The sun., 1891-06-25
THE PORTRAIT OF PEFFER
An Amateur Reporters Observations OF
the Lous-besrded Loehinvnr.

| toward uefrnyinR tho expenses. hnu' comloit' =
ably seated In the front row. took careful OBJ
seryation OF what was going on.
Tho successor OF Ingalls, OF Kansas is a tall
thin man with long legs and short waist. ex.
actly reversing. in these respects. the physical
| Ieculiarities OF Decentralization. He has a
long, brown board OF the Joe Tooker ORDER
very broad shoulders for sDare man. mar
row head. insignificant features. large feet. and
a flne pair OF lupcs. He is rs solemn. earnest
and seuate rs an owl ut n funeral. and he ap'
ears to be entirely lncking in any sense "l
fun. He looks moro like n college professor
than q representative Of tho people. and he
talks moro like a freak than fal NOR.
As one OF those who gave him. stranger In
New York. u courteous and hos pit able greeting
ON Monday night. ! must confess that he was o
sorry disappointment for he appears TO lie en-
tircy lacking In the element OF sense and
aand-the ability TO properly appreciate condi-
tions and TO npIly his knowledge. In the
first place he waa addressing q meeting called
BY the Central Labor Union. q body made NJ
chie'y OF mo hnnics nnd their helpers In tho
poorly mid ir.. des: that is. In those where the
com peii i;ion Is orcest nnd skill is in smaller
demand than Is manual onort. In apparent
ignorance OF this fact Senator Peler addressed
his audience rs IN II were mado UP OF Vail
street capitalists. He warned those pi esent
OF tho evils which would follow tber refusal
10 give tho people Of Kansas all tho money
they wanted. needed. and could use. and II tho
trouble that would ensue. and he pleaded with
the audience to call a halt before 1t should be
ton late. He might Just ns we'll have poin cd
out to an audience in Arizona tho perils OF .
senfnring lie on the ocean wave.
In the second place. whether awed BY tho
Importance OF New York IA political and In
dustrial centre or lacking the courage to de-
clnre his own convictions on the subject. he
Jailed even 10 nlude 10 tho remedies Nhich he
and his friends In Kansas declare are neces-
saiy for the abatement OF the evils he referred
10. He said nothing about tho Sub-TreRsury
scheme. the loans Of national money on crops
In Government warehouses. The unlimited
coinage Of silver. the ffty-milion dollars ap-
proprintion for Sub. Treasury buildings. or
the abolition Of tho national banks. There
fore his speech could not be considered rs be.
Ing. In my sense. a statement OF his views. but
a'e urged 6v tile farmers Of Kansas and v. til;
doclrine g inns little accent ance when formn-
lated from the mouth Of champion who
Of sns Who pay ,hs
EXPENSES OF the meeting on warm night in
lutte apart from the absence of sense and
sand In his maEe-un as a statesman and polit-
icai rev, alist senator Pefler Is n pretty shaky
e h"Se mae his Particular STUDY study TO-
in estimating the value o, ihe farms OF Kansas
Mo nh hss she a. his
own satisfaction. thnt the margin between the
mortgages "rI the worth Of the farms was q
ilIoyicnlly:, Why must we my ten rer cent for
monev while in New ork it can he borrowed
ing. would 10 slmple: ior II ihe iarms OF Kan
sas .rH Tn, sa 6ut on very ttiT more ,han h tie
the New Y",k borrowers furnish ample and
q airauate security. But the truth is,. nssessors'
ely Tho ot,,csi valuation is usually only sixty
the sas a
outs de Of the People Municipal League or q
B o. t% Snb Wna Ee hs
lonE bea,d thus fell iuIo to the obstruction Of
his whole nrsunen,. In estimating the value
SCISSORS fou'es. which in lnde merely the
worth of IN" rails. rolling sto K. round houses.
frau cSise good VIII right Of w way. SHt ami road ,
duet Of arg, ment. he ,deeiared that the rail.
as murh as lev sonid bring a, auction. ''''
1t is rot. h"wever. to criticise or comment
covered in your report. that write to The
SYN. but ra her to to record record the obseryations Of
night. ON The crest OF sporadic movement.
~ ematur.iy born and room destined l eiievs
10 die enRfcr Peter was chosen. ~ the tyne
the nited Stntes ssnnto that brilliant. pro-
found. nnd intrepid Americnnn thinker and
medioc rlty. with sn nj patriotism and scant
s~' So. have cen y emily pleased thereat. To
% 10 srs ns views o. and II Need !" be-
recognize his exec! lencies. was therefore not
an unniensHni or disraste.ul task. But to find.
intellectual cali"re. and whose sole dis. in.
suishing mark was the length Of his beard.
drscribs the stect Of the meeting upon % me
than ,h by rnhinE II; 10 one siErisant erlsole to
Pence s" ens adenre how be-
had come down from Massachusetts; passing |
!, Though the berkshire country on his way.
men md asked this Hmes!ion;
II, Il.'s tI,y N niny. n,titt;;, MI. r
Senator elect from KANSAS dill not appear To- |
l know IN day OF the , week The crank r. li,i-
W. WalI street time ny NOR, than they want
know what day /; was his mt - were mixed: |
his mind was c"p'I.eI. The go don shadow
whole anden"e he ask ed II il i wa. Mondsy. amS @
WAS ne,sunSly ~ mIcl, surIrised not to hear
capital. az So TO DISPUTE The pr"l osiion. 40 "
tor i'efier Icing informed that It was Mordny.
his remarks. Here then. I said to |
myself; Is man " o declares himself 10 be |
The iin"al de- -cendant" OF Abraham Lincoln. |
who comcs to MS like Lorhnvar from ont "i
he West to tell ns NIL tho misrakes which we
,nve fnl'en, and tho frnl III cninmites whi'h
mrend over. .Ma II We continue ~ on mur mad
'nmse. AMI yet he does not know tho day II |
:, g week amy better than he Knows tile compo-
itinn Il the nudieac, which he ia address mg,
n the figure concern ing II g own State which
le quo es 10 snsi al" hi. pc si,ior,
It's Monday. i-ntIty'' was ne Que tion Tint
,e n'k"d and which the platform statesmen :
'nswerrd ..s IN the Affirmative. Fortunately for
'oii"y., Tor Ce.nnin. reform. AID for manly
methods. 1t Will he live r ont "s hence their turn
Q ask the question. and am very certain that
hev will do II. md In NO pleasant terms. IN
he II q TUESDAY, o. No'ember ..xt. election
:" It's Tuesday, isn't itp"
NEW Yonx. June "a. 'AA''AhD'