The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-02-13

Capital this morning that the Kansas
City Times, and other Democratic
organs too numerous to mention. need
not take any credit to themselves for
the election Of this man PETER to the
Senatorship. And the Capital speaks
the truth, as it does sometimes They
need not. II | am permitted to take a
seat at all in the Capitol it will be very
much upon the plan of my little grand.
son when be proposed to go to heaven.
and, upon being catechisej. said i
will go right in. and sit down wherever
God tells me to- So, when 90 TO the
Senate Chamber, if do. / will prob.
ably take seat just where they ask me
to. But when it comes to voting,
understand me now, will vote for the
principles Of the Peoples party. When
| left the Republican party / lett it for
good. Great applause Like the man
who was seasick, do you suppose have
bcen doing this work for fun? Had it
been at all desirable that connection
between that grand old party and myself
should continue, there was no reason in
the world why there should have been
any compulsion, save on my own part.
But it seems to me hat that party with
which | was associated SO long, the one
around whese history so many glorious
memories of tho American people clus-
ter, is greatly burdened by the leader
ship oil men who are obedient to the
money power. We asked for relief and
they laughed at us. When there was
a furry in the money market in New
York City the President and the Sec
rotary of the Treasury ran over to see
what they could do to relieve the
stringency there while We in bright
and beautiful Kansas are Vanishing for
money the President passes through
our capital thoroughfare and tells US
we are the most magnificent people 10
the world. But they ask US no ques
lions. We need a rev party for this.
We asked for free and unlimited coin
age of silver and they gave us silver
bill that is fraud. We asked for
reduction Of tariff duties and in the
Mckinley bill they pile them on
heavier.
I'VE have started 10 organize and
represent ourselves, and thanks first to
the NJ stcr and n 1t to the people OF
Kansas we have succeeded, and here
Indicating himseli) is one Of the fruits
Of it. Thanking you for this dis
tinguished mark Of your confidence and
wishing you all manner Of prosperity,
here and now to consecrate life work
if necessary holding. up glass Of
water] drink to your good health and
retire."
Mr.. PETER is Pennsylvania BY
birth and in his sixtieth year. At
fifteen he was teacher, and in 1852
having married. he became former in
Indiana. Seven years later he removed
to Missouri, and 10 1862 went to Hi
nois, doing business as farmer in both
places. He had been in Illinois but a
few months, however, when he enlisted
in the Eighty third Illinois. AS
second lieutenant he was upon detached
duty during the continuance Of the
war, and upon his discharge, in june,
1865. he began the practice Of law at
GAINESVILLE, Tennessee. Four years
later he removed to Wilson County
Kansas, where he resumed the vocation
of farmer, min ing his agricultural
duties with the responsibilities of
law Office and OF village newspaper.
In 1874 he was sent to the State Senate
as Republican, and while holding
that Office served as Chairman of the
Joint Committee on the Centennial
Exposition. He was Presidential
elector in 1880, and in tho following
year became editor of the Kansas
Farmer, an agricultural paper which
is owned by influential Republicans, .
post on he has ever since retained. He
is known as Judge" PETER, and 10
two pamphlets written by him, although
hc does not appear to havs held a
judicial Office. he so describes himself
This, however, is rather an indication
Of Kansan provincialism, than Of the
POOR taste of the Senator-elect, for
never in thu rem otest back country OF
Southern State were military and
judicial titles more impartially bestowed
or comp lacently worn than in the State
of Kansas.
Until about year ago PETER was
pronounced advocate of protection to
Amer crn industries" beth upon the
Republican stump an in the paper OF
which he is editor; and he was regu
larly employed by The leading Repub
iican daily paper Of Topeka to write
prote ctive tariff editorials. Two years
ago he published 'nonpartisan' tariff
manual, dyspeptic pamphlet OF I'm
digested statistics, 10 which post hoc
and proter hoe and the old balance OF
trade theory are distipguishable cases.