Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05


WHAr do republicans think of A. L. Noble posing
as a democrat?
HE iniative and referendum is one of the safe
guards of liberty
WE have government ownership of the school sys-
tenn and the postal system Why not extend it to all
public franchises?
HE republicans are not losing much sleep over
their Reverend candidate in Barber county, Thew
simply put him up to have something to knock down
If you expect to vote for representative at all Won
should vote for who is possessed with legislative
ability Such a man be found in the person
of DR.. Cloud.
DR. CLOUD is believer in the initiative and refer.
endum and stands squarey on the Populist platform
He is an expert parliamentarian and will make high
grade legislator.
BILLIE MILLAR is nice fellow among the boys when
ne is out for time but when it comes to work in a
legislative capacity he is vertable non ems No
one will contend that Billie is possessed with any leg
islative ability.
A GRADUATED income tax would be much more lust
way Of raising the than the present rev
enue measure Any system of taxation that does not
levy tax on the people according to their ability to
pay, is failure.
HE Socialists have been given a place on
the Australian ballot In view of the fact that the
Populist platform the sociaistic ground the
vote received by the socialist candidates this wear will
not be tair test of sociastic strength in Kansas
HE gubernatorial contest in New York is between
Teddy Roosevelt and Augustus Van Wick brother to
Mayor Van Wick Of New York City. Teddy has a
great record as Rough Rider and Van is considera.
BILE of politician and the contest will be an interest
ing one
Some few years ago E. H. Nixon, expert" was EN-.
ployed by the county to "check up" it's affairs This
year Patterson, foreign expert" was EMPLOYED to
expert" the former expert" at something like $500
per expert. Commissioner Walker voted against this
foolish expense and the voters Of the Third district
should put their seal and approval on his work by
making his reelection unanimous
If the Dingley bill responsible for the high
price of wheat last year when the farmers had
to SELL it is certainly responsible for the low price
now The fact is that the Dngley bill cuts little flo.
ure one way the other but the present price shows
how utterly silly the republicans were when thew
claimed that Dingley and his measure gave the farm.
ers a good price for their products
You republicans who vote against the present state
administration should not grumble when the insur-
ance companies and the other corporations that do
business in the state impose upon you This is the
only administration that Kansas has ever had which
Iuo TO DO straight bust
ness but you would rather go back to the old sys
tenn you had better vote the republican ticket.
HE Kiowa Review publishes the Populist demo.
cratic conference report and adds that the democrats
will ratify that agreement at the polls notwthstand
ing the fact that few individuals are working in the
opposite direction Without the intention of iniur.
ing the feelings of anybody desire to say that if
either the Populists democrats did not intend to
abide by that agreement they should not have enter
ed into it. But now that the contract has been made
the only honorable thing to do is to fully abide by it's
terms
WILL some good republican tell us what is meant
when the republican stump speaker says he endorses
Mckinley and the last republican national platform?
That platform favors the free coinage of silver as soon
as this nation get the consent Of the leading COM
merclal nations of the world; but Mckinley has COM
mltted himself to the absolute gold standard. Nc
h1nley' Hanna and Gage are all opposed to bimetal
lism, international otherwise and for any man to
say that he endorses McKneys views and at the same