HTlMWa MIOWINO WHICH WAY TH3
V1XD BLOW!.
Th 9 Mimohtiftctts legislative commit
ter t) Investigate tho condition cf the
laborers under tho "sweating system,"
. r ; it a terrlb'e stati of alTa-ia with
theao miuerible people. Think of a
dozen men f&t women crowded Into a
room only u ui&ny feet tquare, ap
proached by narrow, dark, halld, ehut out
froui Uod'a sunlight, illy ventilated,
ejuallil and dirty, making clotting at
starvation prices for 1'outon merchants;
and then hear then Bam merchant!
cUraorlnrf for more protection against
European and pauper labor, white they
are gathering la their mllllona by thla
tamo "sweating tybtvm." Then think of
theme educated, refined, patriotic, philan
thropic and chrbitlaa BoBtonlaios, draped
la Jlk and Batin, seated in tholr cufih
ionod scats In rented pews, prayer book
In Land, and with saintly wein receiving
tho broad of Ufa from a high salaried
minister deacantiug on the beauties and
glories of the chriutlan religion, the
author of which had not wbero to lay
J II j head. Buch Inequalities and out
rages would Boom almoot enough to dis
turb the ajhes of Cotton Mather. Uut
hero we let the enrtain drop. Thla In only
a faint description of what ex lata In all
of our Industrial centers, which calls
aloud for renewed energy la the promul
gation of the new gospel of industrial
and political reform "equal rights to
all and special privileges to none."
Tho recent ceusua foota up 0,0(X),000
mortgages in the United States, averag
ing about f.",r0 to the mortgago. Thla
would make the entire debt of this sort
in round numbers $5,000,000,000. Prob
ably 15,000,000 men are struggling undor
each burdens of debt. Is it any wonder
that the people are restlooa and resorting
to new partloa, new expedients and now
leaders?
While these new movements may not
secure all that Is claimed for them, it Id
pretty sure they will cut a large figure la
the campaign In 180'i
Let every friend of equal rights re
member we can secure thee reforms
ouly by standing firm and fighting for
them with a zeal worthy of a rlghtooue
CtUSO.
What the people want to know is whether
tho Republican party is losing its hold In
Kansas, and every fact which pointa in that
direction or which can be oocotruod by Al
liance rantrs in and out of the utate as
pointing to the disintegration of the party
will further reduce the credit of the otnto
and encourage the Alliance politicians,
while throwing a wet blanket on the Re
publicans all over the rtate. Topeka Capl
trJ, March 31, '91.
Verily the Capital la In very narrow
etraighta and la suffering great anguleh
of soul. If It were not so ridiculous, It
would be amusing to hear the Capital
claiming that even the appearance of the
disintegration of the Ilepubllcan party
will injure the credit of the state, and
still worse, encourage the "Alliance poli
ticians." We think it would not be Impertinent
to tusk what Is the Republican party?
Is it son invisible nod mysterious In
fluence, Indigenous to the soli or air of
Kannai, hovering over and directing the
tiTALrs of the people, Independent of
their will, or la It made up of poople who
hold certain political views and who ex
eirciss their discretion In choosing what
principles thoy will support? We bo
liovo it la the latter. Sealng they have
been woefully deceived by some kind of
deceptive influence;, and to&tead of "be
ing lot! to prosperity end happiness, they
h:vo been dicjgod down to d$bt and
3: jpdr, they with ctlters from oiler party
afiillatlona, propose to eierclae their God
given rights la choosing pew principles
and new leaders in ordr to regain or
retitora tho privileges and environments
which will brio,!? the prospority that was
lout under the old party Influences.
No wonder tho old purblind Capital,
tool of monopoly usurpation and oppres
sion, howlj In rage and despair ua he
eeoa the lines closing, presagjrg the sure
disintegration of the old mystic and
miserable craft, with the Atchison Cham'
pion, Hutchinson JVfuw, Leavenworth
Timen uni the "Irrldesceni" Ingalls clear
over among the "ranting calamity howl
era," and Senator Plumb and the Wichi
ta Ewjti perched on the fence with their
faces Alliancoward. Cast up the high
way. There la room for all." We will
not all bow the knee to the conscience
lesa god of mammon.
I.V MIW. LKASO DEFKN.SE.
