Barton County democrat., 1914-08-21


the Mary of progress to appear.
got the knife. BriStow got il. and
the blood of Bristow will be drip
ping from Arthur Capper's neck
in November. The StaDdpatterS
want his newspaper this fall, but
they don't want him any more
than they wanted BriStow. They
voted for Hodges and they'll keep
right on voting for Hodges, but
they want Capper to help elect
Curtis and the standpat ticket.
So what are honest, effective
men like Del Valentine and Fred
Jackson and Ned Kimball of Man.
haitian and Palmer of Jewell
county and Fred Quincy and Jim
Kimball of Salina and Senator Pot
ter of Peabody and ]. w. Moore
of Marion-and a lot of Stalwart
men of that type who followed
BriStow into the slaughter house
what are they going to do about
it?
Are they going to line up for
Curtis and the Standpat congress-
men, and the standpat state tick
ct? Are they going to be "regu-
lar" and then, two years from
now, when the Standpat element
is intrenched, fight the eternal old
fight for supremacy inside the
party? We fought the fight and
won it, eight years ago, six years
ago, four years ago, two years
ago. And we were met by boilers
who annulled our victories.
What good is the eternal old
fight inside the party, when the
party is controlled in Kansas by
the CurtiS-Mulvane crowd, and in
the Nation by Barnes and PenroSe
and Foraker, and that kind of Re-
publicanS? The great deluSion
that the Republicans were coming
back to control the Republican
party was diSpelled by the defeat
of BriStow. Capper is supporting
the reactionary victorS in Kansas.
Why should any man who calls
himself a Progressive support the
Republican ticket, or a man on it?
1t is not what a man was, but what
he is, that should determine our
support. And when Arthur Cap
per failed to stand up for BriStow
in BriStow'S fight inside the par
ty, Capper lost his opportunity
for progressive support. The Ga
zette believed Bristow'S fight was
a foolish fight, and openly Op-
posed it. Mr.. Capper believed il
was a wise fight and promised to
help make the fight. But he was
to believe he will have more cour-
age to face the StandpatterS if he
is governor than he had when
he coaxed Bristow into the am
bush, where he was slaughtered
Here is the situation: Mr.. Allen
is supporting a ticket composed
of outstanding ProgreSSiveS. Mr.
Capper is supporting a ticket Of
StandpatterS. Which man has the
better right to claim Progressive
support? Mr.. Allen is proud thai
he is Progressive, and is asking
all men of progressive faith in al
parties to support him. Mr.. Cap.
per is afraid now to say he is g
Progressive, and is laying greal
emphasis on his Republicanism
Mr.. Allen is striking a clear note
of progress. Mr.. Capper is quiet
ly tangoing up and down the key.
of the party organ, making nc
more noise than a cat in a cream
pitcher.
A lot of fine fellows followed
BriStow into the obvious oper
grave that yawned before him
when he left the Progressive par
ty. They know now that he wa:
deceived by a group of men who
had their own purposes to serve
What are these honest, decent, in
dependent men going to do aboui
it? Are they going to take theil
licking lying down or standing
up?
There is one place and only
one for the PrOgreSsiveS to do hi
voting this year; that is in tht
party manned by his kind of men
and fearleSSly advocating his kinc
of things without jOkerS, quaIifi
cations or compromises. TIL,
only party offering that kind of
program is the Progressive part!
| and the doors are open. Now i