Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-03
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

Mckinney still insists that the
question of tariff is one of wages.
Workmen are beginning to think so,
too, but they view it with alarm.-Kan-
sas City Times.
Shelby M. Cullom's engagements
cover nearly all of Illinois because
every other senatorial district is to be
contested and nearly all of them, ex-
cept those which are democratic, are
doubtful.-St. Louis Republic.
-Republican managers are not sat
isfied with the effect of Mr.. B1aine's
Ophir farm speech, which has done
Harrison more harm than good, and
they are now begging him to make
another speech to undo the mischief. -
Albany Argus.
There is no more danger of
wildcat notes in civilized communi-
ties than there is of the wild cats them
selves. Those who have made the out
cry know better and laugh in their
sleeves whenever dupe is made to
tremble at the picture they have drawn
of the possible peril from these issues"
IN. Y. Journal of Commerce.
The one essential condition to the
maintenance of the right of property is
that the accumulation of property shall
be free under equal substantial terms
for all SO far as the law can fix these
terms. Inequality of opportunity there
will, of course, always be. but if all
men are to be asked to respect the
right of property then the law must it
self respect the right of all men hon
estly to get and hold it. So long as this
condition is observed there is no seri-
Gus danger to property in the Ameri-
can union.-N. Y. Times.
-s'Now as to Mr.. Cleveland's
record in behalf of the soldiers. They
charge that he has vetoed good many
pension bills. So he has ] have read
his views. I am soldier. I love my
soldiers Had 1 been president and a
congress had passed such bills for my
soldiers, l should have vetoed every
one of them, too. They were mostly
all frauds and shams, and 1 had no
frauds under me. Any right-minded
man, sworn to discharge his duty,
would have signed these vetoes as
President Cleveland did. Gen Daniel
E. Sickles, at Utica, October 5, 1883.
Mr.. Blaine reminds the people of
the northeast how prosperous they are.
81 doubt" says he, ''if since the gov
eminent of the United States was in
stituted anybody at any time has seen
what we call good times so general in
SO many interests, and spreading pros
perity throughout the whole domain
of trade" What do the farmers of
Kansas, who are getting only fifty
cents for their wheat, and the farmers
of the south, who are getting only six
cents for their cotton. think of this:
Where does their share of the good
times" come In at?-St Louis Repub bile.
The attempt of the republican
campaign managers TO prejudice indie
pendent and democratic soldiers against
Grover Cleveland is not bearing the ex-
pected fruit From what we are able
to see, instead Of gaining democratic
soldiers for Harrison, our opponents
are losing some of their own veterans.
The most distinguished of the soldier
converts to democracy is Judge Walter
@ Gresham, who has brilliant war
record and was severely wounded on
the field of battle. Next in Importance
is Maj. Gen Jacob d. Cox, ex-governor
of Ohio, a lifelong republican who has
announced his intended support Of
Observation-Disclosures Herald