People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-15

IGNATIUs DoNNELLY. ments for the dignity
OF the occasion forbids it, when l say that no
greater body Of men has ever assembled upon
this continent than sits here to-day since those
men who formulated the immortal declara-
ton Of independence. 1t is in many re.
spects the most astonishing gathering
this country has ever seen-a convention
without single tool or instrument Of monopoly
in its midst a convention whose every man has
paid the expenses Of his journey hither and his
return, or which has been paid by man as poor
as himself [Cheersl There is not in this
gathering single president Of railroad COM
pany [Cheers.l There is not single repre-.
sentative OF any OF the rings which are robbing
and sucking the life blood out Of this American
people [Cheersl l can not help but think Of
the astounding contrast this body presents to
the conventions which have recently met in
| Minneapolis and Chicago One little point en-
phasizes the difference and should be sufficient
in itself to show the American people who
are its friends There are in this convention
delegates from the distant state Of California
and they could not obtain the same railroad
concessions that are granted TO the national
conventions. They are here at a cost as am
informed, Of $50 TO each Of them.
l am told that there are delegates from Wyo-
ming who travelled 800 miles in farmers wag.
ons 10 reach the nearest depot where they could
take the train for Omaha. Cheers and cries
Of "Hurrah for Wyoming"l l see q banner,
the banner Of the great state OF Massachusetts,
and we might say in the words Of Webster,
There is Massachusetts,; she speaks for her
self" [Cheersl On your banner / see the
words, Spirit Of 1776 This is the spirit that
animates this august gathering. We are the
lineal representatives Of those men in home
spun and deersldn, those hunters, fishers and
farmers who founded the nation-a nation with
out millionaire and without pauper Loud
cheers One hundred and sixteen years Of
national life under the management Of two
great parties have given US according 10 the
different estimates from 5000 to 5000 mil
lionaires and 10000 tramps, while the
whole land is blistered with mortgages
and the whole people are STEPPED TO the lips in
poverty. My friends. every great fight that
was ever made in the past for right and liberty
dominates in this present gathering Every
battlefield OF the past fought 10 make mel
free, more happy and more prosperous has shed
the fruits of victory upon this great assemblage
Cheers What contrast to the Minneapoli:
convention The leading man Of that body, the
man most petted and dined and wined, wa:
Chauncey NJ. Depew, the twenty times million
ARE, president Of two railroad companies anC
representative Of the Vanderbilt's s2OO,OOO 90
The members Of that convention wriggled upOI
his vest buttons ICheers.l Why, he coult
not sneeze but that the republicans had pic
torres Of him in every point Of the process
: Laughter and cheers
Mr.. Donnelly then told of how The
, republican party had lost its reatearly
!, leaders, Greeley, Sumner, Chase, Lin
coin and others whose places are nov
filed by such representative men a!
Fred Douglass, Mckinley, ETC., and tina
: both old parties accused each other o
{ putting monopolists up as leaders ant
closed by saying that he was glad t,
: know that the peoples party was not ;
sectional one, but greeted all as brother
: in common cause,