Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-10-29

When looking for the usual amount
of local news in the DEMOCRAT this
week you must excuse haste and an
over. worked pen. Politics has the
main track this week, and the local
news is side tracked.
Decorate your ZONES and your
places of business, on Saturday the 81
Do it as honest, loyal citizens of the
United States, and not as party men
Let the demagogues see that no party
! has a monopoly Of true patriotism.
Chas. Emily got pass to come out
from Lawrence to Great Bend to reg
! lister; he went back Sunday. and will
get another pass on The railroad TO
come out next Tuesday and vote for
Mckinley. o +! the railroads are not
| in poiiticsI
The registration of voters in Great
Bend is as follows: First ward So,
Second l48. Third, 211, Fourth, l27-
a total of 572. About 40 of these were
registered in the spring and have since
moved away and obtained residence
elsewhere.
Free silver headquarters will be in
one of the west rooms of the opera
house. where election returns will be
received 1t Is desired that messen-
ger be sent in with the results from
every polling place, just as soon as the
count is made.
You goldstandard men who are
afraid of the SO called so cent business
should read the proposition of j. w.
D oil ffn al ,tnr1 in
this paper He wants to buy any
amount of 80 cent dollars" AID pay
for them in gold.
If the voters outside of Great Bend
bring to the city limits majority OF
700 for Bryan and free silver the boys
in the city will see that the old-tlme
republican majority of 225 in the city
is cut to $50. Let every honest silver
man do his whole duty
The rain knocked out the proposed
big demonstrate Of the silver forces
Thursday night, and the demonstra>
ton OF the gold standard forces Friday
night. Honors are easy, and the farm
ers are all well enough satisfied to get
the good rain instead of the two pa
rades.
To VOTE for any candidate who is
opposing the election of William Jen-
uings Bryan, is to give aid and comfort
30 the Gauss OF the single gold standard.
Let every man who believes in free
silver maintain his honor and man
hood by voting for the candidates upon
his party ticket.
There Is but one township III the
Tnt, al .HIrTr
can possibly get a malority-and that
township is doubtful. In Great Bend,
that heretofore has been IN the neigh.
borhood OF 225 republican. the silver
men propose to hold them down to $50
majority at the most. Garry the news
to Hanna!
And the Lord sendeth the rain alike
upon the just and the unjust-bOth
silver men and gold men rejoiced at
the good rain of last Thursday. The
silver no en- rejoiced because the rain
was just what was needed on their
Dung wheat, and the gold standard
fellows rejoiced because the rain
knocked out the big free silver rally.
1t is unfortunate for the colored peo-
pie OF this county that they are all, or
practically all, lined up on the side of
a single gold standard and opposed to
their own interests. Possibly the time
will come when the Negro will be
come sufficiently educated to think for
himself. and not be led blindly to re-
peated defeat.
1t will be noticed on the official bal
lot that but three of the tickets run
down BELOW the centre, the republi-
can, democratic and peoples party.
Mark il, the square in front of each
name on either the I'd or Sd LONG
TICKET the names on each are the
same, excepting that the names of the
electors are arranged differently. Ev-
cry free silver man should avoid mark
ing in any square on the first column.
Last Thursday afternoon and even
ing, notwithstanding that steady
rain was falling all the time, reason
ably good audiences assembled at the