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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
Keep Them Out.

''It is about time that restriction
of emigration takes practical form, and
that the gates of our country be closed
to the ignorant, lawless, impoverished
people that swarm to this country.
Hungarians, Poles, Italians, Armen-
ians, Bulgarians, Moors, Algerians and
Turks form no inconsiderable part of
the populations of our manufacturing
towns and our proud cities. The
theory that this country is an asylum
for the distressed of all nations is play
ed out; what might prove a glorious
sentiment one hundred years ago when
the nation was but fringe of colonies
on the Atlantic seaboard, is an absurd
ity now. Our labor market is glutted;
our poor need all the help of the con-
siderate and our public institutions are
filled to overlooking. These hordes
recruited from southern Europe, west
ern Asia and northern Africa do not
belong to this civilization. They are
centuries behind. They have no SYM
pathy with its laws, customs, practices,
manners or morals. Nothing can be
done for them; and 1t is not our place to
do for them. A doctrine of protection is
essential to government, the protection
of the laboring classes. What right
have we, as nation on the high road
of advancement; we who build public
schools, churches, and exempt the
lands of charity societies, be they
asylums or hospitals; we who urge the
citizens to be industrious, sober, clean
ly, honest, to expose our people to The
pernicious contact of these squalid
hordes? What have we right to ex.
pect? Emporia Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

born to misery, while others would be
born into affluence and luxury. But
this is not true. Even some minister's
theology and sociology are at variance
with each other, mess of contradictions
the good God at one end and the good
devil at the other. We are just learn
ing that social conditions are not DEGREES
of God or the products of Chance, but
the result of the human will-your will,
my will, the nations will. And there
are only two ways of rectifying this evil.
You and must, in the first place, begin
to deal justly with our fellow men in all
of our private enterprise. We must lay
aside our preiudices and look into this
matter fairly and squarely. We must
get our information from life. We must
sit down with the tramp and the criminal
we must identify ourselves with at least
one or two families of disheartened
working men, question them, inspire
them, teach them, help them. We
must apply the principle of love in our
business affairs, treat our employees as
brothers, and not think that our obliga-
tions cease when we hand them the
hard coin for their service. We must
embody these lofty Christian sentiments
into law, and then only will there come
the new earth wherein dwelleth right
eousness. Members of the G.. A. r.
are you willing to inlist again in this
great battle for humanity? / am con-
vinced that you will. If you had not
| fought 80 years ago, we would not now
be battling with these problems. We
would be fighting below this plain with
other problems. You brought on this
higher conflict. 1t is your fight as well
as ours. When these problems are set
tied, others will spring up as conditions
change and as the human mind envolves
But it will be the old brotherhood, You
have enlarged the idea of freedom, and
with it comes responsibility. You make
a man larger and he will ask for more, as
he has right to. You plant schools and
colleges, and with the larger light there
will come louder cry for the larger ne
cessities of life. Educate the working
man and he will want book and lit
tie leisure to read it, new coat, better
food, and few luxuries of life. This is
the inevitable result of larger life.
Therefore l ask you, in all candor, have
you done enough to emaniclpate men, to
educate men, and then refuse them the
increasing wants? 1 tell you, No! 1t is
selfishness that is refusing to open the
way that this may be done; and this,
precisely this, is the cause of our pre-
sent strife and dIscontent. On one side
stands the enlarged man, on the other e
class of selfish men who are denying
him the larger demands. Peace car
come only by way of justic, and we have
it within our power to usher in the era
of good feeling, the era of broth erhood,
the era of peace on earth and good vii
to men.
GREAT BEND, Kas., May 26, 1894.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION

GREAT BEND KANSAS MAY ~, 1884.
By order of the Democratic County
Central Committee of Barton county a
delegate convention is hereby called
to be held in in the court room, Great
Bend, on Saturday, August IS, 1894,
for the purpose of placing in nomina-
ton a full democratic ticket for the
election of the following county officers;
viz:
Representative to State Legislature;
County Attorney;
Probate Judge,
Clerk of District Court,
County Superintendent of Schools,
Commissioner for Second District.
Each election precinct township or
ward) is entitled to the following num-
Der of delegates and alternates:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
GIVE Us 4 REST.

