Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1892 — LATEST KANSAS FREAK. [ARTICLE]

LATEST KANSAS FREAK.

People of All Parties Reported to Favor a Division of the State. Th» agitation of a new question is now stirring political circles In Kansas. It is tho division of the State into two cqua l halves. Tho discussion of tho question has been going on over since election in a quiet way, tot, now tho newspapers have taken it up and are arguing it with more or less vehemence. Tho Republicans of the west half of the State favor the proposition, for. that section of .the State Ig strongly Republican, while those of the east are opposed to it because the division would make that half anl.iUepublican. The Democrats generally rfavor the division, for the reason that in tho event of the death of tho People’s party they w-ould be in controHhe eastern half, whero all the large cities are located, and where their majorities arc. Asido from political reasons there are many good grounds forthe division. The two halves of the State have entirely dissimilar interests. The eastern half is metropolitan and largely interested in manufactures, while 'the western half is given up to agriculture. The climate of the two regions is different ani their peoplo are separate classes. Finally, each half is dissatisfied with the other on political and business grounds, and can never live in harmony with one another. It is probable that steps may be taken this winter to secure the division of the State.