The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-31
CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON.
The Congress man-Elect OF the Big Seventh in
the City-His Address to the People
at Garfield Hall Well Received

:
terday morning from Arkansas City He
came on the invitation of Mayor Clement
as the guest of the city and will remain to-
day. He was met at che depot by Mayor
q. w. Clement, Councilman johnson and
Frank Williams, a warm personal friend
Of Jerry's, who insisted that the party
dine with him at the Occidental Accord
iIgly the party entered carriages and
drove there.
When the train pnlled in a large crowd
had gathered on the platform TO see the
'sockless statesman, and when he alighted
be was cheered vOciferously.
Mr.. Simpson spent most of the afternoon
with his friend, Mr. Williams, and the
mayor, looking over the city. He then
went to Hotel Carey, where ne IS to be en-
( tertained during his stay in the city
In the evening the Alliances in the city
! gathered in Garfield hall aud Jerry was
notified that he WAS expected to address
them. The meeting was presided over by
/ Col. Abbott, who in very few remarks
/ introduced Mr.. Simpson 10 the audience
( The hall was filed full and the gallery
was occupied by the followers of Simpson
and Willis mixed with a sprinkliDg Of
o,her political beliefs il one could Judge
/ from the running fire of comment that
was kept up during Jerry's half hour talk.
The Hon. jerry said on being introduced
/ that he resem bled the Nebraska militia
/ who were sent out 10 fight the Indians
( They named each other according 10 the
/ Indian style and one of them
/ WAS called Young-ManWho-B it-Of
, More-T han-He-C ould-Chew. He thought
L ha ba n
chew in the speech making.
He stated that he was glad TO meet the
people of Wichita one more, this being the
third time he had addressed an audience
in Garfield hall
Mr.. Simpson said: "The reception you
gave me is honor enough for me. l never
desired TO be United States senator"
Too many statesmen ruin themselves by
putting personal interest above the inter
ests Of the people
Mr.. Simpson said he had met the enemy
the hepUblicans-in many joint discus
sions, but not the joint discussions that
were held in Wichita. The enemy said he
did not wear socks; they also said he could
not spell the name of bis town correctly.
When the Democrats learned this they
flocked to his standard, as that was the
kind of d man they admired.
We have not ended the cam
paign as yet, but it is drawing
TO close. We had little
ghost dance IN Topeka the other day and
found a new messiah, and his name is w.
4. PETER. If this new messiah does not
fill the needs of the people we will hold
another dance and find another; the woods
are full Of them.
Mr. Simpson said the tricks of the old
political parties can not deceive the people.
When the distress and debts came upon
the people they had to light the lights in
every school house and go to studying the
economic questions themselves.
am glad to know that the lawyer, the
doctor and the farmer are one and there is
no fight between them.
One of the fundamental principles of
the Peoples party was want Of more
money. If he could have his way he
would make money SO plenty that there
would be no necessity for laws against
usury. The competition would make
money cheap and easy to borrow. Laws
harsh to the lender made money hard TO
obtain. Money lendere were independent;
borrowers were not.
We have made up our minds that the
railroads are public highways; they annul
distance and make it possbl to settle up
the far west. The people believe that
they should absolutely own railroads.
They do not need all, but need the Union
Pacific badly. The people had a mortgage
on the Uniou Pacific, and if the interest
were not paid be advocated taking the
road and calling the debt square.
The fellow who has mortgage on
farm comes around twice year to get the
interest, and if he does not get it sets the
whole machinery of the state in motion to
collect it or to foreclose the mortgage.
The speaker said be was informed that
there were a number of corporation attor-
neys in the United States senate who
watched the interests Of their clients very
closely. However" he said, there is
one less now"
lie said the people must take the rail-
roads and squeeze al the water out and
furnish transportation to the people at
actual cost, same as the postal system.
In speaking OF the tariff Mr.. Simpson
thought the Mckinley bill the last straw
that broke the cameis back of the Republi
can party He thought that infant in
dustries 50 to 100 years old, ought TO get /
out of the cradle and try to stand alone. /
He thought that we could manufacture in I.
this country cheaper than anywhere in the
world. The trouble was we charged our
selves more than we did the fellows across +
the ocean.
The speaker thought the money wasted
to make deep harbor ut Galveston and T.
then erect a custom house 10 charge every .
one who wanted 70 trade with Us. Great +.
Britain pursued different course and she +
had become the dumping ground for the 4
wealth of the world.
Suppose a man wanted 70 manufacture .
socks for instance-he would .
find tariff on the socks that would please +.
him. When he went 10 build factory he [.
would find a tax on the wood, iron and 7.
glass used That would discourage him. /,
The speaker thought the tariff system as 4
great fraud and cheat as was the system I
If chattel slavery of n Few years ago. It 4
Fas.only matter Of education.
The speaker thought the land should he .
leld as a free heritage for the people lie .
wanted to leave the world as good or bet
er than he found il.
Inc speaker was IN favor OF plenty OF
money and If metal basis was wanted /
nave gold, silver, copper or iron in abuu-
lance, but he thought the people should
Use 10 higher education and let piece
II paper represent a money value, then
he ideal of the speaker would be reached.
The speaker thought that biologists and
could estimate the amount
If gold and silver In the mountains and
he paper could be issued on it as basis
without digging, TINS making great
aviuC in the cost 20 the government.