Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-10-04
THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION.

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have adopted more conservative pol
icy this fall than for several years.
They met and nominated candidate
for county Clerk-A Smith, of Kio-
wa, and adjourned until next Saturday
TO complete the ticket. The mass con-
vention agreed that candidates for
clerk and commissioner should be nom
mated but the democrats OF the first
district could not come together on
candidate. a. w. Smith and H. A
Burnett were the candidates. There
were nine men in the commissioner
convention. The greater number of
democrats who attended the conven
ton came from Kiowa. There were
twenty from that city and vicinity.
Only few OF the country precincts
were represented, but it was the largest
democratic convention Barber county
has witnessed since the organization of
the Peoples party.
DR.. A. S. Cloud, of KIowa, was made
chairman and w. Z. Gibson. of Medl-
clue Lodge, was secretary. Two COM
mittees were appointed-one on order
of business and one on resolutions.
The committee on order of business
consisted of @. ]. Southworth, L. G.
Nichols and e. f. Haskins. The COM
| mitiee on resolutio consisted OF DR..
[. w. Stout, II. A. Bailey. DR.. S. B.
Corn, S. Ishmael, NJ. A. Hull, s. X. w.
Field.
The resolutions are as follows:
First-We reafhrm our allegiance to the
| principles of Democracy as enunctated in the
| national platform adopted at Chicago in 1896;
| and we insist that this platform upon which
| Kansas was carried il 1895 be given us on
which TO make r successful campaign in 1900
| Second-We declare our admiration for the
| high character and distinguished abilities OF
our national leader, William J. Bryan. We
believe him to be the sole and only choice Of
| the Kansas Democracy for our standard bear
| er in 1900
Third-We emphasize our conviction that
the financial question will never be settled
| until it is settled right; that the mother of
| trusts is the money trust; and that the great
| est menace to our national prosperity is the
| impending republican conspiracy to legalize
| the gold standard, destroy the greenbacks and
| transfer the issue and control OF our paper
| currency to the national banks.
Fourth-The Sherman theory of finance and
| Mckinley theory of tariff taxation bear lsgiti-
mate fruit in the Industrial and commercial
| trusts; protected from foreign competition by
| tariff and eliminating domestic competition
by combination they tax our people on all
nooessaries of life and FIX prices to produce
| dividends on watered and fictitious capital.
.1oo
ers, throw labor out of employment destroy
| competitive demand for raw material and en-
courage monopoly in all lines of industry.
They are opposed to the principles OF Democ-
racy, and we, as Kansas Democrats, are OPP
| posed to them.
Fifth-That" human rights and constitutions
al privileges must not be forgotten liz the race
for wealth and supremacy. The government
of the people must by the people, and not by
| few Of the people; it must rest upon the
! free consent of the governed. Power it must
be remembered, which is secured by oppres-
sion or usurpaton or by any form of injus-
tice, is soon dethroneI. We have no right in
law or morals to usurp that which belongs to
another. whether it is property or power
Sixth-We are against entanglng foreign
alliances, and believe thai our statutory rule
against permitting meddling on this CONT
nent by other nations should keep US from
meddling elsewhere. We glory in the soldier
record made by Kansas young men during the
past year but record our protest against quad
rupling our army for purposes OF aggression
and conquest End denounce the un-American
policy of the present administration of fore
ing our government on purchased and pro-
testing people at the point of the bayonet
Seventh-In state matters we demand clean,
honest, and economical administration of the
laws; vigorous enforcement of all laws re-
Gently enacted to relieve our stock men, min
ers, farmers and merchants from grasping
monopolies, and drastic law against the or
ganization or operation of trusts within our
? state.
The convention was harmonious,
barring, of course, the commissioner
convention. The democratic party of
Barber county, as whole, is deter
mined to assist in defeating the repub-
lican party. There are, of courses few
who are republican allies acting in the
capacity of spies and they Will do what
they can to promote the interests of
! the republican party. None of that
! class live in Klowa, however, as the re-
, turns have repeatedly shown.
: II the democrats act wisely in com
plotting their ticket next Saturday
there will be seven less republican OIL.
GERS in the court house in 1900.