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THE ADVOCATE
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the boom period first appeared, and, after
wards, when the full extent of oar collar-ee
was known, they thought they had discov
ered that Kansas people were all "confi
dence men" and swindlers. As they saw it,
the fair face of our state was tattooed over
with the hideous signs of dishonesty. Then,
one morning, the East looked in the glasr,
and, behold! its own face was as badly dis
figured as that of Kansas. Its own finan
cial favorites went to grass with fearful
rapidity. Eastern promises to pay fell to a
lower average than Western promises to
pay. Stocks and bonds which had been con
sidered higher than the stars above Kansas
securities eame plunging earthward with
fearful unanimity. Chaos arrived and it
did not come from the West.
We commend this letter of Mr.
Gleed to the secretary of agriculture,
to the prayerful consideration of the
Topeka Capital and other role or
rain republican papers that have
been engaged in the conspiracy to
tear down the credit of Kansas. The
reputation of the state and of her
people have suffered from no other
cause than the falsehoods and vile
slanders that have found an outlet
through these filthy sewers.
Stand up for Kansas!
A TMU5IPH OF PATERNALISM.
In the Kansas City waterworks
contest, the courts have decided in
favor of the city, and the waterworks
now become the property of the city,
to be managed by the authorities for
the public good. The strange part
of all this is that all the great Kansas
City dailies, instead of being shocked
at this triumph of paternalism, are
really rejoicing over it. The prece
dent is a dangerous one. Kansas
City people, after witnessing the
benefits of ownership of their own
waterworks, will next be after the
gas works, electric light plants, and
city railroads, and what argument
will the great dailies have to offer
against their acquirement f
Later Since the above was writ
ten, Judge Brewer, of the United
States supreme court, has granted a
supersedias, and the case is subject
to another delay acid possible rev
ersal. LITERARY PIRACY.
We observe that several exchanges
reprint, in whole or in part, our
Washington correspondence without
credit. We pay for this correspond
ence, and it is our property. We
might protect it by copyright, but we
do not wish to do so. We are always
glad to see it appreciated and re
printed, but fairness and common
honesty ought to induce those who
use it to give the proper credit and
not use the letters as original matter.
There is altogether too much of this
literary piracy going on. We ob
serve it, not only in respect to Advo
cate articles, but articles from other
papers as well. Boys, this isn't fair;
it isn't honest; it isn't doing as you
would like others to do by you.
Don't do it any more.
A REWARD OF MERIT.
Iteno county republicans have
nominated Fletcher Meredith as their
candidate for the legislature this
year. This man, whose private char
acter is a reproach to decency, was
the author of the forged resolution
attributed to the State Reform Press
association relative to the pension
question which created such wide
spread excitement in 1800. It is thus
that forgery, perjury and immoral
ity are proposed to be rewarded by
the crowd that is crying aloud for the
redemption of Kansas.
One of the first things the republican
party will do when it gets back to power
will be to settle the oumnoy problem.
Capital, April 28.
Permit us to ask how the republi
can party will settle the currency
problem if it gets back to power. It
is not that this problem shall be
settled that is important to the
American people, but that it shall be
settled in the right manner.
According to the Leavenworth
Times of April 26, a silver resolution
was "throttled" in the recent republi
can congressional convention at Val
ley Falls, and the mongrel plank of
the Minneapolis platform adopted in
its stead with the attachment, "We
mean what we say." The question
now remains to be answered, what
did they say 1
There will be no Kansans join the Coxey
itea. Lawrence Journal.
Fortunately, it is not necessary for
Kansans to go to Washington in
order to have their interests attended
to by their representatives. If other
states had all done what Kansas has
done, there would be no need of
Coxeyites from any state.
Alt movements calculated to produce a
revolt against the lawfully constituted au
thorities of either state or nation should be
frowned down by all good citizens. Em
poria Republican.
What about movements of the au
thorities of state or nation to pro
duce a revolt against the common
rights of American citizens?
A pkotected market for the sale of
manufactured products and a free
trade market for the purchase of la
bor to manufacture those products
this is the republican system of pro
tection to American labor.
We hear a great deal nowadays
about vested rights of capital, but
nothing about vested rights of per
son. Perhaps this is an oversight,
and perhaps again it isn't.
We wonder what issue the democrats and
republicans are going to fight over in the
next campaign. Kansas Commoner.
Why, tariff, of course.
YOU'RE NOT A SUBSCRIBER.
Well, what of it? That's no reason
you should not read this paper and
then give it to your neighbor. Some
one has paid for it or else it is sent
to you as a sample. By reading it
you may catch onto something you
did not think of before.
Kind Works.
Editor Advocate: I have been want
ing to congratulate you for some time on
the make up and ability of the Advo
cats. It ia simply grand. It standi al
most without a peer in the long list of re
form papers. Your calm and dignified
discussion of the most advanced ques
tions ia of incalculable benefit to the re
form movement. The bulk of the peo
ple are through with the primer and
ready for something harder. The Alli
ance ia slowly dying because it won't
advance. The procession goes on, "Time
and tide waits for no man."
A. Shearer.
UNCLX AND NXPHIW.
Interesting Correspondence On the Subject
of Business Politics.
continued series.
Contraction Court,
Wall Street, New York,
April 20, im.
W. N. Naut, IJoomtown. Kas.:
Dear Nephew: Oar patron saint,
Jay Gould, once on receiving a present
of a barrel cf Bourbon whisky bearing
the motto of Kentucky "United we
stand, divided we fair eaid to hia part
ner: "We'd better transpose that motto
and make it read, 'Divided we stand,
united we fall'" The real rulers of
the United States and of the world
from that hour to this have been adepta
in changing mottoes and adages. Some
of the old time drivelers who talked very
much about the rights of man, like
Jefferson, that old bankrupt said,
"Eternal vigilance ia the price of liberty."
