Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-02
Republican.sm,s Future.

Republican SIMS Future.
1t would seem that the lessons of the
last four years might have had some
effect on the ideas and spirit of Repub-
lican leadership. The wave of popular
feeling which swept in on its crest to
the White House Grover Cleveland
was supposed to have brought profita-
BILE and salutary wisdom to the Repub-
lican party.
But judging from recent events, the
same arbitrary spirit, the old radical
notions and worn out theories are still
being brought to the front And be-
sides this, the Republican party to-day
and we say it with pain and sorrow, is
the rendezvous for legalized robbers
and thieves and looters who are using
its heroic history and magnificent ira
pitions as means to advance their in
iquitous and unholy schemes.
Stripping the mask from the situa-
ton, the horrid spectacle is presented
of country fast in the viselike grip of
the money power Major Mckinley,
an amiable and, we must say, an intel
ligent and well-intentioned man, is
| bound hand and feet by the advance
trades and promises made by his agent
and boomer, Mark Hanna, In rounded
periods and unctuous platltudes he
tells what he will do for the public
welfare; but grinning and sneering be-
hind him are the visages of Mark Han
ma, Phil Armour, George NJ. Pullman,
John ID. Rockefellar, and score of
other millionaires who bought and paid
for his election. In the name of the
national honor they advised us to vote
for the Republican candidate, and we
did SO because we could not swallow
| the auarchiStic doctrines of the Chicago
| platform. But now they show the
cloven foot, and stepping boldly for
ward, claim, like Shylock, their pound
of flesh. Where are we to look for an
avenging Portia to battle their unholy
schemes? From the first, information
al bimetallism is thrown to the winds.
The promises of the ST. Louis platform
are laughed to scorn. A man from the
west, the representative of the western
money kings, is, against the wishes of
the president, forced into his cabinet
Regardless of the views of the presi-
dent, this man from Chicago proclaims
war against the greenback from the
start, and declares for currency to be
issued by the national banks.
What are we to expect? Where will
they land us next? Can the contrac-
tion of the currency go on much fur
ther without bringing on us still
greater quota of misery and trouble?
We believe not
! it is hard for us to prophesy evil, but
we must warn the Republican leaders
that they must do something toward
injecting a new spirit into their policy.
The people are not looking forward to
protection with any great degree OF
hope. The agriculturists of the coun-
try are more and more against it. One
part of the country will not stand for
ever the idea of being robbed that an
other section may become prosperous.
1t is easy to deprecate the division OF
the masses and the classes, but this cry
will not down Like Banquo's ghost, il
is the disturbing element at every po-
litical love feast in the land. To-day
there is spirit of unrest all over the
United States. 1t began on the plains
of the far west, but now it's cry for re
lief meets with an echoing response
from every city and hamlet. We hope
and pray that Mr.. Mckinley will see
the situation as it really exists before
it is too late, and that he will shake
aside these men who, if they are giver
the chance, will pull down the Repub-
lican party into one great ruin.-Bos-
ton Traveller, (Rep)