Morton County Star from Richfield, Kansas • 3

ro combining to save their own. T.LT'S IDEA OF Til SITUA the headway that all could make HANS OX THE ELECTION. Meester Editor: he issue is here. It must lo met. THANKS, Mn.

Kmtou: A few numU'rs of your journal have satisfied me that it deserves the cordial and TION. A. J. Felt, of Kan Tho election lteing now past, 'o attempt to evade it is abject if they would take an iuterest in the cause and do their duty. Usually in a community there are a few good workers.

These not vo vill have plendy of dimes to sas, in itu paper, the Atchison tint of what big fools vo bees, we hearty support of every prohibl. Champion, say editorially: folly. To refuse to listen to its demands is to invito disaster. To make the fight in the Iuterest of the organized citizens means revo- must just say in de respect to the I tionistin tho fctute. will aid only do the greater part of the There is one cause for the great olitical revolution greater thau all hustling," but they also spend our work In all parts of the State.

editor of do paper that wo bo very glad to know that wo habe a paper ution! To say that ground-swell the greater part of tho time and all caused by demagogues and others combined. It was not personal dislike of President Harrison; It was not any charge against Its articles show conclusively that it is calculated to couviuce, arouse and enthuse in our work. Hence, all hail to you. SOME MISTAKES OF THE PROHIBITION PARTY. Alter a contest it is always well to look ubout us and count up our losses ns well as our gains, acknowledge our mistakes as well as point out our successes, jot down in our memory those things we might have done but did not do that would have added to our success, and resolvo to avoid doing those things in the future which we have done which proved a "load to carry," a drag to our progress, a stumbling-block to our feet.

Among those things which we might have done, but which we rito away at home, so of ve get out raid our neighbor we can just tell the paper and do paper will go money, while the majority do little and then wonder why the results are not greater, Brother, it shysters is to imitate the imbecility of George III. who recorded ills administration of public affairs is a mistake if you are not willing for that has lecn perfectly clean. Washington as a rebel, Hancock us a political adventurer. There are many grains of golden truth to do your part of the work or to contribute your part of the It was not tho tariff, for in the region of protected industries the But I especially desire to speak of your recent editorial urging organization and agitation. To reach success no one can dispute the necessity for thorough organ right avay out and lick de oder feller like do Then we feela much better as good.

Now, Meester Editor, I believes day calls him, de paper he done a very good dings dis falls. Vebeatde hidden in the train loads of bun- finances. Republicans are confronted by the ome offered by the Populist move It is a mistake to suppose that most significant losses. It was ment. To disregard those truths prohibition newspapejs can exist not the alliance movement altogether.

It was a combination of both unwise and unpatriotic, ization, and those Prohibitionists who live in towns and counties that lack organization, realize its necessity more than ever before and swings wide open the gate of chaos. dissatisfaction rounded up in one Republics good and vo must not stop now; but must keep right away on. and git all de offices yast ns fast as ve can. Den vo vill be often neglect to do, is to appint without subscriptions, or that the party can grow without newspapers, and it Is a mistake to suppose that any publisher in the prohibition field does not contribute real cause distrust of professions When the Armours can fix watchers to every precinct to wit throuch their experience in the of the Republicans. ness the count.

This is one of the the price of every hog and steer grown on Kansas prairies, it is "That distrust has become deep satisfied. Vo could not do dis ting mit out de help of de paper. last election. And agitation in our case is syn seated and geueral. There was time to demand a halt.

When the much to the prohibition cause for which he never receives a penny He be all down dero and ven we most important things we can do. What is. the use of scattering literature, making speeches, spending time and money to the utmost, reason for it, too. The party of onymous with education. In a meeting addressed by the writer, banks of Roston and Xew York gets him out de post office, den of pay.

Abraham Lincoln had become the can in one hour close every bank while presenting some facts that party of the Platts, Quays aud De- in 25 states and cause the loss of and then when the all-important were taken from oflicial statistics, hard-earned millions in the interior hour arrives to reap our harvest, It is a mistake not to be well posted on the whole prohibition platform, and not to be able to talk on all the reform issues of the day, pews. Its promises have lecn trifled with in the house of its refase to take the trouble to be on I was interrupted by one of the best men in the community, with tho assertion that tho statement cities and towns, is it any wonder there was general distrust! When a ring of soulless grain gamblers friends. It promised a revision of the tariff, and made the revision and to show that the prohibition was not true: salJ he: "I never party is the only real reform party hand, but leave our ballots in the hands of the enemy, to do as they please with! They will rarely give ns our just dues, and it is odious to both producer and con Chicago and Xew York can dic in existence. sumer by making new industries heard such a statement in all my life." That man had heard only tate the price of the cereals of all the west, and a United States its particular pets, it was so It is a mistake to accept a place on the prohibition ticket, and then foolishness to expect it. Being the side of the old parties, yet be framed as to leave it open to sus senator can touch a button and corrupt to the core, of what inter lore the meetiujr closed he was go forth in an apologetic manner, picion that its real heart was more ve get vere dere bees none of dem Republics to hear and he reads ont some, and speaks out some.

