Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-09-14

ley is nervous and active, Morrill, il
slow and wavering. Stanley will pre-
cipitate a dozen disturbances. fol-
this reason. whers Mcsrill percipitat.
ed one. Stanley is self-cocker
while Morrill, is muzzle- loader.
During the campaign the fus:onist
will talk about issues. The present
administration was a history maker.
1t did things and did them so strick.
ingly that the newspapers took them
up and gave them to the people.
There has never been an administra-
tion in the history of Kansas whose
work went to the people quicker
This is the reason why the people can
not learn much that is new from the
orators. The campaign committees
will work hard. The fusion commit
tees will work hard to enlighten the
people; the Republican committee
will work hard to deceive and pre-
judice them. They will have no
scruples about truth. More cam
paign lies have been told on the fu-
siouists already than during any en-
tire campaign in the history of the
state. There will be wonderful &C.
tivity along this line all through the
campaign, and the honest voter will
have need to weigh every statement
made and not be too willing to accept
the fact.
The Republicans will also use en-
ormous sums of money. They have
the federal officers, the insurance
companies, the school book trust, the
stock yards and the railroads to draw
from. When the financial resources
of their campaign are considered fu-
sionists well nigh lose hope and are
braced up by the thought that great
majority of the people of Kansas are
above the influence of the dollar.
The fusionists will have but very little
money. State employees are willing
to contribute literally, but many of
them are poor and can't afford to dc
much. The last legislation made a
general cut in their salaries, and it is
not expected that they can contribute
enough to pay for the expenses Incl
dent to the distribution of literature.
The republicans are having some
trouble over their money. Cy Le-
land, Of course, has control of it, and
charges are made that he is using too
much of it for the election of Bailey
for congressman at large and Stuart
for Judge of his district. 1t is said
that Calderhead has already made a
strong protest because he could not
get more than $500 to prevent, the
Endorsement of Vincent by the demo-
Gratis of the fifth district. Kirkpat-
rick Of the third district is also kick
ing. 1t is also understood that he
wanted some money for personal ex-
penses, and the managers asked what
he did with ali he got from the new
postmaster of the third district. At
any rate Mr.. Kirkpatrick is so hard up
that he had to get $500 from Major
Hood 3 bank at Emporia few days
ago. The fact is that Mr.. Kirkpat-
rick's chances of election are 50 slim
that the committee will not waste
very much money in his district.
Only $26, 900 will be used in the con
gressional districts. The balance
will be used in the state campaign.
The committee will insist on Mr.
Bowersock of the second district
putting up his own money, as he can
ford it, being worth at least 800 +,
900. They claim that he can well
afford to do bis own campaign finsn-
ciering, and let the poor fellows
benefit by the regular campaign
fund. In fact, it is understood that
this was a proposition precedent to
his nomination.-Dav Leaby, in
Kansas City Times.