Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-07
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

--"Republicanism and the cause OF
honest elections go hand in hand" says
New York contemporary, which needs
to refresh its memory by careful re-
perusal of the Dudley letter-St. Louis
Republic.
benjamin Harrison, who is swing.
ing around the circle in pursuit of re-
nomination to the presidency, will
probably find it upon his return lust
where he left tin the inside pocket
of Hon. James G. Blaine-Chicago
Times.
The misfortune of Mr.. Edmunds'
retirement from the senate is made Pc
culiarly sad by the fact that it places Mr..
Hoar first in the line of succession to the
Craftsmanship of the judiciary commit
tee of that body.-St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat (rep.).
""Shall the republican party dis
band, or shall it go to the country?-
asks one of our leading republican ex.
changes. By all means let it do both
It's usefulness is over, and, perhaps
breathing pure country air would invig.
crate the best of its members enough
to make them democrats-Louisvi
Courier-J ournaL
The republicans will not dare de.
fend the Mckinley bill in the next pres
idential campaign They will play the
same old game of promising to correct
their mistakes, but they will find that
there was a great deal of wisdom in
President Lincoln's observation: ssYou
can fool all of the people sometimes
and you can fool some of the people all
the time, but you cannot fool all of
the people all the time. ''-Chicapo
Globe.
"A republican organ made in.
dignant by the statement that Ben
Harrison's trip is junket provided BY
railroad corporations declares s'that
Mr.. Harrison refused to accept a free
trip across the country, and is paying
for it like man." 1t is stated that the
expenses of the journey foot up round
S1S5, 900, of which great sum the presi.
dent with his teeth firmly set together
has insisted upon paying the price of
frst-class passage by ordinary convey.
ance from Washington to San Francisco
and back. The more one thinks of TIE
deacon's backbone the more one is coa,.
WINGED that that grand old man
wouldn't accept a favor from a railroad
corporation any more quickly than he
would accept a seaside cottage from
real estate combine. Chicago Newk
Dividing the Billion.
e1Where did all that billion 6ollars
go?' is a common question regarding
the appropriations of the billion-dollsa
congress
A good deal Of it went in appropriar
tions to promote the reelection of the
republican leaders of congress The
New York World drags a few of these
little grabs to light Mr.. Cannon oh
tanned 800, 600 for a post Office in his
own little town of Danville. Mr.. QUAY
got $50, 600 for building in his village
of Beaver Falls Senator Ingalls, So.
cured Sl00,0 900 of the plumber for
Atchison. The California members of
the appropriation committees obtained
S700, 600 for their state. Wisconsin,
share was $3.50, 600. Mr.. Mckinley e.
cnred 500, 600 for his town of Canton
These little sums viii not account
for q billion dollars by a good deal, bat
they are enough to show that the
spirit of grab was rampant and that
the republican statesmen were in it for
all they could get. Luckily it will be
some years before they have another
chance to loot the treasury.-Bostos
Globe.