Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08
Brief Comment.

Brief Comment.
BRYAN is still keeping up his fight on tho;
Cleveland wing of his party He attxck-
ed them viciously in his JeHerson's birth.
day speech. He knows that the cont1n-
uation of this war between the factlons
of his party is the life of his personal no,
toriety, and is willing to sacrifice party
to self every time.
Great minds will differ. Mr.. Bryan as
sumed IN his utterances regarding the re-
cent elections that his cause and hlmself
have beHi indicated. On the other hand,
that sterling Democratic paper. the Ma
con. Ga. Telegraph. which expresses the
sentiment of the genuine Southern Dem
ocracy, says: 'HThe Democratic success OF
Monday shows Enthusiastically that Bryan
ism and Altgeldism are done for in this
, country
One of the highest recommendations
that the Dingley bill has had thus far
and it has been highly commended from
various sections-is the fact that repre-
sentatives of various foreign governments.
are entering protests against it. The OBJ
ject of n protective tariff is to take care,
of American citizens, and when represent
atives of other parts of the world begin
to complain about it it is safe to assume
that the purpose of the bill is being &C
complished.
Twenty per cent of gain in twenty.
weeks is a pretty good record for any po-,
litical party to make in work This is
| the gain which the Rhode Island Republic
cans made in the recent State election
| over the vote for Mckinley in 1896. This
| is the only spring election in which ma
tional politics have cut any figure, the,
| elections in the cities having hinged upon
| purely local issues which had nothing to
| do with the growth or otherwise of Repuo-
| ican or Democratic sentiment from ma
| tional standpoint.
1 - h. r&rr- r.
1 lacking the Popuists because they refuse,
| to vote for or against the tariff bill and
| saying that they show political cowardice,
| by their course in this matter. The fact
| is that the PopulistS recognize the over:
.whelming sentiment of the country in ia
| vor of protection and yet do not dare to
| go back upon their old alliance with the
| Democrats, to whom they still look for
| some crumbs of office. should that party
| ever again be successful.
| The Popocrats are scared. There is a.
| rebellion in the Democratic party against
| further continuance of the alliance be-
| tween silver Democrats and PopullstS,
and members of both these organizations
are wild with alarm. Mr.. Bryan's organ,
the Omaha dHerald, is franticallyi
appealing to the old members of the po-
litical job lot which failed in business last
November to still hang together. 1t says;
at would be worse than folly at this time
for the Populsts to refuse to fuse with
the Democrats and silver Republicans" ".
and adds that a continued combination OF
| their forces means a solid phalanx of
silver forces in all campaigns from now
till 1907
Encouragement for the Farmers.
The Democrats all along the line have
always, as they do now, insisted that the
farming interests of the country never re-
ceived benefit from protection. Yet, I'M
spite of these amin diversions, and even
before the proposed Dingley bill had pass,
ed the House, farm products began NOV
ing to higher levels of price, and are con-
tinuing to move right along because tho
! good effect of proposed protection has
stimulated general trade and opened fac
tories that have long been closed, put men
at work who had long been idle, and made
of them greater consumers of what the
t farmers had to sell. Wool, wheat and
corn have each advanced in value and are
holding their own, with a good prospect
of doing still better. Stock of all kinds,
-. horses, cattle and sheep, have greatly i'm
t proved in price, and it may confidently be
stated that the said advance has been the
4 direct and good result of the proposed pro-
e lection that Congress is going to give the
e | country The authority for these state
: ments is derived from standard and recog-
s niZed commercial agencies
Times.