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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

THE Caldwell lyoaumal, for nine Ye@S
the leading republican paper Of she e&e
der, surprised its readers By eoaieg
out fatfooted for Cleveland, Thermaa
Martin, Ebey and tariff reEorpA g
states the cause Of its political ehange
to be the position taken by the sepr4
ican party on the vital economic guess
ton of the day, whicl, position g dec
nounces as an sSunwarranted deSisteo2
from the paths of political tecsitud0
and an absolute repudiation Of Che vas
ious promises made heretofore bE %Ies
republican party in reference 80 Iighaea<
ing. the burden Of what il is PLEASED &C
term unjust, unnecessary sna 6isceime
mate TAXATION It lands the executive
acts Of President Cleveland dueiag his
term of Office and denounces 81 hspoe
crits those who accuse him OF 6eingA
free trader and an alles &c &Ageanssg-
Kansas City Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

ONE OF the imposibilities with our
brother editors of Great Bend appears
to be the inclination to give fair and
truthful report of a democratic county
convention. As a matter of news, they
ought to confine themselves to the
truth, instead of making garbled and
unfair statement of the proceedings.
such as appeared in their papers last
week. Honesty is the best policy" !"
and the failure of the efforts Of repub-
licans in the past to create votes by
misrepresentation should be severe
lesson to them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

SUNLESS the tariff men take heed,
unless they consent to a rational and
considerate adjustment Of the tarfff,
such AZ only can be made by the full
light that . careful statistical study of
the subject will bring, I fear from them
more than from any other source, an
action which VIII bring as By and by
into free trade and all ats consequence
Of evil to the manufacturing interests
Of the countrys Idesire to say that IN
my judgement it is not the best mode
Of defending atarih to denounce every
man who does not pronounce the sllib-
boleth after our fashion as an enemy
of the tariff. ,. Speech of James A.
Garfield, July 13, 1863
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
Jnmannerly Sarcasm Won't Win.

EaN minded republicans will not feel
greatly tickled over the effort of brother
1ownsley last week to create, by ridi-
cule, and cowardly, personal attacks
upON the young democrats nominated
on our county ticket ANY feeling against
them. There is feeling, down deep in
the hearts of good American citizens,
that young men are deserving of en-
couragement and respect when, they. by
perseverance and earnest endeavor, try
to make themselves useful in this busy
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
SERVED THEM RIGHT.

Che Johnson CITY World gives Che
following account et . fight between
horse ehieves and settlers living near
Che Territory tines For some time the
settlers living along ths public land
strip have missed horses and cattle, be-
ing taken from Che PASTURES and picket
dimes and driven away hs D gang Of
Ghieves. Suspicion Qolntea % A6and
of campers who claimed be there foe
the purpose of capturing wild horses.
qhe night after 10 became &nown tAas
such camp existed in the neighbors
hood company Of forty citizens Dzs
ganized and armed themselves with
Winchester rifles, and proceeded to
where they cvere campeds appointed a
committee of six men, who demanded
their surrendero They Immediately
opened fire on them which was signas
for the attack, and from all around
them the deadly volley poured into them
as fast as Winchesters could be fired.
When they discovered they were sur
rounded they fought desperately, but
no living thing could long face a storm
of bullets thick as hail, sweeping every
thing before them. In twelve minutes
the firing ceased and seventeen outlaws
lay stretched on the prairie in death or
writhing in the agonies of their last
struggle. The settlers lost three men
killed and ten wounded. When will
this harbor for all criminals, murder
ers and outlaws, be placed under law?
1t certainly would evoke one long
breath OF relief from the settlers OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

southwest Kansas if congress would
plaee this inland Of crime, misdemean-
or and intany under . strict code Of
law. Miltou's description OF the disc
eusting hideous islaud in the internal
regions 10 mo- mote 20 be dispised than
this public land strip. standing with
open invitation 20 all criminals, en-.
couraginG robbery aud murder on its
bordera.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

An exchange asks: sWhat is home
without . newspaper TO which q
brother editor replies: ''It is a place
where old hats are stuffed into the
window panes, where the children are
like pigs, the house wife like an abb
original savage, and che husband with
q panorama OF the Dismal Swamp
painted on his shirt bosom With tobac-
co juice"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
A woRKMANs VIEW.

