Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-11-02
Fellow Democrats Of Barber County.

In a few days you will have the opportunity
of exercising your right of suffrage, and de-
claring your principles at the ballot box and
deem it proper to warn you against the inYid-
uous efforts that have been and are now being
made to ewerve you from the straight demo-
cratic faith and principle, by an unscrupul-
Gus political enemy aided by few sincere but
misguided and erratic individuals who at
one time, by the unceasing vigilance of the
faithful, were temporarily sheltered in the
democratic fold but now are deluded by the
sight of the enemy's parturage, as they see it,
looking through the green glasses of envy.
and perhaps malice. and 10. it is fair to their
sight and tempting. But democrats, with
clear vision and patriotic minds, view 1t as it
really is, barren and withered. Democrats, be
true to yourselves, true 20 one of the funda-
mental principles of democracy that the ma
jority shall rule; do not relinquish your one
opportunity tending to the complete over
throw of the republican enemy, but vote the
democrat ticket, straight. and the victory is
ours. VIII you allow any specious argument
to induce you to assist the party, now in their
direst need. for whose overthrow you have so
persistently commended for more than a full
score of years, and now when the time has
come to strike the decisive blow will you fai-
upon you every indignity of which they were
capable. charged with treason every democrat
onKansas soil, even though many of you wore
your countrys colors, when these same .'patri-
otto would-be statesmen were infants in arms?
All this simply because you were democrats
viii you vote for a continuance of the bur
dens imposed by McKinleyism, when every
principle we have ever entertained has been
opposition to such pernicions legislation? viii
you vote for party that has endeavored to
impose, and will impose, should they regain
their power in congress, a force bin, so revOlu-
tiOnary in its character that even republican
senators from our state, refused to sup
port the measure? Will you vote the nominees
of a party that has assumed SPECIAL guardian
ship of every fiat frying monopoly in the
country, the party whose continuance in pow
er renders it possible for the highly protected
government beneficiary to reduce the wages
OF the workingman and transfers the gains
thus made into the campaign Golfers of an I'M
scrupuious political machine to be used in
debauching the careless or INDECENT voter,
and the political refugee?" Will you vote to
continue in power in state affairs, profession
al politicians who are administering our state
government more extravagantly than is adj
ministered any other state government In the
union? Will you vote for nominee to repre-
sent this district in Congress who is admitted
to be one of the most bitter partisans in the
district; who if elected, would vote for each
and every measure that savOred of republi-
cans, however obnoxious it might be to the
masses, or detrimental to their interests? Will
you do it? No! A thousand times no. 1 caI
not believe there is democrat in the county
that will forget the wrongs, the insults, the in
jur1es of the past quarter of a century; forget
his patriotism, his pride, his principle, and
even tempor1ze with the party and its nomi.
nees that has so wantonly traduced and iu-
jured us. Be on guard; vicious influences are
at work to entrap the unwary; be loyal, be
true, be a democrat. Vote the democrat ticket
as nominated, and endorsed by a vast MAORI
ty of the loyal and leading democrats of the
state of Kansas. Stand firm, vote right and
the victory for which we have so valiantly con
tended, so patiently waited, will be ours.
Democratic tickets will be provided at each
voting precinct in the county, and see that
every democrat and all others who believe in
| democratic principles. Vote it and vote il
straight, and we will show to the world thai
good democrats are numerous in Barber coun.
| ty. Fellow democrats do your duty.
JAMES B. EBY,
Chairman Democratic County Cen. Com.
BIZ. TEAL, Secretary.