Barton County democrat., 1914-01-02
You HqUe Made Any Neo Rssa0n Stick e En- an s Nbt 1
Local s..MpO.sts VINO would Like
offiee Not opsImistie Over Outlook.

offiee Not optlmistie Over Outlook
Local B-Mooeys. that is thesoifc,
seeking Mind md not the ones wh,
are tOlloying ths terrible Teddy Be
cause thet teelt believe in the prir
eip,es he, aEvocates. have been "view
IS wlth alarm the recent poliHca
ofcurrences, and none especially thi
action Of the Progressives at tn,
Ibig meeting held In Hutchinson ol
Monday Of this week, and where
was practically decided that ther'
would be straight Progressive ticket
put out IN about all Of the couutie.
OF the district, and that the otfshoo
Of the Republican party intended t.
entirely divorce itself from the par
ent body and go 'er alone
And as a result Of this action and
other sings Of the Handwriting on
the waIC" there is a heap Of conster
nation in the local camp OF the Of
flee seeking B.-Moosers. Not many
months ago when it hooked to some az
though the Moosers would have the
Republican party devoured bodily by
this time, and that all that would be
left Of the parent body would be
the privilege gratituousy afforded to
them Of voting for Moose office seek.
ers, the B.-Moosers were Of one &C.
cord loud IN their cries that no COM
promise would be asked or given and
that they were fighting for principle
and not for the reward OF holding
office. And 1t sounded mighty pat
riotic and looked fine In big black
letters right up at the top Of the
column adjoining pure reading matter.
And part Of THE Progressives were
entirely sincere in the matter as
evidencd by the Hutchinson meeting.
But the Republican party refused
to die according to the schedule set
down by the B.-Mcosers, and they
have likewise refused to be absorb
ed or join the new party, and now
the small fry among the Progressive
ranks, the fellows who for hope Of
office or other reward, who. have
been sEaddhng the fence whie N
their hearts they have been in sym
pathy with the new party, are now
beginning to "renig' on their posi-
tion, and are claiming that they have
never left the Republicans and that
they are ready to join them in pre-
sentng united front that the com
mon enemy, the Democrats, may be
completely arnihilated at the polls
next November.
Gone are the flowery articles tell
ing of the glory Of fighting for prin-
ciple, and of being led to the slaugh-
ter, If need be, solely for the sake Of
and chastity IN politics
and in it's place has come the wall OF
the hungry office seeker, who for the
sake of the mere chance of reward
is ready to forget all of the ind'gni--
ties which it has been loudly pro-
claimed have been heaped upol the
Teddy followers by the Republican
leaders.
The real leaders OF the third par
ty are sincere in their views, but il
Is the little fellows down at Tire
bottom of the political scrap-heap wht
are going to keep them from ever
putting their principles into laws.
The small fry are willing that the
should put out a nation
II ticket, and they would not balk a
great deal on a state ticket being
put in the field, but when the fef
ows who are willing to sacrifice by
'illing the places on these tickets ask
hat the work go all along down the
inc, and straight county tickets al
70 be nominated, 1t Is getting lit
lie too close to home to suit the lit
lie fellow, and he promptly forgets
he high sounding principles he has
,een advocating and hunts for cover
lnder the guise of party good"
He is perfectly willing that the
,ther fellow should make the sacri-
ice, but when he is asked to put the
shoe on his own foot his corns very
begin to hurt.
And there has been evidence In
plenty that there is a whole lot Of
,orns among the B.-Moosers in this
county.