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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
The Pennle's Convention,

On next Wednesday, the peoples
convention" will meet at Hoisington to
place in nomination candidates for
county officers. Under the call for that
convention none but alliance men are
admitted as delegates, and it is pre-
sumed that none but alliance men will
be nominated. Members of the alli-
ance probably understand the situation,
and may know that there are grave
objections to secret organization TAX
ing exclusive CONTROL of political
convention; and knowing this they
may feel confident of their strength to
ignore everyone but alliance members
and carry their plans to a successful
issue. How near they will come to
doing this will depend largely upon the
men they name on their ticket. The
principles set forth by the st. Louis
platform are good, but the principles
set forth and advocated by the demo
cratic party for the last number of
years, ard which are mainly the same
better. These democratic principles
are right, and nothing can be better
evidence of that fact than that the in
dependent OK peoples movement has
taken them up and adopted them
Even leading republicans of the land
the brainy men of the party, see that
the right is bound to prevail and are
therefore carefully taking tack and
preparing to sail into the safer harbol
of tariff reduction, reciprocity, the
| abolishment of national banks, free
coinage of silver, etc. With this fact
in view, democrats outside of the ALI
spce viii be slow to understand why
they should forsake their party an6
vote with a secret organization that
seeks the same things under another
name.
In Kansas, too, there is the ques
tion of resubmissipn that viii cut {
large figure in the coming fail. elec
lions. AS We understand it, the ALI
ance does not care to consider tha
question in their campaign. But j
they ignore the question entirely the.
will make mistake. We do not meal
that they should consider it in thei
resolutions OF their cam palgn talks o
arguments, but they should remembe
that there is such an issue when the,
pick their candidates.
/ Our readers all know the altitude o
the DEMOCRAT towards the allianc
movement. We have said from tn
start that if properly carried out j
would be a wonderful educator of th
farmer and would eventually result il
the bettering of his condition, and W
are still of that opinion; therefore wha
we have to say concerning their com
ing county convention is intended fo
the furtherance of their good cause
But let us again reiterate that 1t WI
require wise counsel and careful cor
Isideratio9 Of all the matters herei
+ spoken of to enable the peoples ticke
to succeed against all opposition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

THERE are nine hundred and twelve
conviets in the state penitentiary.
This is larger number than that insti-
tatien ever before contained These
conyicts committed their crimes under
prohibition laws. Prohibition orators
and papers claim that ninety PEI cent.
of all crimes rs caused by the use of
intoxicating liquor. If this be trne
then Intoxicating liquor has done more
harm under the prohibitory laws than
it ever did under license system.
How viii prchIbitionists explain the
matter2-TopekA Republscun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

the nomination of a lifelong profess
sional politician. The platform, stolen
from the farmers alliance for sinister
purpose, was drawn by politician who
never used a farm implement in his
life, and was reported by committee
upon which the farmers had not gen.
uine representative 1t is a peculiar
ity, however, that there hasn't been
a republican convention of any note
held In Kansas during the past few
months that was not. according to
republican authority largely composed
of farmer alliance men," 1t is too
thin.ALarned Optic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
heals Falk Is Cheap.

WE cannot disguise the truth that
we are on the verge of an impending
revolution. Old issues are dead. The
people are arrayiSg themselves ca one
side or the other Of q RoFteptous contest
Ga the one side is capital, formidably
intrenched in privilege, arrogant from
continued triumph, conservative. tela-
cious of old theories, demanding new
concessions, enriched by domestic levy
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

I Down in Tennessee they had cleo
tions for county officers ON the 9Th
inst, under the Australian ballot sys-
tenn. AS a result, in Chattanooga
county, which ordinarily has gone 900
republican, went democratic by up
wards of 500. We believe the Aus
tralian ballot system will do away with
much of the evil effects of party
strikers, especially in the large cities.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