u beatrice (Neb.,} plaSterer wTateS .
WAofe argument on the tariff question
as the following: Man and boy have
been q toiier twenty years. Sixteen
gears have welded one OF DistOn's
highly protected steel troweis as pias.
8erers The Distons are paillionairs. and
D gprobably will be if / only aid the re-
publicans TO put the tariff . little high
srs I'm my trade ] have found men Of
almost all Municipalities who came 60 this
country duty free, and the Americ,sn
nechanic has to compete with them
8ithout the g per cent. tariff bulge
which che manufacturer has on his
sivalss Wages IN my trade have stead
ily secgeased since ] entered It, not
Swithstanding the tariff has been once
saisea during that time. Thousands
gfe added 20 the laboe list every month
bg fnmigration, which means that
aaueh less work per month for each one
OF uss They come under contract In
droyes. encouraged and aided by these
same manufacturers who cry 50 loudly
Cog protection To American labor. The
nisefabie hounds they have hunted Us
for yeass With Pinkerton rifles. Now
shey love ug sol Laboris free 70 come,
and Il have no complaint 70 make. Il /
believe the world Is ours and we have
Che right 20 sell QUA labor in any mar
Aes we choose. The point I wish to-
make is this: If We rude. nnlettered |
mechanics can meet and compete with
Shis tide Of foreign labor why cannot
capital do the same? Americas natur-
a3 resources cannOt be oyer-estimsted.
Our inventive talent is unrivalled, our
@orkmen are the best. Why must
dhes have . tax imposed upon every
ghosheEs con ct us in order that they
may eoppete with their foreign riyalsY
Bretbfen. the pretense is lie. They
ges mose tariff protection than their
aoeaI wage bill. and then import labor
60 take our places. It is only BY the
Organization OF labor that capital is
obliged Sotxeat US with any chance at
ole They s'loxe us so,'' yet we axe
competed BY strikes and boycotts to
geg even o part OF what we create. A
@oss gor Che sepubliean ticket il another
9ises in ons tetters. Brethren fire at
She sarif tbe ballot Of an America free
anam inscribed sCleveland aud Thur.
@ansS LssEhis be the answer to Pink
0S8ole pafletss &
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
A Snake Story With a Moral.


Last Sunday afternoon while CROSS
ing the pasture at home we heard . pc.
cular buzsing noise at our feet and
on looking down saw q veteran rattle
snake. While skirmishing for rock to
lay him out he sought the fancied safe
retreat OF his dugout. Not to be foiled
in getting his rsttle-stung tail as q tro-
ply We procured spade aud went TO
digging. Soon We came onto what seem
ed like Q nest and theirs the hole wilen-
ed out and = rattler stuck cut his head
and was as quickly dispatched while
the sound which eninated from the
hole sounded like q thousand humble
bees and we knew we had an afternoon
job. They did not keep as waiting long
before out they came, by twos, by
threes, and finally by tours. We took
up our position at right angles from
the mouth Of the den andscut them in
two as fast as they came out, gave them
. scrape to one side and hit another
batch. Thus we worked for two hours
when Che job was done and 400 rattIers,
without regard 70 sex, race, color or
previous condition. lay on heap, q
wreathing. rattling, venomous mass.
We counted 5000 rattles aud no doubt
missed many. We have not drank
anything stronger than Indiana cider,
q bottle Of which was presented us BY
pilgrim Just returned from Indianapo-
lis.-KendaM Boomer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

YoUNa men of Barton county, stand
by the young democrats on the county
ticket. Young blood, young life, yigor-
GUS exertion and ambitious desires to
emulate the example of older heads will
cause our young men, when elected to
ofice-as they certainly will be-to
make the very best records as servants
Of the people.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

TRusTs and tariff protection go to.
gether. Neither without the other
would have made Mr.. Carnegie the
millionaire he is. Hence the Portland
speech declaring that trusts are largely
private affairs, With which neither the
government ncs any private citizen has
any Eight to interfere.-St. Louis Post
Dispatchs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
HOLD THE FoRTs

