Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-09-23
POPUClST STATE NEWS


Wherever crowd gathers in Kansas
no matter for what purpose, be it
picnic, political meeting, funeral or
Iynching, some man is curious to know
how they stand on the finance question.
At Sunday school picnic in Barton
county a man made it his business to
poll the voters and found the result to
be rs for Mckinley and AGA for Bry an.
The same ratio will hold good through
the western part of the state, especi-
| ally among God fearing people such
as attend Sunday school picnics.
through the Seventh district that the
Barton Beacon had his cut last week
| without giving the name and an
nounced under it the place and date of
his speaking,
The Jetmore Republican, the lead
ing Republican paper in Hodgeman
county, has pulled the Republican
| ticket out of its columns and is now
| talking free silver like an old timer.
The paper is still Republican, but if its
readers follow its teachings there is
nothing for them to do bnt TO vote for
Bryan and free silver legislative can
didates.
The Clafiin Leader changed from a
Republican to an independent paper
| last week and will from now on devote
its columns to local news and such
matter as will make it family pa per.
| The editor, Mr., Cook, has no distaste
for political matter but it is more than
likely that Republican politics of this
year gag him.
The populist committee of Pratt
county has issued a challenge to Hon
j. Q. Thompson. the Republican NOM
| inee for joint debate with Hon w.
+. Brown, the populist nominee for the
same Office. Tie conditions of the de.
bate include discussion of the finance
| question and also each man to defend
the past action of his party on rail-
road legislation for the state of Kan.
sas That is taking a mean advan.
vantage of a Republican candidate. 1t
would be enough to ask him to defend
the stand his party has taken on the
financial question without including
is past action on railroad legisla ton.
| Republicans should take advantage
at once of the cheap rate ons photo
graphs that are being advertised in
nearly all county papers in the state
Later in the season they may want to
see how they looked before the cleo
ton.
In order to form combination that
might give them some of the county
officers the Republicans of Stevens
county have fused on county ticket
with the Democrats, giving them repre-.
tentative. The Democratic nominee is
a free silver man.
The Gala Republican daily of Paola
has suspended, Its influence was no.
worth what it was costing the state
committee to keep it going.
The Democrats of Cloud county meet
in county convention and endorsed the
Ropulist ticket with the exception of
county attorney. For that Office thew
nominated Jim Hagaman of the Con-
cordia Blade, paper which changed
politics before and after every county
convention.
The Democrats of Dickinson coun-
ty have endorsed the populist tickle,
throughout.
James Craig will represent the sill
yer element of all parties in Finney
county in the state legislature next
winter
| The ElDorado Times (Rep.) asserts
its independence and refuses to support
legislative candidates who are not for
free silver. The silver craze is not
dead yet
! Republicanism is in such bad shape
IN Philips county that there were few
candidates for places on the county
ticket and in some instances the Office
had TO seek the man.
/ With the exception of the lack of
about / 900 vol to elect their ticket.
Saline county Republicans are in good
shape.
The two silver parties, the Populists
aud Democrats. went hall and half on
!. ticket in Hamilton coiisits. C. i.