The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-07-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

hot here to do much except to draw
ones salary and spend 1t for ice at
dollar per hundred-I was going to sa
per pound, for that Is much nearer tn
size of the hundred pound piece on
gets nowadays.
But, despite the weather things ar
very lively on the Hill. There LIS
vast amount of very important legis
lation before Congress which must b
acted upon before the average NJ. c
dare face his constituents, and henc,
an adjournment before the middle O.
last of August is not all probable.
One Of the bills yet to be considered
i'm both houses, is the bill known az
the Federal Control of Elections. ,
Upon this subject the average South.
ern Gigadier Brindle and the North.
ern Doughface will get very much ex
cited, and 1 fear it will be almost
cruel for the Republicans to "roast''
these fellows at this season of the year
but roasted they will be, for the fiat
has gone forth that some measure
which looks towards a free election
and fair count In the Southern States
must be passed at this session. The
stability of our American institutions
are at stake, as q free ballot and an
honest count is the foundation stone
upon which our whole superstruction
Is built, we can no more allow this
principle to be subverted than we could
allow these same people to engraft
their system of human slavery upon
our institutions. The irrepressible
conflict still confronts US. These peo-
pie are securing through fraud the
same denomination In political affairs
now, that theypossessed before the war
counting their slaves.
1 have observed recently In the AS
ISOLATED Press dispatches from Kansas
information with reference to the
course of the Kansas delegation upon
the Silson bill which, is absolutely
false. 1t is quite evident that the
individual who manipulates the dis
patches from Topeka was little pre-
vious In announcing that Mr.. Funston
the Representative from the Second
District had voted against the free
coinage of silver. Mr.. Funston has
been entirely consistent I'm all his
votes as i'm favor of free coinage of sill
yer.
When the amended bill came from
the Senate and was referred to the
on coinage, weights and
Mr.. Funston very properly
stood by the Speaker and his party
friends against the attempt of the
Democrats to make party capital for
and take this matter out of
the hands of the Republicans, the
speaker was right under the rules and
Mr.. Funston was right i'm sustaining
him, as the main feature at issue, free
silver, was not involved i'm this Skin
nish for position by the two parties.
When the question finally came be-
fore the house of agreeing or disagree
ing to the Senate amendments giving
Us free silver, Mr.. Funston, together
with the other six members voted SOL
dly for free silver. All honor to the
delegation from Kansas. John J.
p. b. Plumb, E. n. Morrill,,
3. II. Funston, b. w. Perkins, Har-
:iscn Kelley, John A. Anderson, E. J.
Turner and S. r.. Peters-nlne solid
'otes In the interest of the people.
The hill now goes to a conference
as your readers have been |
'dvised. And let me add, that taking
nto account the radical differences of
opinion upon this subject, it is proba-
,ly for the best. Let few of our best
nen, leaders i'm their party, men whose
dvise we can safely follow, prepare a
upon which We can all agree
ven If 1t is not just what each indi-
'idual wants, and then let us present
solid front to the enemy.
The denunciation of our representa-
ives by irresponsible newspapers upon
x-parti statements has been so COM
non, in fact, the statements of social
d newspapers (?) have become so I'M
eliable upon the most common occur
noes of the day, that the average
eader waits until the next day for the
before making up his
mind to believe any statement made.
We would respectfully suggest to a
Nv so called newspapers in the Sec
nd District, that after having submit
I'd their editorial paragraphs upon
ne political prospects Of Congression-
aspirants, that they employ small
oy to read the telegraphic dispatches
'hich are to appear in another COL
mn before making up their forms. I
bserved in oneiof these alleged news
apers recently, editorially that
'rother Kelley of the Fourth District,
ad hardly carried county and was
verlastingly busted, while in its tele-
raph columns his unanimous re-nom-
lation was recited. Do these penny
line editors expect people to base
heir political action upon such unre-
able advice?
We predict that Mr.. Funston, if
OF unanimously re-nominated at Wy