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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11
PARTY History,

There never has been in this country
but two great parties at one time. ALL
others have been merely side issues.
From 1889 until 1929 there were but
the federalist and republican. The
former more nearly represented what
is now the republican and the latter
what is now the democratic.
In 1929 the name democratic was
taken, and opposed to that until 1857
was the national republican, with such
side issues as notification and anti
masonic. In 1910 the national repub-
lican changed to the whig, and was the
chief opponent of the democratic party
until 1857. During this period there
were in the field as offshoots of the
main parties as follows: Liberty, aboli-
ton, free soil, liberty league. free dem
ocracy, American (know nothing).
From 1857 until 1860, out of the re-
Mains of the whig party and from the,
various side issues named was BON the
republican party. Since the last date
until 1888 the main struggle has always
been between that party and the dem
ocracy. This period has been prolific
of side issues. We only name those
who have placed presidential candi-
dates in the field: Independent demo
cratic, constitutional union, radical
secessiOnist, labor reform, prohibition
revenue reform or free trade, anti
secret society, Independent or green
back, American national or anti
secret society, national or peoples OF
greenback, united labor, American.
Now comes the peoples party, a new
candidate for success. The democratic
party has always existed and always
will exist. The struggle as to which
will be side issue must be between
the republican and peoples party. In
the meantime the delpocrats are sure
of victory in 1892
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11
Trade For Oar Money,

Mr.. Blaine's limited reciprocity is in
for bad year among thinking people.
Here is a reason that will keep in any
climate: If we do an extensive trade
with South America We must do some
banking and money lending. and we
may get stuck as Europe now is with
worthless securities.
There is not in ali South America a
financially sound government or a
financially prompt people worse yet.
there is not one which can consume
large quantities of our surplus pro-
ducts. If they Go not want much and
are bad pay for what they get. the value
of intimate relations with them does
not foot up enough TO account for the
glori6cation of Blaine organs. Be,
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Morality Democratic.

Disclosures in high life abroad
stlengthen the view of many philoso-
pliers that morality is democratic
Begin with Nero and end with Lud-
wig of Bavaria and the excessive i'm
moralities are most practiced and most
encouraged by the privileged classes.
Nearly every prince OF Wales has been
a Iibertine before marriage and an un.
faithful husband afterward The case
of the present English heir apparent
and Lady Brooke is not unique py any
means. He simply follows tradition
of cynical self indulgence. Half the
mobiles Of his conptrv go 20 his s;ri. tors
in this respect. The duke of Suther-
land has made himself notorious in
this country and Lord Harrington
without leaving his native shores. The
Dixie and Colin Campbell cases are
fresh in mind. Gambling is a part Of
common. Assault and often murder
was not rare until this century set in
with its new power of public opinion.
The stories told of Isabella, of Spain,
Catherine, of Russia, and the Borgias
are not myths.
The world has grown rapidly better
and almost wholly through the spread
of democracy. As the people have
risen in influence the moral restraints,
the feeling in favor of which is always
high in the aggregate, have been
exerted more sensibly. The churches
are strong with the masses and weak
with aristocrats. Publicity and its
moral effects develop with the popular
ization of education. The United
States IS high in average morality be
cause public opinion is to but slight
degree a respector of persons and no
mans inherited rank provides him with
a toadYism which overlooks his offenses
against the standards of a community.
One of the chief glories of genuine
democracy is its friendship to morality.
TX. c. Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11
ALBERT.

from ''SpEnk
B. p. Grossclose, of Great Bend, was
in our city on Thursday OF last week.
Herman Teten went to Great Bend
on Friday last.
J. Mckinnie made flying trip to
Kansas City the latter part of last
week.
Tom Wilkinson and Bass McKinnie
made a business "trip to Lacrosse, on
Tuesday of last week.
L. J. Wilkinson and Mesdames A. E.
Beattie and E. S. Campbell attended
the entertainment given at Ellinwood
on last Thursday evening.
Rev. Dadisman, of Hoisington, is ex-
pected to be here on Sunday next, if
present, he will preach instead of our
regular minister. After services Rev.
r. J. Davis, of Lyons, will administer
baptism, by immersion. to several per-
sons. In the evening 5. j. Day, of
Great Bend, will give gospel temper
ance lecture. Let everybody come out.
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CLAFLIN.

