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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
Hoisington Items,

From the Dispatch
John johnson is having an addition
built to his residence o
A daughter was born to Mrs. T. NJ.
NpOre Saturday, July 10Th.
o \ prairie fire west of town Saturday
burned over considerable ground.
We understand that an alliance
paper will be started at Great Bend in
short time.
Ms. De La Vergne has been quite
sick the past week, brought about by
the hot weather and receiving two falls
at Great Bend caused by the loose
sidewalks.
There will not be any preaching at
the II. L. church for one month from
date. 1t has been tDught best for the
preacher and congregation to take a
short rest during the heated term,
Claflin is one OF the towns of the
county that is going right ahead making
improvements all the time. A large
elevator, one or two business houses
and several dwellings are now being
built. 1t is a splendid trading bpint
and one of these gays will b6 quite a
city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
A Declaration for State Rights.

The following utterances were
recently made by the Hor- A j. Felt
at accent convention of the republi-
can party. MIR. Felt is lieutenant gov
ernor of Kansas, and in the absence of
evidence to the contrary must be pre-
sumed to express the views of the party
whe elected him. This is what he is
reported to have said:
@The supreme court of the Uuited
States has over-ruled the laws. of our
country, which have stood the test for
nearly 100 years, and has put us within
the power of the liquor traffic. While
1 respect the mandates of the supreme
court of the Uuited States. / consider
that 1 owe my first allegiance 10 the
constitution and laws of my state
This is positively shocking. Here is
republican lieutenant governor in
1890 boldly reiterating the doctrine
which, according to the most orthodox
authorizes of his own party. was shot
to death on the battlefield between
1861 and 1856. If this ''heresy- is 10
be revived upon the plains of bleeding
Kansas, for what purpose are we pay
ing sl75, ,0Oo, 900 a year TO the veterans
who saved the country? Can it be that
the country was not saved after all
that We have an America unredeemed
to match the Italia irredenta of Italian
radicals? Here is theme worthy of
the highest reaches of the Massillonian
eloquence of Senator Inpalis--Louis-
Vile CD,fyser Jo,rryz0I
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
Tell The Tmth.

Those papers which are telling their
readers that 4. .5OO. 900 ounces of silver
would be coined every month under the
new silver bill better confine themselves
to the truth if it does have bad look
for them. Until July 1st 81, 5000, 600
ounces are 10 he coined only, and after
that only SD much as is needed 10
redeem the nutes issued Left 10 the
discretion of tine treasurer il viii no
doubt he not one dollar. II demulie-
tizes silver by making it merchandise
and the only advantage to the people is
an addition of perhaps % 10 10 cents
per capita to the currency with an
exception clause in favor of our aristo-
cratic blood suckers Congress thinks
the warehouse dollar is good enough
for the people, but it Is not good enough
for the men who have robbed the gov
ernment for years and under this law
will continue to rob it. As in the war.
a deprecated greenback WIS good
enough for the men who were lighting
TO preserve the life of the nation, but
was not good enough for the bondhold-
ers; so now the warehouse receipts are
good enough for the people but are not
good enough for the plutocrats- Con-
gress thought to fool the people with
this bill no doubt thinking it would
take all their spare time planning how
on earth they could possibly spend that
extra p cents But they won't be
fooled. il Is too u,iu--Rice county
Eaaie-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

Miltimore was made chairman; w. W.
Carney secretary and Messrs Gum and
Brady assistant secretaries.
The following delegates were elected
after numerous ballots: To Dodge
City-Geo. n. Moses, S. j. Shaw, John
Lindas. Geo. Miltimore, w. A. Feeder
and W. W. Carney. To Topeka.
D. Butler, Ira H. Clark. A. W. Ward
and John Howard.
The resolutions endorsed the national
and state officers in general and Ingalls,,
Peters, and Plumb in particular, and
contain the sterotyped bragadocio con-
corning the good things (?) done by the
republican party.
Both factions claimed victory, and
the result of the balloting at Dodge
City will show who really got it. One
thing is matter of general comment,
and that is, that certain of the old
''bcsses" are bosses no longer, that is if
the new bosses" can hold their grip
on the pliable elements in the party.
We were told that some thirty of the
delegates were alliance men," or men
wRo had at one time joined the alliance.
1t was amusing too, to notice how some
of those alliance men" were sugared
up by the managers of the convention,
Quire number of alliance members
were present as on-lookers. and two of
themTeported to the writer hereof that
Some of those fellows" tmeaning the
alliance fellows who took an active
part in the cOnvention) ''have shown
themselves to be not only hypocrits and
political tricksters, but moral towards,
and they will receive the lifelong con-
tempt of all honost alliance members. >
And so the racket has commenced.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
Pawnee Rock.

