Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-10-30
The Political MOnstrositK


EDITORS INDEX: notice the great,
the mighty, the fertile-minded VIM.
Mobley, Esq, has delved into political
ratiocination through the ferine col
umns of the Cresset, and gives great
praise to the republican party for assis-
ting, upholding, protecting and guard
ing the best interests of the laboring
man. Were it not for the fact that he
is fOssiliferous old mud-slll, and sill
ly, contemplate parasite. whose paucl-
ty has ever been tenuous, there might
be some who would believe his asser-
lions upon this and kindred subjects.
He tells us he is going to vote with
the republican party. 1 dare say great
er men than he will vote with the repub-
lican party this fall without taking a
column and half of newspaper to ap-
prise the public. But great men, of
course, like he and Martin, having
great prestige and renown, will sway
lesser lights and thus secure numerical
strength. Great men, it is thought, in
the republican cabal of the Lodge, can
and may secure the votes of the unskill-
full.
VIM. Mobley, Esq, In connection
with the great and good Martin, by
their matchleSs presence and fine skill,
assumes to deliver the union labor vote
to the republicans; else why this adyls-
ing; why this blowing; why this great
display OF concentrated cOnceit. In
this, l am happy to say, they utterly
failed. Every union labor man knows
they are diametrical different from the
republicans. They know it was to fight
the republican party that brought them
into existence, They know the repub-
for years, and by their unjust ana dis
terminating laws, thousands upon thOus-
ands OF the labOring class to-day are in
penury and want, while nearly One-half
of all our farmers are on the verge Of
bankruptcy. They know that amidst
abundance, this nation Is helQmtlig the
poorest nation in the world, What
union labor man can forget the dODa.
ton of millions of our public domain to
railroads, OF decentralization Of silver. of
the Resumption Act-the most infa-
nous act eyer enacted-Of the navy
steal, the whisky ring steal, the salary
grab steal, the treedmans' bureau bank
steal, the political assessment steal. the
presidential steal. Does not any we'll.
read union labor man know that the
democratic party has opposed the repub-
lican party in thus trampling on the
rights of the people 2 In the exciting
days of PendletOn, the tOcsin was SCUM
ded, "greenback for the bond-holder as
we'll as greenbacks Tor THO ploW-hoIder,"
on6 tho QQpno ronnhlioor1
the cry of reputation" The collision
suffered by collision, the ond-holders
gained the day, and from that day to
this the labOring mans rights have been
abused, and his only recourse for griev-
ances has been through the democracy.
l defy the great and good Martin with
all his political lore; defy the great
VIM. MObley, Esq, with all his political
prOfundity, to name one Legislative en-
actment by the democratic party that
in any way injured or harrassed the Ia
boring mans rights. It is q fact that
the democracy mas eEeflastihgly fought
subsidies, has favored paying the bonds
in greenbacks, has reduced our expen-
Ses over forty million dollars annually.
has labored assiduously to exclude for
t 49," dAmncracy is the poor mans friend
and aIW6VS mas De6n.
Furthermore, 1 would say that If the
best interests of Kansas are TO be sub
served. Long should be left l9ng at
home. Kansas railroads and Kansas
legislators coalesce or blend too much,
and our high freight rates are due ell
tirely to the republican party: for where
the democrats are dominant-like it is
in Observation-Disclosures are compelled to
char ge reasonable rates. Monopoly and
the republican party are synonyms, but
in Kansas they are as closely united as
man and wife, but / am thankful they
are not invulnerable, however odious.
Light is breaking, empty pockethooks,
meager diet and scant wardrObeS are
using up republicans as well as demo-
Gratis; and the great tidal wave is upon
US when our legislature will be filled
with democrats and union labor men;
then the crushing railroad monopoly
will be supplanted and fair rates estab-
Iished. Long at home will be one re-
Duke TO republican rOttenneSS. His ca
pacity for business Gibbs too low. and as
a speech maker he depends too much on
what others have said. His foppish de-
meanor is too utterly contemptible to
ever give him any weight among think
ing men. The farmers find they have
labored too much for that which ia not
meat. and Longs persistent endeayOrs
to devOur the widows mite' this fall
is doomed to fail.
In conclusion. will say to the great
and good Martin and VIM. MobIey.
Esq, that Mr.. Simpson is so much
above you that you will never be able to
fathom his motives. Hyperion and
Satyr. the towering eagle and the laous-
ing owl. the king of thu Titans and the
dwarf at his feet. solemn temple and
the fly on It's dome-none of these trite
SMILES can show the immeasurable dis
lance which separate you from him.
Ills ssa.i,.it7 as shown 10 MS determine
ton to stick to the principles he advo-
Gates, 70 yote for the man who somea
the nearest 10 those principles. He ab-
hors hypocrisy and doodle. and is n Deer
to any man who is always wavering.
He can discern: tha right. and All
the vacillating. superficial cranks COM
blned cannot compel him to desist from
the right. UNSTABLE waters cannot
rise" 5. H.