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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
Thousands of Them.

AT democratic convention in Mt.
Vernon, Illinois, last week, William
Bledsoe, life long republican attend
ed and gave the following reasons for
doing so:
''You may be surprised to see Bill
Bledsoe here in your convention. If it
was republican pow-wow would need
no introduction. For twenty years 1
have voted the republican national
ticket. l will no longer. 1 am not
here, gentlemen, because l love the
democratic party but because 1 love
myself, and believe and am convinced.
that the democratic party is the friend
of the laboring man. My conversion
has not come for Office, but because I
have been convinced in spite of my
prejudices. L was III the Union army
and fought all through the war. 1
came home a republican, and have re-
mained such until this year. The
bloody shirt has played out with me-
1t will not pay my taxes, nor will it
Ae'ioO 1hO PIiOO VI Hiy AdI LII PIOuuCIS one
cent, nor will it reduce the cost of the
necessaries of life. If am not badly
mistaken; 5000 to $4,000 more farm
ers will do as 1 have done before the
election in November. Enough at
least to change the state of Illinois
from republican high tariff and high
tax camp to q reform tariff or farmers
protection state''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

who was close by, was also burned.
The house took fire but was put out by
Mr.. NJ, who managed to crawl around
DIR. Longacre was called in and admin
istered to the wants of Mr.. and Mrs.
Munion, who are reported as doing
nicely at this time. at this place the
lightning struck the residence of Mr..
Henderson, in the south part of town,
tearing down the chimney and splitting
up the roof in bad shape. 1t also visit
ed McCullam's lumber yard, but did
very little damage. Fred" the we'll
known dray horse of Will Bishop, was
killed by the lightning. At Lacrosse,
we are told, many houses were turned
over and considerable damage done.
1t rained or rather poured down. about
three hours, filing the creeks, draws
ard ravlnes to overfowing.-Walnut
City Nelcs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
ELLINWOOD EARMARKS.
From the Express.

From the Express.
Messrs Charles Willms and Dick
Davis each had valuable horse killed
by lightning Monday evening last.
The Salvation Army has been sizing
the sinners of Ellinwood the past week
but as yet they haven't taken the meas
ure of many.
The rains the past week have done
an immense amount of good to the
growing corn. Providence seems to be
with the farmer this season.
Mr.. Boston Wilson, of Great Bend,
has purchased half-interest in the
Gem drug store. He is a first class
druggist and would solicit a share of
your patronage.
Mr.. F. Baker, one of our leading grain
dealers, bought the first load of new
wheat OH Tuesday last that has come to
this market. Itsold for forty-five cents
per bushel.
Messers II. j. Klein and V. S. Musil,
two of our most popular business men
left Monday evening to attend the
democratic state convention at Leaven-
worth.
Manglesdorf's new brick block is pro-
crossing nicely. The front has been
taken out of the old store room. and a
front of plate glass will be put in its
stead. Messrs. Mecum s. Ward form
erly of Great Bend, have been let the
contract for the plastering.
Who says it does not pay to advertiser
A few weeks since we advertised a coat
that had been lost which contained
valuable papers. A son of Mr.. John
son who resides a few miles west of
this city, read the advertisement, found
the coat, and on Monday returned it to
its owner in Emporia, Kansas.
AS usual, EllinwoOd comes out about
a neck ahead. The ball game between
the Great Bend ':pickednnine" and the
''Ellinwood scrubs' which was played
in Great Bend yesterday, resulted in
victory for our home club. Five innings
were played and the score atood nine
teen for Great Bend and twenty-One
for the Ellinwoodites. The game was
a very one-sided affair, as our boys had
practiced but little, besides three of their
best men were absent and strangers
had to be put in their stead.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
Must Paw All.

