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

EDITOR Thinking your readers
would like TO know something about
Jerry s meetings I write you The first
meeting held under the direction of the
committee was at Liberal, Seward
county. Seward county borders on No
mans land and is the third county east
from the Colorado line and only has a
population of 68S people all told, but /
want to tell You that they are loyal
kansans. everyone, and, as for politics.
they are not afraid to show their colors.
Why there is hardly man in the eoun-
ty but that wears white hat with a
silver cord or a yellow one with gol
den cord ano | must confess they are
very evenly divided. Two years ago
this county gave Simpson 50 votes and
Long 50 votes, but l belieye under the
good work that is being done by such
men as John Odeil. T.. T. Vessels, C. L..
Calvert, Q. Z. Hood, III. V. Tucker and
many others that Mr.. Simpson and sill
yer will win in Seward. Not only did
the citizens Of that county turn out en-
masse to hear Jerry but also Stevens
and Haskell sent good delegations
too. For two hours Mr. Simpson held
the attention of Populists, democrats
and republicans alike as he argued in
his matchleSs way the cause of silver
and the bettering of the conditions of
the laboring and producing men. At
the close of his address your correspon-
dent was called out but he contented
himself by asking the men who wore
the yellow hats with golden cords
whether or not, If the republican con
vention at st. Louis had declared for
free silver would they not now be wear
ing white hats with silver cords? Mr.
Simpson was again called out to an
Swer some questions which were asked
in very gentlemanly manner by the
republican county attorney all of which
were answered very satisfactorily to
the pOpulists, free-silverites and demo
Gratis if not to the other fellows
MEADE COUNTY.
Meade is the next county east and tie
village of Meade is the county seat.
The population of the county is 1861
and Longs majority over Simpson, two
years ago, was IS, but don't you think
for moment that he will have a ma
Jority at all this year. Jerry's speech
to court house as full as it would hold
settled that. Every man there that
was not partisan either from preju-
dice or because at some time he expects
to get county office, admitted that Mr.
Long could not hold a candle to Mr.
Simpson in logic and reasoning powers
and that Mr.. Long stands for a gold
standard which the people do not want
Here too your correspondent was called
on and he liked TO got into a peck of
trouble for telling the truth, and that
was that their republican representa-
tive two years ago at Topeka failed To
vote for the maximum freight rate bill
which would have saved them at least
SO on every carload of cattle they sent
to Kansas City. Oh well, the people
there VIII see that he does not 90 again
ASHLAND.
Ashland is the county seat of Clark
county whose population is 1888 Here
Jerry beat Chester 10 votes two years
ago but it is safe to say that he will
beat 40 this time. Now that's right
aud you watch the result and see, and
not only that the G. o. p. member of the
legislature is going to get it IN the neck
here too. Talk about your crowded
halls why there was not q window, a
dOOrway,a corner or an aisle in the gal.
lery OF on the floor but what was crowd
ed to suffocation. Chester had meet
ting here two days before that was well
attended too but nothing like this. 1t
will be just that way when election day
comes around; Chester will have good
vote but Jerry will have q majority.