The world's rulers, the money kings,
have it, "Eternal vigilance ia the price of
victory." If you don't know what that
means you'll learn in time. Let me give
you one example. You know that every
thing of importance that ia done in the
civilized world is scrutinized by our men,
and if anything is done or said (would
that I could say thought) which is not
in accordance with capitalistic doctrines
and principles, the actor or speaker is
shadowed and if he persists in Y is oppo
sition to us hia future ia sealed. We
take no chance. No man goes to the
front in any business or profession un
less he knuckles to us. I am speaking
of the East; the West had unfortunately,
partly slipped from our grasp. I trust it
is but temporarily so and that you and
your party will do your duty in bringing
Kansas into line. But tor that ex
ample. On March 1, a Chicago edu
cational paper, Intelligence, published
an article on "Government Control of the
School House." The writer said:
With the progress of civilization the state
is called upon to do more and more for so
ciety. When the railroads failed to regu
late their rates, the government stepped in
and laid down broad and general rules for
their guidance. While there is
some grumbling, the benefits are so dearly
apparent that no one would be willing to go
back to the old system. In the same
manner the state regulates insurance com
panies. It regulates banks, fixing in some
oases the legal rate of interest, oompelling
them to publish statements of their condi
tion, and providing for regular inspection.
Such matter is a little too socialistic
and anarchistic to go unnoticed. Most
people think civilization is going on. If
they get it into their heads that from
time to time the state ia expected to do
more and more for society, you can see
where it will end. Bellamyism will be
enthroned. Banking, railroading and
similar enterprises will all pass out of
our hands by degrees. We don't intend
to let the fountain head, the school, be
come corrupted. So a committee which
attend to such work, gently hinted to
the editor of that school journal that
communications of similar socialistic
tendencies must go to the waste basket
hereafter. Perhaps you wonder what
would be done if he failed to act on our
advice. His business credit would be
destroyed at the banks. His bjsiness
paper would be dishonored. We would
be pressed for payment of all debts due
to menied n.en. Other journals of like
kind would be forced by us to ilur his
paper and defame it. We would ruin
him.
Oar olub met at the Bower of Ease,
ai we call our club rooms, a few days
ago. I read part of your last letter and
must lav that it didn't infuse hope into
anyone. You show the what did you
call them? Dad? of Kansas to be mor e
numerous and mors earnest than we
had thought possible.
What do you think of the Coxey
trampsf We are rather nervous over
the report that they will march through
Wall street after leaving Washington
and before disbanding. We may call oa
Governor Flower for militia, and on the
federal government for troops. Tom
Scott's "rifle diet" will probably be swal
lowed by some of these beggars before
they learn their place. The sooner the
better. We don't intend to let them dic
tate how oar property shall be handled
nor how much taxes we shall pay.
Your uncle, K. Gold Isaacs.
Boomtown, Kas , April 24, 1894.
K. Gold Ixmc, Monopoly Chamber, New York
guv:
Dear Uncle Two congressional dis
tricts have renominated the present in
cumbents, who are republicans. ( I have
to laugh till my sides ache when I read
their platforms. I believe it was Tall ey -rand,
the French diplomat, who said
that language was given us that we
might conceal oar thoughts. You'll
think so when you read the platforms,
which I enclose. The Fourth district
said: "We favor gold, silver and papar
money of equal value." If that doesn't
beat Morton's fork for catching votes, I
don't see why. Then think of thanking
Broderick for resisting Cleveland in his
attempt to take from the republicans
their special prerogative of establishing
"a British fiscal policy on American
soil." Thank him for voting as every
Populist voted. Thank him for voting
contrary to 100 of his fellow republicans
in the house of representatives.
I am rather hopeful over my congres
sional boom. I expect an irrigation
wave to carry me into congress. I mean
the movement to irrigate the land when
the rainfall is insufficient. ("Irrigate" has
had a different meaning among Kansas
republicans since the prohibitory law
went into effect; A young man will run
well on our ticket. He will recall the
departed days of glory of our party when
Blaine and others were young leaders.
We haven't a very bright record of late
years to point to, so we must refer to the
stirring days of 1801-'C5, etc Besides a
young man will draw the votes of the
many young men who have not rubbed
against the world long enough to learn
that they are sponges to collect wealth
only to be squeezed by one arm or
another of the money power untjf iey
yield up most of what they have, wise
in their own conceit, they imagine
themselves to be embryo Vanderbilta,
and will not do anything that will lessen
the possibility of amassing wealth by
hundreds of millions. After they have
grown old and bent, and worn and gray
in the service of the gold kings, after
they have for a life-time produced wealth
only to yield it up to their masters, after
they have seen women whom they mar
ried in the pride of their youth and
loveliness, grow old and withered prema
turely, broken in body and spirit by
hard work without end, after they have
raised a family of children and seen
them start out on the weary treadmill of
existence, they may become Pops. Bat
just now they don't see all this. They
don't think. Few workingmen do. The
Populists have never nominated young
men for important places. We count
on using this to make their ambitious
young men become like sulking Achilles,
to make them half-hearted in support of
a party that will not trust them.
Oar people, without regard to politics,
strongly sympathize with the Coxey
movement. You will do well to call off
the bloodhounds of the law and not
trust too much to bayonets and gatling
guns. The mass of republicans even,
say they cannot blame unemployed
men who can't get work, If they mala
demands that congress give them em
ployment. Your nephew,
W. M. Naut.