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4 JEBRY SIMPSON'S BAYONET. Wilson county, which, however does Kingman county Republican nomi and other Atchison Democrats and offered to make them members of the not seem to be appreciated by the Re nations: Treasurer, George Talmond; sheriff, John McFall; clerk, W. C. publicans. Wilson county, by the by, "Young Democracy" for $10 each.

is the home of John S. Gilmore who, Grubb; register, N. I. Farris; survey Brown has used the fact that he is the "head" of the Democratic League to or, Charles rowler; coroner, li. A.

it is darkly hinted, was familiar with the "coincidence" story of John J. Farrow; commissioner First District, get annual passes from Balie Waggen- John Clay. A resolution was unani Inaglls before the latter gave it to the world. The Republicans held their er, A. A.

Hurd and M. A. Low. Brown is a political; adventurer of the worst mously adoptiner commendincr the convention first and adopted among proposed candidacy of W. M.

Wallace, typVand should not be tolerated." others the usual prosperity resolu- of this city for congress. tion. The reply made by the resolu John Breidenthal thinks the Popu Johnson county Republican nomi tions of the Populist convention is of list-party would make a long stride in nees: J. G. Rudy for county clerk; the 'Character calculated to make the the direction of progress and honest elections by nominating the candi A.

E. Moll, treasurer; B. C. Donnelly, register of deeds; J. W.

Jones, sheriff; other fellows feel small enough to crawl through a keyhole and pull the ment could not sell away what they did not have, i. Land value, which is different thing entirely from land. Nor docs any title deed in existence guarantee values for the owner. So that when the people awake to the fact that Landlords are confiscating their natural, social rights in the Nation, and demand at the Ballot their own, Human right will precedence of Vested rights. And what right had the Congress of past years to sell away this land to individuals? The life and existence of every generation must come from that land! Then what a terrible wrong they did (perhaps in ignorance), to sell away to one individual the power to say to another yet unborn, how much he must pay for an existence; how much for a piece of earth on which to build a house; or dictate to him whether he shall have good land or poor land; live in good society or poor society; whether his children shall live in comfort or in rags.

These are a very few of the wrongs that Landlordism perpetrates on Society. It seems to me that it must be the work of true followers of Christ to dates; for state officers next year by elections. Breidenthal has keyhole in after them. Here it is in Dr. S.

C. Parker, coroner; A. G. Car penter, surveyor, and W. S.

Speer, its fullness and richness: i been working this plan among the men commissioner First district. he has chanced to meet recently and belieyes it will be some time adopted Brown county Populist ticket: For Resolved that it is with much disquietude and truly deep commiseration that it is observed that in the same issue of the Wilson County Citizen which contained the boisterously treasurer, Fred Moser; sheriff, Henry in Kansas. He is not so sure about the plan being put in operation next Killen; register of deeds, Sam Stew year. However, he say6: art; county clerk; A. F.

Robinson; "This is no new thing with me, al coroner, Dr. W. E. Tiffany; surveyor, glowing resolutions of McKinley prosperity, was seen in the list of the though I admit it is-an old subject re William Ahern; commissioner, H. C.

turned to my mind recently. The Peo Baker. An effort was made to en delinquent taxes that the home of the chairman of the late republican coun ple's party really needs this reform dorse John H. Meyer, the Democratic less than any other, for when our peo ty convention, that passed the pros nominee for treasurer, but it was de ple are in downright earnest they come out to the primaries and send feated by a vote of 135 to 37. perity resolutions, was advertised to be sold for taxes, and that the home the right men to the convention, but of the chairman on order of business Pawnee county Populist ticket: it would be a good thing even for us.

was advertised to be sola to some sin put in their chief work at removing those wrongs. George Doll, register; I. H. Wood, gle gold standard man for taxes, "Ilfavor primary elections fpr all nominations. The nearer we bring For if we can sell the land we can while the same list contained the clerk; D.

M. Aldrich, sheriff; J. H. Singer, treasurer; D. C.

Babbitt, surveyor; D. N. Wheeler, coroner; W. M. public questions to the people the name of the chairman on order of bus- sell the Air, the Sunshine, the Dew and Rainfall.

For the four are equal more satisfactory will our government iness ninety-six times, carrying our Yoder, commissioner. The resolut heartfelt sympathy farther we are in ions denounce the policy of expansion and the war in the Philippines. ly essential to life. The land would be useless without Air or Sunshine, and Vice Versa. But the Kind Crcat- 1 deed reluctantly constrained to re be.

Nominations are often made by primary elections in counties and cities and why not the entire state? Of course, ward politicians and hired solved that it is with the most pro found sorrow that in the same tax list heelers would seek to control as now, is heralded to gold standard tax bid or has given us an mcxnausuDie abundance of each free to all, none of which can we reproduce or destroy, but only transform or remove from but their opportunity would not be so ders the' fact that the home and all Coffey county Republican ticket: Treasurer, C. Wilson; county clerk, William Palen; sheriff, Tom B. Scott; surveyor, J. I. Flemming; coroner, Dr, S.

J. Neberger; commissioner First district, A. W. Lane. easy, the land belonging to the most emin ent spokesman of that prosperity con "It would be an application of the principle of the Jnitiative which the place to place.