The secretaries of the conventions selecting dele.
gates in the respective counties hereby
TO forward to the chairman at Leayenworth, Kans,
certified copies of the credentials of the delegates
Immediately after their selections to enable the
committee to prepare a correct roll for the conven-
tiOn.
BY order of the democratic state central COM
mittee of Kansas. SO
- EDWARD CARROLL, Chairman.
HENRY SHINDLER, Secretary pro tenn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

The Secretaries of the several CoYpty Central
committees requested to forward TO the secretary
of the Congressional committee at Dodge City the
nSgles of the delegates selected by the several
county conventions.
II IL also recommended that the several counties
select tbatf delegates Saturday, August 9th,
1890. By aEdas Of Committee.
JOHN RICHARDsoS, Chairman.
VIZ. PErfILIGN, Secretary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

AUAUsT 5th dense cloud of grass
hoppers were seen moving south over
Halleck, MINI. They were flying high,
the report says, and we sincerely hope
they will continue to pierce the ambi-
ent air in the same altitudinous posi-
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.

A delegate convention of the democrats Of the
of Kansas viii be held the 9th day OF Sep
tember at 1880 O'Clock q. in the city OF Wichita
ernor Lieutenant Governor, Secretary OF State,
Auditor of state Treasurer of State Attorney Gen.
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 manner prescribed by the
democratic committees of the several counties The
basis or representation in such convention shall be
one delegate for every $50 votes fraction thereof
in excess of 125 votes cast for John G.. Sheridan,
candidate for elector at large in 1885, Upon which
basis delegates are apportiOned follows:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

The Sedgwick county republican
convention met at Wichita on The 9th
and passed resoluti ons in favor of
tariff reform, and opposed to proLibi-
tion. and instructed their delegates to
the state convention at Topeka to vote
for a resubmission plank in the repuD-
lican platform.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

IT is said that in number of voting
precincts, no primaries were, held in
Shawnee county last Saturday. Cause:
No republicans were left outside of the
alliance to hold primaries. Kansas
DefaOcrnt
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

A SURGEON in Paris has succeeded
in restoring an idiotic child to average
intelligence by in some way expanding
its Uranium. If surgical operation
can cure idiocy there is vast field for
surgeons to work on the craniums of
the Kansas farmers who persist in vot-
ing for high protective tariff.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
Democrat

TON POWERS, of the Sterling Cham
pioa, (Rep.) speaks well of Jerry Simp-
son. Tom claims he does not wear any
bosses collar. and proposes to speak the
truth independently. We admire him
for his true grit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
srrAKsE REED has been mobilizing

SPEAKnIs HEEp has been mobilizing
his forces in Maine, feminist the Sep
tember elections, by increasing the
forces at the Kittery navy yards several
thousand. Reeds majorites have
ranged from 200 to 800, and it would
not be hard matter to secure good
batch of votes for the Czar of the
republicans by employing the right
kind of men on the extra forge. Yer
lily the old reps. are 9rattled' all over
the land.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
Political Conventions.

Democratic State convention at Wich-
ita, September 9th.
Democratic 9TH congressional district
convention at Pratt Center August 10Th.
Peoples convention to nominate "a
county ticket at Hoisington, Wedpes.
day, August 10th.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

THE statement that the Dodge City
congressional convention was largely
composed of farmer alliance HasA is all
stuff. 1t was convention Of poIiti-
eians. and the resalt Of its lal,ors was
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
sufficient strength to swamp the old
republican gang at the fall elections.
ssCarrY the news to Caraway."

