Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-30
SIMPSONS SPEECH.

Hon. Jerry Simpson, of kansas, known as ,'Sockless Jerry" accor, ing to previous appointment spoke here, at the park, Saturday night.
 He acted unfairly to the Democracy,
 in that, after agreeing to divide time
 with Hon. T. C. McRae he did not do so, but on arising to speak an nounced that he would divide time with Alliance State Lecturer Bryan.
 He spoke for about one and three quarters of an hour, when most of the crowd being tired and sleepy,
 left, thinking MT. McRae would not speak. There were present less than two hundred persons, including wo-
 men and children, and but little en- thusiasm was manifested. The ab- sencc of colorcd men was very no- ticeabe. Doubtless most of the voters there were Democrats, going out of curiosity.
 The Kansas statesman CD who was sent here to instruct our igno- rant and lawless people (we believe the Kansas Legislature said this in effect) begun his speech by saying he was instructed to go out and talk the Alliance principles. He then made about the same speech as that made by Jesse Harper, who was also sent amongst this benighted people three or four years ago, to tell us what we ought to do. Attacked mainly our financial system of na- tional banks, and the many ills put upon the country by the Republican party without stating this, and ad- yocating third party because both old parties had brought the country to its present condition.
 Wanted the government to own and run all the railroads and tele- graphs, just like it was running our postal system, but failed to say whether railroad property should be coniscated or bought and create a public debt ten times as great as that we now have. Advocated the sub-troasury scheme, without giving any details of it's workings, claiming it would benefit the farmer; did not tell how it would encourage debt making and dependence upon the government for support, among the class it proposed to benefit; nor of it's being nothing but class lcgisla- ton, which the Alliance professed to oppose. Favored free silver coin age, graduated income tax, and absolute free trade. Said the pro- tective tariff was plain robbcry-that it was the last resort of tyrants to thus tax the people indirectly. Said that farmers with large families paid sl00 and over per year, by this tar iff tax, to the government. This part of his speech was quite at vari- ance with the teachings of the old gang around here who claimed there was nothing in the tariff. Much of his speech was stolen Democratic thundcr--in advocacy of measures contendcd for by this party for years past. Strongly advocated the Ali ance forming third party, turning away from both old parties. Ar raigned both thc Republican and Democratic parties for evils he com plained of, when he knew only the Republican was responsible for them. In closing cnmplimented his hearers, but when he gets home to Kansas may do like his Legislature did, ma lign us. MT. Simpson is pleasing and entertaining speaker.
 State lecturer Bryan followed him in speech of nearly an hour, much on the same line as the first speaker.
 Although it was then very late, af- ter 1 O clock, and MT. Simpson had not divided time as he agreed to do, Hon. Thos. C. McRac made a short | speech, lasting about twenty min utes, in which he showed conclu- sively that only through the Demo- cratic party could the people get re- lief from the bad laws enacted by the Republican party, and com plained of so loudly by MT. Simp- son. Democracy favored govern ment control of railroads and every thing advocated ny the Alliance ex- cept the visionary and impracticable sub-treasury scheme.