Show THE BOUNTY SECTION our republican friends should abot forget that republicans first claimed that the constitution as it now stands is an anti bounty document it was not a democrat who declared that such was a fact the tribune took that position no as our files show and insisted losie led upon keeping the varian section out on the ground that t would prevent the giving of bounties every republican paper in the tha terri territory ory took that position the 0 ogden den standard said oli odi tori tomally ally on the loth of april 1895 that that the varian anti dionus bounty section was a democratic measure and that its insertion into the con would be in direct violation of republican platform pledges the Stan standard daid said further that the incorporation of that section into the constitution bubl he be a democratic victory FO regarded legard cd while the ibe republic republicans airs at large could only look upon it as nn an unconditional surrender sui render and further on oil the same republican authority said eaid that the question of biving a bonus or bounty should be left to the legislature and not impeached by such a limi battion tat tion but the section went in now the question is were these theae republican pa pel s rigal or wron the standard further calls attention to the fact that the th e bounty was made an important issue of f the campaign and that republicans ip the constitutional convention were ive redoing doing a traitorous thing to desert i it t while the tale fate of the party was babying in the balance dut but the anti bounty section was ives placed in the constitution asa As a final appeal the great republican daily said if f the republican party allows anything to go 0 o into the constitution that can be e construed as unfavorable to boun fountis ou tips they aie violating otte one of their cardinal principles now is the time tor for decisive accio actio action n 11 will our republican friends say that these republican organs know enow what they were talking arcoui that the republicans who expressed their alarm and chagrin at the passage of the measure know what they were doing that the standard and tribune and other clother republican papers pacers were off 0 ff they bey convinced TH THE E JOURNAL that section 31 of the legislative article was an anti bounty provision did they mislead us don t they even tell the truth in anger or is it necessary to put on a bold I 1 trout now and say that section 31 is all right ani and dont affect bounties in the least |