From the Leader.
Sam Smith is building himself "a
grainery this week.
Hard wheat brought 67a cents OH our
streets Ithis week.
Attorney Clark, of Great Bend, was
on our streets Wednesday evening.
Last week was the largest for wheat
in the history of Pawnee Rock.
"a 900 bushels having been marketed.
just as we go to press we learn of
another fire set out by a Santa Fe
engine, three and half miles west of
town. John Batman lost nine ricks of
wheat, and No. 8 school house had a
close call.
DIED:-Thulsday, July II, 1890, at
Henderson, Ul., Mr.. d. F. Bair, aged
63 years. Mr.. Bair was the father of
Mrs. Geo. Leitner of this place. Mrs.
L. left on the train to attend the fun
eral Friday evening of last week.
James Wallace, living seven miles
northwest, says the grasshoppers are
getting uncomfortably thick out his
wav. They are doing great amount
of damage to his trees, having already
striped the bark off OF a large number
of them.
The second quarterly meeting Of the
M. E. church, for this conference year
will be held at No. school house.
and Sunday, Aug. End and 3rd. Pre-
siding Elder Watt and Rev. VIM. Bar
tie Nill officiate. Services Saturday
afternoon and Sunday morning. The
membership throughout the charge are
requested (as many as canl to be pres
ent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
Heizerton Shots.

HelzertOn Shots.
From Remington"
Jonee Byers gave social dance last
Saturday night.
Preaching at the Dunkard church
next Sunday evening.
S. Qninlan, of Olmits, is buying wEeat
for Moses Bro. of Great Bend.
Quite number of our citizens were
in Great Bend Saturday attending the
convention.
Mr.. r. B. Briggs, our favOrite merch-
ant, has begun prospecting on his
premises. He Has got down about
eighteen feet and has not found any
thing worth speaking of, but he thinks
a few feet farther he will strike an
abundant flow of water or apple jack
There sill be an ice cream festival
given by the Methodist society at Dis
trict, No II, Eureka township, on
Wednesday. ahe 30th the proceeds to
go to the munster. There will also
be one given at Tom Ullery's grove III
Buffalo township on the same evening;
everybody invited.
We hear the wheat buyers complain.
ing of not getting a sufficient number
of cars to take care of the wheat as
fast as it comes to market, we under.
stand at Otis in Rush CO., there il
thousands Of bushels of wheat piled out
on the parIrie, cannot get the cars to
ship it. OH starving Kansas
The Sunday school picnic in Pascoe's
grove last Wednesday was a decided
success IN every particular. An impor-
tant feature of the occasion was the
dinner service, the baskets were filled
to eVerflowing with precious viands.
After dinner the crowd was served to
lemonade and ice cream. Much credit
is due those who participatedin prepar-
ing the same. Rev. Pitkin was present
and made quite an interesting address.
The crowd adjourned late in the even
ing, feeling that it had been day we'll
spent.
A heavily loaded freight train On the
Union Pacific railroad, last Wednes-
day threw out cinders which ignited
and started what proved to be a very
destructive fire. The wind was blow
ing heavy gale Prom the north and
famed the angry flames until they
fairly leaped in their mad rush. II
devoured everything that CHANGED tC
be in its way. T'Ae fire extended oveI
part of two or three sections. A
large number of wheat rickS, together
with vast ammount oE pasture (which
is very valuable at this period of the
year, wSs destroyed by the raging
elements We understand that house
and barn was destroyed by fire, in
Eureka township the same day. Is
! pthere 10 law by which engineers can be
compelled to keep screens On theil
engines? This matter should bt
investigated as the farming community
cannot afford to have their crops
destroyed by carless and unconcerne6
railrO DAD mef.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
Sign up or Shut M.

The following from the Chase (Rice
county, Record of recent date viii
apply well in Barton county also.
These are times when the people will
not stand fooling with, and the men
who desire to have any attention given
to their writings on important issues of
the day must sign up or shut UP.
Here is what the Record says, and we
heartily endorse it:
"A number of communications with
fictitious signatures have appeared
AGAINST the alliance. This is notably
true of the Lyons Republicass These
communications purport to be written
by alliance men or friends of the aili-
ance. If this is true why conceal your
identity. An alliance man in Kansas
can consider himself among friends
surely, and if he has anything TO say
for the good of the cause there is no
good reason for his following the
anonymous white cap style. The MEM
bers of the alliance are beginning to
doubt that these articles are written
by alliance men, but by regular political
tricksters and enemies of the order. and
are not going to permit any aneny-
nous scribbler to shake their allegiance
to an institution that they believe was
lnaugurated for the emancipating of
the masses of the people from the
thralldom of tie money power. What
we want to ask of these Papers that
once professed great friendship for
the alliance is to insist upon publishing
the bonafide signature of the writer of
every article rejecting upon the char
acter or conduct of any individual or
organization. The alliance does not
claim to be composed entirely of saints
and angels and are likely to make some
blunders, but In no probability viii they
make any greater errors than any polit-
ical party. All they ask is fair show
and to meet their enemies face TO face.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS.
Eninwood Items.

