Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.

THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.
The democrats of Barton county have
every reason to feel grati6ed at the
outlook for the party in the election of
county officers this fall. We have as
good an opportunity as we ever had to
elect ticket, if democrats stand by
their colors and vote their sentiments.
Our principles have been vindicated
in national politics by an overwhelming
defeat of all opposition, and the country
is now in the hands of a democratic
administration that will in good time,
when the legislative machinery has
been put to work by steady hands and
the obnoxious and damning laws that
have oppressed the land for many years
have been wiped out and laws made to
take their place that will be for the
good of all the people, bring our
prise, its resources and its commercial
standing so justly merits.
In the state of Kansas, the finest
land that Gods sun shows on, the old
republican ring has been SO completely
routed that its manipulatOrs have
almost unanimously left the state in
disgust, and an entire new set of men
have been placed at the helm. While
the calamity howlers" of last year are
now standing up for Kansas the
''stand uppers" of last year are now
bowling calamity; and true, honest
democrats can stand back and enjoy
the change of affairs that their wise
course in 1892 brought about, and can
congratulate themselves that the one
stroke OF political policy accomplished
more in overthrowing the lifelong enc
my to democracy than all the hard
fighting of years before had done.
No democrat need regret having
voted as we did last fall. No democrat
is less democrat for having done so.
With things coming our way" so
rapidly, and with the bright prospects
that lie so near in the future, every
democrat in Barton county who has
the love of democracy in his heart
should avail himself of the opportunity
before him to ride the popular mare of
victory and in local affairs clinch the
victory with success.
Take the official returns of the cleo
tion of 1891, when we had in this
county three straight tickets-demo-
| cratic, populist and republican-aDd
you will see that the democratic candi-
dates received on an average, 935 votes,
the populists S3l; and republicans 1919.
This gave the democratic vote 104
over the populists, and the republicans
81 over the democrats. Now remember
that this is the average of the votes
cast for treasurer, clerk, register, sher-
iff and surveyor. In Lakin township
the republican vote Is less than 100,
but Dick Bosse got 240 and Geo. Spen-
Ger 126, making the democratic vote
that went to these two, say 140 and 26
1855; or an average on the two of S3.
In Comanche. Bosse got 20 democratic
votes, and Typer got the same number
of democratic votes IN Homestead-20
more on the two candidates. McCaCley
got democratic votes in Homestead-12
or 15-say 12-and NewcOmbe got at
! least so democratic votes in the county.
as Markey, democrat got 81 less thar
the average democratic vote, while the
populist surveyor held his party vote.
S3&20&12&S0 equals 1876, the number of
democratic votes that were cast in the
county for republican candidates.
| Of course some democratic candidates
received republican votes. Look at the
returns and you can easily figure it up
The average democratic vote in the
city of Great Bend was 142. Frak
Strothman received 151-9 more than
the average, and Dick Pleger received
| These two men are the only ones tina,
received more than the democratic vote
in any part of the county, and the tota
of the two is but 90. or nearly 100 less
than the democratic votes that went tt
republican candidates. Geo. Spencer
and Sid Newcombe both got democratic
votes in Great Bend-20 at the least.
! A careful study of these figures will
show that in 1891, with three tickets il
the field and hard fought campaign
the democrats had actually voting
plurality of at least 125 over the repub
licans and 23O over the populists, hat
the democrats stood solidly by all theil
candidates.
Is the situation different today from
what it was in 1891? Look about you
democrats, and see if we are not a,
strong in democratic townships as We
were then. And reflect. too, that mat
ters are rapidly shaping themselves t.
strengthen the democratic cause in the
county.
The democratic outlook is oo0d "a,