To tho Editor of the Wichita ICajcte:
Having seen some adverse criticisms In
regard to Mrs. Mary E. Ijoase, of your
city, I beg to state that they aro entirely
exagji'rated. MrB. Lease spoke to &
crowded audience at Albaugh's opera
house. She was cordially and enthusi
astically received, often interrupted by
vociferous applaiue. A few partlzan
friends of Mr. Ingalla attempted to show
their disapproval by hloscs, but were
drowned by rapturous applause by the
large majority.
Mrs. Leaso on the day of her address
visited, in company with me, the capltol,
and waB introduced by me to several
prominent Senators nnd members of the
IIouho of Representatives. Mr. Ingalla
crossed our path on his way to hla com
mittee room. I left quite abruptly Mrs.
Lease and addressed .the ex-Benator
thus: "Senator, there is a lady, one of
your constituents, at the capitol; would
you like to meet her?" Mr. Ingalla smil
ingly conaonted, but I thought It would
perhaps be better to let him know who
it was and I said: "I proaume you have
heard of Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas?"
At the mention of that name Mr. Ingalla
thrust his hands Into his trousers'
pockets and replied emphatically: "I do
not core to moot that woman; only la
dims and women will scalp a man after
he is dead."
I bade him good morning and joined
Mrs. Lease, and reported to her the above
conversation. She In turn moat emphati
cally wished It to be understood that Bhe
never desired to be Introduced to Mr. In
galls. Thus, Mr. Editor, my rather too
previous good offers of Introduction of
the bo two distinguished persons and of
such oppotutos la nature and politics
found me In a rather awkward position,
which can bo easier imagined than de
scribed. Mrs. Lease's success was well deserved
and she has made many and warm
friends here In Washington. Several of
the delegates hore from other cities have
extended to her most cordial invitations
to address the Sorosis in New York city
and the Beverol associations of progres
sive women in IloBton.
Mrs. Lease has been also elected vice
president of the Women's National
League of Amerloa, and likewise vice
president of the Women's Industrial In
ternational Congreap, to be held in 1802,
In thla city. Charlotte: Smith,
President Women's Industrial League
of America.
Washington, March 7, 1891.
Malta Money.
A good, Uvo man wanted In every coun
ty to handle a specialty, Big money la It
Write for particulars.
II. O. Paler & Co., Kansas City, Mo.
SorocaiB3 for Tex Advociti.
i NEW PAI.TY.
Tho following communication contain tmti
good iutfi'tlo mid Home my bad oni'i. The
writer blrutdf glv: a mont excellMiit arcitiiifiit
howlnti Urn faloc y of Hit) 1io;mj of hccouiiiIIhMiiu
anything for the pfoplo through cither of tho old
purlieu. IlJ nf.yi hotti of them are rniorinlbH.'
for our present comlltloo ; ami he iiiIkM have
truly added, both may bn dually twitted to eon
tlaiifl that condition If wa continue Ut be fool
enough to glv them the power. It Is unneceit
miry to aid a word to what thH writer hlmielf
ban said to show that lib iiiwHtion with refer
ence to the old parties it both irnira'.'tlcal and
rolchIevoii.-i:ivr)H.l
Not having seen anything In your
paper from this part of monopoly's do
main for some time I will write a few
linwH for publication. It seems that In
certain quarters Just now, the question in,
whether the Alliance and Industrial
Union Is u new party or not. I have
given the question some thought and can
say for myself that It is my opinion that
the question can be settled by either of
the old parties. The Farmer's Alliance
at tit. Louis made certain demands and
adopted certain principles which they
claim as necessary for our people. Those
who claim to bo tho mouth-piece of the
Democratic party in certain sections are
vory decided In their opponltlon to those
principles, claiming that they are uncon
stitutional, without precedent, and alto
gether chimerical. In Ilepubllcan ranks
the same opinions have been fully and
freely expressed. These old parties
would give us to understand that we
must look to them for redress of our
grievances, but In every cane discourage
the hope of relief through the methods
proposed by our representatives at St.
