Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-14
THE ALLIANCE SENATOR'S.
Messrs. PefFer, Irby and Kyle VIII flock by
Themselves on Certain Matters.

"essrs. fener, lrby and Kyle VIII flock by
Themselves on Certain Matters.
SENATOR PETER MENTIONS SOME OF THE SUR
JEcrs IN WHICH THEY ARE JOINTLY INTER
EsrED, Such As IMMIGRATION, FREE COINAGE
AND FINANCE GENERALLY.
Solidity is the main feature Of the senatorial
subdivision Of the Farmers Alliance To be
sure the alliance in the Senate is not in a ma
jority and therefore easy prey for dissension.
but 1t could certainly be less harmonious than
it ia. II present appearances and conditions
have any premonitory value then it can safely
be snid that political and ant-politcal affection
OF the strongest and most enduring kind will
hold together Senators PETER, Irby and KYLE
On questions in which the alliance is not par
ticular,y interested Senators PETER and Kyle
are most likely to vote with the republicans.
while Senator Irby viii undoubtedly vote di-
rectiy democratic. but on alliance matters they
will flock by themselves.
WHAT SENATOR PEFrER SAYS
what we shall be able to accomplish nobody
knows" said Senator PETER TO STAR reporter
this morning, shut we are good to do our best
in any direction which promises good results.
We have an outline plan of what We believe to
follow that plan with the greatest possible
fidelity. We want to put q stop TO the great
power national banks now have-the money
| Issuing power; we desire TO amend our nat
uraiization laws; we expect to assist in mod
Trying tariff schedules in the interest Of
| farmers and laborers; We shall endeavor to
create growth Of sentiment favorable to the
election OF Senator's and also the President, by
the direct vote Of the people, and, personally,
am going to do my utmost on pension mat
n n To 10, ao1 e.,
pensions. l have two objects in view-the re-
| duction of the working expenses of the bureau
ana tho dong OF full justice to the soldier.
INTERESTED IN IMMIGRATION MATTERS.
I'm immigration matters / am much inter-
ested. have long believed that we ought not
| to permit any persons to come to this country
as laborers in any department unless they in
tend in good faith to become citizens. We
want to keep out paupers and criminals of
course, and 1t has seemed to me that the easiest
the cheapest and the most satisfactory way
desirability take place at the home Of
the emigrant himself. When he knows
what our laws (and he would
find them out on attempting to arrange
for his VOYAGE he would go before
one of our consuls and make application for
permission to migrate to the United States.
He would be examined touching his aualifca-
lions under the law and if the consul was satis-
fed AZ to his desirability he would give him
certificate which would admit the immigrant at
any Of our ports. This system would save
many an unsuccessful voyagcr the expense and
annoyance consequent upon his being ordered
back to his native land by the immigration au-
thorities.
THE SUBJECT OF FINANCE.
Then We are going to be interested in
finance. The object Of my resolution concern
ing the cost of lending money is to ascertain as
nearly as possible how much borrowers have 20
pay in the way Of interest more than what goes
to the owner of the money. To illustrate: The
rate of interest in the eastern states is about
per cent. and yet western borrowers have to
pay 10 per cent. These latter pay per cent
more than the owner of the money gets, and
| the average rate Of increase i'll the per-
manent wealth Of the country is only
| about per cent per annum. This inquiry
which ask for would give the people iniorma-
| ton concerning the methods by which nearly
as much money is drawn from the borrowers
| by middlemen as goes to the owner OF the
| money. Such information would assist ma
terially in determining whether the midilemen
are necessary or not and if they are whether
| interest rates could safely be reduced. Labor
cannot long stand such drain; the outlet to
public lands is practically closed.
We believe there IL not money enough in the
country available for the peoples use and We
believe that in large measure our industrial de-
| pTesslOu Curing late years WAS CduSSu DN tuaL
| condition: hence we favor any feasible plan by
which the volume Of money may be increased
| We favor the free coinage Of silver, we believe
| in putting the two metals on an equality
| Then confronted with the difficulty un-
der existing methods OF getting the money into
| circulation. A large part of the money now in
the country is idle because interest rates are
too high fo- the people to pay. great many
| enterprises are i'll abeyance and some have
been wholly abandoned because the promoters
! cannot afford to pay the interest rates de-
| manded. Facts like these logically force the
mind into understanding out remedies-and
the land loan and subtreasury plans are the
first fruits in the way of suggestion. They will
probably be greatly improved by continued
thought, just as a machine is improved by ex-
pertinent and by closer study OF mechanical
laws.
BUY GOLD AND SILVER WITH NOTES
"a word or two as to on, metallic money
basis. For my own part am inclined to be-
lieve that it would be better for us, SO long as
we use gold and silver for money metals, to
purchase the gold and silver bullion in the
open market. just We purchased silver I'M
der the operation of the Bland law-purchase
gold and silver bullion at the market price, not
exceeding 25.S grains OF standard gold and 81 4
grains of standard silver to the dollar.
How should We pay for it, Why, with
treasury notes. as we are now doing under
the late silver law. Purchase all that Is offered
and If that does not give us a sufficient increase
from year to year let US adopt the bankers rule
and issue two or three more dollars in paper Cor
every dollars worth of the bullion. We now
have S346 0OO, 600 of United States notes in cir
culation with 800. 600 in gold coin lying in
the treasury to redeem it. The proportion.
you see, is 81 in specie to about SO. 50 in
paper. Applying that rule to the gold and
silver bullion purchased under the plan sug-
gested would give us from S150. OUO, 900 TO
200, DOC, 600 year OF new money
REFORM IN TRANSFORMATION.
"Reform in transportation is necessary. We
believe the time has come when all the trans
portation interests of the country should be
brought under one head. We have now more
than l 200 different railroad lines. all under
separate and distinct arrangements and with
conflicting interests, living off profits accruing
from charges made upon the people. If these
roads were all brought into one system, oper-
ated according to one plan and under one
management, charges would be equalized and
the cost OF service reduced to a
minimum. The railroad people them
selves have taught this lesson by the
enormous savings they have effected by
consultations as far as they have gone, but
We find that these consultations are breeding
discomfort and strikes among the men, and
charges are yet exorbitant. We believe that
every man connected with the railway system
no matter in what capacity engaged, from the
| section hand up to the guiding mind-should
be a government agent, in government employ,
charged with all the responsibilities of public