Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-30

means silver recommendation, pure
and simple"
| This is the "dirtiest" kind of a
fling; it is as false as the cringing
heart of the man who gave it utter
| ance, as any man who will read the
democratic platform can see. Then
he says:
| .'Bryan is a railroad attorney and
Sewall bank president and share.
holder IN a number of "grinding
monopolies." yet the pops will un-
doubtedly endorse them both"
More 'dirt" of the vilest, most
filthy kind. Bryan never was rail-
road attorney, and refused position
as such at Sc, 900 year because, as
he said, she would rather make less
money aud keep his conscience clean.
Not content with smearing his dirt
and filth over the next president, he
grabs up handful of foul-smelllng
slime and attempts to spatter it over
the honest free silver republicans who
cannot submit to Boss Hanna:
"Senator Pettigrew gave the whole
snap away when he declared in an
interview at Chicago that the bolt
from the ST.. Louis platform was
planned and executed with the
understanding that Teller would be
nominated by the democrats. X
The Tellerites now doubtless repent
their hasty action. and wish, too late,
that they had remained with the
grand old party"
Senator Pettigrew has long since
denounced as false the charge con-
tanned in the above, and he and Sen
ator Teller, by their noble and patri'
Otto work in securing the endorsement
of William j. Bryan by all free silver
elements have given the lie to all such
whippersnapper snarls of the republic
can goldi:es.
Bro. Cooke is the last man who
should cry out "dirty politics" He
has, Up tc the time of the meeting oil
Mark Hanna's snap, talked free coin
age of silver to his own people; he has
acknowledged personally that that was
what the country wanted, and that
was what the republican party would
stand for. If he has forgotten all
about having done this, a reference
TO the files of his paper will refresh
his memory.
The trouble with the Leader man
is that he thinks he has got to have
pal;tical Doodle in order to live. He
thinks that the gold standard fellows
have more of it to use than the other
fellows (and they doubtless have),
and therefore his chances will be bet
ter with them than with the people.
He had to be ''sugared" by the repub,
lean county central committe in the
little county officer fight last year
we are told, and he doubtless think,
there is chance this year for more
'sugar."
i IT IS funny how these little gold
bug papers will, in their zeal to prove
their loyalty to Hanna, fall dowr
and step on themselves. We wan
to call the special attention of thu
readers of the Clafin Leader to tn,
column of 90 papers which the Leade
says have "bolted Bryan" Look owe
the list, and you will readily see tina
it strengthens the argument of the
friends of silver in the statement tina
the allied money interests of the Eas
are back of the Mckinley ticket. O
the 95 boilers, 80 are in the Eastern
or New England States-22 of the 81
being in New York alone-and 35 ar,
in the Middle and Southern States
Of the 35, 81 are in the south, IL II
the Middle States, and 2 in the West
in Iowa. What do the silver men
fear from the Eastern papers? We