Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-14
OPPOSES IMPERIALISM.
A Strong Arraignmeut Of The Un-patri.
otic Republican Party, By F. T. Belt.

T
otic Republican Party. By F. T. Belt.
Pawnee Rock. Kans.,
Sept: 8. 1900.
EDITOR DEMocRAT:-
Dear Strive find ourselves in
another presidential campaign. Our
present system of government SO de-
mands that every four years their
must be ballot-battle fought. Not
only our present. but all of our past
has been such, for as republic this
is our mode of choosing our executive
and deciding the changing administra-
tions that has been and will be to the
end of our present government system.
This naturally brings into existence
political parties, and political couten-
ton. Happily for the great republic
SO far. these grave contentious are
peacefully adjusted at the polls, the
minority submitting to the decree of
fates. In most of these presidential
elections, national administration
policy is outlined. depending upon a
few subjects to be solved.
Hence seeing. that two branches of
our system of Government are cleo.
tive. the administration and legisia.
tive; apparently to me it should be
sufficient reason why an elector of the
nation should see his Importance.
Four years ago the electors of the
republic met in the great struggle. AS
massed on one side from three polite
al parties classed as Democrats, Silver
Republicans, and PopuIists, under the
leadership of the democratic nominee
of the Chicago convention VIM. ].
Bryan; against the Republican party
under the leadership of VIM. Mckinley.
The leading issue presented in that
campaign was on finance, or bimeltal-
ism versus monometalism. How
ever many other questions spoken of
in the Chicago platform were very i'm
portant; and like truth. may arise an
other day. While monometalism ap
parently gained the day. and in the
minds of many are justified in the ap-
parent good times; that it was mis-
take in needing the money spoken Of
by blmetaIist. 1t will also be noticed
that these very same conditions that
has brought about this plentifuIness of
money. is bimetalic principle.
First, the unparalleled amount of
gold taken from earth mines. l am
told the increase is a three fold ratio
over any years epoch in the worlds
history. End, Our own Spanish war
and the other wars going on over the
world, would be imperative in the shift.
ing of money. Without going into de-
tails of financial nature; it must be
quite obvious to an intelligent elector
how monometalism has been forward
ed by the defeated principles of
bimetalism. Carried to an extreme,
suppose gold was as plentiful as iron!
it's certainly plain. that the one
metal would be destroyed as money
value, without the much dreaded bi.
metal. And in that newly, liberty
robed, crowned province of Great
Britain" over in South Africa, 1t may
lie: who knows?
For the present and several years to
come that question is settled. And
as time is admitted healer of woes.
either privately or nationally, OF
whether fancied or real. it is just the
same. No sooner is one batch dis
posed of, than another presented
Thus we have found the end of one
political campaign, and the beginning
of another. With this present cam.
lpaign. the reform political party, lee
by the democratic party. under tn.
leadership of VIM. ]. Bryan. have as /:
bill of complaint or indictment severa
grave charges against their opponents
the republican party under the leader
ship of it's nominated candidate VIM
Mckinley.
First and leading issue to my min,
is the charge of Imperialism. We a
a party judging from actions charge
that it is the desire of the leader OF
leader of the republican party to sup
Z plant this joint Republic of ours. b.
some other form of Government NOR
, suitable to q lineage of aristocracy
. In this charge we have no indictmeu