Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-01-10
POLITICAL HASH
SERVED HOT AND COLD TO
SUIT AL TASTES.

SUIT AL TASTES.
This. That and tie Other. from Here,
There AMI Everywhere.
There's goi g t. 5e more fun in the
national capitol this winter than a
bushel of monkeys. And it will not
re colGGed to the capitol. The whole
country wi take part in the cere-
monies ind it will all eliminate in q
political landslide in the elections, in
1894, such as this country never wit
messed before. The President seems
to be master OF the situation at pres
ent, but there is storm rising which
even his iron will Tor mulis1 stub
bornnesa) c:nnot allay. The follow
ing clip ing, from the leading demo-
cratic paper of the Pacific coast, is a
political straw which shows which
way popular sentiment is drifting:
Pres dent Cleveland had not been a
week in his regained presidential
cha ere he began to puzzle the coun-
try. Now he has succeeded in alarm
ing and incensing it, or ather that
best portion of it which believes in a
republican form of COVE rnment-the
role of law. lie is no longer the man
who earned the admiration and con-
fitence of the people by the sturdy
democracy of his first tern. Such dis
closures of his purs oses and of his
conception OF the scope of his Official
powers as he has vouchsafed since he
re-entered the white house six months
ago cause him at present to stand for:
l. The maintenance of a protective
tariff.
.. The maintenance of the single
gold tandarJ.
s. The perpetuation of the spoils
system as eXemplified by the us. OF
patronage 10 bride or coerce congress
men into obedience to the executive.
4 Capitalization OF power in the
hands If the President to an extent
that no other chief magistrate las
dared TO attempt.
The first duty of this democl attic
congress- duty that it should attend
TO before it passes a financial, tariff
or any other bull - is to bring Grover
Cleveland to his senses lie was
elected o be President Of this repub
lie, not its dictator San Francisco
Examiner.
1t seems that the more autocratic a
government be ONES, the farther it:
rulers drift from the people, and the
more danger OF assas nation. The
car of Russia is in constant fear o.
being killed and the utmost precau
ton is taken to guard his every move
ment. But we do not remember tina
any other President of the United
States ever thought it was necessary
to carry around bodYguard TO pro
tect mis- life, before the present incum
bent of the white house. Such, how
ever, seems to be the fact, judging
from the following dispatch:
CHICAGO, Nov. IA special from
Washington d clares leveland never
goes out without a bodyguard. The
name of tie man is given as Samue
Brick, Il man of powerful physiqu,
and de; ermined mein. He carries re
volvers in his hip pocket and il
al
lows the President out of his sigh
when out of doors.
Since Maria Halpin has been gra
cious enough to let Grover live, we Sc
no reason why we should want to re
move him. and hence are perfcctl
willing that he shall keep his body
guard. 1.-The wicked flee when n
man pursues." No doubt but tina
cleveland realizes that he got ric
altogether too quick, and that som
crank might make that an excuse t
render himself immortal, and there
fore feels the need of proteC
ton; but the whole thing is
| joke on the republic, ospeciall
when such men as Cleveland he!re
make the republic what it is. n
Presidents life was ever end ngere
/ until monopoly got foothold in thi
country, and it seems that the genu
crank is one of the appendages of
robbcr syst N, whether practiced il
the name of n republic or an empire
The pittsburg Kansan, one of tn
eading populis, papers of the state
T. Gently gave facts and figures TO sho7
that it is only a matter OF time wheI
tie sn all farmer NUT so. 1t say
tx. She small shops and factories ar
being wiped out, and that the small
farms in the west are being succeede
by the bonanza farm. Bro. buchanan
points out that wheat can be raise
probably at 10 cents a bushel and othe
cereals in proportion on bonanz
farms, and that in South Dakota steam
ploTs, steam tlreshers and other i'm
proved machinery has made it possibl
to work 1000 acre farm at less cos
than sixty small farms of 80 or 1G
acres each. Foreign visitors to tina
section were informed that machiner
was now in process of construction
that would reduce the price OF whea
| production to IL cents bushel! TIL
Kansan rikes the keynote when i
declares that the farmer, the las
remnant of middle class, will b
eliminated from American society, an,
that to prevent the permanent divis o.
of our citizenship into masters an
servants the only remedy Applicant
is public ownership of al natura
| and artificial means NJ Droduot;on . -,