Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
ADDRESS TO DEMOCRATS.

ADDRESS TO DEMOCRATS
Tho Chairman OF the sszss Central Dssae-
cratic Committee Gives Some Figures
Why POpulIsts should Vote this Ticket
TOPEKA, Kan, July H. Chairman
John s Richardson, of the democratic
state central committee, has issued the
following address to the people of Kan
sas:
The democratic party of this state
has placed in nomination a ticket
worthy of the party and of the state,
nominated in obedience to the over
whelming demand OF the party for a
ticket made up of men who would not
only fight the battle of the party TO the
end OF the campaign, but deserving OF
your confidence, and which, If properly
supported, viii be elected Since 1888
there has been in Kansas no exhibition
of the full strength OF the democratic
party. That this is true is sufficiently
attested by the fact that the ratio OF
representation in the late democratic
state convention was based upon the
democratic vote cast at the election in
1855. At the election of 1855 the party
vote was as follows in round numbers:
Republican --------tSsooo
Democrate- 49, t1-oe1
Union labor tpopulist) S7sOe0
Prohibition 1890. Between 400 and 600
Total------------ ------------e------S-f-o'
AT the election of 1892 the repub-
ficans had 15S, 900; democrats and popu-
lists, 16a. 900; prohibitiOnists, 1000; to-
tai, 325, 900. 1t therefore appears that
in the four years from ISSS to 1892 the
republican vote fell off $4,000. These
men voted the populist ticket. So did
the 81, 900 union iaborites of ISSS, MAX
ing 81, 200. Where did the opponents
of republicanism get their 1O2, 900 votes?
They got them from the IOs, 600 demo-
Gratis of 1SSs. Now that the democratic
party has a ticket in the field, these 1Oe.-
600 stand ready to support it almost TO
a man. Therefore we say to our popu-
list friends who express such a strong
desire to defeat the republican party.
come over and ally yourself to the only
party in the state that can do it If
you are sincere you cannot refuse. In
1892 the democrats abandoned all efforts
as a separate party, voted your ticket
and massed their strength through
the activity of their organization. All
to defeat the republican party. If you
are as sincere as the democrats in your
desire to defeat that party. you will
adopt the only means to that end and
vote the democratic ticket.
THE democratic party is the party
of the constitution; the party of law;
the party of limited government; the
party of constitutional liberty; the
party of the people. It has a great
history. an illustrious past and is des-
tined to have still more glorious fu-
ture. 1t is the party whose moderation,
whose just and temperate policies,
whose devotion to popular individual
rights must redeem the country from
the consequences of vicious class legisla-
ton. 1t is the party and the only party
which can redeem Kansas from the
curse of fanaticism, folly and crankism
and return the state to the way of pros
perity, civil justice and common sense
1t opposes the abominable proposition
of placing the burdens of government
upon women. 1t opposes the multi
piled infamies OF prohibition. 1t chal-
ienges the candidates of the populist
and republican parties to express them
selves upon these questions.
1T stands for the lowest possible
rate of taxation, both state and ma
tional, for gold and silver as standard
money, for honesty and economy in
the administration of affairs for tax
ing the incomes of the rich rather than
the necessities of the poor. 1t is not a
party of a day. it always was, is and
must be, one of the greatest parties of
the country, based as it is upon plain
constitutional theory of government
1t was born with the birth of the ma
ton, and has witnessed the burial of
many opponents Its hundred years
of history speak for its ever living
action
ITO democrats, then, we appeal for \
candid and jealous support, to the
voters of Kansas generally, for an hon
est expression of manly opinion; that
the good name of Kansas may be up
held by that expression of opinion, and
giving the great party of the people
the opportunity of doing that in which
the other parties in this state have so
signally failed"