Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-07-27
NO. 10.

same source (bank). A thousand or
ganizations cannot long prevent
this country being ruled by the people
and in the interest of the whole people
The very best democrats are the first to
leave the so-called democratic party
when they realize that it is dominated
by the machine interest of concentrated
capital The very principles that
Thomas Jefferson fought are forced
down the peoples throats, labeled de
mocracy by the tools of monopoly who
do not know what democracy is The
very best republicans will also head the
lists of those who believe in the immor-
tai words of Lincoln, that this is gov
ernment of, for, and by the people, and
who resent the policy of the now domi-
nant influence in that party to make
the whole end and aim of government
to serve plutocracy and plutocratic in
terests-
Let the great common people assem-
BILE in their might from Maine to Cali
| fornia, and rebuxe this treason to Amer
| lean institutions The Economist will
bid them God speed, regardless of the
name they may assume.
1t is the duty of the Economist to ad-
vocate alliance demands Two political
parties have taken position against
these demands, and one political party
has taken position in favor of them.
| To advocate the demands will help that
party. The Economist will advocate
| the demands. If that be politics make
the most of it
| If the time has come when to advo-
cate the alliance demands entities q
man to the name peoples party" then
look out for the peoples party, for there
are millions of voters in America ready
to be called peoples party, or anything
else to get the demands enacted into
law, and save the country from its pres
ent tendency to a nation of paupers
and millionaires.- Economist
IHE HAND OF GOD.
In the Selection of Candidates and Fornau-
lation Of Platform the Hand Of God is
Visible.
The movements of the national poo
pies party seems to have been directed
by a supernatural hand. From the
fact that there were no contending
factions in the new organization, and
no candidates seeking recognition, 1t
was natural to predict that there would
be no discord in the Omaha convention.
But the most sanguine could hardly
hope that the 1, ,4S0 delegates who were
there to represent the different states
and territories, could so easily get to-
gether on national ticket.
Gen. Weaver represents all the con-
servative elements Of political reforms.
He is called conservative because he is
practical. In all his public career he
has never openly advocated any measure
statesmen of the country, and none
that was not in line with the wants of
the common people. He is man Of
the masses, friend of the people and
an intellectual giant To him belongs
the credit of having led the trst grand
fight against the money power in con-
gress after the war was over. He took
up the cause of the people against gold
where Thaddeus Stevens and his col
leagues had dropped it, and in doing so
commanded the attention of the nation.
Since that time his devotion to the
cause of industry has never faltered.
A statesman, philanthropist and an
intellectual giant is the man whom the
peoples party have indorsed for presi-
dent
Gen. Field is a native and resident OF
old Virginia, the home of the early
presidents; a man who has made polit-
ical economy one of his life studies and
who has been for some years identified
with the independent and industrial
element of politics. He is an idol of
the 1aboring classes of his own and ad-
joining states, though he has never
aspired to any position on a national
ticket His good reputation and his
superb ability will prove tower of
strength to the peoples party.
The platform upon which these
standard bearers are placed before the
nation surpasses anything in history as
masterpiece of craftsmanship 1t is q
plain, clear declaration of principles
that needs no explanation. 1t contains
only those demands that are uppermost
in the minds of the common people set
ting out clearly the doctrine of equal
privileges to all and the way to obtain
them There is nothing ambiguous
about it, for it is written in plain En-
glish. 1t is just what we would like to
have everybody read and study. Nc
true friend of reform can refuse to sup
port either the platform or the nomi.
nees of the Omaha convention, Topeka
(Kan.) Tribune.