People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26

has taken hold upon the vitals OF the
nation and as each succeeding day
passes by he continues to bind his fet'
tiers tighter and tighter upon the vi
tails of the nation. Labor in all its
forms is crushed beneath his iron heel
Thousands who would gladly work il
they could get it to do, are compelled
to remain in idleneSS and starve, beg
or steal and thus end their days in
state prison. Industries and business
Of every nature is Stagnated and
thousands of business men are every
year driven to the wall and all this is
true, despite all the lOng-winded and
labOred articles of the subsidized
partisan press upon the prosperity
of the nation. In the midst Of this
general wreck, monopoly sits enChron-
ed in the midst of his ill-gOtten gains,
stolen from labor and production and
when the people dare to speak of law
and justice, he waves his scepter tri-
umphantly, and with defiance ex-
claims, "The peoples laws be id.
l know no law but what | buy"
My brethren, these conditions sur
round us today, all assertions Of the
&. o. p. press to the contrary, and if
permitted to exist much longer, in
the language Of John Hancock we
may also exclaim, ''the sun of Amer
lean liberty has forever set." Fraud,
deception and corruption of the
deepest dye exists on every hand and
no thinking man, if he calmly and
unprejudicedly views the situation as
it is, can fail to see it.
1t has already become evident that
there is nothing too low for Republi.
can leaders of today to stOOp to in
order to retain the reinS of govern
ment, both state and national. Some.
times think if the Republican party
of LincOln's day could view the cor
ruptiOn of today, it would blush fol-
shame, hide itself in the folds OF
the stars and stripes and forever
vanish out of sight.
| may be severely criticised by the
Republican press of Sumner county
for these assertions, but this expect.
Let me say, l seek no higher reward
than the approval of just God and
my own conscience and that | have.
| stand upon the peoples platform,
whose principles | have advocated fol
so many years and no incentive OF
offer of bribery or reward will evel
tempt me to step off of it and until
pass into the celestial government OF
God above, | exepect to give my ener.
gieS of mind and soul to the cause OF
the people against all monopoly, tyr.
amy and oppression.
Brethren and friends of reform, the
conditions l have spoken of surround
US today. What are you going to do:
Are you going to stand shoulder tC
shoulder in Sumner county for OuI
cause or will you allow little petty
grievances and receptions and false
assertions of the G. o. p. lead you back
to cast your ballot against our below.
ed cause? Let me appeal to you not
to listen to the siren song Of those
who wave the bloody shirt and fol
the sake Of success even assail the
character of upright christian gentle
men, in the hope Of gaining success
by false assertions and base false
hoods. Know you not that such men
would assail the character of Jesus
Christ, were he on earth and opposed
their views? No, a thousand times
no. Let none Of these things move
you. Be men, Be heroes in the
strife! Stand with both feet firmly
planted in the middle Of the peoples
platform, not with one foot on the cor
ner or edge, but both in the middle
and with the stars and stripes waving
above you, cast your ballot for the
whole peoples ticket. Do this and