Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-31
THE COMING ELECTION.

cred by many an nnimportant affail
aud IL is an off year to the candidate
worker, the hired striker and the polit
ical hummer, but il is far from being
an off year TO the property owner, the
farmer, the wage worker aud the true
patriotic citizen of Kansas.
The result of this election is to de.
eide questions of the utmost moment
to the people of this state. 1t is not a
question of who are the best men, as
there is no doubt that all the men on
all the tickets are competent and
worthy, but it is question of princi-
pie, and it is in order TO enquire what
principles these candidates represent.
The two old parties seemingly stand
on their old platforms and are at
variance on the tariff question only.
The Peoples party, made up OF
dissatisfied members from the old par
ties, have adopted new and untried
measures throughout and are making
strong efforts to carry the state on the
principles of the Ocala platform; that
is, the sub-treasury plan, land-lOan
scheme, governmental ownership of
railroads, public warehouses 10 store
grain and other commodities, increase
of the circulating medium by issuing
unlimited currency and other untried
measures, which il carried out would
destroy or overthrow all existing forms
of government.
1t may be that these schemes would
prove the greatest good TO the greatest
number, and that our form of govern
ment, heretofore considered the best
on earth, is really only relic Of the
dark ages aud that the success Of the
party who stand on the Ocala platform
would open an era Of prosperity such
as the world has never dreamed of. II
such is the fact then the sooner we
elect the Peoples party ticket, the
sooner we will reach the millennium.
II. after due consideration, the voter
comes TO the conclusion that the above
doctrine as set forth is false and de-
structive to orr present instituted
form of government, then it is his
solemn duty to vote for The old party
men and endeavor to uphold the
present form of government until a
better system is presented to view.
The Farmers Alliance is no doubt
worthy organization and would have
accomplished great good to the farm
ers had they held TO their original in
tention and kept out the politicians
and the wild visionary schemers who
came into the organization for the
spells and are now about to strand il
on the rocks of socialism, communism
and anarchy.
The defeat of McGrath for president,
one of the most faithful friends the
farmers had IN the party, is victory
for the Vincents, and the mon-con-
forming, atheistical crowd who follow
IN their wake. These Vincents care
nothing for the wants of the farmer ;
they have for years sought TO intro
duce in our homes the impracticablc,
ultra fanatical and sOcialistic schemes
which originated in tile crazed brains
of foreign fanatics and are still foster
ed in the slums of Paris, Vienna and
Berlin. The Non-Conformist, publish
ed by the Vincents, is not such paper
as any honest, law-abiding, GOd-fear-
ing farmer would dare 10 introduce
into his family, or have read at his
Preside; and yet the publishers of this
paper have beaten McGrath for presi-
dent of the Peoples party in Kansas
and will hereafter dictate the policy Of
the party Us may best suit their ambi-
tious views.
Our readers are familiar with the
principles of all three of the parties
who have candidates in the field and
they should cast their votes for those
who represent tho best form of gov
eminent, who will give us the best
administration and who will do their
state and county the most good, always
remembering that this is not an off
year for Kansas, but on the result OF
this election depends largely the future
prosperity of the state and county.