An exchange says it has been decided
by jury in Elk county that where a
land agent sells piece of land for more
than he is instructed to sell it for by his
principle and pockets the excess, he is
guilty of embezzlement. The case re-
ferred to was that of tract of land for
5000, the amount stipulated by the own
er, the agent taking in payment therefor
team of horses, town lot and 5000
in cash. He offered the owner her
choice-the team OF the 5000. She chose
the team, and subsequently discovering
that her agent had sold the property as
above stated, had him arrested for en-
bezzlement. The jury found him guilty
and the judge sentenced him to one year
in the penitentiary. If such transac-
tions come under the head of embezZle-
ment their prosecutions would necessi-
tate the building of a new penitentiary
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

than has been coined by the meanest
democratic sheet. Who stole this let
ter from Phelps? How did the Sun get
it? Bonebrake and Osborn cannot be
held responsible for this last and worst
break of our brilliant but much ex-
planned senator. If the senior senator
from Kansas was such an 'haSs as to
write this letter, his particular friends
would do the party great service to
pay the expense of level headed re-
publican to supervise the senator's cor
respondence. He is making demo-
cratic compaign literature altogether
too FAST
Indeed, it does appear as though the
republicans had very headstrong and
unruly member in the senior senator
from Kansas. Won't some of them
"go git a club an kill inn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT.

Look ahead. Whatever your sur
roundings be, however rough and
thorny seems the path of life where
/ you now walk, however dark cand
stormy may the lowering clouds en-
compass you about, and threatening
disasters hover round your way;
there surely will be a smoother path
beyond, a brighter day will dawn,
and we plainly see the breaking light
that stretches along the horizon and
draws band of gold around the future
of our people as a betrothal emblem of
the happy time to ceme.
Never despair is an old Roman
motto, and with that motto in the
stout hearts of Kansas yeomanry our
state has been made a standing monu-
ment to the honor of her people. The
men who adopt that motto are forever
looking ahead; they believe that the
of good as the present, and that moth
ing is impossible with the will of man.
Observe your neighbors. See how
one man goes to work and carefully
lays his plans; pursues them from year
to year; is not daunted by disaster OF
apparent defeat, but stands braYely at
his post through all vacissitudes of
fortune. He finally succeeds, he has
pleasant home, prosperous business
or profession, and happy disposition.
Another man starts with flourish of
trumpets and a great hurrah; he acts
as though he had the earth by the tail
and was going to shake fortune out
Of it in year; he soon eXhausts his en-
ergies, uses all his eXpedients, tries all
his schemes, and when they do not all
give the results his over excited am
bition demands, he becomes dispond-
ent, disgusteG and discouraged and
lays all the blame to the country, the
climate or the people about him.
There is not reader of the DEMO
GRAFT who cannot pick out some men
who are pictured above, and not read
er but who should profit by the lesson
to be learned from the comparison thus
drawn.
God made Kansas for the benefit of
mankind. He spread it out in fields of
Lying green and through the destiny of
fate man was led here and made to
view the possibilities before him; and
hopeful man grasped the situation and
went to work, while speculative man
jumped at the conclusion that here was
the one opportunity of his life and he
also went to work. They first worked
slowly, dug deep, and knew that sue
cess awaited him; while the latter
skipped along rapidly, skinned the
ground shallowly, and then cursed his
fate that sad disappointment was
his reward.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

If LITTLE Ben Harrison of Indiana
is the best presidential timber the re-
publican party have they had better
have whitfield candidate out of
wood, plated him over with Wall street
gold, and then had Blaine to COM
mand the heathen to worship. They
would have done it.
THOSE republicans who are using so
much space i'll the daily papers now-a-
days writing letters explanatory of
their actions during and just before
the Chicago convention, should add
Jimmie's postscript: ''burn this" and
the republican papers should obey the
postscript unless they desire to make
their party more ridiculous in the eyes
of the public.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
Serenaded.

On Friday evening last the citi-
zens' band, and the Concordia club
German of this city waited upon
Hon. G. F. Difenbacher, the nomi-
nee on the state democratic ticket for
Attorney General. The band visited
the residence of Mr.. Difenbacher on
Park avenue early in the evening,
and soon the sweetest notes of melody
were floating in the moonlit air and
ringing praises and congratulations to
the honor of our distinguished towns
man. Later, the German COncordia.
society joined the serenaders, and vo-
cal and instrumental music alternated.
Mr.. Diffenbacher entertained the
serenaders in a ten minutes talk,
thanking them for the honors and
pleasures conferred upon him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
Common Sense and the Tariff.