Fling aloft the starry bannetR
Float its folds en- high,
Rapidly the ranks are fillinfs
Victof1 1&saigh
eaoRea
GHold ata eost untfa Eosesnbe4
thousands answer still,
Send the fidings bach to C3eyolanas
9H ou9 votes 90 wtll.
Gsse the hmnkfy hosts adyanee,
High taxes in the lead.
Aoading down the land With tariA
While the people h1eed. C1o.
On dear people ave our rich men,
70 their plaintive CRY;
A2t the people I'LL our pockets,
Gn we'll surely die. CAo.
@is8 10 millions more protectioos
Is their greedy plea;
1 you will, veil promise sure,
Ta nuke your whisky free. Cuo.
Double our enormous psofta
People dear ve pray,
Ehel veil hire Chinese labc9s
AS City cents Q day. CAo.
Ges the farmers pay us double,
FoR the goods we make,
and for Grain and hogs and cattle,
Well fix the price they take. CM0.
10. she aaorains Eight IL brsaking.
Truth IL getting known;
and the freemen of the land
Ara coming 10 their oun. Cno.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
LET HIN TRAVEL AT HONE.

&8AA0
Mr.. Blaine wishes that every Ameri-
can voter could see what he has seen
and hear what he has heard abroad Of
the condition Of labor.
It IL not necessary 70 60 abroad to
see poverty, degradation aud misery.
Mr.. Blaine should travel At home, OF
the routes OF the palace cars and the
tally-ho coaches.
1Ist him inspect the Its,i.n quarters
in New York OF any other large city,
and the other rendezvous Of duty-free
labor imported by the protected manu.
facturers and contractors to kill
strikes" and force down wages.
Let him 60 TO the coal mines Of Penn
sylgania and see how !" American labor''
lives there on 80 cents day.
Let him visit the iron works OF his
friend Carnegie and get the opinion OF
the operatives there as to the policy
that forces 10 per cent. reduction in
wages 20 make saving that should pay
fox Cf@susf coaching trip through Eng
land.
Let Mr.. Blaine get himself out OF
contact with the men who League Pres
ident Foster says ''make large fortunes
every year, and who are getting prac-
tically the sole benefit Of the tariff laws
and see how the workingmen thrive be-
fore he dilates on the ''pauper labor
OF Europe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

SIxTY-EIGHT bankers have been
nominated for the Kansas legislature,
on the republican ticket this fall!
Far mers, mechanics, tradesmen, do
we want these men in the position to
make our laws? Would they, il elected,
take any step towards reducing the
lawful rate OF interest; making more
stringent usury laws; extending the
time of redemption Of property from
sheriffs sale under mortgagei Will you
work with, vote with and stand up by
the party which picks out as Che men
to make laws for the great mass of
Kansas people the very men who sow
have the most oppressive and unjuse
laws on our statute books Ga their
favore Beware Of them sthsy are fool
ing of ye." Their promises are great,
but their acts viii be greates -eer theie
own interests. eupport aA Gan who
is connected With che aational banks,
OF who IS in position 90 be Influenced
or controlled by shen. Let Sour nosto
be, s0own with high interest, and let
your eotes be ''down with the men who
want 6s"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

THE protectionist game: First clap
o heavy duty on imported stuffs in Or
der to protect labor" Then import
cheap labor to manufacture home made
stuffs. Nothing further will remain to
be done but to keep shouting for ''pro-
lection to labor" and pocket the swag.
Philadelphia Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

TIE Sterling Champion published q
about Razney fsntry, Of Strong ' city' %
having Topped to Harrison and Morton.
Barney writes to the Chase County
Coasrant to nail the lie and say that he
would like to have about three rounds,
marquis OF Queensberry rules with the
fellow that published it.-Emporia
Democrat.
Now. Tom, fish or cut bait" Don't
let the impression go out among the
boys that you did not have good au-
thority for your statement that Barney
was a Hopper. Wen act as second, for
old acquaintance sake.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
Why He ONT

