Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
|OUR JERRY'S JUBILEE.
THE FARMERS TURN OUT IN GREAT
NUMBERS TO HEAR JERRY
SIMPSON.
One of the Largest Audiences Ever Assem-
t!lsd in the Grand Greets the
Next Congressman.

in with flags and banners, drums and
voters. at the front were the mar
shals of the day, and Immediately fol-
lowing came ''Jerry and Jim" fitly rep
resented.
w. J. Fee, a solid farmer, mounted
upon an immense Norman horse of
powerful build, represented Jerry Simp
son. He carried a pure white banner
on which was inscribed in plain red
and blue letters the following:
GERRY SIMPSONS PLATFORM.
The popular demand for the abolition of National
Free coinage of silver,
law prohibiting the dealing in futures.
law prohibiting the alien owaer.hip of land.
Equal rights ali and special FEiviIeges to none.
should be owned and operated in the interests of
the people"
Immediately following Jerry came
Frank Crum, in black silk hat, stand
ing collar and other dude clothes,
mounted on a diminutive donkey which
required constant urging to get him to
keep within even hailing distance of
the peoples candidate. This droll
make up represented the sprince," and
on the donkey's ears werehung the fav-
orite playthings of his 'shighness',a
jack of clubs and king of spades. ''Hal''
carried a black banner on which was
inscribed HallOwell's record, as follows:
''oUR RECORD.
We point with pride to making the rich richer
and the poor poorer.
The Credit Mobelier work.
The appointment of guerilla Mosby.
The Credit Strengthening act Of 1859
The funding act of 1870.
The decentralization of silver in 1873.
The resumption act of 1875.
The Star Route Frauds"
Some fifty or sixty wagons were in
line. and large number of couples on
horseback in the procession.
THE SPEAKING.
At 200 p. N. the Grand opera house
was literally packed" to its utmost
capacity; the greater number of the
audience being voters, ntpstly alliance
men, but with good sprinkifng of
democrats and republicans. T. Fl.
Butler, of this city, was made chairman
of the meeting, and made a few
remarks, saying the st. Louis plat
form was the doctrine of Lincoln, JEFF
ferson and Greeley. After song
marching to Victory" to the tune of
marching through Georgia. the
chairman introduced 1.-The next con-
gresham, Jerry Simpson,
Mr.. Simpson was greeted with
resounding applause that awoke the
echos, and caused the Hallowell follow
ers to wonder where the Prince was
going to get his voters.
The speaker said that he was pro-
foundly impressed with the outpouring
of the people everywhere he spoke;
they were increasing in numbers and
enthusiasm. He stated, and the
writer knows il to be the fact, that
with prince Hal'' it was different-he
found it difficult to get out a corporal's s
guard to hear him; he said that was
the case at the great? )Hallowell meet
ing at Hutchinson, when, after adver-
tising extensively, only about $50 peo-
pie assembled to hear the Wichita
Prince" and the next morning the
Hutchinson News said ''Some one had
blundered." Jerry thought they had.
He spoke of the charges of the second
rate republican editors that he, Jerry,
was IAN ignoramus, a hayseed socialist,
and looked like he had just come out of
the woods" He said the alliance peO-
pie had ''come out of the wOOds--into
the clearing" and would make a bold
! fight for their rights.
Speaking of Hallowell, he said he did
not propose to enter into a campaign o;
abuse, Hal. had a good war record
and he, Jerry, was glad of it, all knew
the "Prince" had no other record
unless it be one that could be found in
the court records of Wichita.
OF the st. Louis platform he wa
proud to say it held the key to the great
and difficult problems the people were
now trying to solve; the platform wa.
not a panacea for all evils, but wa.
nearer it than any of the platforms o.
other parties. He put Senator Plumi
upon the witness stand, reading from ;
recent speech of the senator which
stated that 1.-The volume of cur
rency had decreased since 1878, b,
contraction, $24O, 600, 900; that there i
now in actual circulation not to exceed
$500 600 ,OOO-abOut So per capita. A
the close of the war there wa
81, roc, ,0O0. 600, or $50 per capita; whil'
since that time our population has
doubled, and the total amount Of circu
lating medium has decreased. Ell
read also from the report of the None
tary Commission which says that ii
: the volume of circulating money keeI
on decreasing business of all kinds,wil
! fail, wages will go down, and miser.
: and destitution among the laborers vii
follow" As an 0utgfowth Of the scar