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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

1t is heralded abroad that the Leav-
enworth Times has gone over, body and
breeches, to the alliance. 0stensibly it
would appear so; but we here make the
prediction that the Leavenworth Times
has just gone into the movement ''for
revenue only" and that the greatest
revenue" it Will draw will be from the
republican managers of the state-pro-
viding it. the Times, succeeds in leading
the alliance boys back into republican
ranks. The history Of old Dan Anthony
is too well known to intelligent Kansas
people for them to believe thai he would
be governed by principle. a sense of
honor or justice, or anything but a
greed for gold and the furtherance of
his cranky notions of prohibition and
plutocratic supremacy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
HOISINGTON.

From the Dispatch
Hoisington is to have the much need
ed sidewalks.
J. C. Lytle is building an addition to
his residence.
Heizerton postoffice in this county
will hereafter be known as HeiZer
The brass band is reorganiZirg and
it is hoped will soon be ready to furnish
good music.
More prairie is being broken this
spring than in any one year since the
settlement of the county.
A. J. Hoisington has sold his section
of land six miles southwest of town to a
Texas gentleman for 900.
Railroad business is On the increase
and the boys are feeling good over the
prospect of big check next month.
The world would be better If neigh
bors in little country villages would
visit each other more and try to be just
little more agreeable and kindly inter
ested in each others affairs. Such
visits help to Danish household cares
and enable good ideas to go from life tC
life and home to home for the good OF
ALL
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
CLAFIIN.

From the Banner.
Headers, binders. breaking plows and
threshing machines are going like hot
cakes just now.
Hoisington boasts of her base ball
timber. Claflin should organize a club
and take some of the conceit out of our
fair neighDor.
a number of prairie schooners floated
through our streets yesterday. TEey
were returning from their wife's people
to sunny Kansas.
We are pleased to see so many of oul
citizens planting trees. They viii in q
few years wonderfully improve the ap.
pearance of our already beautiful little
city.
Dusenbury & Son purchased the
farm of Sam Adams a few miles south
of this city, few days since. They
are shrewd men and know where to ia
| vest their money Kansas real estate
| is sure thing
Ed. Gemeinhardt and John Young
lwho have been roughing It out west th'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
Sixteen Dollars a Minute,

The Hon. Benton McMillin, Of Ten
nessee, delivered speech before the
Young Mems Democratic Club, of Bos-
ton, on Jefferson's birthday. In the
course Of his remarks he took occasion
to show up the extravaganza of the last
congress. This is about the way he put
the matter before his hearers:
Beside this congress the extrava-
gance of all others sinks into insignifi-
canoe. A billion eight millions spent in
two years is its record. A sum so great
it has to be divided up and --onslderet
in sections and by comparison II
comprehend it. 1t is SIG minute fol
all the time since the Declaration of In
dependence was signed. 1t is $50 fol
every hour, since the Saviour was borI
into the world. You have all heard OF
the prodigal son. His squandering Wa:
nothing when compared to theirs. L
he could rise from the tomb he would
blush because he had been outdone
He would stand forth as parsimoniou.
as Sbylock compared to these. And
apologize TO the shade Of that poo
sqaunderer for doing him the injustic,
to compare him TO this congress. III,
sauandered only his own inheritance
| not that of others. Besides, he repent
ed while they never did,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
From W, W, Sowards,


