Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-17

facturers; opposition to trusts and
combines, manipnlators of markets,
political combines and boodlerism were
the democratic war cries, and the
voters rallied around the great standard
bearer in solid phalanx and marched to
VICTORY such as never before has been
known in the history of national
politics. And democracy will hold the
vantage ground thus gained until all
of the great reforms advocated will be
brought about; until this land is again
governed for the people, by the people.
1t will take time to undo the evils
wrought by repuDlicanism; it will take
years to bring about the new order of
things demanded by democracy and en-
dorsed by the people, as it has taken
years for the republican party to build
up the prohibitive protection wall that
surrounds us, and the partisan financial
system that oppresses us.
There will be no time lost in putting
the reform movement under way, and
the people, the great masses whose
rights have been trampled under foot.
whose substance has been steadily
sapped away by the favored cls sses of
republican making, will stand firmly by
the party they have endorsed and aid it
to bring about the good it bas promised.
In state affairs the same readjust-
ment, reform and reconstruction is
needed and will be brought about.
Democracy, fighting vainly for many
years against great and overwhelming
odds, has time and again failed to take
Kansas from the clutch of All enscrupu-
lous ring of Office holders who have
shaped the destinies of our people and
controlled legislation at Topeka. In
this grand year of 1892, thanks to the
foresight and wisdom of the best
element In the democratic party, our
forces were marshalled On the side of
new and independent army-the peo-
pies party-and in joining with them to
do battle with the common enemy, we
have been enabled to accomplish that
which we have so often failed in before
have redeemed the state from repub-
lican rule, and placed men in CONTROL
whom we have every reason to believe
will work for the good of the many and
not for the advancement of the few.
This paper took the position early in
the incipiency of the farmers alliance
moyem ent, that such movement would
eventually be good thing for our
state; that if the farmers of Kansas
could be brought together, could meet
and exchange thoughts and opions,
could be induced to study all sides of
political questions at issue, they would
eventually cut loose from the dominant
party and work together for their own
good. The events of the last few years
have proven that our position was cor
rect; that thousands of Kansas farmers,
through the alliance movement, have
had their eyes opened to the abuses
practiced by the republican party of the
state; and Notwithstanding the repub-
lican party resorted to every known
scheme and subterfuge; stopped to
villification and vituperative abuse;
plead with tears and entreaties for
their former followers to come back to
the folc and try the republican party
just this once more; Notwithstanding
that party was aided financially and
every other way by the national repub-
lican, committee, the railroads, the
stock syndicates, the money lOaners
and capitalists almost to a man; not
withstanding number of formerly IT,
fluential democrats deserted the true
democrats of the state and joined the
forces Of the common enemy; despite
all these, the peoples party, the honest
yeomanry of the state, have scored a
victory such as the most sanguine
hardly thought it possible to accom-
plisb.
All honor to the unhinching, stead
fast, determined farmers of Kansas
who enrolled themselves with the side
of the right and stood by their party.
All honor to the intelligent democrats
who rallied to the support of the
farmers party and made it possible for
them to succeed.
We have no fear of the restIts of
placing the third party in power in this
state. Like the grand leader of de-
mocracy, we are willing Ito trust the
people at all times, in all things"
The peoples party will bring no calami-
ty or disaster to our state-the predic-
tions of tie defeated party to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
1t is true there are extremists in the
new party. 1t is true there are men
there who are, or would be, unsafe to
place at the front; but our belief is that
the masses of that party, and the great
majority of those elected to office, are
as safe and honest, as trustworthy and
intelligent as any officers Kansas has
ever had to make her laws or admins
ter them.
AS to the congressman elected by
the democrat and peoples party voters
OF the state, we fear no bad results