From the Banner.
Mr.. Williamson has again taken
charge of the Claf1in hotel.
Miss Nellie Dodge, of Great Bend, is
visiting with Miss Gertie Ingersol.
Miss Myrtle Frybergef of Great
Bend. was visiting with her many
friends in this city several days the
past week.
Mr.. Werzel Habiger and Miss There
sia Lamartch were married on Tuesday
last in the church at Odin, by Rev.
Father Emmerich
Quite large amount of grain has
been marketed in this city the past few
days. Farmers are emptying their
granaries and preparing for the coming
large crop.
There will be a strawberry and ice
cream festival given in the school
house Thursday June 18th, the pro-
ceeds to be used for church purposes.
Everybody is cordially invited.
What might have been a very expen-
sive FIRE was started in the rear part OF
the New York Store building which is
occupied by j. III. Cannon as a dwelling
The fire was caused by a defective
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sides, there is no getting around the
pauper labor of our neighhors, and the
protective theory surely can not endure
trade with pauper labor.
A few more thoughts arise. To those
countries has dlifted big italian emi-
grafton. We know what italian emf
grants sent out by the ship load are,
South America is south Europe to all
intents and purposes. Spanish, Italian
and negro are the main elements.
Slow in business. and restless in poll
tics, the inhabitants get a move on
them only when they want a revoln-
ton.
The riskiest trading on earth Is with
the lower end of this hemisphere. No
body could tell today what the money
down there is. Gold is worth some
times 2S5, as it was in Buenos Ayres
last week. The Argentine Republic ls
financially smashed. Chilli is torn up
with an insurrectiOn, Peru is PROSTATE
and Brazil has not got her new COVER
AACht NONh " oOCo sCSs 4AO1O al .
only few more republics and they are
not much better.
For some time yet we would show
our Yankee. gumption by letting
Europe do the banking and money lend
ing for South America. Europe has
cheap capital and not much use for it
and can stand putting up 5000, 900 on
Argentine Republic collateral to avoid
a panic. We can use all of our own
savings to advantage and some from
Europe.
Every business man in this country
is expecting results from this years
trade between the American farmers
and the European food buyers. Not
one, except a few in New York who
buy inside privileges from South Amer
lean nations, expects to get anything
from Mr. Blaine's reciprocity proteges.
AS the Times often finds occasion to
say about markets and getting at them
business is Observation-Disclosures City
Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

PYTHIANs will smile over story set
afoat by the Waterloo, Indiana, Press,
in effect that a young lady of that city
disguised herself in male clothing and
clerked for several months in a store,
during which time she applied for ad-
mission as Pythian and was intro
duced into the Order. All went merry
until the third rank was reached, and
then came exposure. ut seems" says
the Press, ''in the third rank they have
an Iudia-rubber rat a cellulloid snake,
run by clOck-wOrk inside, which are
very natural indeed. The idea is to let
them run at the candidate, to see if he
will finch. When the snake ran at the
girl she kept her nerve all right, but
when the rat tried to run up her trous-
ers leg she grabbed her imaginary
skirts, and jumped on refrigerator
that was standing near, which is used
in the work OF the fourth rank. and
screamed for murder. The girl is a
member of the Order, however, and
their is no help for .''-Cimarron
,JackSOnian.
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Land Owners in Barton County! Read.


