Barton County democrat., 1900-06-01

Sdm W1t-DuC, stop, WndU WILL
Uncle Sam do? Mckinley has
notsye6 had the nerve to say.
CUBA is haggard, Porto Rico
beggared, and both carpetbag-
gered' says the Kansas City
Times. And by the same token,
the administration of Mckinley
is terribly iiggered.
PRESIDENT Mckinley hasopar-
doned thirty-four convicted bank
embezzlers. But Gov. Stanley
would not pardon Pool Grin
stead, the victim of Boss Le-
lands wrath. Mckinley dared
to favor his republican friends,
but Stanley did not dare to dis
favor his republican boss.
While those Cuban officials
who have been stealing hundreds
of thousands Of dollars from the
military ruled Cubans are not
honest men, they are all staunch
republicans, and supporters of
Hanna and Mckinley. There
fore a whole lot of whitewash
will be used before they are for
gotten by. the public.
SENATOR Hale; in a tilt with
lSpooner over the Cuban postal
steal, in the Senate last week,
said he was mot one of that
kind of republicans who believed
it was necessary to endorse
stealing to maintain a standing
in the party" leaving the very
broad inference that SpoOner,
the administration cuckoo, WAS
s'that kind" Of a republican.
| The Treasury Department
recently declared that the per
capita circulation Of the United
States was about $26. Now
Secretary Gage says that the
gold stock is some $40O, 900, 600
less than had been estimated,
and is trying to figure out where
that little item of 800, 900. 900
in gold has got to. Look in
Hannas inside vest pocket, Ly-
man; that four hundred million
may be salted down for cam
paign purposes.
On MONDAY, May 21st, the
supreme court decided that
Governor Beckham is the right
full governor of Kentucky.
There is no appeal from this
decision, and Ex-Gov. Taylor
and the other Goebel-killers will
have to take their medicine.
There never was, at any time,
any doubt but that the supreme
court would thus decide; but the
Taylor following drug the mat
ter along in the hope that the
national administration would
get as crazy as did the Kentucky
republicans, and interfere, with
the national troops.
THERE are plenty of candidates
who will be before the cOnven-
tions tomorrow; plenty of good,
competent timber out of which
the delegates will be called upon
! to select the best. There is gen
eral belief that this year the
combined forces opposed to re-
publican Imperialism. militarism,
trusts and money combines will
sweep Barton county by from
200 to 400 majority, and a
, nomination by the allied forces
is therefore equivalent to an
election. All the DEMOCRAT asks
that honest, capable men be
named, and that all voters ,op-
posed to latter day republican,
ism turn out to help elect them
The per capita circulation OF
the country was $26.5S on May
| 1st. 1t was only. $21.1O when
, Bryan was nominated in 1896
r The failure OF free silver has GER
) tainly not checked the circula
5 tion.-HutchinsOn News.
Be HONEST now brother, and
: tell your readers the whole truth
r of this per capita matter: Tel
your readers that Secretary
8 Gage has stated that an error
r of four hundred million dollars
e was made in estimating the cir
. culating medium for the May Isl
e statement, and that as a matter
e of fact the per capita of none.
:? is only $40, instead OF $26.5S-
o Just $1.1O a head LESS thai
!; .when Bryan was nominated IL
1896"