This is the last issue Of the ss6lssr
Gazette. As it 81 our funeral we fake
the liberty to preach the sermon &c sFie
our taste. For over four montAs &C
have run behind from 80 to s1S eeE
month, and have run out. OuF SyE
cows and a female calf have faded sAsas
to pay paper bills, and we are without
milk and in the hole. Our branch oe6cs
has drawn on us for Sl2. 81, and our fasS
remittance was borrowed money. Ahksb
has not been paid back. That's A-&a
but its the truth. Our grocery aaa
meat bills. ETC., have grown beau.ifuii
and majestically larger week after week
ard while our creditors have our sssp
pathy. which is cheerfuily girees &c
are honest enough to confess that 6 Is
about all they will get at present e
may seem strange to some, and our ae-
pearance may not indicate it, yeE Ct 9sd
fact, that newspaper men eat the same
as other people, hence the eaboveexpsanes
ton for the benefit Of our nuneFoas
victims. We pride ourselves 81 GR1
honesty and simplicity.
It is no fault Of our pasaons. sac
have been as liberal and generoas IS
their means would permit, but she sacS
is the business of the town wont sdsas
port q paper. If there is q man in EaRs
sas who can beat Es rustiing he IS a
dandy. We are a rustler from SxaS
back. but We can't rustic cut q eaFeE
four weeks In every moath &C sH eSs
pense of $50 to S25 ON an ineoEae &
about SIS. We are not built that sasr
If anybody else wants to try nc taeE Eeb4
is open.-Gridley Gazette,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

Bon INaERsoLI.. at q Henry George
meeting only q few short summer
months ago: 81 am in favor of pro-
tecting infant industries, but I do not
want to rock the cradle after the infant
gets to be six feet high and wears num-
Der ten bOOts.'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

LET NO democrat do any trading on
the national.' state or county tickets.
Our chances TO win on an sides are
too good 70 permit any trading. Pro
lection to American farmers and Ia
borers in all trades win ride to victory
over the bones Of the dead robber tar
if.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

WILSON, on the north road, had . 6re
fee was a heavy sufferer. We extend
sympathy 70 the unfortunate brother
democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20
EDITORIAL CoM1IEEf.

CLEVELAND, Thurman, and the
masses; against Harrison, Morton and
the classes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

1T HAS come TO our knowledge that
the Kansas Telegram, a german paper
published at Topeka, has been given as
the authority that Germans who have
settled in America, and have taken out
their first papers cannot vote on presi-
dental elections. As a consequence,
it is stated, number Of Germans In
the county have refrained from voting
on such elections; and there. may be
some who would be deferred from vot-
ing this fall because Of that false au-
thority. 1t is false, and evesy German
in the county should make it his busi-
ness to see that his neighbors and
friends understand that they have a
right to vote on all occasions, at presi-
dental elections as well as any others.
HERE are some choice quotations
from the Register Of last week-that pa
per which began making arrangements
for the plan Of hostiiities some weeks
ago, when it charged the DEMOCRAT
with beginning to s'sling mud" Our
readers viii pardon us FOR giving space
to the stuff, but as the language was
used in the Registers comments upon
and report Of the democratic county
convention, it is but right that demo-
Gratis should know how that paper
speaks Of them. "Lying abuser was
one of the easy ones; then came smade
an ass Of HIMSELF stnarrow, bitter,
partisan slush.'' Getting the mind
walked up to the full importance Of the
occasion, it gives such sentences as:
"Filth, slime and corruption" Deadly
poison;" s'venomous stink;;'' s'Senseless
twaddle" and "EOuI-mouthed calumi-
nator:" Oh. no! the Register does not
want dirty campaign. e.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-20

Fling aloft the starry bannats
Float its folds en- high,
Esapid1y the ranks are fillints
Victof1&saigh
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-02
VIII Blaine Recant9

