Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29
BRABSTER VESTS LETTER.

Once upon time there lived a man
who became possessed of goose which
laid golden eggs, which was a very nice
Thing for the man. Because of the
wealth producing quality of the goose,
he did not kill and. roast Ter, but very
m agnanimously allowed her to eat the
scraps from his table in order that she
might lay more eggs of gold. One day,
however, he conceived the foolish idea
that if he killed the goose and opened
her, he would become Immensely
wealthy at one stroke, and without
waiting for her to lay one egg at time.
He carried his idea into execution, dis.
sected her and found-what Paddy shot
at.
Similarly with the class of mOnOpO.
lists who have lived and waxed fat up-
on the toll of the people. Every yea
they took from the producers all Their
fruits of their labor, but-not satisfied
with that-they tried to double their
indebtedness and wretchedness at one
stroke by destroying one-half of the
money of the country. The producers
had certainly been as silly as geese for
many years, and had permitted them
selves to be robbed, but when the
robbers essayed their destruction, they
sought to escape. Their first opportuu-
ity was the National Democratic Con-
vention, and therein they adopted a
platform which virtually declares that
they shall be robbed no longer. Upon
that platform they nominated William
Jennings Bryan, who is neither demo-
GRAFT nor populist, but one of the people.
L have no right in this correspondence
to express my idea of what the Peoples
party, in its convention next week,
should do. 1t is for the wise men CT
that party 20 decide whether or not
they will indorse or nominate Bryan, or
name another candidate. I may say,
however, that every Populist whom l
have seen since the Chicago convention
thinks that the Peoples party should
nominate Bryan, for they believe that
he can be elected. AS Senator Stewart
said to me: 1.-The American people
will elect the man who said, we shall
answer their demands for gold stan
dard by saying to them. you shall not
press down upon tho brow of labor this
crown of thorns. You shall not cruel
fy mankind upon cross of gold.'''
IT the goldbugs cannot divide the re-
form forces, it is darkly limited in the
clubs of Washington that the reformers
will receive disagreeable surprise. l
heard of this and set out to investigate.
1t appears that there is a half-hatched
plot between the administration, the
gold conspirators and the monopolists
to play upon the reformers trick SIM
liar to that which the English govern
ment played upon the Irish home rulers
some ten years ago. Then the English
government had their agents explode
dynamite bombs In the House of Com
mons, the Tower of London and Down
ing street. The Irish were accused of
being dynamiters and home rule was
set back.
Similarly, 1t is said that the usurers
and monopolists Will employ men to
provoke riots and burn buildings in
various places, and the administration
will declare martial law, call out the
army and national guard and terrorize
the people. By such course they hope
to persuade the sober minded voters
who now comprise the bulk of the re-
form party that they will see reign of
anarchy and terror if they do not vote
for Mckinley. 1t is a well-conceived,
If diabollcal scheme. and the people had
better be forewarned.
BRABSTER WEST.