Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-30
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Grandma Hoar has risen to affirm
that 1t had been the impression that
Senators were elected to represent their
states, and not political parties. A
very funny old party is Grandma Hoar.
TX. e. World.
Railroad earnings for the first week
In December show a decrease of sos 900
on the Missouri Pacific, S., 500 on the
St.Louis and Southwestern, and SI4 800
on the Chesapeake and Ohio. The
much heralded agent of prosperity has
wide field to occupy.-Denyer News.
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While the president condemns trusts
and monopolies, it is fact that he is
the chief hacker of the most powerful
and far reaching of all trusts-the gold
trust.-Harper Advocate.
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We shall ever believe that ''the inaI-
ienable right to life, liberty and pursuit
of happiness" spoken of in the Consti-
tuition carries with it enough air to
breathe, enough water to drink, and
enough of the face of the earth to sub
sist upon. An inalienable right is one
that cannot be given to another.-Inter-
Mountain Advocate, Salt Lake City.
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Representative Boatner has intro.
duced bill in congress, raising the sal
airy of the speaker of the house from
$4,000 to $4,000, and of the members
from $4,000 to 81 500. This is evidently
to raise taxes in accordance with the
fabulous ~ price the salary payer gets
for his wheat, corn and hogs.-Ashland
Clipper.
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Cleveland is the first democrat presi-
dent that has been known IN the histo-
~ of the country to congratulate con-
gress and the country upon republic
can victory.-Warrens, WIS., Index,
(Rep.)
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Senator Wolcott is evidently bent on
attempting something in the way of
squaring himself with the people of his
state and to that end has already begun
agitating the question of an interua-
tional conference for the purpose of Sc
curing some kind of bimetallism. Mr..
Wolcott will be forced to work expedi-
tiously if he succeeds III accomplishing
anything before his term expires.-To-
peka Journal.
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Congressman Dick Blue has returned
tn Washington to serve out his term,
and his first act was to score the popu-
lists. 1t was the populIsts that turned
old Dick down and it is no wonder he
can score them. They can stand it.,
however.-Coldwater Star.
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The hrst thing to attract the atten-
ton OF our legislature this winter ought
to be the freight tariff. Stafford PEG
pies paper.
A man was found on the streets of
goody, goody New York one day last
week eating his hat to ward off starva-
ton. We chew the rag out in Kansas
some times, but have never had to re-
sort to eating old hats Decentralization
Voice.
1t 1T is the proper thing for Rockefel-
Ter to drive Prof. Bemis from his Chica-
go University because he ADVOCATED
free silver, what would be wrong in
Kansas scaling down the salary of the
gold bugs at her University? Two to
five thousand gold dollars look pretty
large when paid in fifteen cent corn
Lawrence Jeffersonian.
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The retirement of the greenbacks
and Sherman notes would reduce our
actual circulation to less than 81 per
capita and place us on lower plane
than India land still the man (?) who is
occupying the chair in which Washing.
ton, Jefferson, Jackson and the imor-
tai Lincoln sat lays emphasis on the
fact that all paper money Except bank
notes. must be retired.-Sterling Demo.
crat.
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Governor Leedy's boy, Jack. eight
years old, spent a couple of days with
his father at Topeka last week. When
he went home his mother asked him
what he saw and Jack said: Papa has
room and Mr.LittIe has one next to it.
The men go into Mr.. Titles room. and
he lets them in one at a time to papa's
room, where they recite to him. That's
pretty good description of how things
are running up there now.-Kingman
Journal.
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In the face of the election of a popu-
list administration in this state we
lind that there are people in New York
VINO do not think she has lost all the
qualifications of citizenship which
looks towards the help of the orphan
and the fatherless in their hour of need.
Thirteen small boys and girl from the
Chlldren's Aid society of New York
were at Kansas City on the 18th
on their way to Olathe, Kansas, where
the society expects to secure them
homes b. w. Tice and Frederick
King. agents of the sociotu baa 49,