Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-17

ers from away back, and are always
on the alert for traitors in the camp,
who, when discovered, are spotted and
branded as such. The Times can keep
on its own dung hill in the future.
THE coming administration will be
an economical one. Ben will not turn
over great surplus of accumulated
money to Grover, as Grover turned
over to Ben, but instead will turn over
vast amount OF promises to pay in
the way of pension provisions, nava
contracts, sugar bounties and little
items like that. 1t has got to be an
economical administration.
WHILE we are talking about it, we
hope now to see the hundreds of use
less and expensive other Offices OF
which the Eagle has been complaining
for years knocked clear out, including
county auditors, the state cow doctor,
the oil inspectors, election commission
ers, and so on, all of them high salaried
and all paid out of the pockets of the
people. Wichita Eagle.
"a FEW geese are making their ap-
pearance," says the Hoisington Dis
patch. Yes, we heard of them. They
made their appearance some months
ago, and kept up such quack, quack-
ing about going to elect Long, Smith,
Anthony, Harrison ct. al. that the
voters got out on the 9Th and popped
away until they were all killed off
Hurrah for Jerry!
The relation of the opposing presi.
Dental candidates has been most
unique. Never before did president
have as his opponent an ex-president
Each has defeated the other and on
the 4th of March each will have sue
ceeded the other. 1t is not probable
that two such antagonists will confron,
each other again in century.-King
man Democrat.
The Kansas City Times is making
political predictions as to who will be
selected as the next U. S. senator from
Kansas. The Times has now about
as much influence with straight Kan
sas democrats as has the Topeka Cap
ital-no more-and its advocacy u
any man is enough to condemn him
THE Hutchinson News has not rur
out of hard names to call the pc ople o.
Kansas. 1t calls the peoples party ''the
assinine auxiliary" and still insists
that our state is ruined. An old, coars.
voiced scrawny tom cat is the hardest
thing on earth to convince that it i,
dead, and some republican editors art
just the same way.
SOME of the boys suggests tina
Father Mcintyre should call thu
Kansas Democratic Editorial Associa
ton together in extra cession. w,
second the motion. We would like t.
see how Bro. Fulton and some of tn,
rest Of the boys are thriving on thei
republican crow.
LANDSLIDE" Waterloo, ""Scoop'
and all common expressions like tina
are inadequate to express what it is
If some of the republican editors WIN
were so proficient in coming new name
for the peoples party will turn their at
tention to good cause they might in
vents word that will express it.
| WETAKE considerable pride in speak
ing of Polk Cline's handsome majority
It is handsome tribute to his emf
nent fitness for the position. In tn
words of a ward ''heeler" Cline wa
strictly sin it" and had the support o
classes, from the ''gang" up to tn
ministers.-Larned Optic.
| THE official canvas will be made o,
the 2Sth by the governor, attorne.
general, secretary of state, treasure
and state superintendent.
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