So that anvone who possesses control of any one of those bounties absolutely controls the life vention, are advertised in that heart- People's party has advocated since its iess catalogue of McKinley prOsperi-inception. Every voter of the party ty It is with overmastering solici- that can exist only by using them. Pratt county Republican ticket: would have an opportunity to express tu(je that these facts are set forth by This terrible inhuman, injustice it is the work of the Single Tax Gospel to For treasurer, James A. Porter; sheriff George Hall; register of deeds, Cyrus his preference of the aspirants before this sympathetic convention, because the people. In this way the best men we jlave cognizance of the fact, that remove, in spirit ana oDjeci it is uic work Christ left undone, the one or those ffentiemen occupies a in the judgment of the people would be nominated, and the iuderment of Young; county clerk, J.

W. Jacks; surveyor, L. N. Turner, coroner, L. H.

Dix. bringing of God's Kingdom on high salaried internal revenue office; Detroit Justice. the people seldom is wrong. I would rather take their judgment than that another is a U. S.

pension examiner; two of them are physicians enjoying When Land Was Cheap. of a convention of politicians. large practice and some of them are In 1803 Napoleon was strapped. receiving: munificent pensions from "Besides, nominations by that would be conducive of party harmo Hard up for money to continue the the government. Therefore, be it re wars by whicn he noped to be the "i ny, and party harmony is very desira solved by this convention that we am" of Europe.

He, or rather France, ble; especially in a close campaign. heartily, heroically, valiantly and possessed by right of discovery 755, Of course men or factions would be courageously denounce the gold stand 000,000 acres of land on this Conten ard administration of strikes, trusts disappointed, as by the present meth-ed; for it is impossible to make nomi ent and he sold it to President Monroe and combines fastened on this country by Mark Han na and William Mc for the American nation for 2 cents nations satisfactory to all, but the ticket named would be a fair express an acre, or $15,000,000. Two cents an Kinley, because of the fact that even men who are holding large salaried acre! Just think of it, only 95 years ion of the will of the people, and the ago! offices, enjoying extended practices as first lesson taught us by our republic is to b.ow to the will of the people. Such cities as Omaha, Denver, New Brazil has placed a tariff tax of 50 cents a barrel on American flour and our millers are kicking like bay sleers. If a protective tariff is good for us, why is it not good for Brazil? What is sauce for the American goose is also sauce for the Braziliau gander.

They are only profiting by the lessons we have taught them. We are the last people who ought to object, so long as we levy tribute on the commerce of the world for the benefit of a few thousand wealthy manufacturers. It is wrong for any nation to build up barriers to free trade among the nations, but we cannot complain so long as we set the pace in international robbery. Blaine wanted free trade with all the South American republics but when he went to the grave he took all the brains of the Republican party with him. Independent.

physicians, and obtaining generous pensions from the government find Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis and St. Paul are built on this land. A "The question never has been before the state central committee, and the committee you know, will have to take the conditions under the gold stand few acres of land in North Dakota or ard McKinley regime so calamitous, the first step. Of course, our people baneful, pernicious, destructive and Colorado has paid back the price of the whole in Gold and Silver many have discussed it at their homes, and ruinous to the welfare of our people that even the most favored cannot pay the taxes on their home.

And be times over, but not to the nation, but private individuals. Fifteen Acres in St. Louis, are now worth more than the whole tract cost in 1803, but they don't belong to the people of St. it further resolved by this convention that on account of the condition of these gentlemen and thousands less favorably circumstanced, we are zealously, ardently and heartily in it will be for them to say through their local papers and other means, what the committee shall do. I have suggested it to some of my friends incidentally, but' not with the view of getting it up immediately.

It may come next year; the sooner it comes the better. It wottld be a step well taken, and other parties would be compelled by publie sentiment to follow the example. It is coming some time, and since it is so easy to bring about, it may be adopted by our people in 1900." favor of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 in order that they Louis. But the people of St. Louis have to pay 5 or 6 per cent per annum of that amount for the privilege of using that land for Factories, Business Houses, to two or three private individuals, who, perhaps, never contributed a penny towards and others may have sufficient money How unfortunate are the French people, compelled to sustain an enormous army, when that army assumes to be France itself.

To defend what it calls its honor, which means to prevent the veil being torn off which with which to pay the taxes on the spot which is as dear to all good men the original purchase of the land. as life the dear beloved homestead. This land was worth little more covers its infamies, it is willing, nay, anxious, to become a band of traitors than 2 cents an acre in 1803, but Civilization and Population have caused the increase in its value. Is it right or wise for any kind of Government to This is another home thrust from One of the staunchest and most intelligent workers in the cause of political reform in the state of. Kansas is A.

Z. Brown of Guilford. If there the Wilson county resolutions: and destroy the Republic. Sleek and oily American capitalists, despising the country whose workers earned the millions they enjoy, have placed that We denounce the Wilson county re publican convention for their hypo were a thousand men. like htm in the state, the Republicans would soon be critical dissembling resolution against thus allow a few individuals to reap all the benefits ot these two factors in Society? If the American nation as a whole bought and paid for this land, then the Nation as a whole are alone wealth at the disposal of these military conspirators and butchers.

Am trusts, when at the very time of the passage of that deceiving, cheating snowed under so deep that they would never be able to gather sufficient erica has started on the same road. An-. increase in the army inevitably leads strength to crawl from under. The to a future increase, and so until we Bayonet's compliments to Brown. resolution the republican attorney general (Godard) of Kansas was proclaiming the true republican position that he would not enforce the law shall be as France is, toppling over entitled to those benefits which are the distinct product of those two fact ors, Land Values.

But the Government sold away this land and gave a title to the buyers. But the Govern- with the super-abundant weight. Jno An element of humor has, been. in, jeeted into the political campaign-in. against the trusts.

Robertson, in ac.ram.e;ttQ Bee..