Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-03-02
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single Takers VIII Vote For j. u. Weav
Rather Than ID. B. Hill.

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Rather Than ID. b. Hill.
The Daily Republican prophesies as
The big four will dictate the candi-
date; the convention will acouiesce;
one of the four will be at the head of
the ticket, and the other three have
already picked out their places in the
cabinet Another prophecy, since we
are in the prophesying line: The people
are not going to like this arrangement"
As this is a republican paper the wish
is, OF course, father to the prophecy.
But, for all that, it looks little that
way TO some others. My opinion is,
that II Hill is nominated he will not get
many democratic votes in Iowa Many
democrats here would rather vote for
Blaine. A letter just received from a
leading single taxer in Minneapolis
says that single takers there are begin
ming to look toward the alliance party,
and that the new party may be rein
forced by some of the most active sim
gle takers in that country. If the same
crowd that captured the speakership
also capture the national convention,
you NAV look for a general desertion
OF the democratic party by western sim
gle takers, and they will be apt to 20
10 the third party. If the democrats
put up Hill and the new party puts up
Gen. Weaver, the single takers can
readily support the latter, for he is an
absolute free trader and single taxer
limited. Cedar Rapids Ia Cor. n. Y.
Standard.
From a dozen other sources come the
60, cv~ esr 10.
strong tax reform papers of the east
and north are beginning to talk in the
same vein.
The tax reform league has probably
the best organization in the United
States, and represents not less than a
half million voters, consequently it
would be powerful recruit and ally
to the peoples party, more than doub-
ling its strength and effective power.
Most of the leading followers of
Henry George have been old green
hackers, and all are opposed to the ma
tional banks issuing currency. A ma
jority of them have thought it policy
to forward the free trade sentiment
represented by Mr.. Cleveland, but
there has been large minority favor
ing an independent movement. Now,
that free trade is likely to be sIaueht-
cred in the house of its pretended
friends, the drift is to a third party
and the nomination of either Hill or
German will divorce the whole of this
strong and well disciplined organiza-
ton from even it's nominal adherence
to the de mocrats,
OF all the men in the country the tax
reformers know best what they want
and how to get it. Their avowed OBJ
ject is to give to labor the full value of
its product, together with entire free
dom of production, exchange and con-
sumption, by levying all taxation upon
things which in their very nature are
and must be monopolies. They favor a.
legal tender government currency in
sufficient amount, but not the sub
treasury plan, for they know that it
would be unnecessary under proper
conditions and disappointing under
present ones
If the peoples party wish to secure
the assistance of this powerful force it
must at least take the position that the
Spectator and land grabber shall be
taxed as high for holding land out of
use as the poor man for putting it into
use, and in reference to coal and other
mines and the great natural forests,
that a tax be laid on them in proper
ton to their value, and in reference
to labor by farmers and others. that il
be relieved of the unequal and unjust
tariff taxes now levied uponit.
Surely these conditions are not very
hard-for reform party.-Lawrenc
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