Common sense and the simple rules
of arithmetic play the mischief with
the arguments" of the war tariff ad-
vocate in congress. Congressman
Russell, of Massachusetts, has just
pricked one of their bubbles. For
three weeks republican congressman
have been telling what destruction.
would result to the labor and earnings
of the 100000 persons employed in
raising SIS, ,OGO. 900 annually of wool, IL
wool were put on the free list. Mr..
Russell whipped out a pencil and a
scrap of paper, divided one by the other
and showed that the sum for each per.
was just over $3.50 a year, if every
cent the wool brought was paid to the
labor of growing it. That would be
seventeen cents day, including Sum
days, $1.19 week. A war tariff which
taxes the clothing of O,OOO, 900 people
and then pays only $1.19 a week wages
even if the whole product goes TO
wages does not protect any very
much.-Albany argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
There Will Always be Fools

whenever a man breaches anarchy
to me-" said Lieutenant Botcklin of
the Staats Zeitang, 81 pull out my
watch and allow him five minutes.
Then l put just one question to him.
Once L received a peculiar answer to it
from August Spies. We were dining
together. This was long time before
the Haymarket riot, and Spies was
holding forth at intervals OH the bene-
fits of anarchy, its glorious principles,
mankind, and drive trouble, hardship
and ill-fortune forever from the world.
Gradually he grew eloquent, and
the Oftener he filled his glass the more
positive was he that for the needs and
ailments of suffering humanity anarchy
was sovereign panacea. 1t came time
to put my question. 1 asked; "Spies,
now you say we will all be happy, all
live i'll nice houses when anarchy tri-
umphs. and no one will toll, and it will
be all equality, fraternity and liberty,
but who will clean the sewers? The
sewer will have to be cleaned; who will
clean 'em?''
''Spies laughed.
HE thought for awhile, and then
the best answer he could give was; %,
pshaw! the fools will do it. There will
be fools when anarchy is established,
just as we'll as there are fools now.
But, Botcklin, you and won't have to
do the work-we won't have to do it,
Chicago Nelcs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
Kansas the Banner State.

The Kansas Farmer presents reports
from special correspondents in seventy
counties of the state, showing very
good condition of things generally
among the farmers. Wheat is the best
we have had since 1854; it is about all
harvested and saved. Heavy yields
are reported in many cases. The aver
age will be fully equal to that of our
best year-twenty-two bushels to the
acre. The corn acreage is the largest
ever reported in any one year in our
history, and the stand and condition
are reported good i'll every part of the
state. With favorable weather we will
have 200, 900, 900 bushels to show for
the work of 1888 In the new counties
farmers are in a happy mood; corn,
millet, grasses of all kinds growing
vigorously and garden vegetables in
luxuriant growth. Alfalfa, sorghum,
rice corn and Kaffir are in the best pos
sible condition. Rye is good every
where. y few localities suffered from
dry weather and chinch bugs in early
June, and an occasional field of corn
has been attacked along the edges by
bugs, but these exceptions are really
very few. The truth is, that Kansas,
as a whole, is in excellent condition,
with encouraging prospects all along
the line. There is plenty of time yet
to make up for all shortages in the
earlier part of the season.
The Farmers report from Barton
county is as follows:
Wheat harvest well along, quality
good, yield much above what was an
ticipated two weeks ago. Oats, poor,
not yet ripe. Corn is fourishing,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
KILLED Rv lightning.

