Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-14
REPUBLICAN ADVICE.

Under the title More Free Advice
the Kansas City Journal recalls the
advice that 1t has given TO the demo
cratic party, and ventures to furnish
another installment. The Journal
names Its faYoTite democratic cand
date for 1905, and says that if he is put
III nomination he will give the repubi.
can nomInee"a hard rum and will
even beat him should the latter be "a
bad or weak man." 1t will be remem.
bered that the republican papers were
very generous with their advice last
spring. They were unselish enough
TO point out to unWary democrats 1.-THE
way to Win" They dwelt with affected
sorrows upon the defeats of 1896 aud
1900 and attributed them to the fact
that the party did not have the con
confidence of the business elements
They pretended sincere desire to so
strengthen the democratic patty as to
make 1t IA strong competitor with the
republican party. They did not ex
exactly promise victory to the reOr
GAMERS, but assured them that by
Following conservative course they
could make the democratic party a
strong and influential force in politics.
These republican suggestions were
quoted with approval by that portion
OF The corporation press which, that 1T
may better deceive the public, calls
Itself democratic,
Judge Parker was the favorite candi-
date of these papers, and his praises
were sung loud and long. When he
was nominated the republican papers
applauded, although not so vigorously
as they had praised before. AS soon,
however, as the campaign opened they
began to find fault with Judge Parker.
They began TO describe as elements of
weakness the very things which they
had pointed to before the convention as
elements of strength, and before the
campaign was over they were abusing
him like pickpocket and applying all
sorts OF eplthets to him. The more
forclbly he attacked the republican DO
sitlon the more bitter became the re
publican condemnation, and when he
pointed out, what everybody ought to
know To be true, that the president
could not finance his campaign from
the treasures of the trusts without
putting himself under obligations to
them, expressed or implied, the re-
publican press with one accord denounc.
ed him as slanderer and falsifier Be
fore the election the republican papers
began to prophecy that Judge Parker
would be beaten worse than BRYAN
was" When the election was over
they consigned him to Oblivion without
tear or funeral wreath.
The experience of this campaign
ought TO be lesson TO those demo
Gratis who are tempted to take advice
from republican editors and leaders.
Inc democratic party can not
strengthen itself by following the
course that the partisan republicans
point out
Inc democratic party, if it is demo.
cratic, must expect to arouse opposition.
republican praise of a democratic
leader is not the best recommendation
he can have. In fact, it is rather com.
plimentary than otherwise fol the re.
puollcans to assail democratic leader.
FIRST, 1t is evidence that he is proml.
nent enough to attract their attention
ana second, it is evidence that they
lear the effect of his attack upon re.
puollcan policies. 1t is time for the
democrats to counsel with each other
ana to avoid the snares and traps that
are constantly being set by the republi-
can leaders.-Commoner.