Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
oRcANlzEI Ac,TATEi

OH0ANtZEt AGlTATEl
~ Great Duty Before tho Demecratio
Party OF tho Country.
Ihe political canvass of 1883 is end
ed with the election. and the canvass
OF 1880 and OF 1892 is begun and will
oe prosecuted by the Democracy with
vigor from the past election until the
next Ia 1890, and the next thereafter
IN 1892. It will be an educational can
vass- 10. educate the voters Of the
country should be the mission Of the
party unremittingly from this time for
ward. With no election pending. no
candidates in the field. party political
strife and asperities cooled off. voters
viii dispassionately read and think.
They will be ready to bear reason and
tacts. and give them fair consideration.
There is no high pressure, which. not
unlike coat OF. mail. shuts out DELHI
crate thought. Let the discussion of
tariff reform, therefore. proceed, and
their reputable logic Of facts and fig
ures be presented to the voters con-
finually as they are developed in &C
tual transactions. 1t is not extrava-
CANT to say that many thousands OF
:
voting the Republican ticket by the
cry that tariff reform. the Mills bill.
the Presidents message. meant abso-
futely free trade, and the pauperiza-
ton of American labor. They were
told, and made to believe that manu-
facturers could not pay operative Amer
lean wages, should the Democratic doc
trine Of tariff reform be carried out. And
all such like false clamors were sounded
in their ears. and thereby their votes
carried for the monopoly party. The
Democracy had not the time. nor was
the voter in any good mood to hear
true facts and arguments forwarded
against the questions involved. And
during the late canvass, it was upon
the Republican policy Of deception
and falsehood toward the voters on
the tariff question that every propo-
sition looking to joint discussion was
summarily refused. Now that the
election is passed. aud the shouts Of
Republican victory (such as it is)
save scarcely died away. the falsity Of
she;r clamor is already becoming ap-
aparent From every quarter comes
the information that manufacturers
are cutting down the wages of their
aaborers. A registry Of all such cases
should be made and kept before the
Nage-earners. Surely no other fact
would be SO convincing to them as
such a showing. And already the
utterances of leading Republicans
show that their cry to the voters, to
alarm them and get their votes. was
oh all folo a. ~
by theSn. Now, that no election is
Immediately impending. the truth will
come forth. AS an Illustration, note
this utterance of Gath On the 18th of
the present month. Speaking of the
late canvass, this distinguished Re-
publican. writing in a pretended
Democratic paper. says: The Re-
publicans were engineered by both
.sagacity and sacrifice. The issue be-
ing made against the manufacturers.
they put their hands in their pockets
for self-dehverance. Provided with
funds, Mr.. Quay and his associates
studied the ground and made their ar
engagements accordingly"
There it is plainly stated. The man
ufacturer shelled out part of his
.nished the corruption funds. debauched
vthe voters for his own benefit to save
the monopOlies. Per contra. the vic
tim-the wage-wOrker is told that he
must vote the ticket or his American
WAGES can not he paid. that he will be
paMperized, and then when the mo-
nopoly succeeds in the election the
boss at once tells him that his wages
are too high and must be cut down
thirty per cent And he has the pleas
ing information vouchsafed him that
he must submit to this or quit. He
quits, and this same manufacturer
puts in his place his Italian or Poland
er. who will work in this country for
San can not live. and thereby the man.
ufacturer secures the greater profit on
his goods. He, the manufacturer. is
ready to have the ''fat fried out of
him. to preserve the monopoly. and
the party under 1t has and will con-
tinue to grow and wax fat. And by
the aid of this. Republican party the
rictim-the laborer-is made to be-
lieve lie and thus aid the monopoly
party to power: and SO accomplish
his own slavery to the manufactur-
er and monopolist. Before the cleo
ton the laborer is told that to secure
good wages he must vote our ticket.
so that we may be able to pay such
wages. On this false clamor his vote
IS secured. AS soon as his vote is cast
he is then advised at he must submit
to a reduction of thirty per cent or
quit; and if he quits. this deluded
voter sees his place filed with the i'm
ported pauper laborer. He is further
informed by Republicans that they.
the manufacturers. put their hands
in their pockets for sself-deliverance."