Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-01-06
mo David B. Hill is his man for the

presidency.
Last summer 1 stated the opinion
that Hill and Crisp, German and GER
tain Georg politicians had made
trade. 1t was bitterly denied The
Atlanta Constitution was especially
virtuous in its able indig alton. Who
now doubts the trade? Nobody. 1t is
even a matter of boast now among the
and so successful Yet they all denied
it last summer
Political storytelling, when success
full, seems to be an evidence of superior
mental endowment. Tamnany will
push Hill for the presidency and queer
thirgs will be seen in Georgia. Let
the people remember these facts:
Tammany has no political principles.
She is for the offices. She has no law
to repeal and none to pass. She is for
the offices. She recognizes no suffer
ing in the country to be removed by
better legislation. She is for the
Offices She wants no purity of ballot,
redress of griev ances, retrenchment of
expenses or reform in the money sys-
tenn. She wants the offices. To win
votes she may adjust a platform as
mariner would a sa1-just to catch the
wind Like the mariner she will furl
the sail as soon as she reaches her har-
bor-and that's the last of it till she
wants to sail again. There has never
been and never will be a more selfish,
corrupt, unprincipied and unpatriotic
set of men banded together than the
shameless boodlers, bribers, salary
grabbers, political vampires and saloon
thugs known as 'i>ammany hall!
This is the crowd the George politi-
clans have traded with. This is the
crowd that the farmer and laborer vote
is to be delivered to. Never! In my poor
judgment it can never be done.
The pudding-headed editors who so
bitterly denounced my action on the
speakership are doubtless astounded to
see how thoroughly the reform party
in Georgia comprehends the situation
in spite of the attempt of said pud-
ding-heads to hide the fact.
The letters and resolutions which are
being sent to your paper and to me
show that the grand reform movement
which we have all worked so hard for
Is not to be side-tracked by the selfish
tricksters who are thinking only of
their personal interests The people
know that if the movement begins to
halt and compromise, ruin is newt
able.
A booty old politician who edits the
Atlanta Constitution wants me to re-
sign. OF course. | am in his way. He
feels that his little game is understood
and is being blocked. His career as
solicitor general under Bullock gives
him peculiar ft'less as judge of my
democracy. Let him sober up and
stay so; then perhaps he may not as
sumo dictatorial airs which are so
asinine.
Gen. Gordon opposed the sub treasury
and for that reason Col. Livingston
made war on him. Correct! Mr.. Crisp
was also opposed to tie sub-treasury.
Yet Col. Livingston was his ardent sup
porter. Why this difference, colonel?
The vote between Mills and Crisp was
| very close. Had the alliance meIu bers
all stood out together they could have
| secured the organization of the house
upon b2Sis which would have given
the Ocala demands a fair chance. /
pointed this out in the Southern ALI
ance Farmer last summer The Ma
tional Economist indoraed the idea and
republished my ;'-t3ec But the other
congressman saw f. to act otherwise.
Events have justified my prediction
The tally sheet of the election shows
that even the Georgia alliance congress
men, by standing together unpledged,
could have decided the contest either
way. Had this been done our small
vote would have been the balance of
power and would have been cast for
that candidate who would have con-
coded most to the Ocala demands.
AS it is now, the alliance members
W. voted for Crisp will get nice treat
ment personally, but the Ocala demands
are left out in the cold. Not single
committee will be made up on the basis
of friendliness to these demands. There
fore it will be exceedingly hard for us
to get decent hearing for our demands
either in committee or in the house =
Congressman Thomas E. Watson, in the
Atlanta (Ga-) Peoples Party Paper.