Den ve dink it be very good. Ve did not know them republics fool us so much ven day tell ns dat if ve pay tax on de ting ve.buy ve bnya dem cheaper and so ve feel like ve be getting poorer all de dimes. Den ve say, By Checminy! Ve fix dat, Dcy fool us so long ve fix dem Den ve go to vote! and de gnge he give me a great paper den he say make a in de ring oup in de first corner, and den you go and hear some dings drop. So I makes my name in de hole and goes out, and I sees noding drop Den de speaker say vaits a leetle and I vates. In a day or so I see some and raise the price of coal oil 50 est is it to them to see that pro convinced that he was in error.

stating that you do not expect to in the interest of capital than per cent; when the coal kings in So there are thousands to-day who labor'. Mr. Elaiue saw the error Pennsylvania can say whether you be elected, etc. It is your duty to work as though you did expect to are not with us in sentiment ami hibition ballots are counted, when there is no one present to see whether they count them correctly or not! The writer has been pres and sought to nidify it by reciproc shall pay $0.00 or 12.00 for a ton of anthracite, is it any wonder because they have only heard the itv features. We believe that Prohibition question discussed America has been vastly benefitted there is a revolution! And the from the standpoint of the old by the doctrine of protection, but tariff had nothing to do with it, ent many times at this important point in an election, and he knows whereof he speaks.

There is parties, or have had their opinions The real wonder is that the formed through flings and ridicule the doctrine of protection for the sake of protection was not the doctrine of the Republican party Democratic party the party of of old party papers. Fellow labor be elected, and it is your duty to poll every vote that you can secure for yourself and the party. It is a mistake to suppose that tho township, county or state committee has a patent on the work to be done. Our committee cannot begin to do a tenth part of the work necessary. You should willingly take hold wherever you see work is needed and is not being constant and confined political nothing more important than the witnessing of the counting of the ballots, and by Prohibitionists ers in the cause of Prohibition, a of Lincoln, Grant nor Garfield retrogressions, should receive the greater responsibility is resting Under existing conditions there benefit of the awakening.

This i3 upon us than ever before. The nothing usually more neglected. Where witnesses are refused ad has crown up in the United States i great country with varied inter banner of Prohibition has been a state of affairs akin to those in ests and need. The question of carried one day's march farther England. There are the very rich the middle classes and the very up the mountain, and the height on which we may plant our colors poor.

matter. The "Something is the labor and capital confronts us. It is grave and potential. It brooks no delay. It blames the party in power forexistiug conditions.

Had Mr. Cleveland been elected in 18S7 his defeat this year would have with victory is now in sight. But to attain success, we shall need as people know never before organization and agi appreciate it strongly. The great bulk of the owners of three-fourths of all the wealth on this continent tation, and no factor will be more important in this agitation that educates than journals committed feller holler and some oder fellers feel bad, and I looks a leetle out and says noding. Soon de Democrats sayoy dontyou holler; voaro gon to have Free Trade.

I dont know wat he means. But say free viskey, we say free every dings. Den I tink I hears someting drop and hollow like I's mad. Den so I runs aronnt and hollers for Cleveland, Altgeld and Lager beer. Den de rich Demicrat farmer begin to talk and say dis will make wageslowcrdont it.

"Of course it vill; dats vat ve want" say anoder rich farmer. Den you bet I hear someding drop. When I tink ebcrting gets cheaper and cheaper and vages git higher and higher and dat I find I be mistake den I feels very bad, and now, Meester editor, of you vill just go down and hit dat Democrat fellei live north of the Potomac and east of the Appalachian range. It is not done. It is a mistake to suppose that by putting a man' on the ticket eminent though he may be or placing him on our committees, who votes part of the old party tickets, or who has not in every way "burned the bridges behind him," that you are not doing a great damage to our organization.

