Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26

Herald.
BLAINE's reciprocity business is the
squarest kind of a back down on pro-
lection. 1t is practically free trade
under an assumed name. If the repub
lican party think they can win with
James G.. on democratic platform of
reciprocity in 1892, they will be as
badly fooled as they were in the big 9TH
district when they tried to elect James
r. Hallowell on greenback platform.
-EX
II is TO be hoped the farmers will
test the culture of the sugar beet in
this country this year. Some of the
very best authorities OH the subject
have positively stated that cane grown
in this high and rare atmosphere, where
winds soon take away any moisture,
will always have present too much of
thut acid which will make syrup but
will not crystalize into sugar. The
sorghum experiments have gone far
enough. Let us turn our attention to
beet raising. Democrat.
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AN OPERATION for the cure of idiOcy
has been performed by Cincinnati sur
geons recently. Depressed parts of the
skull have been removed, with the
hope that such obstruction to brain de-
velopment and activity would bring
about the desired results. 1t will take
tn Hofo not hQr or nt
the plan will work successfully. If it
does, we will head a subscription to-
secure the services of those Cincinnati
surgeons for the cure Of the editor of
the Register of this city. 1t is the last
resort.
II SEEMS a little queer that those re-
publicans who shout the lOudest for a
protective tariff high enough to shut
out all the world, claiming that Ameri-
ca can exist without any commercial
dealings with the rest of the world, are
the very men who oppose an American
system of fnances-the free and un-
limited coinage of sllver-basing their
opposition on the ground that America
cannot have free coinage without con-
sent of the great commercial countries
of Europe. We merely give this as a
specimen of republican consistency.
Our readers can make their own COM
ments.-Holton Signal.
WE HATE to urge the matter but we
are more than ever convinced that every
farmer should dam up the small draws
on his farm. During Il drive III the
country this week we noticed the snow
had nearly all drifted into the draws
and the water Was running in many
places. Care should be taken to choose
a location where the soil will hold the
water as much us possible. Even if the
dam is not much of Il success the first
summer, the stock will tramp the bot
tom of the pond into a stiff mud which
will not absorb the water and the next
year the dam will hold all the water
that runs McCracken Enterprise.
The DEMOCRAT desires a neWSV cor
respondent from every township in the
county. 1t is the aim of the editor to
make a COUNTY paper in all that the
word implieS-Of the DEMOCRAT. and
we are interested in the wellbeing of
every citizen of Barton county. It is
cur field of operation, and we propose
to till it the best way we know how.
We believe that truthful statement
of local events is of more interest to
the general reader than long winGed
editorials. We are highly gratified at
the faithfulness of the correspondents
already on our staff, and are desirous
of enlarging the department their week.
ly items have made so interesting.
GROVER CLEVELAND is born lead
er, but unless the people Of the west
and south experience a change of heart
OIL the question of the free coinage of
silver between now and the time of
holding the national convention to
nominate democratic president, Gro
yer Cleveland will not receive such
nomination. However honest he may
be in his convictions, and however
much he is admired for his fearless and
unequivoca, statement of such opinions;
the people of the west and south are
just as honest and determined in their
intention to not let the eastern money
power longer control national politics.
Thes reform has started, and will be
carried to victorious conclusion.
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND has be
come the leader of Il lew cult in New
York city. She and other patriotic
ladies have been instrumental in the
organization of society to encourage
the study and discussion of the works
of prominent American statesmen and
historians Browning, Ibsen, Kippline
and other foreign authors who are af-
fected by the Anglomaniacs are to be
superseded by Hamilton, Jefferson,
Webster, Calhoun and Bancroft not to
speak of Hawthrone, Holmes, Irving