688 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



ness, gather up what property they can transfer to their 

 heirs, and then die and leave this rough, every-day world. 



The opulent are slow to join the ranks of reform. 

 The world is good enough for them; and they are at a loss 

 to understand why anybody "kicks." They are called 

 the " better class,*' and usually, they are good peo- 

 ple. The timid man ardently desires to be rated with the 

 better class, and, though at times his humanity pushes him 

 into the ranks of the reformers, as soon as epithets are 

 applied, he returns to the great column of the respectables. 



For the benefit of any who think we have overdrawn 

 the situation, we submit a few specimens from papers 

 which we have in our possession, and copies of which can 

 be seen at any time by those who have any doubts as to 

 their being genuine. Here, for instance, is a definition of 

 a Democrat, taken from the Sharp County Record of 

 August 23, 1888. 



"A true Democrat, who has the success of the party 

 at heart, and has a child's excuse for not wanting to sup- 

 port the whole ticket, will 'stand right up to business 

 without hitching; will not kick, jump, nor pull back in the 

 harness.' That's the style of voter who goes in to win. 

 That's the way to elect the Sharp county Democratic 

 ticket. The voter who ( scratches ' a name lacks just that 

 much of being a Democrat. And when a ticket-scratcher 

 puts his head up for office ever afterwards, he should get 

 it soundly thumped till he gets back into the ranks and 

 proves his mettle by voting a straight ticket. This is 

 the doctrine." 



Yes, sir! That is the doctrine. We presume that a 

 Kansas editor could take the article and, by changing 

 three words, make it a standard guage for a Republican. 



Here is another from the Hot Springs News: 



"If you are a Democrat, be one. Don't put your 

 individual interests above that of your party. If you 



