Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-10
NEWS OF The MOVEMENT


watchwords from this time forward.
In the Western States machine poll.
tics seem to be giving way 70 thrashina
machine politics -Emporia Republican.
Kansas is the first State 80 wheel SOL
idly into the labor ranks on a square
contest with both old pasties in the
feld.-Exchange.
Shall we reform within or without
the old parties? Look at the result in
Missouri, then in Kansas, and then de-
eide. Missouri World
The farmers have evidently concl uded
to take a hand in politics. They made
up their minds rather late, but better
late than never.-Indepen lent Ameri-
can.
The decalogue and the golden rule
will be printed in large gil3 letters and
hung up in Representative Hall in To
peka about the first of January.-Kan-
sas City Times.
The farmers of Kansas, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Georgia have covered
themselves with glory, aud the poll
ticians will now take off their hats to
them III respect -Creston iIowa) Inde-
pendent American.
Which is preferable. for the people to,
own the railroads or have the railroads
own them? No man or corporation can
serve two masters. The public high
ways should be run in the interest OF
the public. Advocate
The Alliance in Nebraska has made a
good start for 1892. 1t has elected a ma
&Ap ~ - 60 7 81
bers OF Congress and its candidate for
Governor fell but little behind the sue
cessful man in three-coraered fight.
Nebraska is all right for 1892 -Advo-
cate.
The Democratic party must not fat
ter itself that it has been inSorsed. The
people said: Down with the rings. {"
There is plenty of time to form a great
National party before '92, free from the
taint Of sedition on one hSnd, and mo-
nopolies on the other.-auron Inde-
pendent American.
In speaking of the results of the cleo
tion from National point of view, the
Atchison Times says: The party (Re-
publican) that promised SO much and
performed so little has given place to
another party (Democratic) of great
promises and small results; the latter
will join the former in the land of
broken promises two years hence. Its
goose will be cooked in 'q2.
stand siege, tier, unrelenting and
unprincipled. 1t will be waged by
methods so cunningly contrived that
nothing can save them but the solid
support of the people. They can de-
pend on that if the people become
aroused to the necessity. The only
question is, viii the people rally to the
support of their papers soon enough?
Time will show.-Yates Center Kan.
Advocate.
-Four Democratic, majority on joint
ballot in the New York Legislature,
and Senator Evarts retires like man
from the Senatorial contest in that
State. Not less than twenty majority
on Joint bal OF against Ingalls, in the
Kansas Legislature, and does he retire
from the fight? BY no means He and
his henchmen go into the fight expect
ing to win. What does it mean? It
means that ingalls, proclaims to the
world: 81 am scoundrel and boodler.
and believe 1 can find enough Alliance
men of the same i1k who will sell their
souls and eject me to office" Will he
find them? For the sake of their fam
lilies the Non Con. hopes not-Non-
Conformist.
The National Grange closed it's ten
days session at Atlanta, Ga, on No
vember 10 Resolutions were passed
favoring the Conger lard bill, the Pad
dock pure food bill and the meat in
spection bill; favoring the opening of
the markets of the world to American
agriculture; deprecating socialism and
agrarianism; favor.ng the Australian
ballot system; urging the necessity of
closely watching the Interstate COM
merce bill to prevent its being an
nulled; urging the Government to fore.
close its mortgage on the Pacific rail.
roads; urging the relief of cotton pro-
ducers from the six per cent tax, and
favoring the Government loaning money
to the people upon lands or other good
security.
THE SUB-TREAsURY SCHEME.
scrfpturaI Precedent For Its Establish
ment-It Saved Egypt.
Now that the election is over, why
not get the reins of the order on the
sub-treasury bill? Union papers of other
States are full of it Brother Hall
thinks itwould be putting into National
legislation this passage of Scripture,
Unto every one VIII .ch hath shall be
given, and from him that hath not even
that he hath shall be taken away from
him"