To any person contemplating calling
upon me, County Surveyor" to survey
a quarter section or section: of land; let
me tell you how find your lands and
also the condition as to metes and
bounds l leave your lands when
through. Let me say but few if any
townships in the county are found IN
resurveying to correspond in length or
line with the government reported dis
tance or length; hence we find the line
long or short, an excess or deficit, when
compared with the government report
ed lire. Now if the line is long we
have more land than the government
found there. To whom belongs this
surplus? II the line is short, less land
is found than the government reported
as found there. Who should suffer
this loss of lands2 Permit me to say
that my predecessors plan "Of dealing
with this excess or deficit we find in re-
running cid lines" and my plan differs
very much. Now as no statutory law
existed in this state ''prior to our last
winters legislation" under which this
excess or deficit could be assigned
according to law; it therefore remained
in the bosom Of the surveyor to put it
where it seemed more practically to be-
long. My predecessors all seem to have
agreed that the excess or deficit belong
ed to the closing line, viz: to the last
sOrty chains on north or west side of
the township. To this mode of my
predecessors took issue, held that
over government report was common
property of the township and each land
owner is entitled to his or her share of
the surplus. In case of a shortage in
land the shortage was a common
burden and each land owner must bear
his or her share of the same. Under
the present law all surveyors of this
state must fall in line with my mode of
procedure. A few townships in the
county have had their lands divided
and corners set under the permanent
survey law and must so remain and are
as immovable by me or my successors
as a government corner, but unfOrtun.
ately but few of these last government
corners) are or ever were in existence
so far as the memory of man goeth.
Now let me sum up the logical conclu-
sions lunder the present law) that
ninety-nine of the each one hundred
corners of land are where they should
not be. And that any survey may be
called to make, taking these corners as
a base, must necessarily be in error;
and the better the chainmen and my
self would do our work from such a
base the more certainty of error in the
result of our labors. Nothing but care
lessness or negligence in the cbainmer
or myself could possibly produce
proper result, contingency that would
not be safe to rely on. 500,
But methinks some inquiring MIND
that troubles easy will wonder what
the surveyor put that communication
in the paper for. Let me remove tha
Aprest by giving . case in point:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11
wonan,s CHANCES II Forty.

II don't care If / am an old maid.
said a charming woman If wait tin
forty I'll be bound to make a brilliant
match" This sounded startling at first,
but as she went on to explain, her
theory seemed quite likely. ''Men
marry women every day." she said.
'.who are faded, old and CT dubious fig
ures, when they might marry pretty
young girls But the girls slzdn't know
how to manage them So experience
won IN place Of youthful ignorance
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

THE republican machine in Kansas
in preventing the people from electing
a successor to Judge Horton of the su-
preme court, will no doubt appoint as
such successor that grand old soldier
and theoretical prohibitionist. Judge
Theodocious Botkin.-W Wichita Beacon
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

gentleman living in Fairview township
writes me to come and locate by survey
three quarter sections of land in his
1 already know to moral
certainty that the interior of his town.
ship has no corner government corner
proper place. But this gentleman says
want to build fence and / want to
know just where the lines are that
bound these three quarters; this i'm
formation will cost him S25; to obtain
this inform alton would have to meas
ure four lines each six miles in length
and compass two miles, making a
twentY-six mile run. No farmer can
afford this. So it is fair to conclude
from former precedent that my employ
er will say three. or two or three cor
to this section and l want you to set
the remaining one or two corners, and
quarter the section. The chairman
and 1 will begin somewhere at stone
found, run somewhere; thence some
where else, and finally conclude
the survey. Now the point comes in :,
the matter that gives life to the survey
or's family: Two and half days work,
81 per day, recording work 50, total, sl2.
Now in conclusion, let me say this
family will have treated me well, shown
oil ho hni
part; and me, what have 1 done? Why
have made his last condition worse
than his first. Before I came he could
have put his fence up by guess and pos
sibly guess Alright, but now the survey
or has set the line and he quits guess
ing and puts his fence on the last line;
while l, as a surveyor, leave bim,
knowing to moral certainty that the
line established him, to be in error.
Information of this character pre-
viously given has doubtless deprived
me of bread for my family from this
source of labor Yet it's somewhere
said: "Man liveth not by bread alone -
Your Obedient Servant,
BERNARD MARKEY,
County Surveyor.
z. SIN reading the foregoing advice
it might leave the land owner in guam
dry as to what he should do in the prem
ises. will say if you want to put up
a line of fence between yourself and
neighbor, 60 to your neighbor and agree
about where you think the line is OF
should be and if your neighbor and you
are agreed it is nobody elses business
and the SIP you would have to pay me
for nothing will go long way in help
ing remove the fence after township
survey is had. B. M.
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Queen Anae-s CaIaeas.

