The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-01

hTcui On lne ruins Oh lneIepuDllC. IJstflkeS
at the north as well AS the south, and IN
Jures the cOlOred citizen even more than the
white; 1t means horde of deputy marshalS
at every polling place, armed with federal
power; returning boards appointed aud
controlled by federal authority; the outrage
OF the electoral rights of the people in the
several Statess the Subjugation of the colored
people to the control Of the party In power
and the reviving of race antagOnisms now
happily abated, of the utmost peril to the
safety and happiness of all; measure de-
liberately and Justly described by a lending
republican senator as "the most infamous
bill that ever crossed the threshold of the
senate" Such policy, If sanctioned by
law, would mean the dominance of a self
perpetuating oligarchy of office holders, and
the party first instructed with its machinery
could be diSlOdged from power only by an
appeal to the reserved right of the people to
resist OPPRESSION, which is inherent In all
self governing communities Two wears ago
this revolutionary policy was emphnticallv
condemned by the people at the polls, but
in contempt of that verdict the republican
purity has defantly declared in its latest
authoritative utterance that its success In
the coming elections will mean the enact
ment Ofthe Force bill and the usurpatlon of
despOtic control over elections IN all the
states.
Believing that the preservation Of repubi-
can government in the United States is de-
pendent upon the defeat of this policy Of
lcgaized force and fraud, we invite the as
Sistance of all citizens who desire to see the
constitution maintained in its integrity
with the laws pursuant thereto, which have
given our country Il hundred years of uneX-
ampled prosperity; and we pledge the
democratic party, If 1t be intrustGd with
power, not only to the defeat of the Force
bill, but also to relentless opposition to the
republican party of proligtte expenditure
which In the short space OF two years, has
Squandered an enormous surplus and
emp;ied an overlooking treasury, after
piling new burdens Of taxation upon the
already oyertaXcd labor Of the country.
The changes made in this plank of
the democratic platform against the
intentions Of the republican party are
certainly alarming, We, however,
are Of the opinion, after due delibera-
ton, that this position is correct. For
tunately, this bill was introduced ten
OF fifteen years too late. The intention
was to perpetuate che domination of
the republican party. England had
its wars of the "Roses," civil war
lasting thirty years, between the rival
houses of Lancaster (red rose) ana
York, (white rose) in which twelve
pitched battles were fought and which
nearly annihilated the ancient nobility
of England, and deluged the land in
blood. We have now the house Of
Cleveland, and the house of Harrison.
The great civil war in America was
largely conflict between rival politi-
cal parties. Then it was a slave oil
garchy against the people. If both
old political parties are not soon rele-
gated to the rear, "tho next military
upheval is not far distant. " Once it
was money in slaves, now it is money
and bonds in stocks wealth. aggregated
capital. The republican party is the
strong hold of aggregated capital,
The democratic party would
like to he. The conflict now being
waged between capital and LABOR is
portentous. Here is what John j.
Ingalls, says about it;
ave cannot disguise the truth that we
are on the verge of an impending revolution.
The old issues are dead. The people are
arraying themselves upon one side or the
other OF pOrentOus contest. On on side Is
capital, fOrmidably intrcnched In privilege,
arrogant from continued triumph, conserve
| tive, tenacious of old theories, demanding
new concessions, enriched by domestic levy
and foreign commerce and struggling to
adjust all values to its own standard. On
the other side is labor asking for employ
ment, striving to develop domestic indus.
tries, bateling with the forces Of nature and
subduing the wilderness; labor starving
and sullen, resolutely determined to over
| throw system under which the rich are
! growing richer and the poor are growing
/ poorer.
This is a graphic portrayal of the
situation. The miner, the farmer, the
laborer, the citizen, the small dealer,
the common people are Aocking to the
ranks of the peoples party to resist,
by the ballet, the revolutionary en-
croachments of corporate greed upon
the rights of the great masses Of the
American people. Let all tina patriots
and lovers of liberty, for themselves
and their posterity ponder, and con-
slider. We quote as apropos, those re-
markable lines by Ella Wheeler Will
cox:
The time has come when men with hearts
and brains
Must rise and take the misdirected reins
Of government, too lOng-felt In the hands
OF tricksters and Of thieves. He who stands
And sees the mighty vehicle OF state.
Hauled through the mire TO some ignoblt
fate,
And makes no such bold protest as he can
Is no American.
ASSASINS OF LIBERTY.
The incompatible Walter @. Gresham
Points out the Danger Of the Hour.
Men who contribute money TO buy