Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07
cure honest and fair methods of
campaigning on the part of their
loo dorr ubH auoL -exLl:

IoduefS, why 90 nOU SuCl fopuOl1-
cans see the inevitable downfall
,, of the party which resorts to
race or sectional prejudices, to
glaring misrepresentation and
corrupt uses of large sums OF
money to secure success at cleo
tions; and seeing such downfall
Justly invited-join with many
OF the best minds of their party
who have already cut loose from
the republican machine and
Joined their fortunes with Bryan?
Strong party prejudice is harm
full only when it overshadows a
sense of right and justice.
A FEW years ago Sol Miller,
now deceased published the Troy
Chief, and was considered one of
Ghe brightest editors of the re-
publican faith in Kansas. After
the overthrow of the republicans
in Kansas he wrote a most
scathing editorial on the causes
for republican downfall, charg-
ing his party with ''insincerity,
hypocracy and todyism," and
roasting his political managers
to a neat brown. Every word
of his scathing criticism was
true; and did the veteran editor
live today he could, and doubt
less would, say the same of pres
ent republican policies of polite
al management in Kansas. 1t
is insincerely denying that it is
the friend Of trusts; is hypocritic-
ally crying loyalty to the flag
while doing the very thing which
will eventually put the flag to
shame; is todying to the soul
less corporations for the pur-
pose of getting Doodle, and ly-
ing about it's political opponents
in every address by it's speakers
and every issue of it's papers.
Being crazed with the success of
two years ago, caused by the
apathy y of nonvoters of the op-
position, it has again returned
to the use of all the despicable
methods used in the days when
it went down to ignominious de-
feat, and when it's ablest leading
men denounced it's unmanly,
dishonest, mercenary methods
as a conglomeration of ''insin-
certify, hypocracy and todyism. "
We believe that this year the
good citizens of Kansas will
again go to the polls and rebuke
that party of dishonest methods
as has been done before.
Col. WASH SOWARDs is weeping
again, through the columns Of
the Register. The disappointed
Colonel has these spells about
every so often, and the great
worry of the newspaper men is,
the wonder whose columns he
will want to weep in next. Stick
to the Register, Wash. Its
columns are rather dry anyhow,
and a few weeps from your over
flowing pen is quite a relief from
the general order of things. We
would suggest that your next
weep be over the subject Of gu.
S. Senator" Drop a tear for
Baker, and tell us all about
"what you know about farm
ing" out federal appointments
in the exclusive interests of Ches-
ter I. Long. The Register
iitor will be glad to turn his
columns over to you as a drain
age canal for your lachrymal
glands.
BISHOP H. NJ. Turner, OF At
lanta, Ga, the head Of the Afri
can Nj. E. church of the q. S. has
come out for VIM. j. Bryan
Bishops Derrick and Grant have
also deserted the republican
party of Hanna and his "niggel
killing policy in the PHILIPPINE
Islands. Further than this r
In. Mitchell, a negro lawyer o
Chicago, says that fully SO pei
cent. of the colored voters O
Chicago will this year vote fol
Bryan and against Imperialism
There are upwards Of II, ,OO(
colored voters in Chicago.
JOHN J. VALENTINE, presiden
of the Wells-Fargo express com
pany and a lifelong Republican
! has deserted the republicans, AM
, is out for Bryan and Stevenson
: This is his explanation: "Be
lieving that there is no middle
| of-the road ground between tn
: claim of freedom that all me-