The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-02
WEST SIDE MEETING.
Judge H. c. sluss' Diagnosis OF the Political
Situation---An Enthusiastic Meeting.

Judge FL c. sluss' Diagnosis OF the Politics
SituatiOn---An Enthusiastic Meeting.
Capt Tucker presided and on taking tn
chair called attention to trick perpetrate'
by some calamity howlers by posting unde
the hand bills announcing the meeting
that the speaking would take place a
a hall on another street where the Allianc
meeting had been called NOtwithstand
ing this trick to mislead the people the hal
| rapidly filled up after the speaking com
menced. Judge Sluss was presented anC
made an earnest and eloquent speech, will
special reference to the elements OF tn
Alliance, or the new third party" NJ
synopsis would do justice to the
speech which was listened Il
with the most marked attention
The speaker said we were confronted by a
large majority of the people who made GER
tain demands upon US which involved the
upturning of the practice and the tradi
tions Of our people and of the civilized
world, and these demands were made not
as by unintelligent men exclusively, but
by intelligent men, not altogether by mel
who were in debt, but by some men who
not debtors But the main thing which
gave rise to the movement was the debt
burdened condition of many people.
But when a man is in debt is the very
time when he should most scrrpu
lousy guard his repatriation for honesty
and one of the very things Kansas needs
most today is to maintain good reputa-
tion before the world. The real question
before US today is whether we shall main.
tain a reputation for honesty or plunge
blindly into a course of recklesness and re-
pudiation.
Some people wonder how they get into
debt. In Wichita it is clear enough how
we get into that condition. But with
other people debts have accumulated grad
ually and they can hardly say when or
where they come from. But they know
they're in debt, and don't know the way
out, and were struggling to find it in some
other way than the old fashioned, honest
way. This Indebtedness disease is like the
fever and ague epidemics in the early days
of Illinois. When such an epidemic struck
a county great drove of quacks immed-
lately appeared with all kinds of alleged
cures. 1t is SO now in this indebtedness
disease; and some people are running after
all kinds of new and untried schemes to
get out Of debt.
There was but one way to get out of
debt and that was to pay it honestly. 1t is
the mortgages that make the
new party If there were no mortgages
there would be no new party with its new
schemes for paying debts. There is but
one right way to get money and that is to
earn it, and the people had supposed that
the patent right" way of paying debts
had died with the old Greenback party.
Parties which favor paying debts with
dishonest money are short lived. Provi-
dence generally comes along and improves
the conditions in course of time and the
quack medicine bottle is promptly laid
away.
A deprecated currency may be good
thing to pay debts with, but the uniform
Judgment of the people OF the United
States always has been that currency
based upon gold and silver was the only
kind that was in the interest and for the
benefit of all classes OF people and
all nations agree upon this. Paper money
to be good must be convertible into coin
not only nominally but in reality. The
only honest money is the same from one
year to another. When the farmer sells bis
products he has a right to know that
what he is getting for them is of real
value.
Now, the fact that a part of the people
are in de t, does not justifyus in abandon
ing principle as old as the commercial
world and taking up a false theory or a
dishonest practice and no man has right
to ask it from his fellow citizens. 1t is the
same old question and has been settled by
the common sense of mankind again and
again and always in one way.
What amount of treasury notes can be
inssued and still be absolutely convertible
into coin is uncertain. But the moment
they exceed a certain limit you step into
the domain of dishonest money.
Another proposition is the warehouse
system for the benefit of raisers of corn,
wheat and cotton. But if the principle is
adopted the government must supply
for all products, for boots,
shoes and every other product. 1t would
food the country with money and debauch
its purchasing power.
We propose to buy all the railroads and
money to pay for them. 1t
would cost billions of dollars. Our pres
emit currency would only be drop in the
bucket We have now about one and one
half billions and if the increase were
only to five or six billions il
would not be convertible
currency. But If it was convertible
t would be as good as gold and silver, and
f so it would be easier to get than what we
low have.
Cheap money means deprecated money
md it will take more than one generation
o persuade the whole American people to
,ver agree to such schemes. They are con-
.rary TO the convictions of the American
people as a whole. The less the govern
nent has to do with the business of the
,eople the better. If any people are eX-
,ecting the government TO take these
mortgages off them. it will be such a long
line before the people as whole can ever
Je persuaded to agree 70 il that it will be
quicker for any individual TO settle down
It once and work for the money with his
lands
The speaker then referred to the history
# parties in this country, and showed that
10 party based upon one interest or one
dea was ever successfully established, and |
he only way to bring about reforms sought /
or in these directions was by agitation and /
ducation, aud not by schemes for new po- !
itical parties merely to put men into Office. |
Prolonged applause
Mr. Douglass made half-hOur speech, |
nd the meeting adjourned.
AT DERBY.
The Republican rally last night at Derby I
vas attended by over 800 voters with /
peaker for the occasion W. l. Sturde- /
ant. He was vociferously cheered and |
vas quite able to enable the audience 70 l
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