The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-07-20
A VERY SAD TALE Of WOE WITH TWO TAILS
How the Hydraheaded National Fusion Ticket Was Sup
piled With Suitable Caudal Appendage Amid
Surprising Evidences of Harmony"
EAST COTTAGE GROVE.
John Rath and Cal Thompson.
HTrNROT M.

w. Hamm, L. S. Sheer, Il. Cochran,
WA Choguill. Samuel Braught, w.
Youse, j. w. Young.
lola TOWNSHIP.
AL Abrams, John Harris, Wallace
Bale, Charles Dixon, f. L. Hazard,
L. +. Horville.
1sT WARD, lola.
S. f. Levy, w. c. Jones.
2ND WARD, lola.
w. b. Culbertson, j. S. Walker,
John Searcy.
BIRD WARD, lola.
j. b. Goshorn, Geo. DeClute, Jas.
Barton.
4TH WARD, lola.
w. L. Bartels, L. |. Purcell, s.
Heller.
Z. w. Lemasters, |. II. Lemasters.
NARRATION.
John Collins. II. NJ. lodges, +. T..
Mccormack, b. Palmer, Chas. Leek,
John Spaur.
RESOLUTIONS.
We. the Democrats of Allen county
i'm convention assembled, reailirm the
principles laid down in the Kansas
! City platform, and with all the en-
thusiasm of our American manhood
pledge our support and devotion to
our gallant standard bearers,
William j. Bryan and Adlai f..
| Stevenson.
We believe that no government is
| just that is not derived from the con-
sent of the governed, and we condemn
the present administration in its at
tempt to establish an empire over the
ruins of decayed Spanishmonarchy,
and to rule as subjects and by mill
tary force the oppressed and impov-
erished people of the Malay Islands.
Our national flag is an emblem of
! liberty and American sovereignty, and
should only be borne where freedom
follows. We denounce the present adj
ministration in its attempt to use the
flag of our country as the trade mark
of incorporate greed and plumber. AS
a nation cannot be part slave andpart
free, neither can its people be part
citizens and part subjects, and the
dealings of the present administration
with the people of Porto Rico and the
Philippine Islands is travesty upon
free institutions, and an outrage upon
their people. There is no preteXt for
tyranny nor substitute for liberty,
and we are unalterably opposed to
militarism in every guise and FORM
believing that a vast standing army is
inimical to free institutions, and has
its only proper place as a body
guard to tyrants, and menace to free
people and that our every right and
interest can be sufficiently guarded
and protected by the patriotic volun-
teer soldiers of the republic.
We condemn the present Republican
State Administration for its general in.
competency and weak vaciliating
policy on all questions of public inter-
est
We condemn Governor Stanley for
his hypocritical attitude in declaring
that il reelected he will fill the var
ious state appointed offices with men
more acceptable to the public than his
present appointees are.
And we further condemn him and his
subordinate officials FIR their eXtrava-
giant use of the public funds and for
the lack of good business judgement
in conducting the affairs of the state.
And we especially condemn him for
iunketing around over the state and
turning the business of the Governor
Office over to the subordinates who are
even II ore incompetent than he is.
The course of Congressman Bower
sock proves that he represents the
Trusts, and not the people of this dis
trict. And we call on all true friends
g l,. u. 20, pf IN, of itnf
him and electing Honorable Mason 5.
Peters whose course in congress prov
es that he is true friend of the
people.
The condition of public affairs in
Allen county shows that the Republi-
can party is no longer the party of the
people and should be removed from
power. We call the attention of the
people to the fact that it is a direct re-
suit of Republican rule that taxes get
higher every year and the public
money is squandered without bring
ing adequate returns to the people
The Republican psrty has had I'M
disputed control of the receipts for
nearly thirty years and as Il result,
we pay more taxes, exceeding $40. 600
per year county taxes and it is no
torious fact that we have the least
county property and thepoorest public
Improvements of any county of it,
size, wealth and population in the
state
We condemn the policy of the Re
publican party in spending the public
funds for the benefit of certain local
tiles and ignoring the rights of Other
parts of the county.
Recognizing that the Board o
County commissioners are tie Gus
todians of the peoples money enc
upon their action depends the weigh
of the burden of taxation and ",
pledge our candidate for county ,Cm
missioner, if elected, to use the mos
rigid economy in the use OF the publ,
funds. We favor BUILDING bridge
and establishing county roads AT
other general public Improvements il
all parts of the county as rapidly a.
the finances of the county will permit