The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-20
IDEAS OF THE AALIANcE.
Peffsr, Kyle and Simpson Speak In
Washington.

Description Of the Three Representa-.
tives Of the Farmers. Vigorous
Talk ON the Aims of Their
Party and About Old
Parties.
WASHINGTON. ID. CA great crowd
eurned out here to hear Senator'S elect
PETER and Kyle and Representatives,
Jerry Simpson address the Citizens ALI
ance in Grand Army Hall. PETER and
Kyle surprised everybody by displaying
more tnan ordinary Yatorical ability, and
MIR. Simpson creat6 jgreat enthusiasm by
tive, kNnUu eIsd fesPGs that was sttrac=-
Mr.. PETER Ms seehn' % sbftc man of
angular build, 1ittle above medium
height, slightly STOPPING in the shoulders,
with long, sharp nose, and long beard of
rich dark brown, falling down to the
lower buttons of his waistcoat, and a
pair of keen blue eyes, rather close to.
gether-a man of mild, ministerial bear
ing and placid, gentle countenance.
Senator-elect Kyle is a six-foot blonde
of athletic build. He is man of plain
appearance; man of the people, whose
hands have been used to toll. He does
not look to be more than 35 years old.
His hair and mustache are not quite red,
but nearly so. His complexion is decid-
edly blonde and q set of very white teeth
are frequently exposed by faint smile.
His large blue eyes are expressive OF lit
tie earnestness or amiability, but the
lines in his face are strong and his dress
and whole bearing indicate simplicity
and freedom from affectation or vanity.
Mr.. Jerry Simpson is distinctly the
antipode of-a-sdA,s&sa-is far from the
sockless citizen usually described for
Simpson. He is man OF average size,
with dark hair and stubby mustache, be-
ing otherwise smooth shaven. His face
is bronzed, weather beaten and strongly
marked with heavy lines. His eyes have
q peculiar brightness and light up with
an "intellectual fire" when he talks. A
twinkle that comes into them at times,
and smile that is just visible at the cor
ners of his mouth, indicate keen sense
of humor and, at the same time, degree
of fself-confidcnce. His suit was sort of
gray goods of hand-me-down" cut.
His shoes were heavy, with square toe',
and laced with leather strings. His
neckwear was plain standing collar,
turned down at the corners and orna-
mented with black ''shoestring" tie,
and he might be regarded decidedly
questionable figure, but not by any
means uncouth.
Mr.. PETER deplored the poor condi-
tion of thb flsrs, who had become
pretense of lacing tie tari4 taIes'
and said that the Mckinley bill would
bring about the importation of foreign
labor. On silver he was q free coinage
man. He said that one of Cleveland's
good qualities was honesty. There war
not the difference of the turning of g
hand on the money problem between tho
leaders of the two old parties.
"What would you think" he said, s'if
Grover Cleveland should unite the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties east OF
the Alleghany Mountains, and be theiI
candidate against the united South and
West9 This is not improbable. We
leave our friends in the East to take care
of themselves. They can do SO only by
getting together There is going to be
great storm and our friends must hus-
tie to get out of the rain"
He cited the policy of the treasury in
| going to the relief of Wall street last
summer as an evidence of class favorit
ism of which the farmers complained. If
that was right, he said, it was right fol
the doverssQept 70 come to the relief OF
the farmers 0f tie West.
He drew word painting of the dug.
outs and sod huts, at the doors of which
women stood in tears watching for the
officers coming to sell them out. He
said they were not repudiators. What
they wanted was money enough in cir.
culation so that they could get it for the
products of their labor. He had asked
farmers in Kansas what interest they
paid on short-timc loans, and they re-
piled from 18 to ~ per cent. The re-
suit of their labors on farm products was
not over Il or per cent
He advocated the Government of the
people running railroads for public trans
portation at low rates, to cover expenses,
but not for profit. A new Government
/, railroad should be built from North Da.
kota to the Gulf. In about twenty-five
years, he predicted, there would be no
such thing as interest on money.
Senator-elect Kyle considered the lack
OF money the trouble in South Dakota
and the West. He said that the Alliance
movement grew out of the discomfort
In the South and West on account of
economic conditions. More money was
needed TO carry on the trade of the coun-
try. The high tariff was bad enough,
but the scarcity of money was worse.
They wanted money, and did not care
what sort. Silver money was as good as
gold, and gold was no better than pa.
per.
Jerry Simpson proves to be keen Or
ator, full of anecdote and spirit2 Tho
Alliance, he said, was a Developments
IL was the result of the awakening of the
farmer to the fact that he was not getting
his share Of advantages.
I'VE saw said Mr. Simpson, "that
sectional strife was kept alive for politi-
cal purposes. We came to SEQ that the
question Of loyalty or ,disloyalty was a
mere matter Of where one was born. If
had been b rn Ia the South 1 would
probably heye been rebel and have felt
tiny patridtl MUD Ito fight for the cause
Of the ConfcdeRcy. SOFT might have