THE ADVOCATE.
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A Scandinavian Philosopher.
Editor Advocate: I find in the
August cumber of the Cosmopolitan
magazine an article on Bjornsterne
Bjontson that is such straight People's
party doctrine and bo well put that I
am sure most of your readers would be
glad to see it It is worth committing
to memory sa a general statement of
existing conditions.
As a poet and novelist he is widely
known, but few are aware that he is as
actively engaged in politics as in litera
ture. All his life he has bees a fighter
for the liberties of the people of Nor
way. In 1880-81 he spent nearly a year
in this country, and to a fellow country
man expressed himself as follows:
"You may squirm aa much as you
please, but the fact cannot be blinked
that to socialism in some shape or other
belongs the future. The present crude
theories which the justly discontented
of the earth are propounding are only
significant aa the first serious agitation
of the greatest of problems.
"It is so pleasant to think that God
made the earth for you and me, who
promenade in broadcloth, eat and drink
our fill, and sip a moderate amount of
pleasure from a variety of experiences.
But have you ever known what it is to
be hungry, my boy? To be so ravenous
that your entrails scream, and yet not
know where to turn for a bite of bread?
Has it ever occurred to you how the
world must look to a hungry man? We
may lull our uneasy consciences to sleep
with the idea that no man need be hun
gry who wants to work.
"But that is, after all, a very transpar
ent lie. There are thousands who are
hungry and who cannot get work, or
only at wages which are but a modified
form of starvation. Now, there is no
doubt in my mind that the state,
whether you call it monarchy or repub
lic, is a mere league of the powerful to
keep their hold upon the good things of
life, because a wide distribution would
result in a smaller share to each. I am
not in favor of any wild spoilation
scheme, but I am in f avorjof legislation
which will not discriminate in favor of
the strong, at the expense of the weak.
Civilization must be judged, not by the
splendor of your Rothschilds, your Van
derbilts, and your Astors, but by the av
erage intelligence, comfort and well-being
of the great people itself, in field, in
mine, and in factory. The progress of
civilization is to be gauged by the ad
mission of an ever larger and larger pro
portion of the population to that degree
of prosperity which will enable them to
live decent, laborious, but yet comfort
able, lives, and not be crushed into mere
soulless machines of toil. I am so con
stituted that I must sympathize with
the under dog. It is the many who toil
and starve and suffer whose lot I have at
heart; it is the poor, the small, who can
not rise and assert their rights it is
these I love; and I believe that that
country is the strongest, the greatest,
and the most civilized, which is covered
with millions of modest but contended
homes, not that in which the splendor of
a few hundred palaces is supported by
the wretchedness of a million hovels."
Thayer, Kas. 0. M.Recokd.
Dawn at Emporia,
Editor Advocate: It may be of in
terest to the many readers of your inter
eating paper to receive some field notes,
especially when they are the harbonger
of great joy. The millsnium is certainly
in the dawning when an association of
divines of national reputation convene
and make the burden cf their effort the
second coming of Christ, or rather
Ci&t tanked, ts-J i -7 pro
claim that it must be the mission of the
church to purge the temple of the
money-changers and rally to the tem
poral wants of the unemployed poor.
This was done at the recent convocation
of Congregational ministers at Emporia.
Bev. C M. Sheldao, ot Topeka, threw
the first bomb in the camp in his open
ing address, which was entitled, "The
Kingdom of God." This was brim full
of practical Christianity, and prepared
the way for the incomparable and al
most incomprehensible majesty of
George D. Heron, professor of applied
Christianity, of Grinnell, la. Heron
shows physical weariness, but in spirit
ual order and intensity he shows a
strength and prophetic power that car
ries with it amazement and conviction.
He is fully consecrated to this work, and
has a mission that no man can measure
or estimate. He struck a bugle note here
among the fossilized, who queried,
"What manner of man is this?" No
loftier theme or inspired utterances ever
fell from the lips of man. And it was
an equal surprise when, at the cloos, he
was surrounded by a coterie of Populists,
who at once recognized kinship, and
hailed their mouth-piece. What! the
congregation queried, this is not Popu
list doctrine, surely! And thus light is
breaking. God has raised a Moses to
lead us out of the wilderness.
S. L. Rugoles.
Fourth District Convention.
A delegate convention of the People's
party of the Fourth congressional dis
trict of Kansas is hereby called
to meet at Emporia, Kansas,
June 10, 1801, at 10 o'clock a. m.,
for the purpose of plaoing in nomination
a candidate for congress from this dis
trict, and to elect one committeeman
from each of the counties in this dis
trict. The basis of representation is one
delegate for every 200 votes or frac
tional part thereof, cast for Dr. E. V.
Wharton in 1892 The several counties
are entitled to representation as follows:
Butler . . 141 Osage lfi
Chase 5
Coffey 10
Greenwood 9
Lyon 14
Marion 9
Morrla 7
Shawnee 21
Wabaunsee 8
Woodson 6
Total.
.119
Secretaries ot county conventions will
please forward certified copies of lists of
delegates to the district secretary C. A.
Yesrout, at Madison, Kas.
"No person holding any office or posi
tion of profit, trust or emolument, under
the federal or any state or municipal
government, including senators, con
gressmen and members of the legisla
ture, state and local, shall be eligible to
sit or vote in this convention.
W. T. Walters, Chairman.
C. A. Yxabout, Secretary.
Emporia. Kas., Msy 7, 1894.
