Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-29
OUR BRANDING IRON IN USE,

OUR BRANDING IRON IN USE.
We have large, clear cut, long
handled branding iron, on the face of
which is the not very elegant legend:
ga Bare Faced Lie" This branding
iron we can use on both the Register
aud Tribune of last week with good
effect. A few statements therein made
We will proceed to corral and apply the
branding iron.
We will first rope a few mavericks
from the Register herd; get the brand
ready:
ga south side farmer was not going to stop the
dnresher Saturday and the alliance appointed
Branded so deep that only the affi-
davit of the threshing machine men
could wipe it out.
'"They had boosted what an immense crowd they
would have. and promised that it would excel any
thing that had ever transpired in Great Bend. But
their fond antlcipations were not realized. Sore
disappointment met them from every township
Slap the brand on this, as Morg. can
not prove that there was single man
made such a boast, nor that there was
single alliance men went away from
the meeting disappointed.
''Also three broncoes rode upon wagon labelled
and representing alliance men trying to ''Stand up
for Kansas" and making iackasses of themselves %
This is hardly worth branding, as
everybody who saw the procession
knows it for poor, scrub specimen of
Morg's. alleged wit. But let 'er cizzle.
'Jerry had to crawfsh on his previous statements
about the catholic votes. He said at Wichita that
it robbed the governments of Europe and the gov
ernments robbed the people,
Brand this vicious, long horned lie,
and brand it deep. Morg. hates a
Catholic SO bitterly that he refuses to
spell Catholic with cap G, though he
would like awful we'll to get a few
Catholic votes for his candidates.
Now let us get the lariatt onto the
horns of a few of Commodore Towns
ley's stray animals:
s'His speech was a disappointment to the republi-
cans
Let that go. 1t is already branded
as 1.-The Truth" and must have strayed
into Townships herd by mistake.
sHe is in favor of putting rebel officers in power
in preference to union soldiers; the solid south is
also in favor of that"
Sock a brand onto that; in smells
bad, is wormy in the hide, and as ar
gument was long since dehorned-but
brand it.
''He said the people would never get any legisla-
ton without a revolution in the present form OF
government"
Branded. And the brand can be
sworn to by every person who heard
Jerry's speech.
HE would, of course, rejoice to see the pension
business wiped out to the dear people the vast
sums of money that are now wholly wasted on the
old soldiers We should stop pensions and
nominate more rebels to Office to harmonze things
This should be branded on each lank
and bony hip and sholder.
"There many democrats in this town and
county who voted for him before, never having
seen him, who now ridicule and laugh at him and
say they will vote for Long,
Heat the brand red hot and hold
down hard on this thing; it is a
maverick Of the worst sort, has Texas
fever, the mad itch, and is covered all
over with buffalo gnats. 1t may do
damage to the farmers herds if let 90
unmarked.
Prominent democrats in the city and cou nty are
daily announcing their intention of voting for Long
for Congress"
This little calf bellows weakly, and
will hardly live through the campaign:
but brand it.
There are few more statements in
both papers that could be properly
branded "a Bare Faced Lie" In fact.
you might stick the brand on almost
any place and not make a mistake. We
will keep it hot, and use it literally
during the campaign. We have good
fire. fed by the honest Indignation OF
| an intelligent public and famed into
brightness by the breath of many a
sturdy farmer who is tired of seeing
falsehood and Misrepresentation forced
upon the people as political argument