When the storm of last evening was
raging Mr.. Lee Munion, who lives about
ten miles east of here, woke his wife
and child in order that might seek a
better refuge, and accordingly proceed
ed to the cellar. Just as Mr.. Munion
was passing the stove with the child in
his left arm, the lightning struck the
chimney and ran down the pipe struck
the child ON the head killing it and
passing to Mr.. NJ. burned his stomach
and left leg pretty badly. Mrs. Munion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
PICK GOOD MEN.

| OcmOCIdIS, We 6HOuIu HOW DCSlu 10
cast about us for men to fill our county
Offices. The prairies are full of 'em;
good, sound democrats, who will make
faithful and efficient officers. This be-
ing a presidential year the votes in
either party will be pretty straight,
and in Barton county the democratic
ticket is sure to win, providing we
unite to man on our candidates.
This fall we elect Probate Judge,
County Attorney, County Superin-
tendent, and clerk of District Court,
alse Representative. There are many
men in the party capable of filing these
offices; but unlike the republican party,
there is not rush and a scramble by a
dozen men for each and every Office.
| Our capable men are not the kind who
must have some public Office or starve;
but men who are able and willing to
make their living without the help of
public Office. Let us select our men
with view to what is due to every
part Of the county, and when selected,
let us work as one man for the success
of the democratic ticket, national, state
and COUNT. Although this is a "presi-
Dental year." and Kansas has always
been strongly republican, that party is
at sea; it is not sure of what platform
it is standing on; it is weak in the
knees for cause, and ii democrats con-
tinue to show the same bold and ag-
gressive policy the party has adopted
in the past such a revolution in politics
will this year take place as was never
before known in Kansas. Let reform
be our motto; reform in all places s-high
and low, and in all things great and
small, until a wave of public approba-
tiOn will swell from the hearts and
voices of suffering millions to COW the
favored millionairs and teach them
that these fair lands are for the busy
bees and not for the lazy drones. The
republican party is trying to dodge the
issue. 1t is using every effort to avoid
the discussion of tariff reduction and
attempting to draw the fire of democ-
racy from its weak points. Republi-
can leaders cannot confine themselves
to discussion of the only question of
Importance now before the people, and
that is, whether or not, we shall have
free luxuries for the few OF free necessi-
ties for the many. Try to pin them
down to a discussion of the tariff
question and they Will fly off and
charge the democratic party with mean
ing everything it does not mean; they
invairable fly back to the days of the
war and charge the democratic party
with wanting to renew the bitter feel
ings of the past. Their leaders say.
plainly that "a solid north must be az
rayed against solid south.''
We have many good friends in the
republican ranks, in Barton county;
men who are honest in their convic-
toin that they are in the right, and we
respect these men. Still, it is one of
the inexplicable things i'll politics, that
these same men, or many of them, will
make no effort to inform themselves
on both sides of the question of the
hour, and will only read that which
comes from republican headquarters;
from the very hot-bed of wire-pulling
and political manipulation nurtured
by years of success in Office.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
Wonderful Kansas.

Every morning, during the corn
planting season, the farmers Of Kansas
go out into corn field larger than the
whole state of New Jersey. Every noon,
during the harvest, the harvesters go
in to dinner from wheat field which
contains 400, 900 acres more than the
whole state of Delaware: and every
night Mary calls the cattle home from
pasture larger than the state of Penn
sylvania.- Anthony Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

tion for the S9th district will meet on
Wednesday, July 25th, at one O'Clock
p. M, to nominate candidate for the
state senate from that district. Twenty
one counties are comprised in that dis
trict, and the representation aggregates
40 delegates.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

THE democrats will have the advan-
tage over the republicans in way of
convenience this fall, in having their
emblematic color on.their bandannas,
ready to wave, while with the repub-
lican it is on their shirt and very in
convenient to get at.-Pratt County
REGISTER.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

The average colored voter is becom-
ing little bit tired of the habit of his
race of alway swearing by the republi-
can party, and getting nothing of the
emoluments. If the republican party
in Kansas is the best friend the negro
has why are there not negroes in Office
in proportion to their population? My
colored friends, you know the reps.
have no use for you other than your
vote.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

THE New York Nail and Express, a
strong republican, comedies the state of
New York to Cleveland. It states that
Cleveland will receive 10000 majority
in Now York and Kings county, and
that such a majority can never be over
come by the rest of the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