since the republicans are constantly
| nagging democrats in Kansas for hay-
ing Joined in with the populists in 1892
they should be reminded of the course
of the republican party in the states
wherein it is as hopelessiy in the mi
nority as the democratic party is in
Kansas.
For twenty-five years there has been G
no republican party in most of the
southern states. They havent the
Courage to even maintain an organisa-
ton. Year in and year out the repub-
licans in Texas, Missouri, Maryland,
Virginia and New Jersey have invar-
iably pursued the course of political
guerriIlas. In Florida they have not
nominated half dozen state tickets
since the war. In Alabama, Tennes-
see, Louisiana and Arkansas they
have always stood ready to go in with
the bolters, riff-raff and sore-beads
from the democratic party.
To-day in Tennessee and Alabama
the republicans are mere camp follow
ers of the populists. The pops have
named the lions share of the state
ticket and left few Offices for the re-
publicans to fill in, if possible, and then
support the conglomerated ticket.
In Virginia the republicans went In
with Malone and indorsed repudiation
of the state debt and everything else
reprehensible and dishonest in order to
beat the regular democratic ticket.
They fused with rebels, socialists,
tramps and fioaters for years simply
because they were hungry for Office
and hadn't the grit to run a ticket of
their own. Only last year the remnants
of this brave and boastful republican
party indorsed the populist ticket by
supporting it and declining to put up a
ticket of their own.
In Missouri the republican party has
repeatedly gone in with the greeenback-
ers, peoples party sgitators and jaw
smiths of every character and color to
down the democracy. Since 1878 re-
publicans have made annual sale of
their birth-right to the green hackers,
democratic boilers and pOpulists ali
over the state. In Kentucky the re-
publican party has harOlted with every
clan of political gypsies that have in
tested that Stata since the days of
Henry Clay.
So, since the republican party has
nerve enough only to run republican
tickets in little over half of the states
of the Union and is habitually consort-
ing and cohabiting with any and all
political factions in the other states, it
comes with poor grace from Kansas
republican to be gabbliEg and bluffing
around because democrats of Kansas
in one year out of the Twenty-Five
since the war went in with a minority
faction of the republican party to de-
feat the majority faction in presiden-
tial year and throw Kansas out of the
republican column. The Vaunted
courage of the republican party which
the professional republican politician
prates about in Kansas is wholly sec
tiOnal and confined to the states
; wherein the republicans have sure
majorities and the prime principle
,, upon which the party lives is the cohes-
i've power of piunder.-Paola Spirit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
HICKS On June Weather.

Prof. Hicks weather predictions for
June are as follows: June Sd brings
new moon and the center of q storm
period. lSy that date a very warm
wave will be well advanced from the
west, and storm conditions of marked
energy will be in sight to all who read
general indications. Watch all storms
between the End and 9Th. A cool dash
will follow them. On and touching
the 9th and 10th 1t will grow very
warm again, and series of hard rains,
thunder and windstorms will follow
each other daily for several days.
From 18th to 18th is a regular period,
with Mercury equinox central on the
10th. Many showers must be expected
all along here, with dangerous storms
probable on the black figure days. The
20th and 21st are centers of disturb
ance, excited by Mercury, Venus, and
the SOlstice crisis. Hard storms, with
hail and much lightning, followed by
unreasonable cold. From 26th to 30th
falls storm period that will bring
threatening bluster, with some severe
storms. Watch them all. Earth
quakes and volcanic activity due in
lime
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

1t is recommended that the delegates
from the several counties be selected be-
fore Saturday, July 28, "a, and the sec
retaries of the several county conven-
tions or mass meetings are requested
to send the credentials of the delegates
to the secretary of the congressional
committee, Will E. Stoke, Great Bend,
Kans., without delay.
BY order of the congressional COM
mittee.
JoHN s. RICHARDSON, Chairman.
WILL E. STOKE, Secretary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

WICHITA, KAN, May II, I894-A
delegate convention of the democrats
of the seventh congressional district of
the state of Kansas, is hereby called to
meet at Hutchinson, on Monday, Aug
ust 9th, at o'clock, P. M. for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
congress for said district.
The several counties will be entitled
to the following delegates under this
call:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

REPORT has it that tall fellow with
a black mustache and a somber cast
of countenance. representing himself
as a government agent Is ranging
through the northern counties claim
ing that he is on the lookout for coun-
terfeit coin. He calls upon the farmers
to display what coin they have in their
possession and he uses some sort OF
preparation which turns the silver
black whenever he examines it. All
this he levies upon as spurious, leaving
a receipt with the victim which he
says will be redeemed by the govern
ment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
nentral Committee Nesting.

