The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-10-08
LOCAL POLITICAL MOTEL.

LOCAL POLITICAL MOTEL
This Office will pay handsome re-
ward for the name and address of any
man who is sorry that he voted the
Republican ticket last fall.
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The Republican vote is always
stronger in Allen county on the of
years than at any other time, and all
the indications are that it will be
stronger this year than it has ever
been before.
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The man who votes the Republican
ticket in Allen county this fall is vot-
ing to strengthen the party that mas
more than once brought hope and
courage and prosperity to the coun-
try. What is the man who votes the
fusion ticket voting for?
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The "allied forces" of lola township
met at the court house last Saturday
and persuaded the following gentle
men to allow themselves to be led to
the slaughter: For trustee, A. J.
Servey; Clerk, w. b. Culbertson,
Treasurer, J. E. Hershberger, Con-
stables, Jas. Mann, Dan Gregg.
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The Republican party is the party
of courage and hope and good cheer.
1t tries to encourage men and make
them happier. No Republican ever
says, as Jerry Simpson, speaking for
the Populist party said the other day,
Next year there will be hard times
and then it will be our time to laughv'
Next to the Christian religion the
most comforting doctrines man can
profess are the doctrines of the Repub-
lican party.
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Last year the Populistssaid that the
law of supply and demand had moth
ing to do with fixing prices, but that
all prices were determined by the
volume of money. Now they say that
supply and demand fixes the value of
everything, money included. Who |
knows what they will be saying next
year? What strong settled govern
ment policy can ever come out of
party that changes its fundamental
doctrines every year?
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Topeka Capital: Charley Scott of
lola is trying to arrange unique Re-
publican rally at that town. He does
MT propose to permit any Republican
orator on the grounds, but with his
usual public spirit he offers to pay the
entire expense himself of getting a
Populist orator to repeat the same
speech he made last fall. Up to the
hour of going to press Scott had been
unable to find PopuIist who would
accept the offer.
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Il just called up to say" remarked
Eugene Delaplaine the other day,
THAT if any Pop. orator accepts that
offer of yours to pay his expenses if +
he will canvass the county and make 8
the same speeches he made last year,
1 will furnish the horse and buggy" ,
As matter of fact we think a good
many Republicans would pay an ad-
mission fee to get to hear one of those 7
last year Pop speeches. 1t would be
more fun than any circus.
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Do the POpocratic fusionists of
Allen county believe in Bryan? Then d
what do they think of themselves t
after reading this extract from letter t
which Mr.. Bryan wrote last week to J
the New York Democracy? v
When parties cease to represent certain
fixed principles the supreme prerogative of q
the ballot becomes prostituted to contesr
between organizations for the spoils of
Office and the enjoyment of success. To this u
prostitution Of the ballot may be ascribed d
every chapter Of shame and corruption in
the history OF American municipal govern -
menL 1t is better to have government by
the Republican party, respOn sible to its dec q
larations than government BY Democratic sc
psrusans without responsibility to Demo
cratic principles
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Bryan made two speeches-or y
ather he made the same speech twice
at Wichita last Friday and GOT fiji
24O0. for the days work. He told
he committee who paid him that he
ad never earned so much money be- cl
1re in one day in his life. "Earnedu
good ca