Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-03
STRICTLY POLITICAL.
What Some of Our Exchanges Say of the
Situation.

1
The Kansas City Star says that there
is but one Hill democrat in Cedarv;lle,
Kansas, and the Salvation army is
working on him.
Not even the seventh son of seventh
son can tell what will happen in Amer
lean politics during the next six
months.-New York Herald.
The New Y ork delegates are instruct
ed for Senator David B. Hill. Now
will the states in the west submit?
Hardly.-Westphal Times.
What will it profit a man if he gets
the votes of all the democrats of New
York, yet loses all of those outside of
that tstate.-Ellinwood Advocate.
The position of the Democrat is
unchanged: 1t is either Cleveland or
Il western man; If western man, then
John NJ. Palmer OF Illinois. -AIcPher-
son Democrat.
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The west wants Cleveland. If Cleve-
land will not receive the nomination at
the hands of the national democratic
convention, the west Will unite upon a
western man.-HoltOn Signal.
The idea seems to be gaining prevail
ence that snap convention is not a
snap, at least not of the sort that is
generally most appreciated by the
person who may possess it.-Florence
Bulletin.
If it is not Grover Cleveland it will be
a western democrat. And above all
others mentioned Horace Boies, OF
Iowa, looms up as leader that can carry
the party to victory.-Junction City
Sentinel.
The small band OF Hill men in Kan
sas is scheming quietly to get at least a
portion of the Kansas delegation To the
Chicago convention. If one Hill dele.
gate would be chosen it would be {
Misrepresentation of the Kansas de
mocracy. Gazette.
Mr.. Hills midwinter convention Sc
forth its declaration OF principles but
there was nothing in the proceedings Il
l., indicate why it objects to Grover CleYe
). land when it was evident that demo
;. CT cT..FFs FFsfin N every other stats desired hi
y nomination.-Wich Beacon.
e The Leavenworth Evening Post, /;
5 German democratic daily, has come on
: against Hill for president. This is thr
paper in which EN-Mayor Neely, o
Leavenworth, is a stockholder. and W,
infer that he is not so strong Hi
boomer as he was few weeks ago.
e The snap convention in New 1orl
have elected seventy-tWo delegates fol
Hill for president or for the man whom
he may name. The Quay and Dudle,
methods will never be popular with th'
I democrats of the United States and Hill
: will never be nominated for presiden
by them.-Parsons Palladium.
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2 The republicans viii find the Hi
democrats, the Cleveland democrats
3, and all other democrats, fighting shOul
: der to shoulder for the nominees of the
Chicago convention. The nominee O
; that convention may hail from the
west, east or south. just as the conven
Z ton in its wisdom may decide. but ht
1 will be the next president Gf the United
States, ali the same, whatever his name
: may be.-Abilene News.
It The break in the democratic part,
o of New York state is a good thing fol
q the party all over the country; it vii
II take the control from that state ana
e give to the nation Western ideas ant
sentiments must be given the attention
which they Justly demand. No on
. man or set of men can rule this coun
try while it has democratic form o
government. Popular education make.
y it impossible Columbus Star Courier
: For the past twenty-five years tn
: democrats have selected a New Yorl
: candidate for president and have sue
a ceeded in just one election, and that b,
d a scratch. 1t would seem that whole
: some lesson could be gathered up from
the successful operations Of our friends
IS the enemy. They have let New Yorl
# republicans fight out their quaIrels a
IS home and have gone elsewhere 70
e presidential timber.-Burlington Inde
n pendent.
Il Democrats far aud wide are becom
II ing tired Of this bugbear. New York
this one state tyranny They ar
beginning to realize that If they canno
n win without New York, neither cal
e New York win without them, and tha
y there is no reason in New York dictat
l. inc fo the rest of mankind than tn