Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-03-28

PrlVobo parties ana toward the land
owned by the government. Concerning
the latter we favor, the comprehensive
plan OF irrigation that has already been
marked out, and for the present the
segregation OF the arid lands and the
available reservoir sites, We believe that
money can not be more prOftably spent
than In that direction. Concerning pri-
vate land we hold that vast tracts should
not be monopolized and kept idle, fer
every man who comes into the world
has right to q home and TO land
enough TO work on. Great estates will
probably have TO be diminished.
"As to labor, we believe that every
industrious man has q right TO a chance
TO work. We believe that every ma
chine and invention ought to benefit the
workman as much as his employer.
Now each machine displaces workers
and they get little or no benefit"
THE settling Of these questions Is all
you aim at, SENATOR"
Eyes, but they involve some other
neutrality-suspicious., woman's suf.
irage, the apprentice question, the
eight hour question, etc. We In Kan
sas are generally in favor Of woman's
suffrage"
THAT would no doubt work II YOU
always had the right sort OF women"
sort"
How about the tariff, senator?"
I'VE favor reducing the tariff on the
necessities OF life and increasing it on
luxuries. But we shall move SLOWLY
here. In fact, we are not dangerous in
any direction: we do not wish to de-
stroy. but TO build up, to preserve to
foster. and especially to protect all mems
rights"
Thus it will be seen that Judge PEI.
fer talked well. shall send him no
bill.
I called on Jerry Simpson at the Ken
more. He is a younger man than ex-
pected to find--not over 46--and he looks
comfortable, verify as If his pedal ex-
tremities were environed in fibrous
integuments. He is q brunette, clean
shaven (sometimes) except q fierce black
mustache, which serves TO italicise his
fierce black eyes. A horny handed
farmer, he Is frank and aggressive in
manner and will be horny handed bull
in the congressional china shop. He
wants more first class money for every
body and is bound to have it il the
printing presses don't break down.
'1ngall Is great talker." says Simp-
son. He is patriot in his words and
q pirate in his acts. To show you what
influences produced our revolution |
may say that was nominated in big
convention in which there was no law
yer and only two inen wore white col.
lars and none wore white shirts"
In straightforward talk and in gener-
al observation-disclosures, Jerry Simp-
son will make himself. heard in the
Fffty-second house and will be pretty
numerous.
Close by his side will be 'HonestN
John Davis" Davis is a well built mar(
OF 60, with short iron gray beard ancs
hair well sailed. He has a strong
American face, voice and manner, ano
he Is bold and cogent talker. Hist
method is conservative and conciliatoryJ
but his principles are radical, and nd
will be one OF the best informed men on
either side in the Fifty-second congress
and bad man to tackle. He has been
an omniverous reader all his life and his
brain trigger is always set and his
tongue ready. Davis is one OF the old
est photographers in the United States,
having studied Pitman's system in 1846,
and making it often useful as
editor OF the Junction City Tribune.
I'VE hold" he said, shat banks
should not be allowed to issue notes.
These should be printed and put out by
the government. The tariff should be
reduced till there Is O deficit in the
treasury, and then greenbacks should
be printed and issued TO pay all claim
ants"
would these be redeemable?" ask
ed.
''No, not in metal. Each bill should
bear the legend, say 81 lone dollarl re
ceivable for dues and debts This
would make it receivable for all taxes
and import duties and legal tender.
This would keep 1t perpetually at par.
Another thing: Our Kansas farmers,
tens Of thousands Of them, have been
unfortunate and can never get out OF
debt without special relief. I would en-
act q law stopping the big interest they
have agreed TO pay and substituting q
debt at per cent intesert.
"How? This way: Suppose / owe you
81, 900 and accumulated interest on my
farm. This new law would direct you
to add the interest to the principle and
60 to the treasurer of my county and ale
the mortgage and an abstract of the
property and get check on the nearest
bank for the entire debt. That would
satisfy you. Then the county treasurer
makes a draft on the limited States
treasurer for The money and gets it-in
crisp, new bills. That satisfies him.
The United States treasures accepts the
mortgage on the farm providing 1t is
worth the,amOunt Of the mortgage) and
sends word to me when the per cent
interest is due. Is not that simple? Il
is the first news have had ofthe trans
fer Of the debt. That ought TO satisfy
everybody"
Excepting" l ventured to say, 'the