Loyalty To The Principles Upon Which Our

Good Ball Players Make Good Citizens.

After An Existence Of Nearly Twenty Years Of Almost Innocuous Desuetude These Laws Are Brought Forth.

The Broad Rich Acres Of Our Agricultural Plains Have Been Long Preserved By Nature To Become Her Untrammeled Gift To A People Civilized And Free, Upon Which Should Rest, In Well-distributed Ownership, The Numerous Homes Of Enlightened, Equal, And Fraternal Citizens... Nor Should Our Vast Tracts Of So-called Desert Lands Be Yielded Up To The Monopoly Of Corporations Or Grasping Individuals, As Appears To Be Much The Tendency Under The Existing Statute.

I Mistake The American People If They Favor The Odious Doctrine That There Is No Such Thing As International Morality; That There Is One Law For A Strong Nation And Another For A Weak One.

I Believe That The Public Temper Is Such That The Voters Of The Land Are Prepared To Support The Party Which Gives The Best Promise Of Administering The Government In The Honest, Simple, And Plain Manner Which Is Consistent With Its Character And Purposes. They Have Learned That Mystery And Concealment In The Management Of Their Affairs Cover Tricks And Betrayal. The Statesmanship They Require Consists In Honesty And Frugality, A Prompt Response To The Needs Of The People As They Arise, And A Vigilant Protection Of All Their Varied Interests.