Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
EBEps sPEEcH.

When G. s. Eby was nominated for
congress. at Great Bend, by the DEM
ocrats, he made a happy speech, a
synopsis Of which we publish below.
After thanking the convention he said:
For the first time in my life l am
up In the band wagon. / believe /
hear the music of victory. Your lead
er is man that has never known de-
feat-Grover Cleveland. You are led
by Allen G.. Thurman, man who if he
had lived two thousand years ago,
would have been crowned while living
and deified when dead. We are thrilled
by the enchanIment of their command.
like the army OF the imperial army, we
are anxious for the boisterous battle.
The political problems of this year
grow out of the national surplus. One
hundred twenty-five million dollars lie
In utter idleneSS. What crime has the
money of our country done that itshould
be imprisoned? THERE'S one thing that
makes a dollar king and that is liberty.
Its value depends upon Its freedom. Our
fathers placed an eagle upon our coins,
that Its wings posing above the storm
might picture its mission. The surplus
confronts you. The democratic party
has taken well defined position upon
battle-line across the continent. His
message is as grand as was ever plan
ned. Cato, the Roman never excelled
lt. 1t was as royal to the people as was
the Declaration of Independence and
Will live in history with the farewell
address OF Washington. The Repubh-
cans meet our issue with a cry of free
trade. They say that a reduction of
seven per cent. means ruin. Because
man is unwilling to wear a suit of
clothes twice two big for him and wants
them reduced in the direction of his
own size, do you consider him the enemy
of the tailor shop? Are you going to
say that he asks for the humiliation of
apparel. Because you don't order a
whole OK for dinner are you advocating
starvation? The republican party after
years of obstructive-atter opposition
to tariff bills because they proposed no
Observation-Disclosures opposition to a
third bill because it is discriminative.
has at last been driven to position. It
has been forced to abandon the Fabian
policy and adopt the movement of the
Cossack. They propose to leave the
tax upon the necessaries of life, and
take it off luxurleS. The first
luxury on the list is Kentucky
bourbon. To the struggling west
the republicans say dear fuel, high
lumber, expensive clothing, but cheap
cognac. l believe that the burden OF
taxation should be equalized. / believe
in tariff which will give us industrial
liberty-One that will make plow as
aristocratic as the spindle, the reaping
machine as lordly as the factory. and
monopolist. Did you ever look into the
| infamy of sectional taxation? The
west is in its infancy. Every enter
prise out here is an Infant industry, -
but this young country pays contribu-
| ton to the east which has been set
tied for two hundred years. What do
| you think OF taxing our beautiful young
western girls for the benefit of eastern
old maids? What do you think of tax
| ing the grand state of Kansas for little
old Rhode Island? If there is to be a
sectional taxation let it be upon the
east for the benefit of the west. The
east has age. strength and wealth, and
we have neither, / believe we will
carry this district. l have confidence
in the intelligence of our people,