Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

-Cleveland's official plurality il
New York is As. 449. Republicans have
concluded not to contest.-St. Pau
Glooe.
1.-THE tariff law is now old enough
to talk for itself,'' said Mr. Mckinley
the day before election. And how il
did tallzi-Chicago Times.
when Mr.. Cleveland becomes
president again he will find that there
are "A, 132 more officeholders than there
were when he left the white house in
1sS9.-Chicago Herald
Cleveland carried California by a
plurality of 152 over Harrison-count-
ing the highest vote for an elector on
either ticket The lowest candidate
for elector on the democratic ticket is
defeated by the highest on the repub-
llcan ticket. Harrison's plurality four
years ago was over 1000 California is
all right-almost-- Y. World.
The repu bIieans seem bound to
leave the democrats nothing to receipt
for when they assume charge of the
United States treasury. 1t is some
time since the victors so ef1icaciously
cleaned up the spoilS as did the present
administration. If they'll only leave
clean balances. however, Mr.. Cleve-
land is amply able to look out for the
future. He has demonstrated his finan-
cial ability before. Chicago Times
During the last twenty years the
United States has given away hun
dredS of thousands of farms to set.
tiers. Ia the same time the rents of
English farms have been 1885, 600, coo
more than the value of the produce.
Yet the republicaEparty has not alto
gether given up its attempt to persuade
the American farmer that his greater
prosperity over that of the British
farmer is due to McKinleyism!-A1ba
Argus
Mr.. Cleveland, appealing straight
to the people, in the plain language
which the people recognize as their
own. has been heard with JOY in every
corner of the land. He promises them
to do his utmost to bring the conduct
of their government back to that SIM
plicity and economy of its founders
which have always been the objects of
their reverence. In his mouth ''Jef-
fersonian simplicity is something
more than a catchword-it is a pledge
and public creed--N. Y. Post
The democratic senatorial steer
ing committee has decided to let the
knavish republican plots work them
selves out in Montana, Wyoming, Kan
sas and Nebraska A mine viii be ex-
ploded under the conspirators at the
proper time, and the further they are
allowed to go with their plot, short of
actual success. the more certainly do
they insure their own destruction Let
them steal these states, and the states
will hereafter give democratic ma or-
tiles so pronounced as to leave no room
for fine work.-Louisyille Courier-Jour-
nal
Mr.. Cleveland is right There is
nothing shabby in thrift and economy
either of public or Of private resources.
That we may be a free we must be a
frugal people. That all may have
equal chance for independence the
practices of thrift must not be thwarted
by the granting of advantages to one
citizen denied another. The citizens
Of a republic founded on justice and
discarding as base policy of paternaI-
ism destructive of individual self-respect
and independence need no other than
such reasonable inducement to bind
them in loyal devotion to their govern
ment Chicago Times