Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-24
MONEYS USES IN POLITICS.


Olathe last Saturday:
1--WE immorably and illogicaliy sOothe
our cOnsciences by the excuse that we
are justified in beating O personal OF
political enemy with the use of money to
carry Our point. Besides its enOrmity
in morals, the practice brings its pen
atty upon the heAd of the industrious
and honest. For every office secured
by money Will be used to perSert the
channels of right into streams of wrong
and injustice. If money secured the
office money Will buy the officer.
These practices are far more dangerous
to our republic than were the Gotbs
and lVandals to the Romans. Un$tes
the dominion of this practice no waess
der that the monied monopoly is
always victorious. The poc5 and weak
are driven from the field of strife -
defeat and dismay. Who will say tisat
the gift of costly mansion did .'sei
have it's effect On congress to- avert q
presidential veto of the bill for tlae
unlimited coinage of silver needess ~
the industrious wants of the laboEeFs
of America.
lis it not d fact that no one WiH dis
pute that members of congress thsst
even grave senators of the. Omitted
States -habitually procure by purchase
their positions? Quite recently a
United States senator from free Macs.
sas justified such political mets,otss.
He repudiates the idea of political cssra-
paigns being conducted on the assaFal
principles of the ''Decalogue'' er tase
Golden Rule" With hom the Pari-
fication of politics is an ''iridesceat
dream.'' To him this cant saasast
morals ir political warfare is ''fatiBaa-
ing in the extreme" Freemen arg YOU
prepared to sanction such doctriBes
Will you give YOUR vote and voice ia
return to the United States senate %
man who will openly avow that Hes
sianism in politics is justified? Viii
you endorse the doctrine here Pre-
claimed that it Is justifiable to procUse
ill ticCIlOl W Ullc u HllCU CSolS'O SSC1vSSbE
by the. hiring OF Hessians? BECAUSE
England used such base soseB3efy
against the colonies in their attesaf4
to throw OFF the poke of tyranny stsc
civilized world condemned. her. Ace
We prepared to use such base and 8ege
did means in conducting political ssgssee
.paignS in this II ninteenth century ssNd
in free America? Are you going CO..
turn back the tide of civilization ard
resort to means which this senator frons
Kansas says is justlfiable in politics to
hire mercenary votes to accomplish
success? Has the world advanced no
steps in civilized warfare on Che field
of carnage? Are politics a mere con-
test between-parties and men as to who
shall bid the highest for an Office?
GRAVE REPORTS GIVEN LIGHT.
IF well founded reports be true this
senator has practiced his theory and
procured his seat i'll the United States
senate by the nse of money. If well
founded reports be true this same sena
tor is but the tool and hired Hessian of
Jay Gould-the most dangerous man in
all America to the republic 1t is not
only reported but it is true that jay
Gould appointed as attorneys of his
railroad system in Kansas the attorneys
of Senator Ingalls, that appeared in
his defense in the charge against him
for corruptly procuring his reelection
the second time. Is it not fact that
Senator Ingalls, has been the especial
championcOf Jay Gould in nearly all his
schemes of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? Farmers,
do you want Il man i'll the United
States senate to represent the producer,
OF the railroad monopolist that grinds
the people into dust?
Senator Ingalls, says that the deca-
logue has no place in political contests.
The ten commandments, given and
revealed by God to Moses in the midst
of the smoke, thunder and lightning
upon Sinia and by Moses written upon
tables of stone to endure forever-even
in the day of Senator Ingalls,, contain
the moral code to govern the people in
every relation of life-eyen in politics.
These commandments are spurned and
trampled into the dust by this modern
Pharaoh-John j. Ingalls,. The COM
mandment given by God: Thou shalt
have no other Gods before me-" ingalls,
says you may worship before the shrine
of senatorial HessianS. The command
ment: "Thou shalt not kill,'' is per-
verted into a license not to lose polit-
cal battle on any high moral principle
but to kill even through the use of Hes
SLAMS That Thou shalt not steal'' is
modified so that now you may steal
seat in the United States senate pro-
vided you secure it by purchasing it
with gold.
MAKING BIDS FOR MERCENARIES.
s.The commandment, Thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy
neighbor," is turned into a general
license of perjury, provided it is fol-