Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-10-28
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hours of much needed sleep. is the fact tina
quitea number of republicans have espresso
themselves as going to vote against our man
Oscar Haberlein, for representative in Haze
ton. This is not as we had hoped it would be
for we had set our hearts on having som
special work done by Oscar when he was elect
ed, and it had never entered our heads tina
his people would go back On him after hayin
used him for 10 these many years, but sue
seems to be the facts at this writing, or man.
of his old standby republicans are doing som
hard lying; and it stands to reason that IL he i
not able 10 carry the strength of his own par
ty-his home precinct, then how can we ex
pect him to be elected. After summing the
matter up as carefully as possible and takin,
out the votes that he will lose at his home W,
are forced to admit that he has not got tn,
ghost of a show to be elected. This causes
| US great sorrow for we had an abiding love fo
Oscar. and would give almost anything Il
have him sent up for just one term. Is there
nothing that can be done to save him or is II
| eyerastingly too late? Has it got to the point
where the people have got to be put of with
| just common farmer to look after their in
terests at Topeka for the coming session when
we have one that is so able and willing to do
/ anything he can get pay for, regardless of his
own principles? But be that as it may we have
made up our minds that there is nothing for
| US but to put up with that old farmer, Patton,
| and we airy trying to become as resigned to
! our fate as possible. We hope this will be kept
| from Oscar until after the election as we do
| not wish him to feel that he is in the least
| danger, for If he was once put on to what he is
to receive he would doubtless change his views
before the election and be bowling for the
free coinage of silver at any ratio to win.
Friday night our next state senator, Hon. A.
j. Titus, of Anthony. delivered a free silver
speech to the Hazelton voters. and those that
were present. with hardly an exception ex-
pressed themselves as beng well pleased with
him. He made a talk of about an hour
and 40 minutes and put in the whole of the
time in one of the ablest arguments that we
have heard this season. Many think for sound
argument and clearness of presenting, it was
far ahead of our present congressman in fact
Mr.. Titus is much stronger man than we had
expected to see and If elected land there is
hardly possibility of his defeat), this district
will have man in the state senate who will
be the equal of any man there and long ways
| ahead of the average. Besides he is a man
worthy of the confidence of every man in the
district as he is man that has by force of
! character made himself what he is and could
not help but be in full sympathy with the
| masses of the people, having been raised on
| the farm and thus knowing some of the hard
| ships put upon that class of our people, and If
| we are judge of the people of Kansas the time
| is coming when Mr.. Titus will be asked by the
| people to take higher position than the one
| for which he is now aspiring. Don't hesitate
| when you are making out your ticket to put a
cross in the square opposite his name, you
will meyer regret 1t.
Probate Judge Funk was in the city Friday
| night and heard Mr.. Titus. We did not learn
whether the Judge was looking up voters or
| not, but if that is what brought him here he
| can just as well work in some other field as he
will get most of the votes here anyway No
| one is saying anything against him, not even
| the gold-bugs. They can't attack his official
| record and no man will dare attack his private
| character. His Hazelton friends have got il
| figured up that the Judge will not be the one
| that runs behind his ticket.
Our next representative of Barber county,
| Mr.. Patton, was in the city Friday night and
| heard Mr.. Titus speak. He is another of the
candidates that is on the side of the people,
| having been one of them for the whole term
| of his existence. Mr.. Patton ia one OF those
old fashioned farmers who has been educated
| ~ uOliONO tudt 81 lOuS db tuc law udk1Q& pow,
er is in the hands of the classes they will be
against the masses, and we confidently expect
to hear of him more than once during the
next legislature. And when we do ir will not
be to advocate laws that will make the burden
greater for the people than it now is. When
| it comes to counting the votes in this part of
the county our man, Haberlein, will not be in
it with Patton.
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regular meeting Saturday night, but the
discussion of the money cues
ton was started early Saturday and kept up
till 10 o'clock at night. The truth of the mat
| ter is that if a man don't want to get mixed
| up with silver argument he had better not
show himself on the street. The silver fellows
take great delight in quoting such men as Lo-
gan, Blaine, Ingalls,, Plumb, Garfield, Carlisle,
| Lincoln, Mckinley and hosts of other leading
republicans who have been in favor of free
silver. But we don't hear any of our republican
friends hunting up what those men have ad-
yoeated in their former official careers and at
| time whenfor themtO make a statement was Law
with the party. But for us to take the same
stand now is called reputation, anarchy and
many other hard names.
| This is probably the last chance we will haye
! to say anything through the columns of the
INDEX before election and we are going tG
make our prediction Of the result on Bryan
| also Simpson. We are going to give Bryan
2a2 votes in the eectoralcollege, and il he Is MOI
| satisfied with that we are willing to give him
| the whole lot except 81 that it seems Mark
| Hanna is justly entitled to. Mark has certain
| ly spent money enough to entitle him to that
many and we are not going to find fault IL he
| gets them. We have beer of the opinion TO
| some time that Simp son would get at leas
$500 votes mores than Long, but since tn,
| campaign has been advanced thus far we are
| going it 800 more, and it wouldn't surprise u
| if he got 5000, but we will be content witt
| 4.OOO, as Long has made hard fight and spen
| more money than his salary has amounted to
| 1t would not be treating him right to make tn.
| defeat so brutal.
| And one other matter we desire to speak O
at this time and that is the implied threat tina
if b yam is elected the goldbugs are not going
| to let him take his seat in the White House
| Now if this is the decision the goldbugs hav.
| come to and if we have got to give them tw,
| good lickings before we get the Office am II
favor of not putting the second one of a day
longer than when they say they are ready I,
start in. think if the silver forces are defeat
| ed they will submit as all law-abiding peopl
| should. If Bryan is elected he will be presi
dent, notwithstanding the implied threats O
| the opposition. CITIZEN.