The president is a regular old
granny. He is so much interested in
the perpetuity of the wOman's rights
question that he is daily. cenceiving
new ideas to ''please the ladies' The
state of Wyoming which has just been
admitted has a constitution which pro-
vides for woman's suffrage, for the
first time giving the right to females to
participate in the election of congress
men. Now his ''latest out" is to have
two kinds of postal cards manufactured
one large size for business men and
another neater and smaller size ''fol
the ladies" ah! AS an old woman
president, the present chief magistrate
has no precedent.-Ellinwoo Adrocdte
Neighbor Stoke attended the Dodge
City convention and ''hOoped her up
for Col. Hallowell. We honestly think
he yearns for return to his ''frst
love-" From the interest manifested
we cannot see how he can fail to sup
port the Col.-Register.
CARAwAY's morbid desire to divert
attention from his own actions con-
cerning the Dodge City convention
causes him to see double and imagine
all sorts of foolish things. We attend
ed the Dodge convention to secure some
pointers, and we got them, too. 1t by
''first love'' he means our early assO-
Citations as typo in the dingy labrynths
of the old Register office, where the bats
and republican fxers ''played hide-and-
seek about the ancient tanning mill
and the keg of sorghum; where Bro.
Caraway's predecessors and his present
partners in politics met by the light of
the moon and laid plans to manipulate
Barton county politics; if he means
that time to be our "frst love" for
which we ''yearn to return to- we
must admit that we did find conSid-
cradle of that same element in Dodge
City. The old time bosses were all
there and at the midnight hour the
night hawks swarmed forth and laid
their plans, which were successful, as
the nomination of Haliowell teStifies
to. Of course, when any of the dele
gates came to us for good democratic
advice we urged the nomination Of
Col. Jim, for the reason that we knew
he would be easier to beat than
would have been an honest farmer, of
whom there were several before the
convention. Yes, we are glad they
downed the farmer element in the con-
vention and nominated the politician.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

No REPUBLICAN newspaper organ
in the country, so far as we have been
able to discover, has published the fed
eral elections bill passed by the house
and now before the senate, or made a
synopsis of it, or explained the chief
details of its operation. They have
eontented themselves with demanding
its passage by the senate in the form in
which it left the house, and impu-
IDENTIFY ask the republican majority in
the senate What are you there for?''
if o not to pass the bill.-Cleyeland
PLAIN Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
INGALLS, voted once or twice with

INGALLS, voted once or twice with
the democrats in the q. S. Senate last
week, and as a. result before long the
republican press of this state will be
telling how hard the Kansas windbag
worked for tariff reductiOn!' Mark
this prediction. Ingalls, voted now and
then against some minor item in the
Mckinley bill, but he did it to make
political capital-tO befuddle the farm
ers of Kansas-and for no other
reason.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

SIXTEEN weak-kneed. party-blinded,
whJpped-in republican alliance men out
of large membership in Garfield county
send in their designations as alliance
men because the republican party could
not manage that organization, AID
QaIaWay gives the Insignificant cir
cnmstance half column notice last
week. My dear benighted partizan
brother, don't you know that every
county alliance in the state can dis
pense With sixteen blind moles of thai
class and stu hold its honest men with
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

The Hutchinson Ne,cs asserts that
Jerry Simpson, the peoples candidate
for congress in the seventh district.
was born in 1882. Now if anyone
thinks Jerry is s'tAndsrfoot" and not
well informed ON the affairs of the
nation and its history Cor the last 400
years they are off their base. When
the Hutchinson Neacs says he was born
408 years ago it probably wants to
predjudice the minds of its prohibition
readers against Jerry by giving out
the impression that he is the famous
partner of the other old-timer, "Tom. y
The republican leaders in Wichita
ape greatly elated oyer their success at
Dodge City i'll securing the nomination
of ''Prince Hal" There is just one
thing now that disturbs their slumbers
and keeps them up at night, that is q
fear that the democratic convention
at Pratt will nominate OF endorse Jerry
Simpson. the alliance candidate. Hal
lowell's friends are loud in their asser
tion that the democratic party car
never afford to do any such thing as tt
endorse an alliance candidate. il
begins to look as if farmer Jerry Simp-
son is the coming man.-Wichita Dem
ocrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-18
HUDSON'S MILK AND WHISKEY.