EDITOR DEMoCRAT:-I have no wish
to prolong the discussion with Friend
Cobun, and this is the finale of this
subject 10y me. How a person can con-
cede the members of a party to be hon
est and then claim that all the officers
elected by that party are rascals, surely
can be accounted for only by alliance
philosophy.
That bankers letter On ''hard times, -
any school boy will tell you that Great
ing such Impressions is part of the
trade. Whoever that banker may be,
he ought to be good authority on "bait
for suckers" In regard to the rnsh to
Topeka during the winter from this
county, heard of none going except
the "herders'' to see that my friend
was in the corral at night and voted
against ingalls, at the proper time. AS
to the $4,000 mortgages. the authority
named said: 1.-The prohibition law is
generally well enforced all over the
state" Did he tell the truth? How
lucky for the starving people i'll the
west part of the state, that Barton
county had such a generous representa-
ton, 81 finally got $4,000 more for
them.'' "Twice blest is he blows his
own horn.'' Why run east for aid
when the state can supply all the aid
needed? Who has asked aid for them
in Barton county? Tie farmers tax
is awful: let us see his assessment: 160
acres of land $4O0, personal property
four work horses $50, household furn.
iture SIS, wagon $40, $50 bushels of
wheat SIS: total $500. Constitutional
exemption 5000.
We now come to the exposition.
The subject sheared of all sophistry
narrows down to this; The state had
plenty of money to expend on display
at Chicago, provided the alliance could
get two-fifths of the places and ''boodle''
and they are perfectly willing to give
the republicans like share and leave
the poor democrats as good as froze out,
Now my heart goes out in loving admi-
ration for Gov. Clicks appointee at
New Orleans waiting all these years
for his pay, not depressing the state by
demanding his money until the alliance
ways and means committee got the
state cash box more than full. After
this manifestation of democratic good
ness, why did not you, the magnanimous
| and liberal representative, propose two
apiece all around? Own up my friend
that your party has learned the lesson
of greed for Office and Doodle early and
| we'll. And please vacate the corners
| and public places on the streets and
quit holding up your hands and thank
ing God that you are not as other
men, W. w. SOWARDS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

FRANK MCGRATH, of the alliance,
issues circular whose import seems to
be to warn the democrats who are in
the alliance that if they. the former
democrats now in the alliance, do not
agree to all that the leaders OF the alli-
ance choose to ask OF them, the other
fellows. the former republicans now in
the alliance, Will 60 back to the G. o. p.
and again roll up the famous 81 600
for the corrupt old machine. 1t does
seem that such threat is burdened
with very large amount of gall, not to
say inconsistency. If all the alliance
men charge the republican party of
Kansas with is true-and we believe it
is-no man who has confessed knowl-
edge of that same cOTruptness can go
back to the old party and retain bit
of self esteem, honesty. or lndepend-
ence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
classes of labor not engaged in similar
protected industry.

protected industry.
All this class of manufacturers and
their laborers and artisans eat the un-
protected bread of the farmer and sell
him their protected goods at protected
prices The results, as we have said.
are seen in the monstrously unequal
distribution of wealth, the colossal for
tunes in the east. The result of this
has made the east the bankers and
money loaners to the west. By reason
of this they have made vast fortunes
besides, not by reason of their superior
business skill and ability, but by rea-
son of the government aid afforded
them by this protective tariff.
These unconscionable profits have
poured into the lap of New England
and the east, have swelled it's banks of
deposits, and made its millionaires; so
that they haYe been enabled to, and
have loaned this money at high rates of
interests all over the west.
[Concluded next week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

JOE DILLON. of the Hartland Herald,
IS queer fish. He was honored by be-
ing placed upon the democratic state
ticket last fall, and was worked for
faithfully by every staunch democrat in
the state; but he seems TO have forgot
ten all that already, and in a recent
issue turns himself loose in a ground
less TRADE against one Of the truest
democrats in the state, Representative
Neeiey, of Leavenworth. We begin TO
believe there was some truth in the re-
port that Joe was Logging for ingalls,
last fall, though at that time we had too
good an opinion of Joe to credit the
statement.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

THE Botkin trial, SO far, gives out all
Indications that the drunken Judge
will be whitewashed by the republican
senate which is meeting as court of
Impeachment. While entering his
demurrer to the charge of drunkenness
and debauchery Botkin virtually admits
that he is guilty of the charges, but that
he was not drunk and disorderly while
performing his judicial duties. And
the republican press of the state has no
word of condemnation for the man;
the only effort that press appears to
make is condemnation of the i'm
peachment proceedings, on the ground
of its heavy cost. If Botkin is NOT
guilty, why does he not court full and
complete investigation of the charges?
Will Bro. Caraway please explain2
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
ELLINwOOD.