Louis. Now, in such a dilemma, what
Bhall we do? Wo have only two courses
open to us. Shall we call a meeting of
the Farmer's Alliance for the purpose of
reconsidering our action at St. Louis, and
then publish to the world that the beet
talent among the agriculturists of
America were a set of blockheads and
did not know what they needed? Shall
we confess that we were mistaken, and
beg our most worthy party bosses to for
give wherein they have eeen amiss In ub,
take us back Into tho old folds and feed
us on tariff reform and "bloody shirts"
the rest of our mortal lives? Shall we
examine ourselves and see If we really do
need reform la our government? And
If we tlnd that we do, examine ourselves
again and see if we are the men that can
be depended on to work for and bring it
about? If we decide that we need re
form and that the methods proposed nt
St. IiOuls are the means, then It Is next
our duty to carry those methods out or
surrender the arena to some class or
body of men who have the manhood to
work for them with a determination to
succeed. Yes, let's go ahead with our
demands, dotormined to win, be the ob
stacles what they may, and tell the old
parties these are our principles, If you
can make them your battle-cry we are
with you; if not we will go on without
you and la spite of you." Unless we can
take up these principles and stand lirmly
by them in this spirit we would bet
ter never have organized; for while either
party denies the justice of our demands
or the wisdom of our methods we can
not consistently, or with any hope of
suces?, act in conceit We are either
right or wrong; and if we are right we
should be llrm in standing up for our
principles and have no compromises to
make. On the other hand, If we are
wrong the sooner we find It out the bet
ter it will bo. Having satisfied ourselves
on tho justice of our demands and the
wisdom of our plans, the next thing for us
to do Is to propose to the dominant party
In our neighborhood (Democrat or Re
publican) to work In harmony with it if
it will Uke m & platform our demands and
give thera to understand that we are de
termined to hold ourselves in readinous
to act Independently in case It refused.
We can notDtford tobn fort", er the Blaves
of tho money powur, and transmit that
slavery to our children. Uoth the old
parties have been fully capable of con
construing our law to meet any disposi
tion of finance they wanted to make, and
while some of the leaders in the old
parties claim that our government can
not go into banking or money lending for
the farmers, the histories tell us that the
United States loaned to the Union Pacific;
ruilroad money to finish Its construction,
taking overy legal care to so adjust
mortgages that it waa necessary to amend
the law before the road was built, saying
nothing of the banking law. This one
act of our CongreBn is enough in the
matter of precedent to knock that argu
ment out. Our principles should be
paramount, and we cannot allTord to risk
anything by sacrificing thone principles
for the sake of holding some old party lu
tact that does not tndors'j them. The
pronent conditions for which both old
parties are responsible are fait driving
us Into serfdom, and the only heritage
they can promise our children In a life
long Btruggle with powers they can never
conquer without bloodshed. Well, as
my letter la getting somewhat lengthy I
will close. Enclosed, please find $1 to
renew my faith to Tmc Advooatk as my
subscription expires in April, for I can
not do without your paper. Yours re
spectfully, JR. W. Cl'KItlKH.
Vista, Kan., March 28, 1901.
WILLING TO RETURN (iOOD FOR EVIL.
To the Ildltor of Tim Advooatk.
Will you give me space in your paper
to say a few words to and of that Intelli
gent (?) person from Meade, Kan.? He
says women are Ignorant. Well, perhaps
they are, but the mont of them can spell
such simple wordd as (nuff) enough.
Now wouldn't it bo well for him to avail
himself of some of the superior advan
tages he boasts mon have? If he will
send la his name I will send him one of
WebBter's spelling books, and also a
child's grammar. He may find them use
ful. How bright and consistent he Is.
After Haying women aro bo Ignorant he
Hays: "They aro looked up to and respect
ed, and should bo thankful for their high
position." Indeed, I should think it
would be hard for men to run the gov
ernment If none of them had nny more
brains than this fellow displays. He
said truly when he laid, "less people
know bigger they feel." It will apply to
him Bplondldly.
How glad and thankful the editor must
be to have some one to put him on the
right track, bo he will not espouse the
equal suffrage question any more. Now
let me ask a question or two. How does
It come that man has the right or power
to give or withhold the ballot from
women? Is It a (Jod given power vested
in man alone? Was it handed down to
him as of old the ten commandments
were to Moset?
Thank you for your stand on the sub
ject, Mr. Editor.
An Ignorant Waypakeu.
Jamestown, Kan., March 30, 1801.
To Furuieri.
The Union Iron Works, Kansas City,
Mo., manufacture everything necessary
for grain elevators. Power shellers, en
gines and boilers and other machinery of
the latest and most approved styles. They
furnish plans and make estimates for
nartles contemplating erecting elevators
free, and where contracts are awarded
superintend the construction ond put
everything into successful operation.
Writ them.