Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

Under democratic institutions
there is a force stronger than senates,
more powerful than presidents, more
potent even than the press. 1t is the
force of public opinion.-N. Y. World.
The republican party of Iowa has
become party of extravaganza. tits
needless of the necessities of the peo-
pie and reckless in the expenditure of
their money.-Ex-Gov. Boies' Speech.
An exchange asks: why do fish
ermen 1ie?" Perhaps for the same rea-
son that republican editors do: they
can catch more suckers by lying than
by telling the truth. Kansas City
Times.
"A proper tariff bill must, as the
president says, be largely the result of
honorable adjustment and compro-
mise. But it need not be the result of
barter and sale. Louisville Courier
journal.
The presidents letter to Mr..
Wilson is the utterance of an earnest,
honest advocate of a principle who
sees that principle endangered; it Is
the utterance of an earnest party man
who dislikes to see his party going
wrong or failing in its duty; it is
timely and patriotic deliverance which
ought to bring the democra TIC leaders
to their senses--Indianapol Sentinel.
Gov. Mckinley is unnecessarily
alarmed. The possibility of Gen.
Tracy or Chauncey NJ. Depew carrying
New York state this fall, thus casting
the Mckinley boomlet into the shade,
need cause him no uneasiness. If his
chances for the nomination are threat
ened only by a republican victory in
New York he can go to work on his
speech of acceptance at once.-Chicago
Herald.
Over confidence has taken full
possession of the republican party this
year, and in politics over-confidence is
a most dangerous thing. 1t is almost
two years now since the last Dational
election, and Whitelaw Reid hasn't
fully recovered from the terrible night
mare of seeing sure thing slip through
his fingers. Over-conddent republicans
should consult him.-Kansas City
Times.
There are thirty-flve democrats in
the United States senate who stand
for tariff reform. There are nine
democrats who are traitors to their
party and to the people. The nine
traitors would not have the power tc
put one nickel in the treasury of a
thieying tariff trust were it not for
the fact that thirty-eight republican
senators stand in solid phalanx in de-
Tense of the trusts. Yet the repub-
lican press is trying to make party
capital out of the situation.-Chicago
Herald.
The will of the American people
has been twice expressed, each time
with the emphasis of more than one
million majority, in favor of tariff re-
form based on free raw materials and
cheaper necessaries. The obstructing
senators should yield because they are
few, because they are wrong. because
the people are against them, and be-
cause their attitude is opposed to the
principles and the pledges of their
party. Politicians who persist in de-
flying public opinion will surely be
crushed by tn. Y. World.
1t seems to shock some Of our es-
teemed republican contemporaries that
President Cleveland had no precedent
for his letter to Congressman Wilson.
But if they will overhaul their his
tories they will find that John Han
cock and his associates had no prece-
dent for the declaration of indie
pendence or Abraham Lincoln for the
emancipation proclamation Notwith-
standing that drawback both these
documents have been largely approved
by the civilized world.-Detroit Free
Press