The Democratic County Central
Committee for Barton County will meet
at the Typer House, Great Bend, on
Monday, June IS, 1894, for the pur'
pose of selecting five (5) delegates tc
the State Convention at Topeka July
sd, and five 50 delegates to the Con
gressional Convention at Hutchinson
August g.
FRED ZUTAvERN, Chairman.
WIIn E. STOKE, Secretary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

1.-THE printing press has made presi-
dents and killed poets. 1t has made
the world get up at roll-call every morn
ing and given the pulpit lungs of iron
and a voice of steam. 1t has curtailed
the power of kings, embellished the
pantryOshelv and-bustedl But il
can't be run to suit everybody, and ar
editor is a crank who tries it."-Johr
Gilmore.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

1t is recommended that townships
hold their caucuses to select such dele
gates at such time as best suits the
convenience of the voters, and that a
list of the delegates be sent the secre-
tary as soon as selected.
FRED ZUrAvERN, Chairman.
WILL E. STOKE, Secretary
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

The commissioners of Mcpherson
county have established q diseased
chinch bug station, at Mcpherson, with
Mr.. Warren Knaus in charge. An
appropriation of $3.50 is made to carry
on the work of the station, and every
farmer who brings in live bugs can get
in exchange the same amount of dis
eased bugs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

SUSAN B. ANTHONY says that if the
republicans of Kansas do not endorse
woman suffrage in their state platform
this year the amendment will not carry.
She also is cf the opinion that the reps.
will not dare TO refuse to do so; she
threatens dire revenge if they do not.
Susan is corker.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

MAKING campaign without socks
may have given Jerry sciatic rheuma-
tism; but we did not know that Mollie
Ellen had thus exposed herself, too.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
W1IG E. STOKE, Secretary.

THERE will be mighty few straight
out' kickers' conventions this year in
Kansas. The railroads you see have
set down on issueing free tickets-and
that settles the straight out" busi-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

AND now some pOpulists are kicking
because the democrats of this county
have called a convention to nominate
democratic ticket, saying "that will
be good way to aid the republicans"
Queer, the populists had not thought of
that before their own county conven-
ton. If three tickets in the field will,
as they say, help the republicans, why
did not the populists stay out of the
ight-they are the minority party in
the countY-and leave the field open TO
the democrats and republicans?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07

IF TIE vote in the county conven-
tions is a true inGietion, the equal
suffrage question will be defeated this
fall. In localities where they dare
take it up at all, in populist or repub-
lican conventions, it is only carried
by scant majorities, if carried at all,
while the democratic conventions may
all be counted against it.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-11
RICHMOND, va. Jan. lO lsg

RICHMOND, VA, Jan. 10 1871
No offerings of tobaccos at auction on
Change to-day.
Private GALES reported TO the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day:
Wrappers. 81 hogsheads; filters. IL: sun
lugs dark. IL. Total. III hogsheads.
The tobacco inspector reports to-day:
Inspections-Bright 10 hogsheads, dark.
81 hogsheads. Reinspections-Brigh ~
hogsheads.
Seabrook's, Allegheny, Old Dominion.
Davenport's, Planters. and Crenshaws
tobacco warehouses report to-day: Re
ceipts, q packages; deliveries, W pack
ages.
United States internal revenue collec-
lions for the city Of Richmond. Va. to-
day: Cigars and cigarettes, S3.siooo' pug
tobaccos. 81. SlT03. Total, S5.1oOOo.
A small sale OF dark loose tobaccos at
Shockoe warehouse to-day.
Crenshaws warehouse sold 9,03J pounds
of dark loose tobaccos to-day; highest
price, 80
our MIR. Rogers has just returned from
a trip 10 oxford and Durham. y. {. lie
saws: "rhe crop Is very mean; indeed.
il is meaner than ! expected 10 find H.
Whilst there are some good tobaccos.
there are very few wrappers, and they
are fine wrappers; there are no commoi
wrappers. Good fine wrappers are self
| ing high.
4 meeting Of the Tobacco Trade Is
called for Monday next, January ~, 1891.
AT II NJ 20 take into consideration mat
ters connected with the leaf bill now
pending before the Committee on Ways
and Means at Washington. rms meet
| ing Is called by large number OF the
| Trade and as the matter Is most I'M
portant one. II is hoped there Will be q
| full attendance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-11
The Intel .IpiYerSnn

