Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-25

u he popullSts won't stand it. They
are sore. The turning down of Towne
and the nomination of Stevenson gives
Kansas to the republicans. Such were
the cries the Republican papers sent
up in unison as soon as the Kansas
City convention was over. AS usual,
they were false prophets. Every Pop
ulist paper in Kansas stands for VIM.
j. Bryan first, last and all the time.
The following sample utterances Will
show the universal feeling:
The Atwood Patriot says: I'VE can
all support Bryan and Stevenson on
that platform"
The Emporia Times says: Bryan
and Stevenson will receive the support
of all democrats and populists.'
The Ottawa Republican, p. p. Ed
er's paper, says: Let every voter
now fall into Line and close up
The Cove County Advocate says: 1T
will require no sacrifice of principle
| on the part of the Populists TO accept
| Stevenson I'm case of Towne's with
drawal.
The Kinsley Graphic says: ''Stev-
| enson, being free silver man, is ac-
| ceptable to all parties, and will un-
| doubtedly be the nominee of all the
| fusion forces"
The Beloit Call says: The nation
al ticket nominated at Kansas City
should be the ideal of the west. Bry-
| AmeIicaniSm."
The Norris County Courier-Guard
says: Nov honest, what can be said
against Bryan and Stevenson and a II
to / platform by any man who be-
lieved Bryan right in 1862"
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The Columbus Light says: The
man who permits the fact that we
have two vice-presidents nominated
| keep him from voting for Bryan. has
never been reform man at heart.
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The Pittsburg Kansan says: The
naming of Adlai +. Stevenson was a:
much political necessity, growing
| out of conditions, rs the naming o
| Bryan was the inevitable will of thu
people"
The Larned Tiler and TOiler says
"Stevenson's nomination was the re
suit of a compromise between TIL
| east and the west. 1T was a surpris
to everybody, but after the surpris
was over it is found that no bette
man could have been named
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The Barber County Index says
Bryan is the central figure of tn
campaign, and his election is what W
are praying for. and the comparativ
in4ign'ficance of the vice presidential
issue should not stand in the way Il
a barrier to his success
The lola Friend says: The follow
ers of the Peoples party Will not al
Tow victory for their principles to es
cape on account OF one man. Mr.
Stevenson, himself an old time green
hacker. is as thoroughly welded t,
the populist principles as ifs Mr.. Bry
| an himself
The Russell Reformer says: Nv,
are for Mr.. Brya9,stirst, last and al
the time; we want to see him elected
the next president of the UnigeC
| States. and whatever we may be abb,
to do toward this end, either person
ally or through the medium of tn,
Reformer, we are going to do"
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The Olathe Tribune says: 'Whethel
Mr.. Towne's name is taken off the en-
| tire ticket in the west or net matter
little. as the entire electoral votes o
the Bryan ticket Will be cast for Mr.
Stevenson anyway. The battle is nov
on. Let every friend of Bryan put his
shoulder to the wheel and help pusl
| forward to victory"
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The TT. Scott Lantern says: 9Th,
Lantern this week hoists the name.
of Bryan and Stevenson to the mas
head. The great tissue this year is