Mr. "Pig Iron" Kelley, Of Pennsylva-
mia, who so handsomely played into the
hands of Congressman Scott, o few days
ago, in the matter Of Andrew Carnegies
81, 500, 900 income, electrified his Repub-
lican friends in the house by declaring
that Mr.. Blaine could be depended on
to retract tho passage in his now notori-
GUS Paris letter against striking the Fed
eral tax off whisky. According to Mr.. Kel-
ley Mr.. Blaine was carried away by "enthu-
siasm" when he wrote the letter in ques-
tion { nd will, when he returns, gladden.
the heart of the party by saying: 81 am
ready to admit had formed an erroneous
opinion, but now am with you heart and
SOUL" We do not, of course, believe that
Kelley, who is great deal of a windbag,
had any authority for making such a
statement, but it is plain, nevertheless,
that Mr.. Blaine has an exceedingly awk-
ward situation to face. It Is quite impos-
sible for two declarations to be more an
tagonistic than those of the Republican
platform and Mr.. Blaine's epistle. Here
Is what the platform says:
"1f there shall still remain larger
revenue than is requisite for the wants of
the government, we faver the entire re-
peal OF internal taxes that is, free
whisky rather than the surrender of any
part of our protective system"
Now listen to Blaine:
II would not advise the repeal of the
whisky tax. There is moral side to it.
To cheaper the price of whisky is to
increase its consumption enormously.
There would be no sense in Srging the re-
form wrought by high license in many
states, if the national government neu-
tralizes the good effect by making whisky
within reach of every one at twenty cents
a gallon. 1t would destroy high license at
once in all the states"
There is no way of getting round or
away from this. Mr.. Blaine asserts that
free Federal whisky would destroy high
license at once in all the states"-(the
Republicans are in favor of high license)
and the platform declares in favor of
. free whisky.
Kelley is entitled to vote Of thanks
from the Democrats for his success in
emphasizing this point.--Brooklyn Citi-
zen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-02
NINE DAYS IN A WELL.


The Awful Experience of John Anderson,
Nebraska WelI-Digger.
JoHNsrowN, Neb Aug John Ander-
son, who was imprisoned in a well nine days
and released Sunday, says that when the
boards and sand closed in over him he was
crowded into a box about two feet square
and with not enough room for him to stand
erect, He could not get on his knees or sit
down, but had to stay in a crouching posi-
ton during the whole of his Imprisonment.
"About the first three days. said Ander-
son, 81 got along very well, but after that I
that began to want water badly. The
fourth day when it rained, heard what
/ thought was water slowly dripping. Feel.
ing around, found it, and. holding my
mouth open, managed in this way to get
about dozen drops of water which gave
me much relief. had no difficulty in breath
ing until the well came SO near being filed
by sand occasionally coming in, caused by
the diggers above. had breathed the air
over so much that it had become impure,
causing ME to feel a smothering sensation,
but about this time the rescuers
got near enough to me to let in air from
above.
"By having good supply of chewing to-
bacco did not suffer so much for food as
might have been expected. From the begin
ming could hear considerable that was said
and done above heard the wagon when it
started to town for lumber, and heard some
one say, The man is dead and the order
given TO try to pull my box out. When they
began to pull l knew there was great danger
of the boards giving way and crushing me,
and for my own safety, and to give evidence
of being alive, 1 cut the ropes, and heard the
exciting talk that prevailed when it was dis
covered that was alive 1t was music to
me, and from that time on was hopeful Of
being rescued.
"About the sixth day l felt something
crawling upon my hand and found it to be q
fly. l thought from this that an opening had
been made from above. I was correct, for
soon wet rag was passed to me- In reach
ing it to ME it became covered with sand,
but no honey ever tasted better than that
wet rag. Soon bottle of water and piece
of bread were given me, and was truly
thankful.
"From this time on l began to gain
strength, and by helping my rescuers the
time passed quicker than one would suppose
When my feet, which are badly swollen, are
better, and dare eat square meal, will
be all right -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-02
STREET RAILWAY ORDINANCE
Passed by the Alliance Council Tuesday
Evening--Road to be Finished by May l
Visitors TO Cleveland and Personal
Especial Correspondence
ALLIANCE, August /

ALLIANCE, August |.
AT meeting of the Council last
evening, called to consider the street
railway project, the ordinance granting
to the Cleveland company the right to
build their line on Main, Arch and Mt.
Union street, passed its three readings.
The ordinance requires that the lines
shall be quilt and cars running into the
center of Mt. Union on or before May
1st, 1889. The company on their part
say they will run their cars into Mt.
Union before the 1st of January, 1899;
that they have not as yet decided which
street they will first occupy, Mt. Union
or Arch, and that they will build over
but one route at first.
Quite a number of Alliance citizens
remembering that they had business in
Cleveland, left for that place yesterday.
None intend going to the races, but
business called them and it was a good
time to do their buying.
Mrs. Albert Zang, of Monroe, Mich,
who has been visiting her son, J. A.
Zang, and daughter, Mrs. W. w, John
son, left for her home this morning,
accompanied by her son. J. A. Zang.
The Alliance City Band has returned
from Chippewa Lake, where the mem
bers had been camping the past week.
All report having good, lively time.
HAL.