JUDGE MARTIN believes in the
supremacy Of the law and rigorous
enforcement of the same. but he is not
q prohib. He is one of the fairest,
most honorable, upright gentlemen
ever brought before the people of Kan
sas as a candidate for governor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

ONE upon the anxious seat" at
Pittsburg, Kans., writes to the Kansas
City Times for information thus:
"Win the republican managers print
their ballots for their Chinese friends
like this: For president, Har-Ah-Sin;
vice president, More-Tinp"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

HARMONY, with great big H, pre-
vailed at the Leavenworth convention,
and ticket was nominated that will
contract the vitals of machine republi-
cans in Kansas give them the
worst case of cramp collie ever exper-
fenced in this great state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
NV Dear Phelps:


My Dear Phelps:
had hoped the convention would
place you on the ticket. and regret its
failure to do so. We enter the race
seriously handicapped. Harrison has
a demonstrated incapacity to carry his
own state, besides his unfortunate
Chinese record; and as Morton was
not sufficiently lavish with his money
to buy the senatorship from the New
York legislature, it is improbable that
he will be liberal enough to purchase
the venal Irish vote of New York city.
L am more profoundly convinced than
ever that we must now make suffrage
in the south the one issue exceeding all
others. The southern confederacy
must not be allowed to elect another
president. The north must be aroused.
In its ears must be rung the charges of
the Infamous political crimes of the
rebels. The south must no longer be
allowed to rule the republic by the
suppression of majorities, by ballot
box stufing, by forged certificates of
election. The loyalty of the country
must be appealed to, the old soldiers
stirred up, the south thrown from the
| saddle, and that at once. For defeat
of the republican part next November
would mean its destruction and the
ruin of our country. Truly yours,
JOHN j. INGALLS,.
The Topeka Capital of the 4th inst,
copies the above letter and comments
on it thusly:
"We publish another ingalls, letter
to-day which we hope will prove to be
forgery. The first paragraph is more
villainous towards the republican nomi-
nees for president and vice president,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

WE HAVE been told that Messrs.
500 Fung 81 Wo Lee, the east side
laundrymen, have organized a Harri-
son club. If there are any democrats in
Barton county who are mean enough to
desert their party and join Harrison
club, we would refer them to the firm
above named.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

JUDGE JOHN MARTIN will carry the
state by flair to midlin'" " majority
mark this prediction, and if it is not
true come around and get the cigars.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

"Grover is a good growler.-Hutch-
inson Ne,rs.
YES, and he backs it up with an
earnest nip at the greedy blood-suckers
who are constantly trying to get Uncle
Sans money on false pretenses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

THERE is a family in this city COM
posed of thirteen people, man, wife and
eleven children. Eight of the children
are four pair of twins. The oldest child
is II years and the next pair of twins
aged IA. Another pair of twins follow
ed aged II, the next is 10 and then came
another pair of twins aged s. Those
were followed by couple of solos and
then another duet appears on the pro-
gram that are aged three. The father'ot
this remarkable family is only 40 years
of age and the mother 3S, and if this
program is continued who can fOretell
the results.-Salina Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

THE nomination of c. F. Diffen-
bacher for the Office of Attorney Gen
eral for the state of Kansas by the
democratic state convention, was an
honor to the bar of Great Bend, than
which there is not better in the state.
We doubt if there is d dozen men in
Barton county who will not heartily
congratulate Mr.. Diffenbacher on his
nomination, and wish him success in
the campaign.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

To THE average working men OF
America the name, Levi Morton, has a
sort of an ''It ish wort cine dOllar-an'-
a-halluf, give me feefty cents for imp
sound that makes them sad. Levi,
the banker, carry New York! Bah,
we've got snap, regular kid glove
snap.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

THOSE illustrous foreigners James
Gotleft Blaine, of Italy and Ben-after-
Neutrality-suspicious., Harrison, of
China, together with Levi Put-me-
down-for-a-barrel Morton of Wall
street, compose dandy ticket for the
laboring man and the farmer to stand