Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
OF what benefit is the tariff to this
latter class?-Abilene News.


latter class?-Abilene News.
THE privileges peculiar to leap year
were outdone at Gainsyille, Texas, re-
Gently by Mrs. Martha Stephens, who
not only wooed her husband, but did
it without his knowledge, and paid
fifty dollars for the privilege. Mrs.
Stephens made proposition to the
sheriff to the effect that if Ed Barney
would marry her she would pay the
fine and costs which he was working
out on the county farm for carry
ing a pistol. The sheriff consented,
and gave her an order to the road fore
man, instructing him to release Barney
AS soon as he married Mrs. Stephens.
She paid the money to the sheriff on
condition that the marriage should
occur. With a minister, license and
the order she invaded the poor farm,
and soon returned with husband.
IT Is stated in Washington that the
free colnge men have about abandoned
hope of being able to get their bill
through congress at the present session.
1t is now becoming known that the re-
publicans were exceedingly anxious to
have the silver bill pass the house,
provided it was carried by democratic
votes. It was the intention of President
Harrison to veto the measure and then
seek to make the coming campaign on
the silver question rather than on the
tariff. It was to prevent this that a
number of democrats voted against Mr..
Bland's bill who are at heart free
silver men. I5was not that they loved
free coinage less but tariff reform more.
After the presidential election these
members say that they will vote with
the silver men but they do not propose
to fall into the republican trap and lose
the presidency when, on the tariff issue
they have it already won.-Eureka
Messenger.
Poor old Whiskers Armstrong. He
feels SO bad every time he thinks of
his past history that he takes up a large
part of his editorial space to deny that
he ever was anything but the "howling
Dervish" that he now is. He is so hurt
about our calling him an ex-republican
that he jams his fingers into his wool,
rolls his eyes until the whites show like
saucer in slop pail, and says you're
another!" He hates everybody but
himself so much that be probably be-
lieyes the Lord will one day forgive
him for what he says in his fits of lun-
aey-and may be the Lord will-we
hope so. He is certainly irresponsible
and ought not to be let run loose among
children without muzzle on. That
frothing at the mouth, and soldering,
and swapping at friend and foe alike is
a bad sign. Judge Brewer should call
a jury of inquiry in his case; or else he
and Friend Cohun should cage it before
it commits harikari.
ARMSTRONG has not little bit of
gumption. If he would take mirror,
tie himself so he could not get scared
and run away, then look into the mirror
he would see an aggravated case of
''bull-head." He would see there the
source of more idiotic nonsense and
impracticable, visionary bull-headed-
ness than was ever before condensed
into one narrow brain. He has abused
the democratic party and its members
without stint, and then asks those he
has maligned and lied about to fall in
line and tote fodder to his rick. He
has declared himself a died-in-the wool
prOh1bitionist and then tried to wheedle
democrats to follow his leadership by
declaring that "prohibition was not an
ISSUE" He has cried reform, reform!"
like sick kitten in a rain, and takes
the first opportunity to ''swipe" all the
spoils in sight. He has acknowledged
that the alliance would not have elected
a single congressman in 1890 without
the aid of democratic votes, and then
treated the democrats who aided the
farmers, and wished to again. as dogs.
He poses as THE peoples party, but the
public knows that he has nothing in
common with the people, and is only
working them for all there is in it. He
proposes to fight for principle, but in
reality does not know the meaning of
the word, else he would not attempt to
build up his own interests by misrepre-
sentation and falsehOod. If you have
no mirror. Armstrong, these few lines
will answer for one-you can see just
what sort of reflection would stare you
in the face-if the mirror did not break
in dispair rather than to give back such
a reflection.
Woman's Love.
The one thing in this would that is
constant, the one peak that rises
above all clouds, the one window in