Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-02-04
CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON.

CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON.
Wichita Eagle Jan. 3lst: Congress
man-elect Jerry Simpson. of Medicine
Lodge, arrived in this city yesterday
morning, from Arkansas City. He
came on the invitation of Mayor Glenn
ent. as the guest of the city, and will
remain to-day. He was met at the de-
pot by Mayor Clement, Councilman
Johnson and Frank Williams, warm
personal friend of Jerry's, who insisted
that the party dine with him at the DC
cidental. Accordingly the party enter
ed carriages and drove there.
When the train pulled in large
crowd had gathered on the platform to
see the 'soekless statesman and when
he alighted he was eheered yociferous-
ly.
Mr.. Simpson spent most of the after
noon with his friend, Mr.. Williams,
and the mayor, looking over the city
He then went to Hotel Carey, where he
Is to be entertained during his stay in
the city.
In the evening the alliances in the
city gathered in Garfield hall and Jerry
was notified that he was expected to
address them. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Col. Abbott, who in a
very few remarks introduced Mr.. Simp-
son to the audience. The hall was
filed full and the gallery was occupied
by the followers of Simpson and Willis
mixed with a sprinkling of other polit-
zeal beliefs if one could judge from
therunnIng fire of comment that was
kept up during Jerry's half hour talk.
The Hon. Jerry said on being intro
duced that he resemhled the Nebraska
militia, who we're sent out to fight the
Indians. They named each other ac-
cording to the Indian style and one
was called Young Man Who-Bit-Off-
More Than He -CouldChew. Thought
he had bit off more than he could chew
in the speech making.
We have not ended the campaign as
vet, but it is drawing to a close. We had
little ghost-dance in Topeka the 9th
er day and found a new messiah, and
his name is w. A PETER. Ii this new
messiah does not fill the needs Of the
people we will hold another dance
and find another; the woods are full of
them.
One of the fundamental principles of
the peoples party was want of more
money. If he could have his way he
would make money so plenty that there
would be no necessity for laws against
usury. The competition would make
money cheap and easy to borrow. Laws
harsh to the lender made money hard
TO obtain. Money lenders were indie
pendent; borrowers were not.
We have made up our minds that the
railroads are public highways; they an
null distance and make 1t possible to
settle up the far west. The people be-
lieve that they should absolutely own
railroads. They do not need all, but
need the Union Pacific, and If the in
terest were not paid he advocated TAX
| ing the road and calling the debt square
The speaker said he was Informed
that there were a number of corpora
tion attorneys in the United States sen
ate who watched the interests of theil
clients very closely. However, he said
there is one less now
He SAID the people must take TIT
railroads and squeeze all the water GU
and furnish transportation to the PEG
pie at actual cost, same as the posta
system.
In speaking of the tariff Mr.. Simp
son thought the Mckinley bill the las
straw that broke the cancels back o
the republican party. He thought tina
infant industries so to 100 years old
ought to get out of the cradle and IT,
to stand alone. He thought that w
could manufacture in this countr
cheaper than anywhere in the world
! The trouble was we charged ourselve
more than we did the fellows acros
the ocean.
The speaker was in favor of plenty o
| money and if a metal basis was wanteC
have gold, silver, copper and iron il
abundance, but he thought the peOpl
should raise to higher education ant
let piece of paper represent a none.
value, then the ideal of the speake
would be reached.
The speaker thought that geolOgist
and mathematician could estimate thu
amount OF gold and silver in the noun
tains and the paper conld be issued OF
it as basis without digging. thus max
| ing a "reat saving in the cost to tn
government. The money would ais
be safe from foreign invasion.
The speech was received by the audi
ence with much applause. Mr.. Slmp
son was followed by Mr.. Kies OF th
COmmoner in a short talk which closet
the evening.