The advocate., 1891-02-04

hence he wanted time 10 investigate tho
matter fairly and fully and thus avoid .
snap judgment
Senator Kirkpatrick preferred that the
Senate should do its own business and
Leo the national Congress do theirs.
Senator Roe the farmer from Elk-in
opposing the motion 10 postpone, said
the action Of Senator Plumb In speaking
for six months In favor OF the Mckinley
bill, and then on October /, 1890, voting
against II, was evidence sufficient for HIM
that Senator Plumb needed watching
But In voting for the support Of any
measure that would in the least degree
aid the passage OF the free silver bill, he
represented the will Of $4,000 citizens Of
Kansas In his district. CThis Senator
might explain what he means by saying
that Senator Plumb was speaking six
months for the Mckinley bill)
Senator Osborn poured oil upon the
heavlng breasts Of his fellow Republican
Senators, a. they raved about the iniell-
cities Of the joint convention resolutions.
He reminded them that the Republican
party Of Kansas was defeated last No
vember which fact some Of them SEEM
ingly had just begun TO realize.
AS the joint convention was about TO
dissolve yesterday, loud calls we're made
for the Senator elect, but the Senators
were evidently in no mood to taTy that
they might hear anything from the voice
Of the "riaing sum-" for they had waited
and waited 10 behold another brilliant,
glowing Of what now appeared beyond
any recall, the fading away OF a setting
sun, TO be illtmlned no more, politically,
henCeforth and forever.
THE PLEASANT TALK or THE SENATOR
ELECT.
Thus the lncarnated triumph of the
Peoples party made his utterances:
It would hardly DO proper TO address this
assembly as the Joint convention Of the Leg.
islature, inasmuoh as the Joint convention
has been dissolved. However, SEQ before
me Representatives Of Kansas. You are
commissioned TO do the peoples will, and
am here in response TO your call, simply as
one of the people, TO say that we, the peO-
pie, have commenced the building of a new,
distinct and Independent political Organiza-
tiOn, based upon principles wrought deep
as humanity.
Land Is the common heritage of men.
Labor is the common lot Of mOrtais. Trans
portation Is one of the common necessities
Of the people, while money is the oil which
lubrCates the machinery Of civilization.
Upon these four fundamental ideas We pro-
pose TO build tho grandest political struo-
turs ever erected among men. And upon
these we have formulated a oreed.
We are opposed TO the government isau-
ing money 70 banking corporations. We
are opposed TO the peoples money getting
70 them freighted down with interest charges.
We believe in the people making their own
money.
We are opposed 20 national banking insti-
tutiOns for the reason that they aid COM
bin0s against the interest Of the masses.
We believe in tho government, which is
simply the agent Of the people, issuing
their money directly 10 them, without going
around Robin Hoods barn to tind them.
We believe In equal and just taxation.
We are opposed TO the taxing Of one indus
try for the support OF another. We are op-
posed to high tariff dues Gpon any article Of
common use, no matter what, We believe