The southern argus., 1891-09-10
MOUND CITY MUSINGS.
MOUND CITY. KAN. Sci

The Republicans of Labette county
met here today for the purpose of
nominating their county ticket and
indulging in a barbecued OK dinner.
There were fully 5000 or 5000 people
on the grounds. The convention was
called to order about noon, when III.
Byrne of Parsons was made temper
ary chairman and w. w. Cook of
Oswego secretary, after which the
convention got right down 10 work
and nominated the following ticket;
VIM. Slaughter, treasurer; @. w. Fill
ton, county clerk J. G. Ricncreek,
register of deeds; A. Caho, sheriff:
u. Finley, coroner; NJ. G. Gaffey,
surveyor. The county campaign was
opened by Senator Plumb delivering a
statesmanlike, thoroughly convincing
and argumentative speech on the cur
rent political issues of the hour. lie
showed clearly that the Peoples or
Alliance party is nothing but an an
mex to the Democratic party. lie
pictured out the tallacy of the sub
treasury scheme from a TO lizard. He
showed by a careful review OF the
history of the last congress that IL had
redeemed all of its promises, and fur
Their the senator alleged that the Dem
ocratic house which IS to come into
power next year will not repeal
single act passed by its predecessor.
Hon. Bernard Kelly, United States
pension agent of The Topeka agency,
| followed the senator with a powerful
and eloquent speech which could be
only delivered by the Hon. Bernard
Kelly. The speaker warned the pen
stoned soldiers of the craze prevalent
among them to 90 off with the calam-
ityites or Peoples party who threaten
to DESTROY their system OF pensions.
The speaker was interrupted several
times by spontaneous applause. Hon.
5. S. Kirk patrick of FredOnia, Kan,
who was introduced as the silver
tongued orator and who is the easiest
talker of all of them, spoke on The
tariff. He held an assemblage of five
thousand still on their feet for two
hours. He made that part of the tariff
which he dealt with simple enough
for 15-year-old school boy to under
stand. He said he had never been
able to make it simple enough for
Democrat to see why it is that the lie
publcans put duty on imports tina
come in competition with American
products aud none OH those import:
that do not. The righteousness anC
fallacy of the PETER sub-treasury
scheme was laid bare to the astonisheC
gaze of the great cOncourse OF people
which invoked showers of spontaneou;
laughter. Every fiber of both war;
and wool of the nefarious PetfeI
scheme (sub-treasury) was unravelet
by the eloquent and forcible speake
and laid i'm the light of logic and fair
ness, but melted away like wax befor
the sun. He quoted that passage 0
the scriptures that speaks of the com
ing of false prophets and prophetesses
"These are they" he said, "the People
or Alliance party under the Leadership
of PETER. Mrs Lease and Glover.
He said Mrs. Leases scheme by whlc
the mortgages are to be paid off is a
f open fraud. The scheme goes Ink
this: She wants the farmer mOrtga9
ors to give her $40 to bring a suit be
fore the supreme court of the state
I she tells them frankly that her SUI
+ NAV be decided against her by tn
court. but she will take an appeal I
the L. S. supreme court, but since tina
; high body moves slowly they woul
J. not in all probability reach their cas-
t earlier than four years, when the Fec
pies party will have gained the reil
of the general government and the
then would have things their own wa
> altogether. In short, it means to n
: pudiate the claims of the mortgage'
: She forgot 10 tell the mortgagor tn;
: Uncle Sam doesn't take a claim ft
: any amount under $4,000, in consider
e alton before his highest judicial trlbl
o nal, and what we stop to wonder
g most is the fact that few old hol
est 90 farmers paid in their tens.
this what Father Washington NEAR
e when he said, "Honesty is the be
# policy ?" A large number of colore
l. voters were on the ground and man
Q tested deep interest in the proceed
ings of the day, one of whom W.
: placed on the regular Republics
II ticket. We see large numbers
:. white women at the different polite
~ gatherings, but few cOlored wome
}, Since the darker sister initiates b
lighter sister in going to camp NEE
E ings, Sunday schools, lectures, Bird
$ tours, and balls, we see no good re
10 son why she should not initiate her
: attending political meetings. Ladi'
come out to our meetings occasional
= There are husbands who talk Repu
to licanism 10 their wives and daughte
~ at home and Alliance doctrine o
20 among the boys.
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