Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
THE TWO TICKETS.

pies and platforms upon which the
respective parties are standing, the
personnel of the tickets could decide
the course of the intelligent voter,
without further examination. With q
single exception, all the republicans
nominated for state and congressional
Offices are either bankers or lawyers.
How can the people of the state expect
to gain an equal footing with money
lords and cormorants of the land by
electing nothing but bankers and cor
poration lawyers to the gubernatorial
chair and to the state and national leg
islatures? A few of the less depraved
republicans at the state convention, en-
deavored to prevail upon the conven-
ton to nominate at least one farmer
and producer on the state ticket; but
they were quickly and promptly crush
ed and were rendered pOwerless.
For fair representative of all class
es OF men, the people party shines out
to the public like the celestial satellites,
bearing the naIoes of men from differ
ent branches of industry, and progress
i've citizens; while the men on the re-
publican ticket are selected from and
by the banking and legal professions.
Human nature is so constituted that
men Will work for the interest of them
selves and for the interest of those by
whom they are and have been employ
ed. 1t isn't reasonable to suppose that
they would favor legislation that
would have tendency to restrict these
9xtOrtion machines. 1t cannot be said
that it was simply casual happening
that bankers and lawyers were the on
ly class nominated by the republican
party, but it must be conceded that
this element dominates and manipu-
lates the party. This alone is enough
to condemn the party and its candi-
dates.
But this is not all. This is simply q
secondary matter; if the republican
party would have sound stable plat
form, agreeable to the people of the
state, upon which to go before the peo-
pie, some credit would be due it. But
in this the &. o. p. is woefully deficient.
The republican platform is a mean
evasive document, something, as re-
publican exchange has pertinently put
1t, for all men, and for all purposes,
with nothing to explain and nothing to
defend;" it means everything and moth
Ing and can be construed into anything.
Morrill,, their candidate for governor is
in favor of one thing when at Kansas
City and another when at a different
place; when in congress, he antagoniz-
ed silver and fought the service PEN
sion bitterly, and yet says he favors BIZ
metallism and a service pension. He
opened his campaign in Kansas City
by heaplng Misrepresentation and
abuse upon the pOpulist party, and SLAM
dered Kansas and her citizens, shame
fully. This is the man that asks to be
the chief executive of the state; this is
the man who asks the voters of Kan
sas to occupy the highest trust of the
state.
Irrigation is the only plank of which
they boast; they don't attempt to ex-
plain the plank on the money question;
they dare not advocate the free coin
age of silver, for that would be against
the bidding of New York and London
They knew that the insertion of gold
basis plank would be suicide; hence
| they instituted blind by saying
American people favor bimetallism,
and leave the people IN the dark as t.
what the republican party favors.
The two tickets and platforms are
far beyond comparison. The one is The
champion of equal rights and exac
justice, economy in the management
of state and national affairs, and al
ways competent, honest, and conscien
tious men for office. With the other il
Is not so. Noted embezzlers and ia
nous extOrtioners are the men whom
the enemy says shall control the STATE
fer tie next two years. Their plat
form faYors neither free silver nor re
duction in transportation rates-iI
fact, when the platform is boiled dow
it is this, 1--WE want Office The PEG
pies party goes before the people on it
merits and clean record. The repub
lican party goes before the people or
its war record, and hopes to win by ex
citing prejudice and by slandering pop
ulist officials. These are the character
istics of both parties. Which will yoI
screw?