Tho prohibition party is under the severe scrutiny of men, politicians and devils, and every inconsistent thing that it does is used for all that it is worth to work it damage. We have sustained much loss through such mistakes as these, and kept men out of the party who otherwise would have been with us. the result of their superior thrift knowledge, pluck, or ceo been as decisive as that of Mr. Harrison's. Majority rules.

The voice of the majority must not be ignored, Its reasonable demands must be met or the revolution at the ballot-box may become the outpost of a revolution trying to its utmost tension the power of the constitution itself." mittaneo the matter should be carried to the court, and if there upheld, the atteution of the people should be called to this trampling upon the rights of the minority, and every effort made to have the law amended. If the minority does not stand by its own rights it should- not complain when it finds itself practically without rights. Another mistake has been to hire foreign speakers at $20, $30, $40 and $50 a speech, and then force our local speakers to go out in the highways and byways and work for nothing at all, and pay their own expenses. It is right for everyone to do all he can for a just cause without charge, but no speaker can go forth and give all his time without remuneration. If he could, it would not be right for him to do so, because "the laborer graphical positiou.

They ai loaners of money aud merchandise to our work, and when one shall have been established in each county of our state, the year of our jubilee will have come. One suggestion: In the immediate future it may not be possible to control a paper in every county. But in nearly every county at least one paper can be established. Eugene Ayees. The balance of all the interest paid bv the borrowers of this country goes to Xew England Xew York and Pennsylvania They control the money market in all the south and all the west L'our years ago the Republicans It is a mistake to suppose that THE POPULISTS DEMOLISH A promished to attempt to remedy campaigns can be run without "The vote received by Weave KANSAS ALLIANCE.

Emporia, dispatch: The Kansas State Farmer's Alliance and Industrial Union, which has been in executive session here for the last two days, elected the following officers to-day: President, W. S. Haus; vice-president, S. C. Clark; secretary and treasurer, J.

B. French. The other officers will be elected to-morrow. This evening the alliance held an open meet these conditions. Two years aj money, or that providence will in the the Democrats promised free coin says the Boston a death blow to bring about the great reforms for which we are laboring until we Advertiser, "is age of siver.

Wall street raised the cry, "that is for the benefit of have done absolutely everything the silver regions of the west." It within the bounds of possibility to was beaten. bring about these reforms our "The advocates of the gold selves. ing wnicn resoivea ltsqu into a It is a mistake that the national jollification, Speeches were made committee is not located at Indi by Mrs. Lease, State Lecturer Wil. lefts and Congressman Otis.

anapolis, Jmcago, 111., or some other nearly central city, the common opinion, that when two great parties struggle for the supremacy in a national election, no third party can hope for electoral votes except in some great national crisis. It was argued that, while the farmers of the West might vote on 'side issues' during state campaigns, they would align themselves with one or the other of the great parties in the national election. That belief, also, is overturned by the late election. It will be seen, then the result has proved an 'overturn' indeed, and about as complete an overturn as any the country has seen since 1800. where it can bo in touch with all the country.

Located as it is, in Xew York city, a vast portion of standard own and control this country to-day. And that, too, in face of the declaration of all parties for binietalism. Democrats never desert their party on account of its broken promises. If they did, there would be no Democratic party to-day. Republicans are independent aud leave in heards when they distrust the policy or leaders of their party.

The result shows that. "Reform or revolution! Which shall it be! There has never been a time in the history of the 'world when so many people were giving the country feels as though no is worth of his hire," and it is the duty of all to do their part in this great cause, and those who give no time and make no speeches should gladly contribute to help sustain those who do not $20, $30, $40 or $50 in every case, but simply a fair wage, such as the sume man could make when following his regular business. The writer, at a recent "conference" in Indiana, heard one speaker criticise another because the latter had received $5 for making a speech. Who the $5 man was we know not, bnt if a true Prohibitionist we have no doubt that he has made many speeches where he did not receive $5. It is a mistake to pay foreign speakers big fees without complaint, and then to criticise our local speakers for accepting the small fees which they doubly and trebly earn.

It is a mistake to place men upon our tickets and committees simply to compliment them. Men who compromise with the old parties in any way should never be nom national committee existed. A vigorous demand should go up all along the line that the national committee move to a far. more MUST ABANDON THK UNION. Pittsburgh, dispatch: In the futlne the Carnegie company intends to treat with its employes as individuals.

