The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-12-04
POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

There is q growing disposition
among the people to unite against the
plutocrats- They will unite. but not
in the democratic party. This has
been proven.-Missouri World.
Now that the election is over. and
it is too late, the London Times kindly
suggests that sit is OBVIOUSLY to Amer.
ica's interests to do something for sill
ver."
Although defeated Mr.. BRYAN re.
ceived a larger popular vote than was
ever cast for any candidate for presi
dent before this election-considera bly,
larger than that which elected Cleve.
land in 1892
Three months was long enough for
campaign on "bimetallism'' onlv
To talk about sticking to the intrinsic
value and coin redemption ideas for
four long years is throwing cold water
on the reform Missouri
World
The government must own and
operate the railroads. That is the best
way to take them ont of politics. They
are pu bic necessity, and properly e.
long to the government as much as the
post office department does.-Tarkio
(Mo.) Independent
The more one studies the election
returns and notes what a showing was
made by the democracy without the
aid of the populist votes, the stronger
grows the conviction of the utter hope
lessness of ever expecting reform at
its hands. Join the peoples party
Missouri World.
The gold standard papers are
preaching new and strange doctrine
"a doctrine never heard on this earth
before. 1t is this: A majority is in
fallible. Its decision is final. 1t must
thereafter never be questioned. To
endeavor to raise minority to a ma
jority is anarchy.-Nebraska Independ-
emit
The people will now have an op-
portunity of waiting for prosperity,
started among the rich, and trusts, the
great corporations, to filter down
through to the common people. It
will probably be long time reaching
some of us but the majority of voters
of the country wanted it done in that
way.-Concordia Kansan.
That the women know how to
vote, and how to vote intelligently and
for the best interests of the country is
manifest by the fact that in every state
in which they have right to cast their
ballot there was good safe majority
for Bryan. 1t is evidence that the
right of franchise is safe in the hands
| of the women of America. -Concordia
Kansan.
By a comparison of the vote of the
| states it will be seen that the silver
states not only produce 100 per cent. of
the silver production, but 100 per cent.
| OF the cotton, 90 per cent of the
wheat, sc per cent. of the corn, 90 per
cent of the barley and 81 per cent. of
the oats crop of the nation. And vet a
few gold gamblers in the east set the
price on all. these productS.-Olath
(Kan.) Tribune.
In the Sixth district of California
populist, Barlow, has been elected to
congress over his republican opponent
by a small ma ority. The district is nat
urally republican, but the party news
paper organs made bitter fight on
Barlow. He was villified and abused
in every way that could be thought Of
All sorts of opprobrious epithets were
applied to him, yet the people elected
him.-Topeka Journal.
People are waiting with breathless
anxiety to see how the "open-mills-
closed-min is" policy is going to work.
The Inauguration of a policy of large
production and no cash was so persist
emily urged that it won the election.
Now the first effects of this wave are
becoming visible in and about Chicago,
where reduced wages and discharged
employees will attest the difference be:
tween promises and realization -
Denver News.
The Nonconformist extends con-
gratulations to Kansas especially on
the election of Judge Doster to the su-
preme bench. Kansas is now in the
hands of the populists completely and
they will be held to a strict account
for the administration of public af-
fairs. A number of aspirants are seek
ing for Mr.. PETERS seat, but the Non
conformist thinks Mr. PETERS faith
fulness has earned a continuance in
the Observation-Disclosures Noncon-
formist
We belong to that class. now be-
coming more numerous, thank God,
VINO OelleVe UndC the men VINO build
homes. open up and develop the field,
farm and forest, are more nearly the
mainstay and bulwark of this republic
than are the Ikleheimers, the J. Pier
pont Morgans, the August Belmonts
and the coupon-ciippers and blood
suckers of New York and London. For
genuine American patriotism commend
us to the former every time.-Tarkio
(Mo.) Independent.
1t is now proposed by the money
power not only to retire the green
backs and make silver limited legal
tender, but at the same time to do
away with the sub-treasuries and de-
post all the government funds in pri-
vate banks, where they can be loaned
out to the people for the profit of the
bankers. If these schemes can all be
carried through, under the gold stand
ard system the people have voted on
themselves, we shall have govern
ment of bankers. by bankers and for
bankers.-Star and Kansan.
The London Times in exulting over
the defeat of Bryan repeats the old
chestnut we have heard so often dur
ing the campaign, about 5O-cent dol
lars and the wickedness of doubling
the value of silver mine owners prop
erty. The London Daily News is
guilty of the same contradiction and
gleefully reminds Mr. BRYAN that at