Patriotism Is No Substitute For

Party Honesty Is Party Expediency.

Once The Coffers Of The Federal Government Are Opened To The Public, There Will Be No Shutting Them Again.

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.

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

Loyalty To The Principles Upon Which Our Government Rests Positively Demands That The Equality Before The Law Which It Guarantees To Every Citizen Should Be Justly And In Good Faith Conceded In All Parts Of The Land.