Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-09-16

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The Wichita Bryan clubs have made
arrangements to purchase sew eral
thousand torches and will have mon!
ster parade sometime in October: A
banner will be given to the ward or
precinct turning out with the la rpest
number
The attendants and EMPLOYEES
around the state insane asylum have
been assessed per cent of their yearly
wages for campaign purposes and the
whole amount will be taken out of the
| october pay. The average wages of
the attendants is sa2 per montS the
assessment will take the biggest share
of the October wages. About the same
levy will be made on the employees OF
all state institutions unless the superin!
tendents who have the fat jobs go
down into their own pockets and put
up the money.
In the twentvfirst representative
district John Goodno is the candidate
the Popul'sts and Democrats His
brother b. HI. Goodno is the Republican
nominee from the same district. The
office will be in the family no matter
who wins but the result may make q
great difference to the people at large
There is fusion between the Popu-,
lists and Democrats on a county tick ct
in Washington county but there is not
perfect harmony.
ingalls, and PETER will both be a a
the Rocks county fair but not on the
same day.
Lightning struck a house in Hutch.
inson last week and cut up some uu eer
capers without doing very much da m.
age. By the chimney in one of the
rooms hung two pictures, one of Nc
Kinley and one of Bryan, McKinley's
picture was unframed bnt Bryan's was
destroyed. There is only one way to
account for this discrimination on the
part of the lightning-Bryan is posi-
tive, Mckinley is negative. Bryan is
magnetic and attracts, Mckinley re-
pells.
1t is strongly intimated that ex.
governor Click may lose his Office of
commissioner of pensions on account
of being a friend to silver and taking
an active part in advocating its restora.
ton to an equality with gold. To ad.
vocate silver is treason against the
powers that be and the power that is
behind the throne-the money power.
1t is rumored that there will bs
formed an alliance of all the prohibi.
ton elements in Kansas and that st.
John will be nominated for governor.
1t would require lot, of political
manipulating to bring about such an
alliance and st. John has not yet con.
sented to be the candidate.
i. c. Boyle, candidate for attorney
general was taken sick on the 9th at
Fit. Scott and has cancelled all his
dates until the cath. He had made
thirty-six speeches in eighteen days.
Rev. Park A. Bradford, congrega,
tional minister of Lowell, Mass, has
lost his pulpit on account of his strong
silver views too freely expressed. Rev.
Bradford was a former resident OF
Kansas and it was here that he re.
ceived his financial education. His
views don't suit the moss-b back gold
bugs of Mass.
The Kansas Railway Employees club
is supposed to be non partisan and its
meetings are supposed to be for the
purpose of discussing the advancement
of railway employees in the state, but
the bills sent out advertising their
meeting in Topeka last week were got,
ten out by the Republican central
committee and headed Republican
Rally"
w f. Bush, Populist candidate for
secretary of state, has sold half in@
terest in his paper, the Mankato AID,
cate, to B. NJ. Palmer. Mr.. Bush
paign.
Ed. Little, Joe Waters and Col.
Isett spoke to monster crowd at Bur,
lington on the 9th. 1t was an old
time rally when all the people turned
out.
Concordia had long distance debate
last week. PETER, Botkin and Vincent
addressed an immense crowd of Popu,
lists in Col. Browns grove, while less
than three blocks away Calderhead
and Scanlon spoke TO good sized au-
dience of Republicans in the rink.
Both parties put forth every effort to
have the biggest crowd.
Doster, Leedy and Little spoke at a
big rally in junction City on the 14th.
Mankato enjoyed joint debate on
the 18th between r. w. Turner aud
W. B. White. The question was,
THAT the Free Coinage of Silver will
be benefit to the United States
One Republican candidate for rep.
resentative in this state is making
the race on the issue of free silver and
anti-Burton, both good issues.
The Santa Fe railway company has
called in Senator John Martins pass
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