The Capital attempts to overthrow the
EAGLES figures on the result of the cleo
ton, still holding that the Resubmission-
lists made no showing. Well, that Capt.
tai fellow is a queer genius. However,
we suppose he will admit that the regu-
lar nominee for attorney general of the
Prohibition party did withdraw in Kel-
logg's favor and that the entire prohibi-
ton vote, therefore, went solid for Kel-
logg, in spite of all of which kellogg was
defeated; and that he was the only man
on the Republican ticket who was defeat
ed. 1t is a further fact, susceptible of
proof, that the radical prohibitionists of
the Alliance party in townships through
out southern Kansas scratched Ives and
voted for Kellogg, which would seem to
indicate that the lines were closely drawn
as between Ives for Resubmission
and Kellogg against resubmission.
Without question, however, Robinson's
vote was solid for resubmission, and at
least half of the Willis vote. while ev-
erybody knows that a large per cent of
the Humphrey vote were, and are today,
for resubmission. including a majority of
its representative officials and politicians,
who are for prohibition for revenue only.
We will come closer home TO Mai. Hud-
son than that even by saying that we
don't believe that there can be found
half dozen, and probably not single Of
fetal, from the top of the dome to the
engine room of that state capital, who is
practical prohibitionits, save and ex-
cept Mr.. and Mrs. Attorney Generals
Kellogg. How much more moral it is to
drink Missouri whisky than to drink
Kansas whisky we leave it to the unique
major himself, who is nevertheless, kind
ly and sincerely informed that
the sooner the Republican party agrees
to resubmit the more there will be of the
Republican party.
If the major and his coadjutors are in
for fight for principle, without any
reference to party results, then he and
they are bowling ahead on the right
track: but we beg leave to suggest that
they let up on their Republican teats to
which, amid all their frantic demonstra-
tons, they cling SO tenaciously as to
arouse the suspicion that the milk of
said teatS Is largely accelerated in its
flow by feeding the old cow on well agi-
tated whisky Stops.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-18
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.
From the Globe-Democrat.

From the Globe-Democrat-
There is no cause for alarm regarding
the financial situation. The only ele-
ment of danger which has seriously
threatened the stability of things has
manifested itself from the other side of
the Atlantic. But the outlook in that
quarter has ceased to be grave. The col
lapse of the great banking institution of
the Barring Brothers which appeared TO
be impending has been averted. and the
peril which menaced the business world
from that source has been removed. In
this exigency the interest of one financial
house is the interest Of all. For this rea-
son the Bank of France. in the early part
of last week. came TO the relief of the
Bank of England, and at the close Of the
week the latter institution did similar
service for the Barings. Gold Is pouring
into London rapidly, with the prospect
that day or two hence all danger Of fur
Their serious disturbances viii be over. In
New York the clearing house officials
are exercising an intelligent supervision
over the condition of tire banks. and they
have displayed sagacity. fertility of re-
sources and promptness IN action which
have made them masters of the situation.
SO far as regards the condition and
prospects Of the banks through the coun-
try, there is nothing in the outlook which
need cause any apprehension. As was
the case in 1854. this Is merely disturb
ance in stock values. The arrangement
and depression are not likely to 10 felt
far beyond the arena Of the Stock Ex-
change. For the time being dealings IN
railway shares viii - attended with con-
siderable risk. although an advance
along the whole line in the near future
Is inevitable. But whether the depression
be long or short. the stability OF the banks
~ a whole will not De affected. This
was the experience in 1884, when the sit-
uatIOn. - far as concerns the stock mar
ket, was much ike that which prevails
at present. The bank. however, are IN
better condition than they were IN then.
As compared with tnat time, their re-
serves are greater, tlIeiT affairs ars being
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-18
THE KANSAS SILK INDUSTRY AND
THE MCKINLEY BILL.