England For Congress in the First District
Editor Advocatx: Being an office
holder, I am barred by the Omaha plat
form, and by the ruling of the state cen
tral committee from a voice or vote in
any Populist convention; but that does
not hinder me as an individual on my
own account rising in my place and sug
geeting the name of Dr. C. IL England,
of Jefferson county, for congress in the
First district. The doctor has been an
able, honest and efficient worker in the
party since its organization and his elec
tion to congress would mean a capable
worker there, and for all the measures
that Populists are as an organization de
manding. L. n. Gest.
Valley Falls, Kas.
When writing to our advertisers al
ways mention the Advocate.
Apply at once to the, ApyoCATJ for
Nominate Tickets Everywhere.
Pkopls's Party Headquarters, )
Washington, May 8, 1804. J
Headquarters is in receipt of a num
ber of letters asking this question, "Is
it worth while for the People's party to
nominate congressional, legislative end
county candidates this year where our
strength is not sufficient to elect." The
idea is erroneous and it will not do for
the People's party to follow it at any
cost. In 1892 we had a ticket in every
state in the union. We polled over a
million votes and became a factor in
proportion to the votes polled. The
same will be true this year. If we fail
to nominate tickets in every congres
sional and legislative district, aa well aa
in every county, and our total vote de
creases on this account, it will be con
strued that our movement is receding
and our forces disintegrating. No Pop
ulist can afford to cast bis vote for any
of che old parties or remain at home on
election day.
It matters not how a voter may talk
between election days, his voting alone
tells to what party he belongs. It is im
perative that the state committees insist
that every congressional and legislative
district and county nominate a fall
ioket this year, so that our total vote
will swell above high-water mark, be
cause wo will become a factor in politics
after the next election, in proportion to
the votes we poll next November. No
Populist can afford to cast his vote for
any other party or to be forced to stay
at home on account of not having a
tioket m 'the field. Therefore, it ia the
duty of our committees to see that can
didates are nominated for every office to
be filled, regardless how email the vote
may be. The last thirty days have been
eventful ones; more recruits have come
to our ranks than during any six months
in the history of the party.
II. E. Taubeneck.
Public Honeys in National Banks.
The amount of the balance of public
moneys held by the national bank de
positories at the close of business June
30 of each year since and including 1879
is as foUoxg:
1879 i 7,183,403 42
1880 IfMJfiMM
1881 8,933,650 79
1882 9,610.4.52 R
1883 lOMMHW 83
1884 10.716,144 17
1885 10,985,141 84
188rt H,0M,6M 18
1887 : 19490,070 79
1888 54,913,489 74
1H89 43,305,511 91
1890 . . jm,M 70
1891 !90iyH 85
1892 .' 12,V9,44tt fil
1893 12,393,071 11
No amount of interest has been paid
by National bank depositaries for the
use of the publio moneys deposited
therewith. Respectfully yours,
J. G. Carlisle, Secretary.
Oar Sewing Machine.
It will pay anyone who needs a sew
ing machine to read the advertisement
of the "Advocate" machine on page 15.
Notice the following interesting facta:
It is a high grade machine in every
respect.
It is warranted for ten years.
It is ornamental as well as useful.
It is shipped prepaid subject to the
buyer's approval.
With it you get all the extra attach
ments that usually go with a high-priced
machine.
Buy it, and save money and hard work.
A Grand Book.
A new book by S. S. King, author of
"Bondholders and Breadwinners," has
appeared in the literary field. It is
called "Seed Tims and Harvest," and its
object is to show what class of people
absorbs most of the products ot labor.
It is a good companion to the first namsd
pock, which, w subjects gsq
centratioa with regard to locality. Tha
Advocate piedicii a larjje sale for the
book and will comment more fully on it
in the future. Erico 25 cents at this
oftca.
Orphan's Home Festival
Th ladies of the Topeka Orphan's
Home will hold their annual festival for
the benefit of the home, Wednesday
evening, May 16, at Music hall Ad
mission will be free, and the refresh
ments will be strawberries, ice cream,
sherbet and cake. A program of fine
vocal and instrumental musio has been
arranged. Everybody should attend.
The parade of 7,000 unemployed Ital
ians and Poles in the streets of Cin
cinnati imph&susss the fact that while
the government has bean protecting
the American laborer from the com peti
tion of the product of the cheap Euro
pean laborer," it has neglected to profcsck
him from the competition of the cheap
European laborer himself ... The tariff
laws have practically said to the Earo
pean laborer, "If yoa want to sell your
goods to Americans you must come over
here and do the work." And he has
come. State Journal (R)p.), May 4.
Can you see a "hole in the ground f's,
Telephones in Sweden, where the gov
eminent owns them, are 03 a year; tele
phones in New York where corporations
own them, are $210 a year. Who's in
the hole the "effete" people of
Swedes, or the "smart" people of New
York? The Coming Nation.
North Carolina is coming along all
right She is being redeemed. In the
city election of Aiheville, May 7, the
People's party ticket was elected with
253 majority, and everything points to a
vindication of the reform state adminis
tration which has been violently op
posed by democratic and republican pol
iticians. 'Advocate" List ot Premiums, Books and
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The Land of the Sky
Is not quite sky high, but is just far
enough up from the sea to have a bra
ins climate. New Mexico ia meaat Anil
it offers something for the wealth seeker-
a wan as ror me neaitn seeker. Usau
tiful grapes, apples, and other fruits era
crown in the lower Rio Grands vail
and hi the Maxwell grant there era var
ied attractions tor the general farmer. If
you ask Nicholson, o! tha Saata I'j
route, Topeka, ha will mail you a Near
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