From the Advocate.
ePetz & Schultz sold the southeast
quarter Of section thirteen in range
eleven to Mr.. r. Wurm Yesterday.
Consideration SS2 10000.
The city was crowded on last Satur-
day on. account of the big race, and an
immense business was done by our
merchants in consequence.
The Iroprietors of Little Fellow wish
to say that if anyone was dissatisfied
with the race ON last Saturday, that
they are ready and willing to match
the horses again.
The backbone of the hot weather
has at last been broken. Five weeks
of hot weather as was experienced this
year was never before known to have
occurred by the Oldest settlers. A
great deal of sickness has prevailed
from the effects of it and the cool
weather now is considered great
blessing.
No disturbance of any kind occurred
on last Saturday, on the day of the big
race. Although over thousand
strangers were in town everything
went Oh III a quiet and orderly manner
and not an arrest was made. What
will the good people of those religious
towns who defame Ellinwood have to
say to this?
We wish to call the attention of the
Board of Health to the rubbish and
filth which has again accumulated in
some yards and back alleys in this city.
In this hot and dry weather we should
be exceedingly careful as sickness and
disease turks in those places. Every
body should see that his yards and
alleys are kept clean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
Political Conventions.

Democratic State convention at Wich-
ita, September 9th.
Democratic 9TH congressional district
convention at Pratt Center August 10th.
Democratic Mass county convention
at Great Bend August 9th.
Peoples State convention at Topeka
August 18th.
Peoples convention to nominate q
county ticket at Hoisington, Wednes.
day, August zoth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.

A deIecate convention of the democrats of the
state of Kansas viii be held the 9th day OF Sep
tember at 11:30 O'Clock in the city of Wichita
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Auditor of State, Treasurer of State. Attorney Gem
eral, Superintendent Of Public Instruction. Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court. Delegates to the
convention shall be selected by the different coun-
ties of the state in the mSnner prescribed by the
democratic committees of the several counties. The
basis representation in such convention shall be
delegate for every 250 votes or fraction thereof
in excess of 1875 votes cast for John c. Sheridan,
candidate for elector at large in 1885, Upon which
basis delegates are apportioned as follows:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
Albert Items.

From ''Spunk''
Oh for breeze!
]. S. Winget visited Great Bend
last Saturday.
c. w. Litton, of Ness City, is work
ing at this place. E
Several of the boys went to Great
Bend Saturday night last.
w. Wilkinson made business trip
to Great Bend Monday last.
Messrs. Weir and ~Cook, of Hoising-
ton, We're iu town Sunday last.
Rev. Davis. of Lyons. Preached an
interesting sermon at this place last
Sunday evening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

Warren Wilkinson. while hitehinlg a
team, last Saturday was kicked on the
hand by horse, inflicring very pain
full wound.
ssMutato Nominee correspondent to
the Ellinwood Aduocate-gives the
startling information that Harrison has
reversed his decision Now, friend,
don't monkey with politics you're
notthat kind.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

The farms of kssasas are passing out
Of the hands of the people at the rate of
nearly four hundred daya How long.
at this rate, will it be until the whole
farming class will become tenantsg
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

The secretaries of the conventions selecting dele.
gates In the respective counties hereby
TO forward to the chairman at Leavenworth, kans,
certified copies OF the credentials of the delegates
immediately after their selections to enable tAle
tiOn.
By order Of the democratic state central COM
mittee of Kansas.
EDWARD CARROLL, Chairman L
HENRY SHINDLER, Secretary pro tenn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CON
VENTION.

\ delegate convention Of the democrats OF the
Seventh Congressional District of the state of Kan
sas, il hereby called to meet ut Pratt Center on
Tuesday, August 10Th, at 10 O'Clock a. III. for the
purpose of nominating candidate fol congress for
said district The basis of representation to said
convention win be delegate for each 200 votes
fraction of 109 cast for Chas. b. Ebey in
1883 The several counties will be entitled to the
following delegates:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

The Secretaries of the several County Central
committees requested to forward to the secretary
of the Congressional committee at Dodge City the
names of the delegates selected by the several
county con ventions.
IL is also recommended that the several counties
select their delegates on Saturday, August 9th,
1890. By order ef Committee.
John RICHARDSON, Chairman.
W. J.. PETILLIoN, Secretary,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION

AT meeting of the Barton county
democratic central committee held In
Great Bend July 10, 1890, the follow
ing call was issued:
MASS CONVENTION.
There will be democratic mass
onvention held in the court house,
Great Bend, at IL o'clock a. M, Satur-
day, August 8, 1s9Os for the purpose of
selecting six delegates and six alter
mates to represent the democrats of
Barton county in the 7th congressional
convention to be held at Pratt Center
August 10th; and five delegates and
five alternates to the democratic state
convention to be held at Wichita on
September 9th.
FRED ZUTAvERN, Chairman.
WILL +. STOKE, Secretary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
bosses furni,

