Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-02-04
Calamity Howlers(q p

AS the rises in northeasterly direction this
morning II looks down on the heads OF few ora
torslD OF this fair state, who have assembled in
alliance brethren a few aims and abetments of the
Tnad sae s es eessP PARTY OF the the
ion convention which il called 10 meet in Topeka
some time next month: Isn't it strange that the
rank ana file OF the alliance doesn't catch onto the
way these fellows are hoodooing themf They can
ride around over the state attending TO the secret
business OF the order aRd draw on the treasury
| for so much for every ten words uttered during
their travels, which is by them considered to be
/ of ben ehcial nature to the order. Now isn't
| this great scheme9 just notice the style of one
| Of these hayseed, calamity orators once and see
| what you think Of them. The whole pack OF them
| are built on schedule something like this First
/ TO make bowling success, and good" cal
amity man, the individual should be of Iver-dig-
eased complexion. and wear q pair Of 44x36 over
alls when be makes his appearance at one OF the
',gatherings Of his country orethren; next ne
should train himself in his walk, and catch onto
/ something between the trot of a dog and the can
/ ter OF a nnuie-the dog part 10 do the bowling TO
perfection and the mule fraction 10 do the kick
/ ing which il 20 common among this class among
/ the orators mean. When you get this far
along in your makeup, sprinkle a few hay-seeds
/ IN Your ha1r put a nnlon labor plank in your hat
/ for ready reference take tablespoonful OF Cod
liver oil, and you can then travel around raising
hades among the dear brethren, attend their Sc
cret lneetings-Euch as lie being held in Phillips
burg to-day-and wear the title OF calamity howl
er to perfection No need Of hanging q placarG
on your back to inf jrm the people that yon are
/ Of this stripe-your looks will explain the whole
! thing.-Dispateh.
| We are Wiling 10 make the following statement
without fear OF successful contradiction, namely:
| The townships showing the strongest peoples
party vote, are the townships that will show the
win Globe.
The above are sample editorials
clipped from two of the republican
organs of this county.
There was in attendance at the last
quarterly meeting of the Philips
County Farmers Alliance, delegates
from different parts of the county.
These delegates were men who in the
past have been connected with the old
parties; some of them were democrats,
some green-backers. some union labor
men and the balance former republi-
cans. For the first three classes the
Dispatch is not supposed to have any
love, for in its estimation, people hold
ing to any of their political beliefs are
away past redemption. But for the
fourth class, at least, the HERALD sup
posed that the Dispatch had some
feelings of kindly regard, on account
of former political affiliations. Those
present on that day were w. 7. Nor
gan. G. h Tannahill, L. P. johnson,
G. R. Robbins, A Baldwin, u. G.
Wright, James Crawford, Thos. Far
CHER, Albert White, James T. Erwin
and dozens of others. These men in
the past have been accepted workers
in local republican politics, were in
those days considered good loyal eiti-
zens, but now note the difference, re-
ferred to as dogs" and "mules, - sig
noramuses," etc. By what process
does the Dispatch man bring about
these changes? We are told that this
is free country, where the right OF
free speech, and free press, is denied
no man, where the laws of the land
protect men in the right of suffrage,
where patriotism, education, and good
citizenship go hand IN hand. Now
on account of men exercising those
rights, thinking as they please, and
voting as they please. we are told that
Ignorance, reputation and treason
prevail. Who make up the People.
Party. A Sunday School Convention
is held; the names of prominent mem
bers of that party are found on tn,
program. The teachers of the coun
ty meet to discuss matters pertaining
to the welfare of our schools, tn,
speakers for the most part vote tina
! ticket A jury is called; four-fifthI
of It's members belong to the People,
] Party. Members of the Peoples Par
ty fill the county offices, and thei
work compares well with that of thei
predecessors; and so on through tn
list, they are found everywhere. The,
are workers in churches, Sunda,
schools, public schools. on the farm
in the home, everywhere. Some o
{ them are old soldiers, and still thes
E newspapers, week after week. how
Z ''calamity," etc. Does the editor c
i the Globe hnov that this county las
year expended SIS, 10 for school pun