Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-01

dlOuS may De. AS an aOneTed eieCtOl
he should vote as he thinks best to pro
mote the interest of his nation, withou
any restraining ban.
Since our nation has become SO pop
ulous and an empire in extent. will
each succeeding executive election, al
increasing enthusiasm prevails. Thi
Is proper in an American, and so Ions
as kept in proper bounds, is harmless
so We have passed each succeeding
campaign. We are now approaching
another. Whatever the merits maJ
be. ia the political contention of thu
various parties in the coming cam
| paign the mobilization of political par
ties will be about the same. Monetary
matters being the leading question of
last campaign, under the leadership of
VIM. J. Bryan Democratic presidential
| candidate, bi.metallism affirmed; the
single standard-moDome5 5alic, or gold
as advocated by the Republican party
under the leadership of VIM Mckinley.
AS resultant fact, the election went
in favor of the Republican party The
vanquished always have excuses.
They may charge an immoral proceed
ure on part of the victors, and probably
with some degree of right. But truly
In the contest with them it is the want
of getting votes enough counted. In
our contention last political campaign
in 1896, we had democrats, populists
and silver republIcaos, all concentra-
ted nationally under one leadership,
w. j. Bryan. Then agafilaationally
syeaking, we were one partySsoling
for the same principles. havIrg the
same aspirations and hopeS.a trinity IN
one. POpulist, when the platform OF
our party formulated at OnahA. Nebs,
was presented to US [ called it good,
and very good, akin to the constitus:
tion itself. 1t had it's vagaries did;
not like, because 1 regarded those
ideas as premature. not mundane, and
belonged to the millennium age, there
fore at this time. not practical politics.
When the democratic party in conven-1
tion assembled at Chicago. | took
great interest n their proceedings. 1t
came to my notice of the great extent
of national representation, being full
delegation from every state in the
Union to numbering of some 800 to
100
Upon further interestedness in its
proceedings l discovered that they
were all representative, brainy men.
And at the close of convention pro-
We were given what now
passes as National and wOrld~famed
the Chicago convention platform.
Democrats read 1t, populists perused
1t with eagerness, and silver repnbli-
cans liked it, but SHE'D little at first
because it was democratic. We all at
last got together through our various
Chicago platform and accep-
ted the nominee of the democratic |
party, w. j. Bryan, as a national CAM
didate. By that act I recognize the
fact that we made democrats of our>
selves. After 1 had read, perused,
yari6ed and compared l found that the |
Chicago platform contained everything
that was good in the Omaha platform.
with some more, that my populistic
friends had forgotten. After thorough |
and said it was little closer relative |
to the constitution than the Omaha |
platform.
Thus l renamed the democratic /
party by giving it the appelation of re.
generated democracy, modern in all |
applications. With the appealing
principles of the Chicago platform and
The nomination of that pure patriotic |
elector, VIM. j. Bryan, as a presiden-
tiel candidate, l must say my appetite |
for voting for him was increased to an
desire. I did SO heart |
and hand, and have neither repented |
Or taken absolution for the act yet. Il
ments yet presented 1 can only notice !
hn T,,ll
of the principles of the |
Chicago platform, with few moro in
under the same leadership.
barring the same conditions existing
one year from now that exist at the
present.
My populistic friends, the simple
formula is this: 1t must be the field
against the republican party. You
have declared the principles as to the
government of republic thrown
grossly out of line by the republican
party. Ii you were right in '96 you
certainly see nothing to persuade you
of an error since then, and of course
regard yourself right now. The prin-
ciple of, for and against, will of nee
essity make either democrats or repub-
licans of us by the election of 1900. l
see no other way for you or me only to
accept modern democracy as our prin-
ciples and all 60 along the same road,
following the same band wagon, with
the same hurrah in our mouths.
Gentlemen, as an ardent admirer of
what l regard as the proper methods
and principles to support and give life
to q republic. shall not be found
standing upon small scruples. My
generation has fought in every nat
ional war, from the revolution down
except the Mexican. But do believe
there is feeling amongst class of
our citizenship that is pot friendly
to our present form of government. I
am pursuaded it is fast finding foot
hold amongst what is classed Our best