People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-04-22
ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN.
THE GROUND SWELL IN THE SOUTH ON
ACCOUNT OF SILVER DEFEAT.
The Democratic Party in the South Driven to
the WalI.-Democracy Of the North
Should Follow the Example Of
Their Southern NeighbOrs.
Peoples Party Paper.

VI NOllSlCoo 1lOlu lllC ulllll ulotllOts hlI
declared for the Peoples party and
gives his reasons as follows:
a deem it my duty as the repreSen
tative of the people of the ninth
district of Georgia who have delegated
the duty to me for the time being Of
representing them in the house of rep
reSentativeS, to state to them candidly
and unreServedly the situation Of af
fairs with regard to remedial legisla.
ton, which they have demanded at
the hands of congress. As a faithful
watchman and guardian Of their inter
eSts, l deem it necessary to give them q
candid statement of the situation, and
what can be reasonably expected Of
congress.
81 state to you now, as have on
previous occasions, that in my opinion
the financial question is the great and
OverShadOwing question before the
American people and through its right
full solution the people look for that re-
lief which they so much need, and in
which they are so much interested. The
first measure reported to congress look.
ing to financial reform, and which has
been discussed, was the bill for remOn.
etizatiOn, or free coinage of silver
known as the Bland bill. To that bill
| gave my hearty support in a speech
on the 22d of March. l favored the
bill not as a remedy, by any means, fol
the evils which affect the people, but
because consider it a step in the right
direction, and would indicate the pur.
pose of the democratic party to meet
the demands of the people in the line
Of financial reform.
Il had confidently expected that the
great democratic majority amounting
to about 15O-cOuld be confidently look
ed to to fulfill its promises to the peO.
pie to successfully and satisfactorily
grapple with these great, questions and
solve them in the interest of the people
but am compelled to state to you can.
didly that from their action on this
bill, the people cannot expect any re.
lief on the line of reform.
"If the present house, with its over.
whelming majority, ignores the great
financial questions, which it has done
by the defeat of the Bland silver bill
with its slightest concessions of fnan-
cial reform, it can well be imagined
what its action will be on the demand
of the people for the abolition of ia.
tiOnal banks and the issue of treasury
notes sufficient to raise the per capita
circulation to $50, as our people are'de
mandlng. What favorable action car
be expected on our sub-treaSury bill, Of
the loan of money by the government
on farm products? l must confess t
you see no indication on the part o.
the house of representatives to make {
single concession to the people on thC
line of their demands, and it is witt
sorrow that have to admit the fact
because | have believed that all tn,
needed reforms would come through
the democratic party in time.
81 did not expect that all our de
mandS would be obtained at once, be
cause all reform in our national legiSla
ton moves slowly. In the light of re
cent developments cannot close my
eyes to the fact that the money power
OF this country absolutely controls bOtl
political parties of the east, and ther,
is no possible hope of that wing of tn,
party giving the people any relief. In
deed, l can see no difference between
the eastern democrats and the eastern
republicans on this financial issue.
"ln view of these facts, if our peopl
decide that it is necessary for us t,
act independently of the national dem
ocratic party in order to obtain thos
demands, l stand ready to go with m,
people and say in the language of Rutl
to Naomi, 'Entreat me not to leav
thee or to return from following afte
thee. For whittier thou gOest l Wi
go; and where thou lOdgest [ will lodge
Thy people shall be my people and tn
God my God. Where thou diest will
die, and there will l be buried; the Lor
do so to me, and more also, if augh
but death part thee and me-"