Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-07-27

par1es seems to be self-evident fact.
The repu ublican platform would have
been stronger without the force bill
than with it, since it digs up and brings
out under new form the "bloody
shirt, which has become so obnoxious
In the north and west 1t was evident
ly placed there to aid the southern
democracy in keeping the south solid,
1or when the south ceases to be po-
htlcal unit, republicanism has gone to
Its long home. The one is necessity
for the other, and has been for thirty
years. There appeared to be no oppor-
tun1ty Tor the democratic party to re-
c1procate, and hence the republican
party is left with the single issue of
tariff. Taken as an entirety, the two
platforms are works of art in their way
and will no doubt be preserved as mod
els OF political chicanery for future ref
erence and guidance
The force bill feature developed it's
usefulness and aptitude during the sill
yer struggle in the last congress. 1t
proved such shining example of
complete bugbear that its services in a
hotly contested campaign could not be
well dispensed with, hence its incorpor-
alton in the republican platform. The
edict has now gone forth from demo-
cratic headquarters to make the force
bill the main issue in the south. While
the strength of this scheme should not
be underestimated, and it's effect in the
hands of unscrupulous politicians should
not fail to receive due consideration,
yet, being a fraud and delusion, it
cannot stand before the spreading and
increasing power of education that is
now and has been at work in that sec
ton of the country.
The average democratic congressman
OF the south is entirely uninformed as
to the sentiment of his district He
imagines there has been no change
that the same old conditions hold good
that did twenty-five or forty years ago.
He forgets that there are about 600
newspapers scattered through the south
that are now, and have been for nearly
three years, scattering seeds of discord
based upon political education. He
seems ignorant that 25, 900 sub-alliances
have been propagating independent
ideas for about the same period.
All this and much more he will learn
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what the true situation is. The idea of
this force bill, therefore, is founded
upon the ignorance and prejudices of
the people, upon the supposition that
old conditions yet obtain, and because
of this will fail miserably in its mis-
sion. Those who go about retailing
this force bill scarecrow will be sur
prised to find the people more anxious to
know something about finance. land and
transportation, than to listen to the silly
talk about white supremacy. Never
before have the people been in such an
earnest mood Never before have they
united so determinedly for better condi-
tions, and those who fail to recognize
this fact, and still insist in bringing
out such foolish side-tracks as the force
bill, will find out their mistake when
relegated to political oblivion. The
force bill scare will fall fat. 1t can
never become a law without democratic
or peoples party votes, neither of which
it can obtain. The whole thing is po-
litical trick, delusion and snare,
which will be met and torn to shreds
by every peoples party speaker when
ever it comes up.-National Watchman.