Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
COUNTY POLITICS.

AS suggested by the DEMOCRAT
last week, the democratic and popu
list county committees, in conference,
have decided that Inasmuch as
each party in this county represents
practically the same principles; as
both democrats and populists are
unanimous in the determination to
make the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and the suppression of trusts
and combines the principle issues to
be settled between now and the end
of the next presidential campaign;
and as the free silver republicans
the men who last year left the repub-
lican party because of its trucking to
the single gold standard and trust.
making ring Of the republican party
have indicated that they wish to join
their voting strength (Which conserv.
atively estimated is 200 in the coun'
ty) with the democrats and populists,
the county ticket nominated this fall
shall be composed of democrats, pop
ulists and silver republicans.
The two conventions are called to
meet at Hoisington on the first Satur.
day in September, when the demo-
Gratis will select the men they wish to
fill the Offices, the populists will make
their choice, and the two conventions
will then nominate the same ticket,
just as was done last fall.
1t behooves every man who believes
in tt e principles outlined to now go
to work and select delegates to the
conventions who will see to it that
competent men, without blemish on
their characters, are put in nomination.
There is no question in our mind
about the outcome. Such ticket
can be elected from top to bottom.
People are in earne.t in their deter
mination to lay aside party prejudices;
to look to the main question of unit
ing all elements opposed to the CEN
tralization of power in the hands of
those meu who control the finances of
the nation.
Our friends of the regular republi-
can organization will say that "nation-
al politics should not cut any figure in
county elections" or thev will attempt
to say that those questions were set
tied at the last election. But all men
of average intelligence know different;
they know that labor is not getting
its reward; that agriculture, the trades,
the professions and all kinds of busi
ness followed by the common people
are practically failures, and that only
those men having large wealth or con-
nected with trusts and combines that
control large wealth are prosperous.
Until this state of affairs is changed;
until all men who "are created
equal" have an equal showing before
the law, and the small merchant, the
professional man, the skilled laborer.
the farmer and the working men in
all lines have an equal chance to
prosper the questions at issue will NOT
be settled.
Voters, your duty to organize and
work for your own interests is as great
TODAY as it ever was. Organized
wealth is stronger than it ever was,
and organized laborshould not for one
moment cease to demand its rights.
Let US keep on adding to our voting
strength, keep on enlightening our
fellow men upon the important need
of ''equal justice to all and special
privileges to none.' We can not do
it by aiding to build up the forces of
the party representing the opposition
by electing men even to county of
fees. The way to win in great things
is to win in small things.