SUCH exclamatiOns as democratic
scheme!" ''Sore Heads!'' Mugwumps!''
"Office Seekers!" etc., are indeed able,
manly andsubllme arguments for lea6-
ing partisan papers to indulge In while
making faces and attempting to ignore
the great uprising of the independent
Peoples party.-Kansas Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

A PARADE of alliance men at
Emporia, last week, was four miles
long. Evidently the farmers of Kan
sas are feeling their oats.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

business as base and unfounded lie.
just the same the Tines came out next
day with a reiteration of the charge,
giving proof of its truthfulness. As
the Times is not paper to jump reck-
lessly into such an exposure without
being sure of the facts in the case. the
general pubic does not give much
credence to the frisky Generals denial.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

A REPUBLICAN, president, a republi-
can senate and republican house are
plaques that even the Egyptians were
never forced to endure.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

THE battle of the wire pullers COM
menced at Dodge City yesterday. Our
farmer friends can rest well assured
that no matter who the republican
nominee for congress may be, he is in
with the old gang, and if elected will
trot right along in the same harness the
bosses furnish
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

Return your postcfiice key and get
your combination.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

WHAT are the hots winds saying Sis
ter, the whole day long? Ever amid
their playing hear this low lone song:
Cooked are the sweet potatoes,
scorched are the roasting ears: baked
are the beets and parsnips, dried are
the dewdrop tears" This the hot winds
are saying, sister, the whole day long.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

THE farmers of the 7th congressional
district can be represented in congress
by farmer, one independent of party
caucus OF affiliation, if they SO desire.
Will they SO desire? Or, will they
listen to the siren voice of the partizan
press and fall in line again with the
party that is responsible for all the laws
they, the farmers, are opposing?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

NEW York City is importing ice from
Norway. This is bad. Mckinley
should see to it that foreign ice pays a
duty, as it would be too bad to cheat
the home freezer and give the people a
cheap, pauper article of frozen product.
1t is hard that American cold should
compete with the pauper cold of Nor
way.-S0lind Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

IT ONCE was the usual thing for the
prOhibitionlsts to charge every incendi-
airy fire upon their opponents, but the
times are not now as they were. Hon
a. l.. Allen, of Topeka, chairman of
the state resubmissiOn republican
league, has been Outspoken against the
prohibition fraud, and as result his
barn and contents were last night con-
sumed by a fire started by prohibit
tiOn crank-Wichit Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

The Farmers alliance is nOn-par-
tizan but it is several degrees from
being political. 1t is founded on
politics. The fundamental principles
upon which it has grown and fiourished
are questions which can be settled only
by political action. The great mission
of the alliance is to educate men SO
that they know how to secure tiedr just
rights. In order for man to be ben
eft to himself or anybody else the first
thing that he must do upon entering
the alliance is to cast off the party
collar land declare himself a citfzen.
determined to use the ballot for his own
good. Yes, the alliance is political
and it sounds the death knell of monop-
oily and monopoly politicians. he they
found in whatsoever party. The poll
tics of the alliance is principles, not
party, and the men whom the alliance
supports must be true blue.-Ness City
Sentsael.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-20
DIRECTORS:

erected several OF their lCMAhu r
bch are al work, turning out
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-20

QUOTATIONS OF THE NEW YORK
COTTON MARKET.

situation Of Tobacco at Richmond and
Other Important Centres Cotton and
Farm Products Peanut Quotations
miscellaneous.
NEW YORK. Sept. l9.-Money closed at 3
yer cent. Exchange steady; posted
iaics. l>l%@lS actual rates. 4S0}4aisOi5
mr sixty lays. and iSi@4Si for demand
Governments steady; currency SIS, ia bid;
r> coupons, 1924 bid; 4jS's do. lOi'. bid.
The stock market opened strong, and be-
fore n o'clock prices were nearly X TO q
rcr cent. higher than they closed yesterday.
Trading was light, however, and the
strength ofthe market dealings was lower for
money. which was loaning on call at 4lS@
. per cent. and to considerable foreign buy
uc. Ia thc hour Co noon values reacted
slightly. Tho market was strong again
during the afternoon, and the closing prices
were generally the best Of the day. Ii
i, expected that the bank state
mont 60 Dee issued tomorrow will
ha very favorable, owing TO the
hal,, payments by The Treasury on ac-
count Of bond purchases, interest, and pen
sion payments. together with the amount
lishurscd for purchases Of silver. The net
result Of the days trading was an advance
of t. 90 . per cent. in most cases. The
sales for the day amounted 20 30, 10 shares.