Gradually from its embryo state the
Hotel Jefferson has begun TO assume
such proportions in its structure as to
cause the people of this city 10 hope
that before eighteen months shall have
passed this second Ponce de Leon OF
hotels will have been completed. The ex-
cavation and basement floor have been
finished. on Main street the outer wall.
faced with white brick. has risen TO the
height of ten or fifteen feet. while on
Franklin the foundation IS even with the
street. The present work is very massive
but is being pushed forward with a speed
mat reflects great credit upon the con-
tractors. An artesian well is being sunk
and has already reached the depth Of 20f
feet. At the present rate and with al
open winter, it is hoped that the hote
Will be under cover by this time next
wear
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-11
nuv cOTTON LETTER.

NEW YORK. Jan l0.--The following ~
~ Jailv cotton letter of Atwood, Violet
S Co. by private wire to e. W. Dra'icn
I'iverpool opened 3 points lower to-day
and we I'm turn opened a lew poin.s io ,,,a
49,, reacfed and advanced Z points above
i"st nights prices, of which | point Was
Lost liverpool recovered part or her
ioss before the close. a report issueu
hv the New Orleans Cotton ExchanBe,
comnaring the Texas movement TINS year
with that OF last year, WAS coistrueu .
here as bullish. and as there We're Du'
few sellers, the improvement. Wa iapiu.
orleans estimates for tomorrow OF o.u%
baies against 1900 bales last year anu
~ n1 bales this day last week Inc
sant~weeklv movement at thirteen or the
ieadine points In the South, reported Dy
The New Orleans Exchange, also helpeu
The Improvement. IL shows receip's vi
10000 bales, against zs;"" o nm ba les
ssSai.nst 35 900 bales last year. The loss
~ stock is very apparent az nunoer
~ ,eading points In the South othef tnah
those reported. showing that even az
tght as the port movement ~, u IL iarke-
iv al the expense OF the STOCKS ~ tie
nin.,1ra, that as the daily movement con-
ar,ns each day crop OF fDUo Dales
10 ~ .han Neills minimum estimate, thds
49, south should realize the strength o.,
.he,r nosition, and that they snouio hoiu
That cotton they have left Tor more
savorabIe period. which period seems 70
be in order for the near , uesrce cotton Is
so,n,nc in some sections IN the. south;
az enhancement In the Dallas News OK
III. morning will serve a. an uIustreklou'
A prominent cotton buyer there advef-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-11
STILL HARD AT WORK.
The Firemen and the Police Doing Much
to Help the Sufferers.

