo
ple at work have had tneir wages
reduced 25 per cent to match the
Wilson bill. There is $4,000,000 more
lost every day is what is bankrupt
ing the nation. The income tax
losses on sugar and all tbo little 1
cent vagaries of democracy aro
nothing as compared to the labor
loss."
The ex - president nodded hia
head.
"This terrible los of M5 000000 a
month or $53.tlC0C09 a year." I con
tinued, 'is what makes tho hard
times" It makes the strikes. It
makes the Coxey tramps."
"Something is doing it," said the
ex-president.
"What will change this disaster
to prospt rity," I nked.
"Why the same protective tariff
that filled the treasury with gold for
thirty thre years the same pro
tective tariff that enabled the nation
to poy off $2000 001,000 of our na
tional debt in thirty-three years;
the sanin potee'tivo torill tint kept
all the wheals turning and 15,000.000
people at work."
"1hponro interesting statistic,"
snid Mr. Harrison, 'and they ought"
o be put where tho people can re
flect upon them '
POPULISTS ON POPULISM.
"Tho moit corrupt administration
known in history." Bsnj. H. Clover.
"I have facts In my possession to prove
that tho Loweliing administration is the
mest dNboncst and corrupt that baa
curbed Kansas." Mary E. Lease.
"The troublo with our present leaders
in Kansas is they want office more than
they want to aid the masses." Percy
Diuielf, Lieutenant Governor.
'There never was a time in tho history
of this town when gamblers, policy
sliopprs, pool sellers, lottery people,
crap tihooters and jointi&ts,wero in such
force or in suchc.oter as now. Tto
com! it loan aro such that nine-tenths of
our people believe that the adminlstra-
tioa is a oenohclary of the lawlessness
in this town." Senator Taylor, Pop, of
Wyandotte cgnnty.
Tie PaolaSpiritsays: "Judge Illrara
tovena7John W. Bell and F. A.Prathor
who helped pile up the blgPeopIb'j
party '-ote m Miami county in JSOJ, aro
ali back in the republican party."
'Kansas Populism stands for gamb-
ling dens and policy shops, and Gover-
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