4 chest belonging TO an old man who
recently died near kingsbridge was Of
fered for sale by his friends for one
shilling. but failing 10 find . purchaser
it was decided to use IL as frewood-
While it was being chopped up two hun
dred guipeas OF Queen Anne's date
rolled out of secret drawer The low
est price of Queen Aane's guinea Is
thirty shillings
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

On THE inside. pages of this issue of
the DEMOCRAT may be found COM
plete description Of the enormous (N
valuable (?) and all-around-wonderful
tin plate industries that have sprung
up all over (Y) the United States as a
result of the Mckinley law. You know
Bro. How told us all about this wonder
ful enterprise, some months ago, and
the Register has been beating a regular
tin pan reveille to the edi6cation of it's
readers ever since.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11
NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS.
HOISINGTON.

From the Dispatch.
D. W. Humphrey is erecting resi-
dence on his farm.
The politicians have begun to har-
angue the dear people.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. W.
w. Truxal on Friday, May 18th.
Barton county has Is 900 inhabitants
and is one of the richest agricultural
counties of the state.
Mrs. Houck and daughter Maud were
over from Great Bend Wednesday, Wis.,
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Orr.
Barton county will be either first or
second in wheat tnis year. In 1859 she
was second and in 1890 fourth in
amount produced.
Alfalfa is one of the best paying
crops in western Kansas. 1t does well
in Barton county and it is strange that
the acreage is not larger.
At least forty dwellings will be erct-
ed in Hoisington during the present
year. About ten have been built, or
are In course of construction, this
spring.
The exhibition of threshers and en-
gines by Cooke s. Wildgen last satur-
day, was very satisfactory and proved
that this firm handles a good make of
machinery.
One noticeable evidence of the pros
perity of the farmers of this county is
the. farm buildings that are being erect
ed. Go in any direction you will you
can see new dwellings and barns. The
farmers of this county have entered an
era of prosperity and it looks as though
this year would be the best of all the
years. We hope it will
MARRIED:-At the residence of the
brides parents, near Paola, Indiana,
on Sunday. May "a. 1891. Mr.. John
Childs and Miss Sarah Stackhouse.
Mr.. Childs is one of the prosperous
farmers of Union township; Miss
Stackhouse taught in our city schools
two years ago. The couple arrived
here Friday night and have gone to
housekeeping on Mr.. Child's farm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

. WHEN Great Bend gets her proposed
system of electric lights, we want to see
big illuminator put on top of the
water stand pipe, 80 that the farmers
in the surrounding country may not get
lost in the wheat fields.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11
PAWNEE ROCK,

from Inc I.tadef
The waving wheat. the ripening
grain, tells tale of the farmers gain.
Frank Baker, of South Bend town
ship. led the band on Decoration Day.
-[When did you move, Frank?]
There's a little ''unpleasantness'
going on in Pawnee Rock at this pres
ent writing.
The city council has employed S. j.
Day, Of the firm of Day & Smith Bros,
of Great Bend, as counselor for this
city for the ensuing year.
W.O. Bashore, of Pratt, Kansas, will
address the citizens of Pawnee Rock
and vicinity on Thursday, June 18th,
at $50 p. No., on the peoples move
ment. Everybody cordially invited to
attend.
Billie Warner caught centipede
Thursday morning while digging up a
tie on the railroad track. 1t was said
to be one of the largest ever seen in this
section. Frank Porter has it in alco-
hol.
James Paine and family, formerly
telegraph operator at this place, and
late of NJ edora, Kans., returned to this
neighborhood on Friday of last week,
he has moved for the present into the
Will Lewis house northwest of town.
Mr. Tommy Dent came up from
Nickerson last Sunday and went out
to his old home. He bid us the time
of day as he passed our house and said
he could smell a good dinner ahead ol
| him. No doubt about the dinner in the
neighborhocd that Tommy used to live
in.
| Geo. Keynes says that wheat out in
the neighborhOod of his farm Zone an0
one-half miles east of town. is looking
finer than he has ever seen in Kansas
and he also says his orchard is Just E
booming. His peach, pear. cherry
and in fact all kiuds of fruit trees arr
heavily laden with fruit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

