Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-23
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IatinG Matters


lating Matters
Gov. Mckinley has been in politics.
for good many years. and his ASSOC
Citations have been such that he knows
how public favors are best obtainedl
from the persons that control in the
republican party. He won his way to,
preferment through the assistance OF
those who sought, high protection as
the means of their own enrichment
He became the representative OF ag-
gregated capital because it could use
him and he could serve its purposes
Backed by it he was the dauntiess
champion of special legislation as die
tated by those who ran his campaigns
and procured him the place in congress
where he could best advance their In
terests- He long since realized how
little the rank and file have to do with
the selection ofrepublican officials, and
how essential it is to have the support
of those who. in the rank of leadership,
have attained to that bsolutism which
wins the title of boss"
It is for these reasons that the gov
ernor has not wanted to hear the voice
OF the people. His record as governor
of Ohio has condemned his admins
trative ability. Mismanagement of his
own affairs shows how poorly he IL
qualified to manage the affairs of q
great nation He encounters the active
hostility of Foraker and the jealous
promptings of Sherman, in his own
state, yet with the Machiavellian arts
OF the modern politician, he schemes
for the presidential nomination He
is proclaiming his candidacy in every
quarter. He is at his post of duty
when he cannot discover a better place
- l., II, g
ing upon his browning ambition. AS
facts come out regarding the recent
meeting of the president makers" al
Washington, the eyes of the people ara
opened to the farcical part they play
| in running the G. o. p.
Platt is willing to deal, as he always
is His terms will in no wise shock the
sensibilities of Mr.. Mckinley. Platt
will undertake to deliver the deIega-
ton of New York provided he is given
complete control of federal patronage
in that state, and the naming of cab
met official outside of the secre tary OF
the treasury; for that place the thrifty
Buckeye officeSeeker has promised to
his financial hacker in his own state
Foster will serve upon more favorab bic
terms because of his enmity to Sher-
man, and some of the other gentlemen
interested are animated by policy of
anything to beat Harrison" as we'll
as other valuable and valid considers
tons It looks as though deal might
be made to secure the nomination
to the governor.
In this connection it is of interest to-
know that the election of Mckinley
would tend to the restoration of Nc
Kinleyism, so emphatically repudiated
by the country, and so unquestionably
responsible for the business and finau-
cial distress from which the nation is
now recovering.
The people OF the United States
should bear this in mind. They can
not ignore the law of seIf-preservation-
They cannot afford to reestablish the
sway of the trusts, the combines and
centralized wealth, wrung from the
people by the promoters and the BEN
efciaries of McKinleyism. They dare
cot invite return of the deplorable
condition to which the country was
brought by the practical workings of
McKinleyism. They dare not restore
the domination of the classes and
place the masses at the mercy of those
who promulgated McKinleyism for the
most selfish, sordid and unpatriotio
purposes. It is the votaries OF McKin-
leyism who complacently regard the
presidency as matter OF barter and
sale; a crime against our institutions
that the American people will not
sanction.-Detroit Free Press.