Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-09-25
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Gov. Stone says: eff the next demo-
cratic national convention declares for
gold monometallism and nominates a
president upon such a platform, the
party will not carry a dozen states"
Then the democratic party will not
carry dozen states, for no democratic
national convention is going to do any
thing else but declare for gold stand
ard and nominate man that favors
it. OF course, the platform may be
straddle, in order to preserve harmony,
but the candidate will not be. All Of
the eastern and middle states are un-
compromisingly in favor of a gold
standard, and about hall of the states
in the south and west that have held
conventions this year have declar
themselves in favor of the same pol
icy. That the next national demo-
cratic convention will give free silver
a black eye is as certain as any future
political event can be. 1t Is apparent
now that the gold wing of the demo-
cratic party is assisting the republic
ans in carrying out John Sherman's
financial policy. The free silver men
in the democratic party are doing some
very vigorous kicking now with their
tongues, bit after the next democratic
national convention they will fall in
line and assume the role of assistant
republicans to the assistant republic
ans.
It's now perfectly plain that the meet
ing of free silver democrats $50 called
at Washington was only movement to
check the stampede of voters from the
| democratic party. The three leading
characters Of that meeting were Sena.
tors Jones of Arkansas, Turpie of Indi-
ana, and Harris of Tennessee. They
were reinforced by such political tum.
BILE bugs and blatherskites as LoI
Livingston of Georgia, who climbed
into prominence on an Alliance ladder
and then kicked the ladder out from
under him, and Dan Voorhees,, who en-
gineered in the senate the repeal Of thu
only silver law we had on the statute
books All these men assert that fre'
silver is the only thing that can eve
restore prosperity to this country, ant
that the present gold standard system
is ruinous and leads to the hell of poy
erty, yet they declare that IL their part
succeeds in committing itself to sue
policy in the next national convention
they will vote with the party and thu
indorse it. In fact they are simply act
ing in the role of stool pigeons an
bunco-steerers for the Jew brokers G
this country and Europe.
,
: 1t requires no keen foresight to sc
that the trend of events in this countr
points to a monarchy. The recent III
terances of Minister Bayard at a bar
! quet in England in which he made tn
declaration that it required a stron
man to govern the people of this cour
try is only one of the straws which In
dicate the direction in which the polit
cal wind is glowing. In his speech NJ
, Bayard said: "The President of tt
United States stands in the midst
a self-confident and oftentimes violeI
people, and it takes man such as M
. Cleveland to govern them" Now as
!, matter of fact when Mr.. Clevelan
undertakes to govern" the people
, this country he is out Of the bounds
his Jurisdiction. 1t is the general SUI
!. position that the people of this count
! govern themselves. Although they ia
far short of it in fact, our plan of go
!, ernment is constructed upon this pri
\ ciple. AS matter of fact the peop
. are governed by political machines CO
4 trolled by men who have usurped Il
rights of the people and subordinat,
q them to their own selfish greed. TIL
: Mr.. Cleveland has for more than ty
. years been actually governing th
n country no one will have the temeri
. to deny. He has subordinated his par
n machinery, and even violated the la
v of the land and the spirit of our ms
d tutions to accomplish his designs. +
d ordering the troops to Chicago a
d bribing congress with the patronage
10 his command were not only Hagrant Vi
d lations of law, but were grave enou
offences against the constitution to /
ID mand his impeachment. The logic
re result of such conduct on the part
t the chief magistrate Of the land can
II nothing short of revolution.
is w. s. MORGAN