IT Is strange coincidence, worthy of
note, that both London. England, and
Pawnee Rock, Kansas, are stirred up
oyer gambling scandals. o, those
naughty people!
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

THE Hutchinson News says that In
diana has no motto, but from the
course pursued by the present admin
istration. ''Gobble, Gobble," would be
highly Observation-Disclosures Demo
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

stove pipe. The alarm was given and
with the aid of our water works it was
only few moments until the fire was
extinguished. AS is usually the case,
the greatest damage yas done by the
fremen.
Great excitement seemed to prevail
at the Office of Chatter Bros. & Co. on
Friday last. Men fldcked to the scene
from all parts of totn. We grabbed
our pencil and made for the spot bare
headed apd almost breathless, expect
ing to learn of vile murder or hear
some advocate of the peoples party
explain to his benighted brothers in
toll the ''way out" or something of that
sort; but oh! how agreeably were we
surprised when we learned that the
great excitement was caused by the ar
rival of bouncing boy at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Hamilton, and
the boys were just calling in to take a
smoke at Bob's expense. All are doing
we'll, aud Bob is so excited he can't tell
a ten penny nail from carpet tack.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

Washington, D. c.. June 8, 1881.
A wild westerner who is probably
opposed to the new tariff law has
named supic;ous five cent cigar 1.-THE
Mckinley"
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will visit friends in Ottawa before re-
turning.
A large number of students departed
Monday, for their respective homes
and the squeezing of hands, ringing of
handkerchiefs. and long ranged kiss
ing that took place was enough to melt
tue heart of the most stoical.
Randall Llvesay added sauce to the
breakfast meal, by rising in his place
and in humorous effort that sent the
echoes flying, moved that the congratu-
lations of the assembled students be
rendered to Prof. StrYker upon his re-
cent great, good fortune. The boys are
circulating a subscription paper to buy
baby carriage. It's boy.
The news class of Saturday was well
attended. The labor question was
warmly and earnestly discussed in all
its bearings. The value Of the news
| class is potent TO the most casual obser-
yer. Young people, of all people, can
not afford to be oblivious to passing
events, they should keep Informed as
to what the world is doing and where
no one has enough time to read all OF
the news but each one can read some
thing and by coming together and each
contributing his mite, all the news is
learned and those participating learn tt
think while standing, to speak witt
ease and fluency but there will alway:
remain those who have an invincible
diabolical repugnance for even calm
deliberate discussion of any kind.
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IIEdi VI q DOuhClhS IVY al SAO AC0iuOhO>
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Hamilton, an(
the boys were just calling in to take ;
smoke at Bob's expense. All are doing
we'll, aud Bob is so excited he can't tel
a ten penny nail froma a carpet tack.
ooLLleE.
By ''Justicus."
Prof. C. C. White, Of Syracuse, will
be member of the faculty during th'
summer term,
The Normal Weekly, a four page
three column, educational paper. mad'
it's appearance, Friday. The Norma
Weekly is the only weekly, educationa
paper published in the state.
MIR. j Jackson, who by the by the way
is a relative of "Stonewall" Jackson
delivered a very interesting oration
en- titled, Rome" Friday morning
Mr. Jackson discussed his subject from
political and social standpoint ant
drew number of valuable conclusions
Prof. E. B. Smith delivered a lecture
W edneSOay morning, on the MOOD, an(
although the lecture was purely scien
tific, and the subject usually consider
ed dry one, Prof. Smith held tn,
attention of the students until he hat
finished his lecture.
Mr.. Geo. Stryker talked to the stud
ents, Thursday evening on Pope
Campaign in Virginia." Mr.. Stryke
told some very interesting incident
connected with that memorable cam
paign.
The Websterian society together will
the private students In elocution, mad
Prof. Leahy present of handsome
bible, Wednesday morning, the pre-
sentation speech was made by Mis-