Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-03-28

balmed beef" the starvation of the SOL
diers, the Montauk Point camp, the
weakness of the medical department and
all other causes of dissatisfaction which
grew out of the war will be discussed
at length. including favoritism to rail-
roads in the transportation of troops
and supplies.
The treasury department will be ar
raigned or accoutn of the alleged favor
itism to national banks and the Standard
OIL company, and the recent attacks upon
Secretary Gage will be made the most
OF; put the heaviest artillery will be di-
rected at the foreign policy of the admin
lstraion In order to prejudice the Irish
and German vote. Next November" said
Josephus Daniels. the North Carolina
member of the national committee will
! be the first time that the Irish, the Ger
mans and the Dutch ever voted the same
ticket; but they will all be solid against
Mckinley and his Johnny Bull secre-
tary of state.
IAN endeavor will be made to con-
vince people that there is a secret under
standing between Secretary Hay and Lord
Salisbury by which the Beers, the Ger
mans, the control of the Nicaragua ca
nal and other important interests have
been sacrificed. There will be an appea
to the tobacco growers, the beet sugar
farmers and the sheep owners of Ohio
count of the reciprocity treaties, and of
course the trusts and imperialism will
come in for good share of attention
SO far as l can learn a majority Of
the members of the national committee
favors temporary protectorate and I'LL
innate independence for the Philippine
islands-the same policy that is supposed
to be adopted by the administration for
Cuba-and Mr.. Bryan's plan to tax trusts
under the jurisdiction of the internal rev.
enue bureau and require them to publish
quarterly statements of their earnings
expenses and profits seems to be popu-
lar"
1t will be noticed That the antici-
pated platform declarations do not
include any of the really important,
or live issues of the day but. on the
contrary. carefully avoid any men
ton of the cardinal tenets of pop
ulism, such as free silver, absolute
legal tender paper money. postal saw
ings banks, direct legislation, govern
ment ownership of railroads and tele-
graphs. etc.
On the other hand, as an indication
OF the kind of a platform Mr. Bryan
desired to be nominated upon, we may
note the platform adopted by the Ne
braska democratic state convention
which met at Lincoln, Neb., on March
10.
The Associated press says of it:
The platform on which w. J. Bryan
hopes to be nominated was adopted
by the democratic state convention
here last night. Mr.. Bryan did not
write the platform, but he was con-
suited concerning it and had ap-
proved at before it was read TO the
convention"
The platform thus spoken of. al
though it ignores the issue of govern
ment ownership of railroads AM tele-
graphs and does not declare for pos
tai savings banks. reaffirms the Chi
cago platform and indorses many
populist principles.
The first plank is as follows: "We,
the democrats of Nebraska, in con-
vention assembled, do hereby reaf-
firm and indorse, in whole and in
part, in letter and in spirit, the plat
from adopted by the democratic ma
tional convention held in Chicago in
1885,
1t favors constitutional amend
ment to authorize an income tax and
the election of United States senators
by popular vote; opposes government
by injunction and the black list and
favors arbitratio to settle labor dis
putes; approves municipal ownership
Of municipal franchises; favors the
principles of initiative and referen-
dunn, wherever it can be applied"
liberal pensions; the construction
and fertilization of the Nicaraguan
canal by the government; free coin
age of silver and gold at the ratio of
sixteen to one. and the retention of
the greenbacks and their substitu-
ton for national bank notes.
1t now remains to be seen whether
the national democratic convention
will adopt a platform thus prepared
for it, three months in advance of it's
meeting. In any event, populists will
do well to place Mr.. Bryan upon a
radical populist platform.
GEORGE c. WARD.