The Citizens Committee for the henei
ot the Poor, together with the canvas
ere appointed in the various quarters u
The civ are still hard at work coliectiiie
FUNDS for the needy. They fnd a sIea'
many difficulties 10 overcome -,
md nothing but perseverance WIN 80.
natience has been the cause OF inc -
iac,tons as already mentioned In ,nese
co,umns In some parts OF the ci'y u,e
rosnonscs from business houses anu p'.
vate parties have been gratliyins. 80
the majority of instances the can'aS'e
haya heen refused by those TO "hoii az
ni,cations nave been made. Ihere ~
arsa, demand for help for the poor Vi ~
s,,,, and II is especially desiraoie t"as
enn.,,shut,ons be made. be they eve. %
ANAL There was probably never 80
Snr the past twenty years when me- M
We're in the city so many people III nes"
" ,he pecessaries or life, and the com
,.tss as well as the Woman's Missio"'
..s.n N call the attention or mercnanss
"a others who contemplate contrIou...e
a. This laudable undertaking. to TINS ias,,
Mr. u. A. catlin, when seen y es.e'
.,stsd that while scme OF the can'ass a,',.
Ma acquitted themselves creoitaIy, "a"y
IA r~norted that they had made per o"a,
aar,,cstlons to the people witn'n nv.
1skIkt,frts and had done little or no,nsns
towards raising funds; Mr: S - the com.
ststed that the expectations OF INV s''''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-11
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1o.-Cotton steady;
middling gulf, 1918; middling uplandsl
S 3-i6: sales, los bales. Futures closed
steady; sales 1873. 400 bales; January, I.N;
February, SOB; March. s:l2; April. SO;
May, SIS; June. s.Se; July sS' Au-
The total consolidated net receipts Of
cotton reported to-day from all ports
were 2O3O bales; exports TO Great Bri-
tain. "a. 52T bales; France, 1851 bales
Continent. 1876 bales; stock. l'0Iooio
bales.
Total SO far this week-Net receipts,
9s,710 bales; exports TO Great Britain
96,987 bales: France, 26,9Ii bales; Con-
tinent Az, 500 bales.
lures steady; sales. 10000 bales; Janu-
airy, 1855; February, 765; March, 40
s.i2: August. SIT; September. sos.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10.-Noon.-Cotton
in fair demand and prices easy Ameri,
can middling, 4ss; sales. American. l2,oOo
bales American, 5000 bales; speculation
and export, 1000 bales receipts. 2f,Ooe
bales American. 22,sQo bales, Futures
easy at the decline and demand moderate.
january February. 1894; March April
and April-May, 22-64 May-June
4 23-6iG4 24-64; June-July. 25-64: July
August, 27-04 August-September
1854. Tenders at to-days clearlngs
ZOO bales new dockets and LOO bales
4P. M.-Jsnuary, 1854. sellers; Janu
February, 1864. sellers: FEBRUARY
March, is-6tq4 1864; March pri,
ers; May-June, 23-Gids 24-6i; July
! 25-64dl 26-64; July-August, 2I-6f
buyers: August. 2s-04Q4 1894. Future;
| steady al the close.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-11

miitea haa hv 10 means been realized.
ana thev ,cro greatly In nerd Of funds
To even ra~,,,lfv relieve the sufferinrs of
the poor no applied 10 several promi-
rent bussroas houses on Main street vest -
DAY. ana ,a,ied 20 secure a subscription
from the,r Ner whom he thought would
give al least moderafe amount for the
objec, had refused to give anything lie
asked several men n they would not be
willing IN deny themselves one cigar and
one drink a week. and give the amount
thus ovnanded to help tho poor. and
they declined to do So
On Fourteenth street. however. the con-
tributiona have been numerous. Mcssrs.
Grimes and Gates, VINO canVassed that
street rod done remarkably well. and
Capt Guigon had done admirably on Main
street between Ninth and Tenth.
The rire department have come 10 the
RESCUE ,,,,b a subscription amounting to
abou, ,-s nor month for three months.
This "a considered d liberal subscription on
the mr., ~ this department and much
crcdi, - Ave the firemen for the manner
H. which they have come TO the front.
pr,hahiv there Is no body OF men I'm the
CITY Win similar means who are more
wllllns. and ready 10 help ont I'm such
cases than the police. They travel about
through the city, and see exactly how
much suffering there is among the poor.
They are ever ready to help I'm variety
Of WAYS and, despite their very limited
means many OF them are giving literally
10 Inc cai,sc. Yesterday mornings Times
contained a list of the police In the Second
district who had agreed 10 give 81 per
month each for three months There
W. ahort twelve or fifteen Of them. and
# &c understood that others from the
same district, as well as from the First
and third districts. Will make contribu-
tlons THE police deserve much credit for
thelr action in the matter.
Tho contributions are being distributed
Vasre those in charge sec the need, and
everything is done In a systematic man
ner cases reported are investigated thor
ouphlv before donations are made, 90
that there may be n judicious distrinu'
lion Of the funds and goods among those
most deserving Of them.
The committee ask that the merchants
and others will do whatever they car
10 helm. as the need among the poor Is
very pressing. and the contributions have
been far beneath the expectation OF those
IN charge.