Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-18

mOIo interesting tnan 10 WaCcn
how quickly that same cloud would be
dispelled by the sunlight of honest SEN
timent and just Indignation that would
| flood the big seventh through the votes
of the sturdy yeomanry thereof should
the Hon. Morg. give them the chance,
Pass the clipping around, boys, and
help the plug hat along.
No, IT WAS all mistake; Chief
Justice Horton was not appointed as
an associate justice of the o.. S. Land
| Court. The republican managers sent
up such protest that Ben. crawfshed,
and Horton was dropped and Judge
Sluss, of Wichita, appointed instead.
And why this change? o, only be-
cause that if Horton had been appoint
| ed the election of successor to him in
the Kansas court would have been
necessary this fall. and the g. o. p.
with its erstwhile 80. 900 majority did
not dare go before the people so soor on
the election of state officer. Bah!
The towards! What hope do they have
in delay? The longer the next clash of
ballots is put off the better will the
people be educated upon the living
issues of the day, and the deeper will
the old republican party be buried in
oblivion by the honest votes Of honest
men. If republicanism is SO weak that
| it cannot go into fight in the next
few months, what an awfnlly deplor-
able condition it will be in by the fall of
1892. What travesty upon it's boast
ed strength in Kansas, that it dares
not face an election this year!
PATENT right men, canvassers and
peddlers of every description will be
hooking into Kansas about this time of
year, and doubtless will carry away
! many a hard-earned dollar If people
would be more careful about making
contracts just because they are asked
to do so; of buying things just because
they are apparently cheap, when they
do not really need them, the general
run of humanity would be in better
financial shape. When stranger calls
upon you with some newfangled thing
and enlarges upon its beauties and ad-
vantages, consider well the motive that
actuates him, and also reflect if you
cannot get an article just as good and
as cheap from the business men at
your nearest town, whom you know to
be reliable and who will be on hand in
the months to come so that you may
call upon him to make good any defects
that may be discovered in the thing
you purchase. While there are some
eanvassers, Or peddlers, who have really
meritorious wares, such is the exception
and not the rule. A good article will
sell itself without the necessity or the
expense of personal solicitation. Stee,
clear of all things offered by non-resi-
dent canvassers which may by any pos
sibility turn up to be a fraud and a
sham.
MANY a poor soul has gone through
life with broken heart through the
wickedness of others. It gnaws at the
vitals for ages, and always leaves a
as we'll as the guilty. The suicide of
little Katie Hughes, at Wooster, Eng
land, is a sad lesson. She was but
IL years old, thoroughly healthy, bright
and beautiful. She had been sent there
to school by her mother, who, unhap-
PLY, had no legal husband. She was
| provided with everything that money
could furnish. But, in some way, the
children and teacher at her school be-
came aware that she was an 'sillegiti-
mate child" aud 'snagged" her about
| it. 1t was her first know ledge of the
fact, and the discovery cut clean to hel
little, pure, brave heart. Then she
stole away, pulled her dress down from
her shoulders, laid her neck upon the
rail of the fast line, and held it there
until the locomotive of the express
train cut it off. o, ye preachers of the
gospel of Him of Nazareth, there are
| tears in this stOry!-Ex.
IT WAS the presidents intention tc
| appoint Chief Justice Horton, of the
Kansas supreme court, as one of the
associate justices Of the land court. In
fact the appointment was rendered to
Horton and accepted. The republican
bosses in Kansas, however, objected
and poured in remonstrances with such
vehemence to the president that he was
forced to inform Horton that he haC
changed his mind. The Kansas repub
licans had no objection to Horton be
yond that his appointment would neces
state an election for chief justice o
the state next fall. This election ths
republicans were afraid to meet. They
were afraid that the alliance would pu
one of their men to preside over the
supreme court. Nothing so completed,
demonstrates republican fear of ths
alliance in Kansas. The alliance wa
delighted when the probability of Hor
toms appointment was announced ant
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