The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

! luton for the freedom of all labor"
Mr.. PETER then got out report of the sec
rotary of the treasury in which he criti-
cised the government for its course in
paying in three months and one week &c.,
000, 600 to bankers and other capitalists in
Wall street. and $4,000, 600 in advancing
interest on bonds that will not be due
until 1917. He pounded it in on Wall
street here some time. charging that they
control the legislation of the country. He
had prophesied that if the last congress
passed the Mckinley bill and defeated the
| free coinage act there would never be-
another Republican president or congress.
He referred to the charges that he had
been slandering Kansas in the east.
| He said: Il am kansan. l
| have lived among you twenty-one
years. l have come in and out
among you year in and year in out day
after day, all that time, and l am perfectly
willing now that the calcium light be
turned on my public acts. told the peo-
pie of New York and the east that they
are fastening on Indebtedness on you,
which unless they changed the interest
we could not endure. We are not repudi
ators, we are not anarchists. We are hon.
CoA nCns VIC 1nbCuO W pay Jul GOOSos O0I
we cannot pay without money. We want
money. If the East will not cut down its
interest we will take charge of the legis-
latiVe power of this country and do it for
them. told them your security is as good !
as ever. We have the same soil; the same |
salubrious climate: the same shimmering |
air above us; we have trebled our popula-
ton; we have 5000 school houses. We are |
better of than we have ever been. |
But l told them you are exacting |
more than you ought to and |
more than we can endure Senator PETER |
asserted that Wall street and its followers \
and none others were his accusers The
speaker here began his long array of
figures while the crowd dwiIdled away |
perceptibly. He proved unclusively to the
crowd that after soaring everything up
the farmers of Kansas would still be S.
600 900 in the hole. Give every man wo-
man and child in Kansas 20 cents day to
live on. This would aggregate S73, 00O, 600
year; take this from $40, 600, 600 the total
profit of the farmers and $l7, 100000 are
left. The taxes are S6,0000OO. These two
together make s22, 100000 take from this
the surplus $17, 900, 900 and the farmer is
still S., zoo, 600 short Senator PETER eluci-
dated also the su-treasury scheme and
government ownership of railroads.
LAST NIGHT.
The Crawford Grand was packed last
night with people from the city and coun-
try to hear speeches from the great apos-
ties of reform who are at present within
the gates of Wichita. The crowd consist
ed of men. women, girls and boys of all
ages and conditions. There were Alliance
men, Republicans, Democrats, Prohibit
tionists and every other kind of party and
creed represented. The crowd was a
large one.
Browns Military band rendered num-
Der of selections before the show began.
They were seated on the stage, A large
number of Alliance men and women occu-
pied seats here also. In the front row the
familiar form of Jerry Simpson was seen.
Next to him sat General Weaver. of Iowa.
who came in late in the afternoon. Near
by were seated Colonel Polk and Willitts.
At about O'Clock Chairman lewelling
introduced Col onel Polk, who advanced to
the front ofathe stage. q
In the evening Mr.. Folks throat was no {
better. After his feeling appeal to the PEG. !
pie of Sedgwick county to fall into the arms
Of the Southern Alliance, and his words
could scarcely be heard except right at the
front. He repeated his appeals to the ''old s
boys in blue to join the Alliance men of
the south in some resolves they had made" 1
The south believed the time had come for
readjustment of political elements ,along I
/ new line; that south, west and north
should lock shields and destinies against S
he terrible old Shylocks of Wall street, e
packed by the bacon-hdting, money-lovipg /
Jews of Lambard street. AIR. Polk spoke c
he speech, while Jerry and Willis APP y
)lauded to the echo, both sublimely for O
yetful that but a short time ago they had q
united with the prophecies of Wichita in
to the listening south that
hey were not third partyites; that the
peoples party would only result in the =
lection of Grover Cleveland, to whom >
Jerry referred few minutes later as the ;
treat exponent of plutocracy. The people =
# Kansas need different speech from :.
hose of North Carolina, it would seem by :,
Terry's actions. =
Mr.. Polk once more brought forward =
nd introduced to his audience the shame :
ess, but overworked and dropping hand n
maiden of calamity REPRESENTATIVE leg :.
Station. Once more she did her part, tho
he observing eye could see how weak she :,
las grown of late. The light of truth .
pom her shows that her end as calamity =
DOL is near. His most noticeable remark :
7as made when comparing the govern .
lent to a father who loans money TO -
is son on railroad bonds but
efuses to loan to his daughter
n her land, he said: "If l was that child X
would disown that father and never
arken his door again. He evidently for
OF be no longer wore his Rebel third lieu
enant's uniform, and immagined himself A
ddressing his patriots before the bat
le."
He had always voted the Democratic r,
cket, he said. Now he seeks to lead the -
oters of Kansas to the party of poverty,
'effer and pessimism. Offers had been S
lade to buy Alliance voters; some were
illing to sell, and here was the danger of
lie party. .
He told number of anecdotes during his
Tx which were quite amusing while his d
)uthern vernacular was pleasant to hear.
e concluded by making an appeal for the
est and south 20 unite against the east, "
he said in the very nature of things will
me to pass.
The chairman introduced Jerry Simpson NJ
no spoke about an hour. He reviewed
hat had already been said in the after
BON and evening He got of his sock a
DRY again, although be has somewhat
tered the form of giving IL. He said the
eat problem for the American people TO A
i've IS, that the laboring people get their
are OF the profits of their productions
E told number Of good stories. He Nj