Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04
And is This E. N. Morrill, 2

county, which is supporting all the rest
of the republican candidates but Nor
rill, paints this picture of him:
Never since the days of that supreme
ass in Kansas politics, John Peter St.
John, have honest straight republi-
cans had such a kick coming as they
have today over the nomination OF e.
N. Morrill,.
His nomination was bought
He is simply the catspaw for the
worst gang of treasury hooters IN the
state.
He has held Office for q years out Of
80 years residence in the state.
There are other and better men who
have done more for Kansas than he,
and more for the party, who are entl-
tied to recognition.
While in congress he defeated SER
vice pension bill because, as he said,
1.-The monied men of the east were bit
terly opposed to it.''
In Washington and other counties by
some kind of ''hocus pocus" (they call
it robbery out westl he made consld-
cradle money at the expense of poor
settlers.
He is very ordinary sort of man,
with little or no executive ability.
He has for years bolstered himself up
on his army record, when the fact is
his admission to his colonel proved him
a coward.
He has pledged to "de gangn the
Offices in case of his election.
He neglected to investigate charges
of Irregularities at the National Sol
diers' Home.
He is a prohibitionist in Hiawatha,
an anti prohibitionisU in other places,
and everything to all men for Office.
After years in Office he was offered
no place on the ticket, sulked In his
tent, and left the party which had so
long hOnored him without his valuable
assistance.
He was "out of politics. the moment
he couldn't get his chair up to the pie
counter, and should now be kept out of
office.
He is not a statesman, during all the
years of his political career he never
did much but hold Office.
He is a monopOlist, and every act and
every vote he gave was in favor of gold
and the nabobs of Wall street. His
recent letter declaring for free coinage
of silver is simply a makeshift for
votes. Why was he not an advocate of
free silver when he was in position to
do something.
During his eight years in congress
he was first, last and all the time the
tool of corporations.
He voted for the bill to extend the
bonded period for distilled spirits.
He voted three times against the bill
providing for the forfeiture of the Ore
gon Central railway land grants.
He voted against the bill to secure to
the government all the Indebtedness,
long past due, of certain Pacific rail
roads.
He voted against the bill to establish
a uniform system of bankruptcy.
He voted against the bill to regulate
pension attorneys fees.
He voted for the bill to permit
national banks to issue notes up to the
par value of bonds held by them.
Three times he neglected or refused
to vote on bill to restrict the alien
ownership of land.
He voted No. on bill for the free
coinage of silver.
He voted No" on resolution of in
quiry relative to the free coinage of
silver.
He is mOnOmetaliSt.
He is a chronic Office seeker.
He is out of politics when there is no
Office for E. n. Morrill,.
He is simply republican for pie.
He is to blame for the non-existence
of a service pension bill.
His opposition to the service pension
bill paved the way for that substitute
known as the dependent" pension
bill, which makes every old soldier a
mendicant who applies for pension
under it. Many Grand Army posts all
over the country passed resolutions de-
nouncing him for his actions regarding
these bills.
Ordinarily any one of these reasons
would be enough TO defeat the nomina-
tion of such man, to say nothing OF
electing such nincompoop statesman
as he to the governOrship of this COM
monwealth. 1t shows which way we
are headed when Cy. Leland and bis
henchmen are allowed to buy and trade
influence, or cut and dry the nomina-
ton of any man; and man who will
accept nomination at the hands of
that gang is no better than they, be it
E. n. Morrill, or any other man.
For these reasons we protested
against his nomination; ard as the
reasons are not changed at all by the
fact of his nomination. we will protest
against his election. We can't do 9th
erwise and be honest with ourself
November will settle it.
w. B. LUCAS the democratic candi-