From the Advocate.
John Wolf has begun tearing down
the old Avery house.
Douie Borchardt has purchased the
fine stallion formerly owned by John
Wolf.
The S. of v, @. a. E. and Ladies
Circle are making preparations for Gel
ebrating Memorial Day this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Petz returned from
Denver Sunday morning. They will
probably make this city their future
home.
Henry KOelsch moved his shoe shop
from the old Avery building to the
building formerly occupied by T. a.
Steckel.
Wheat has advanced continually in
price, and in consequence there is a
great deal of it coming to market. Let
her raise.
The Happy Hour club will give ar
other one OF their dances at the opera
hall next Thursday evening. The club
has been very successful the past sea-
son, and we hope they will keep the
organization up and have some more
fun next winter. 1t is cheap way to
enjoy ones self occasionally, and also a
very profitable way, socially Keep he1
going boys.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
NUMBER 5.
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, D. c. April p, 1891.
1t may be tue that there was no
studied attempt to utilize the Cincin-
natl convention of republican league
clubs for the purpose of advancing the
political welfare of certain individuals.
but the most conservative and carefnI
promoters of the gathering must admit
that there has been a remarkable line of
elimaxes and condolences which tends
TO give color to the charge that there
was a lack of loyalty to the republican
national administration throughout the
whole proceedings. Aside from the
pyrotechnical display by the orators of
the Thursten and Fuller, school there
were numerous other incidents and
manifestations which seemed very much
out of place in gathering which is. said
to have been designed for the welfare of
the whole party-state and national.
Perhaps the most striking thing in this
line is the souvenir of tbs convention.
which consisted of a neatly printed
pamphlet containing the official pro-
gramme of the proceedings, important
political data pertaining to the opera
tions of the republican national league.
and pictures of leading republicans. 1t
| cannot be claimed that the person or
persons who compiled the souvenir
were swayed by the inspiring demon
strations of the delegates or the soul
stirring strains of the innumerable
| brass bands. The souvenir was pre-
pared under the narcotic influence of a
normal Cincinnati calm, and the per-
sons VINO are responsible for its con-
tents cannot be excused ON the grounds
of undue excitement or spell-bounding
hypnotism. Under such circumstances
it would naturally be expected that the
league souvenir would impartially and
without the least semblance of dis
| elimination treat this important event
in republican leaguedom. But the
souvenir, too. seems to have been sub
jected to that long line of startling and
dramatic accidents which characterized
| this most remarkable gathering. On
the first page of the league souvenir ap-
pears photo-engraving of Secretary of
State Blaine, who Ex-Gov. Foraker
happened" to say, was giving the
country an excellent administration.
Following this are the pictures of For
aker, Thurston, and Louis E. McComas.
Another page is devoted to a picture of
Hon. John NJ. Langston. This political
photograph gallery also contains the
pictures of Chaancy VI. Depew and
other republicans, yet the dispassionate
land conservative compilers of the SOU
venir were unable to find space in their
valuable work for a picture Of the pres
ident of the United States who was
elected on the republican ticket. Sem
ator John Sherman was also over
looked. This novel accident" in SEN
ator Sherman's own state is particularly
noticeable. AS before suggested, this
feature of the leagues may have chap
tpened" in a manner similar to the
speeches of Foraker and Thurston. 1t
is proper to suggest that the next meet
ing of the national league of republican
clubs should be insured against "acci-
dentS.n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
NE1GHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS.
PAWNEE ROCK.