Each man employed is required to sign an agreement, in which he pledges himself to refrain from belonging to any labor organization and to be governed entirely by the rules and regulations of the company. Each department superintendent is provided with these blanks, and no man can be employed nnless he signs the agreement. and punch dat Republic feller I ville go buy a bottle of the Democral viskey and a quart of Lager peel and ve will go out and hide on oder side de dore and I ville give you de viskey and I ville drink de peer, and ve will not hear any dings drop but de bottle ven if bees empty, by ginger! ALLIAXCE DEMANDS. Indianapolis, Xov. 12.

The Farmers' Alliance of Indiana, composing the bulk of the Peo-pie's party, which cast in the neighborhood of 40,000 votes in this state last Tuesday, adopted a series of resolutions embodying the demands they will make of the next legislature of this state. They demand such a revision of the tax law as will transfer to capitalists and corporations their just burden of taxation; the enactment of a salary law that will place the compensation of public officers on a level with compensation that sinilar services will command in the open market; a law requiring all securities to be stamped by the assessors, and rendering them void otherwise; denouncing the legislation of 1891, which created 100 offices; demanding the repeal of the law of 1891, which increase! the state's indebtedness demanding the abolition of the free pass system on railways; demanding the suppression of the liquor traffic, and demanding such legislation as will prevent the wholesale robbery of the state school fund by a system of false enumeration. tral location. Xew York, with its gold, bonds, Wall street, has not the best atmosphere in the As for myself, I am as firm in my conviction that the principles world in which to locate the patient, thoughtful study to financial questions as at the present moment. Something is vitally wrong and the people know it.

They think they know they are sick. They think they know what national headquarters of a reform party, even though it were not entirely one-sided in its position as regards the greater part of the country. Let a vigorous protest go up against our headquarters further remaining in so distant a place from the center of the battlefield. Sumner W. Rose.

Indianapolis, Ind. ails them. They are seeking the remedy. Affairs are rappidly as suming a condition when it will be inated by us, or placed in official position where they can do ns the struggle between organized capital and organized citizens. Trusts and combines govern the harm.

We should ever be willing to accept the part-converted for such distance as they are willing to come, but never to advance them I advocated are necessary to the welfare of the South as I ever was. I stood by the principles when they were the passwords to victory; I will stand by them now when they seem to be covered with defeat. Had I stultified myself when I entered the "charmed circle" of a political ring which I had bitterly denounced; had I stultified my personal standing as a Christian by bowing the knee to the liquor dealers and voting for whisky; had I allowed a bar-room to follow me to every joint debate dispensing intoxicants in my behalf; had I remained silent when boodle funds to such extent that I knew them to mean the buying of votes were asked for in every city: had I broken public pledges made to Mr. Black as to division of managers, I would have something to regret. I did none of these things, and have nothing to regret.

T. E. Watson. country. They elect congress, make and unmake laws, are entrenched in courts and dictate par to the front until they are willing Russia has become infected with ether drinking, and the government now prohibits its free sale and requires it to be scheduled among poisons.

In the great struggle for human liberty that preceded the election of Xovember 8, this paper was in the foremost of the fight, and now that the first great battle is over we do not propose to go into winter quarters, but follow up the advantages we have gained, by harrassing he enemy, and recruiting our forces for the great decisive battle in 1896. We are confident of success, and are enlisted for four years more, or during the war. We propose to make this paper equal to the best in the country; we have a large corps able writers, and our columns will teem with Eve thoughts. to stand as we stand, and fall with ty platforms. The struggle is bound to come.

Resolutions can us if we fall, and be ever and al ways one or us, "all the way through," until success comes and not prevent it. Party promises cannot stay its course. There must be prompt, absolute reform in financial affairs or a revolution "Prohibition doesn't prohibit," and "the saloon rules," are exactly interchangeable terms. Where one is true the other is true; where one is false the other is false you may depend upon that every time Xew England Home. The platform of the great BepuMlean party on Intemperance li one that ehonld commend ltielf to every reasonable and patriotic cltlxen, and it iqmi np the exact poattlou that the Criterion hat for year been Criterion (liquor sapor.) the great victory is achieved.

It is a mistake a great mistake to put any but straight-out, uncom in parties. The people know that a policy which makes combines promising ironibitionists on Hon. Gerrit Smith: the traffic in ardent spirits is immoral, then of necessity are the laws which authorize the traffic immoral. And if the laws are immoral, then we must be immoral if we do not protest against them." guard. rich and individuals poor is radi It is a mistake to suppose a tew cally wrong.

Dollars combine to double their value. The people can carry on all the work and make.