Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-01
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DnYy q few more days until the vot
e2ss of shis great nation Willie gathered
0osathee 4N every hamlet and in every
@fecinct throughout the land for the
Nuspose q exercising their right 10 say
9he shall prsside over their, distinies
40 enatioa for tho next four years;
@fle shall make their laws and enforce
8Hem; snd what shall be the policy OF
euch enforcement of law and admins
9sation Of governmental machinery.
sAIl men ere created equal" and it
o. the pride Of America that We recog-.
aize chat grand tenet of democracy,
and that no man of twenty one years
0S age, not criminal or an alien, but
o. protected by the law in his right and
grivilsge 90 make his choice of public
officers and administrators Of the law.
The democratic party has decidedly
Che advantage Of it's opponent, the re-
@ublicaR party. The brave and manly
aaessage of President Cleveland which
called for Che tariff reform so much
neededs and Che need of which has long
Been recognized by the best brains of
che republican partys but which that
Sarty Of subterfuge and cringin0 10
eaonopolies and money powers had not
Che courage 60 boldly advocate, had put
Che question squarely before the people.
Shar question has been thoroughly dis
eusseA s$hzoughoss the length snd
Breadth OF the land, and the verdict
given ON next Tuesday will decide who
6s gight and who IS wrong. On that
question Of tariff and reform the re-
publican party stands alone, al three
OF the other parties being agreed that
Che reform suggested and mapped out
by President Cleveland, and attempted
by the Mills bill, is the thing needed
Cor che best interests of the masses of
Che people. 20 carry them out in this
belief the sayings and writings OF the
BEST men OF the day, regardless of pollt-
9ca1 faiths have been quoted time and
Agsuns until every school boy in the
land can cell you the names of eminent
men who have FOR many years since the
war advocated 4 reduction OF the pres
enc high war tariff.
At the opening of this campaign We
expressed q hope that the two leading
parties would confine themselves to the
one issues che real and only issue Of
Importance in question. and that Che
campaign be made clean and gentle
msnlys On The part OF the democratic
party xhis has been done. Her speakers
have gone boldly and fearlessly before
Che people with the tariff question and
have not departed %herefrom; strong in
che belief that they were espousing
Shat cause which was just to tho peo-
spYe; ana with that earnestness born Of
aknow7edge that they were in the right.
On the other hand. the republican
speakers, at least those who have ad-
dressed Great Bend ana Barton county
audiences hsve evaded the true issue
and have dwelt gloatingly upon dead
ana decayed issues; have fought over
She war of the rebellion and predicted
dire disasters 10 the country should tho
democrats again be put into power.
They havs dwelt upon the same old cry
chat went up over twenty years ago;
Che same scare-crow has been brought
oug from amidst the dust OF decayed
ISSUES and shaken in Che faces Of q
young generation OF voters with The
aope ShaS stupid superstition, and
: gross ignorance would assist them in
again rousinG the feeling of sectional
hatred that made life q burden to
peaceable men and urged many a brave
heart 80 bloody grave. In our opin-
spn those efforts to thus blind the peo-
pie to the actual issues Of The day have
been the most. senselesss Che most
cowardly and uncalled Cor, and we
honestly believe that the young sepub-
licans, as we'll as the older ones who
are governed by their judgement and
not their passions, will condemn at the
polls the speakers who thus avoided
the all important question OF tariff re.
form.
We desire to say little about the
shameful use of money which has beer
and will be made during this campaign
1t is we'll knows, snd acknowledged by
the more candid republicans, that mo
nopolists, the manufacturers, and tn,