From the Leader.
John Bauer is having his new house
painted this week.
L. X. Benefiel is having new addi-
ton built to his town property on
Santa Fe avenue.
T. 81. Brewer was up from the Bend
on Monday attending the funeral of his
daughter Emma,s little baby.
n. Smith sold his so acre farm that
lies east of town TO W. NJ. Zieber this
week. Consideration $500.
Over one hundred Randolph headers
will be sold in Barton county this year
if orders come in as they have done.
Abram DIrks purchased lumber this
week for new dwelling house which
he will commence building on his farm
next week.
Last Saturday the grandchildren
and great-grand-children of Mrs. Mary
Maddox met at the home of Mr.. Tom
lies, south side, and gave her little
surprise party and present OLA hand
some rocking chair, it being the occa-
sion of her S0th birthday.
A petition was circulated this week
for druggist permit by Porter s. Co.,
but with rather poor success. Those
who had permits heretofore abused the
privilege to such an extent that the
majority of the citizens fear the conse-
quences of another trial. Some may
ter & Co., and possibly it Is not, but
there are those who will swear to- any.
thing for the sake of a drink. and of
course the druggist would be held
blameless for all sales made if the appli-
cant signs up as required by law.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

(''Where will Dan Anthony go to
when he falls out of the alliance.''-
Wichita Eagle. I'VE know. but we
don't like to say in A paper that furn-
ishes Sunday reading to great many
people. Topeka Lance.
THE prediction of the DEMOCRAT is
bosom of his first love, the g. o. p; and
next to that place the religious Lance
don't like to mention
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

WHEAT growers in Russia SOW more
than two bushels of seed to the acre
and only harvest three and half bush
els for each bushel sown, while in the
United States the farmer secures eight
bushels on an average for every bushel
of seed put into the ground. and IN
many cases much more. Russia can
never hope to compete with America on
wheat growing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

PROBABLY the most cruel way to
treat boy is to make him sit in the
celler these sunny days and dehorn
potatoes when the fish are swapping
their jaws like steel traps. T. s.
There are not many potatoes to dehorn.
-Larned Eagle Optic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

DIMES are little opportunities: the
man who rejects them, waiting for the
big opportunity of a dollar, never be
comes rich.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
SOUTH BEND & WASHBURN

From Bonner
John r. Hart is prepared for sharp
ening plow lays.
Adolph Nicolet has a stray, two
year-old colt, at his place.
Don't ask Adolph how he liked the
mule. Guess to much grain.
n. B. Holmes and son are patching
and breaking sod on his farm.
Jacob Riegel has sowed eighteen OF
twenty acres of alfalfa this season.
Miss Porine's school will close FIJI
day Of this week, at the Geo. Taylor
school house.
Lloyd Rippy, who went to Louisiana
last October, returned to Barton county
one day last week.
Jacob Shively, who has been ON a triI
through California and Oregon, return.
ed home Friday of last week.
South Bend brass band played al
Great Bend last Saturday evening fol
the German Concordia Society.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

A MAN viii give his head to business,
his heart to his wife, his soul TO the
Lord, and then people grumble because
he wants to keep his money for him
self
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

THERE is nothing in the signs of the
times to make a democrat sad. Right
Il night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

Col jim HALO VEIL appears now to
be an object Of interest only as 1.-The
man who was beat BY Jerry Simpson. y
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

past two years. returned to the land OF
milk and honey last week. We under
stand they will make this neck o. the
woods their future home.
Quite a number of farmers in this
vicinity are talking of engaging their
growing wheat at from 65 to 30 cents
per bushel for August delivery. This
is good starter, but we advise our
farmers to hold QUITO their wheat.
Isn't it about time that the officers of
the Old Settlers Association were be-
ginning to make some arrangements
for the annual reunion next month? 1t
is only few more weeks till the time
set for this years meeting will have ar
rived-the 2Sth of May is not far dis
tant. We would be pleased to hear
from the president and secretary at
their earliest convenience.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

Ad valorem duty, 40 per cent. so cts.
Total duty per dozen .SI.55
Price per pair unprotected. 1873 cts.
Price per pair protected. % 7-12 cts.
Take wool felt hats. The duty is 55
per cent. ad valorem. A one dollar
hat with duty is S1.55.
So we may go through the list of
those articles of protected manufacture
which are in the most common use in
the farmers family and the working
mans family, and those enormous
duties are quietly and noiselessly sap.
ping and absorbing the substance Of all
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