Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-07-25

land still covers the whole nest
Thornton Monitor.
1t Is little difficult for this editor
to understand why protection, as the
epublicans call the tariff, needs so
much assistance from the militia
David City (Neb.) Banner.
The difference between the republic
cans and democrats, the republicans
advertise their shortcomings while the
democrats try to cover theirs -Arkan-
sas Farmer.
If you are not satisfied with the
promises already made and broken by
the old parties just hold on a little;
they've got plenty more as good as
those already broken-Ozark (Ark.)
Farmer
While republican papers are charg-
ing that the Populists are a danger
Gus clement, we should like to know
what these people were before they
became Populists. -Mapleton Gowa)
Advocate.
The millionaire sets his own limit
to the amount OF taxes he pays and
the gov eminent accepts it. The gov
eminent sets the amount for the poor
man and he must pay it-Record,
Marshall. Mo-
The Topeka Press says editoria!lv:
The proud crest of the republican
party of Kansas has fallen. Its spirit
is broken Its ranks waver in the
face of certain defeat YATES Center
kan Advocate
The democrats of Henry county
have indOrsed the entire ticket NOM
mated by the Populist county conven-
ton The combination makes the
success of a part of the ticket almost
assured.-News, Princeton, Ill
A crank ordinarily is the person
who has ia ken step forward in the
onward march of evolution, and is
reckoning those who are standing in
the way OF progress to come on-Clay
Center (kan) Dispatch
he Washington Post is authority
for the statement that the ma jority of
the senators are bald headed. How
ever, as the Spanish proverb has it,
they are not so bald that we can see
their brains Denver News
Living Issues asks if it is any more
paternalism for farmers to obtain
money from the government for the
purpose OF farming than it is for
bankers to obtain money for the pur-
pose of banking. If it is, why is it?
Elk.
The democrats are looking for a
man that can write a platform that
can be construed as denouncing Cleve-
land and indorsing him. In other
words, one that can give the eastern
democrats hi in harmonious way.
Elk
1t is a fraternity of fiends that per-
mits the starving of multitudes of
strong men, delicate women and help
less children when food is SO abundant
that it will not bring to the producer
the cost of production.-Garnet (Kan)
Agitator.
The administration issues bonds to
furnish employment for the idle cap
ital of bankers, but it is unconstitu-
tional for the government to furnish
employment to the la boring man that
he may keep his family from starving.
jackson, Mich, News dem.
Per cent of votes cast in the Oregon
election: Republican, AS; Populist,
3O.2; democrats, 20; prohibitionists,
2:3. If the legislature were divided
according to vote polled the repu bill
cans would have 90 members, Popu-
lists Is, democrats II, Prohibitionists
Post. Portland, Ore
A money based ON value is just as
good as money stamped on value, and
much more convenient. The Popu-
lists favor the former, the goldbugs
the latter. Why? Because they can
control the latter and not the former.
Norman (Okla } Voice.
Pennsylvania repu blicans steal our
money plank, democrats grab onto
our income tax and Car Reed is try
ing to get his clutches on our silver
coinage plank. Crank doctrines will
get above par before the end of this
campaign.-Ozark( ark Farmer.
We fat money cranks have been
irving for long time to find out
what is the difference between sill
yer dollar and piece of pure silver
bullion of the same weight, but no.
body seems to answer If that diff
ference is not 90 ce nts w orlh of fat
when the 81 YER is worth 40 cents
what is it?-Topeka Advocate.
Old Abe Lincoln republicanism and
Jeffersonian democracy IS what this
country needs The Pops favor those
principles The demo reps oppose
them. Take your choice. Will you
sustain the doctrines of the fathers,
or will you go off and worship the
golden calf?-Farmer. Bloomfield, Ill
I he fight in Kansas and the west is
between the Peoples party and the
repn blicaus. In the south it is be-
tween the Peoples party and the
democrats. Thus both the old parties
are p aced in the attitude of trying 10
down he fopulists. Southern demo-
Gratis, however, who are still true to
original principles, have no cause 10
ight against the i'opulists because
hey are the only party that now
hanpions the original principles of
democracy II would be much more