To the Editor of the Eagle
Notwithstanding the American people
have paid by tariff protection over two
hundred millions to build up the silk
mills of the country, the Mckinley bill
continues the enormous duty of fifty per
cent. on manufactured silk goods
Through the influence of our worthy
representative, S. r. Peters, the ways
and means committee who had charge
of the tariff bill, was induced to give us
bounty on raw and reeled silk, but the
manufacturers came from Patterson, n.
j., and had it removed. When the bill
appeared in the senate our able senator,
p. B. Plumb, caused it to be again in
serted, but was lost when it came to
final vote. The importation of silk goods
this year will exceed thirty-six millions
on which there is a 80 per cent duty,
of which one-third or twelve million
dollars, which the manufacturer gets the
benefit of these hard times, while the
producer gets nothing, as the raw silk
is admitted free. So is the silk admitted
free IN partia manufactured condition,
in its reeled state, which ought to be
protected as well as its subsequent man.
ufacture into goods. The importation
of free silk this year will exceed twenty
four millions, fourteen millions of which
Is for reeling and ten millions the value
of the raw Cocoons.
The people of Kansas wish to know
why the manufacturer should be pro-
tected twelve million dollars worth and
the grower and reeler of silk nothing.
Why should we pay 33t cents on the
dollar indirectly to the manufacturer
on every dollars worth of silk we buy,
and get nothing for that we produce?
1t Is claimed the rich pay the cost of pro-
lection because they can best afford the
luxury. But it is not made a luxury by
the 30 per cent tariff, and we are not
deprived of it by that per cent, and as
the producer supports the rich, do we
not indirectly pay for their indulgence:
L see no reason why these conditions of
affairs should not be modified or
changed. There Is no question but that
we can grow superior silk and reel it.
and that this country should produce
the raw material manufactured here.
am satisfied if the Industry was properly
developed in Kansas we could grow
cocoonS for % cents a pound, the price
paid IN China, and produce a superior
article, which ought to satisfy the man
ufacturers and crafty the people.
II. +. BIDwELL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-18

Mr.. Word McAllister, the man who
kindly consented to tell about society as
he found it, or as he has made it, since
there was no ''Four Hundred until his
debut, says that it is a surprise to him
''that in this city our cleverest men and
politicians do not oftener seek society
and become its brilliant ornaments"
The only explanation of this remarkable
fact is, that these men had read some
book on society as it is, which had as
much sense in it as McAllister's, and be-
ing clever, saw that they could not aspire
to social success as therein pictured.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-18

correcting style, method and manner,
and otherwise furnishing data for his
culture and improvement, together with
ideas of the kind of preaching needed by
the people.
But there are two sides to the case.
The danger is that such flood of criti-
cism and suggestion will pour in upon
the rash reverend that he will be borne
down and swept away by its weight. If
he does not follow the ideas as expressed
by the individual members of his flock,
each one neglected will be offended. If
he does try to follow them he is, indeed,
lost. 1t is dollars to doughnuts that a
certain talented Minneapolis minister
will be looking for job somewhere else
in less than year. His grave is dug,
and he handled the spade himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-18
A JOURNALISTIC EVENT.

The consolidation of the Memphis APP
peal and Memphis Avalanche consum-
ated last week, is an event in southern
journalistic circles The first named
paper had been in existence for half a
century, and the paper which bought it
had been in existence for thirty-five
years. Whether the Appeal-Avalanche
has the circulation claimed, namely,
1900 daily and $4,000 weekly, may be
doubted, but in all probability, it has a
daily and weekly circulation now in
ferior only in the south to the two dali
les of New Orleans, and Henri Waiter
sons paper, the Courier-Journal.
Memphis now has two morning dailies,
as has New Orleans, Charleston, Atlanta
and Richmond, but these are probably
the only five southern cities that can as
yet support two metropolitan journals.
Memphis has for year enjoyed the de-
stinction of publishing three, but the two
now in existence, are better representa-
tives of what papers should be than the
three were before.