Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-22
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY.

That the campaign this year will be
made largely upon the issue of finance
there is no doubt. Other matters Will
receive due notice, but only primarily.
we must meet conditions, not theories.
We must deal with our social and polit-
ical surroundings as they are, not as the
political prOgnosticator pictures them
in years to come. The line of battle
has been drawn between capitalistic
greed and predOminance on one side
and the industrial multitudes on the
other. Choose We this day whom to
Serve" tyrant or humanity. The one
has an advocate in the republican par
ty, the other is befriended by all unset
fish, enlightened and liberty loving peo-
ple.The peril that will inevitably follow
the Environment of latter day republi-
canism is too terrible to contemplate;
the immense armies of unemployed
Americans that permeate the republic
from shore to shore and from coast to
coast, is destined to quadruple itself
within the next four years under the
continuation of the present CALLING
British gold standard financial system.
The patriotism of the American voters
will be put to test next fall when the
majority will choose between freedom
and serfdOm. He, who will knowingly
assist and conspire with few monied
aristocrats 20 rule and ruin and Cypress
the people Of his country, is no patriot.
He, who unknowingly enters into such
a conspiracy is dangerous voter and
a menace to social advancement. 1t is
the highest duty of the American peo-
| pie OF today to think for themselves
and to vote for their common interests.
The men who are prone to be driven to
the polls like dumb brutes are the ones
to whose door is laid the responsibility
of the present chaotic condition of a
homeless race. Until the people break
loose from the influence of those who
speculate by dealing in human bodies,
and assert their independence at the
polls there can be no severance from
servltude and slavery. Capital knows
no mercy, no sympathy, no decency.
The pleadings of the starving and un-
clothed multitudes lying PROSTATE in
the pit of enforced idleness, find no
consideration at the hands of monopo-
ly, and the British gold gambler sits
back haughtily and laughs at the mis-
cry so plainly visible on every hand.
There is no such a thing as justice
among utterly depraved men, and the
sooner the American people learn that
their only weapon is the ballot, the bet
ter it will be for the country in general
God give US men with open hearts
and developed brains, who love their
wives and their children and their
country more than their party; men
who will not wear the golden halter
but who Will re affirm their allegiance
to the Declaration of Independence and
once more proclaim their faith in the
ability of America to do her own bust.
ness and, if necessary, give John Bull a
dressing down in the meantime.
The battle is on, two principles are
presented to the people; one of the two
must be chosen and no middle ground
can be taken. If you believe that gold,
misery and the republican party and
the final destruction of the republic is
more near ard dear to you than peace,
| prosperity, happiness and contentment.
vote the republican ticket. But if you
believe the latter conditions are for the
best interests Of yourself and your fell
lowmen, vote the ticket which declares
itself IN favor of these principles.