Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18

anxious to call Cleveland gold.bug.
and at the same time the democratic
papers of the same section are equal
ly loud in their efforts to lay the
whole blame on the republican party.
Pick up an eastern paper and mark
the change! Both republican and
democratic papers tumble over each
other in their haste to avow their f.
atty to the wearisome so called "hon-
est dollar" 1t reminds one of the
old rhyme we have heard 80 often, of
the old gentleman
Who stood on one foot fust
And then he stood on tO'ther
And on which foot he felt the wust
lie c'uldn't "a told you 'nuther,
They are truly in a sad dilemma
Their whole object and aim is to
blind the American people and catch
votes, Their whole study is how to
deceive the unwary to trap his ballot.
In proof Of this take this extract from
j. S. Clarkson's recent speech at
Louisville, KY, where the National
Republican League has lately been
IN session: TOO many voters have
been alienated by what may have
been called the intolerance of moral
ity. Let us make the platform 80
broad that any man, native or for
eign born of any church, may find a
welcome place in our ranks. Thus
shall we gain new votes and ele-
ments." At last they have decided
they can poll more votes by throwing
off their pretense Of morality. How
do our republican brethren of the
cloth like such sentences coming from
so high authority as James S. Clark
son? Does it mean that the party
party which so long has claimed to be
the "God and morality party" finds
its respectable element in the minor
ity?
For who but tricksters and boodlers
find morality jntOlerable? Does it
mean that they feel sure of holding the
respectable voters while the leaders
and high priests of the party stoop
to make their party platform broad
enough that any man however cor
rupt) may find welcome within their
ranks" for the opinions which he
holds? Let some good brother of the
faith speak out IN meetln' and an
swer.
Another popularity which strikes
the observer is the exceeding iniquity
of all measures advocated by popu-
lists, and the manifest wisdom of the
same measures when advocated by
the republican party. When the st.
Louis convention discussed the equal
suffrage question with such large
element in its favor, a guffaw of de-
rision went up from republicans all
over the country. Now that the Ma
tional Republican League, which re-
Gently met at Louisville, adopted
equal suffrage as one Of their cardi-
nal principles the laugh suddenly
ceases and solemn countenances de-
clare they have always been IN favor
Of woman suffrage
Again, when the last legislature
passed a redemption law, every re-
publican paper in the state was fur
nished copies of letters purporting to
have been written by capitalists stat
ing that they will not loan money or
do business in the state on account of
the iniquitous redemption law Now
why don't they say the same of re-
publican Iowa and republican Ne
braska and all othes states that have
redemption laws? Now this redemp-
tiou law was introduced by republic
can and passed by the Douglas house
as we'll as by a populist senate, and
while it contains some features not
exactly right 1t is far better than no
law at all, When republicans at
tack the Kansas redemption law, the
equal suffrage question or the So
called Inconsistencies of the popu-
lists, let them Skinny on their own
side.
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The effort Arizona is making look
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tainly a commendable one and de-