The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-10
KNOCKED THEM OUT.
JERRY SIMPSON STAMPEDES
PLACE HUNTERS.
Amidst the Wrangle and Jang;e OF spoils
Seekers the Kansas Statesman ScOIcs "a
POint-S0mc Inside Pointers on Wall
Street Farming.



Jerry Simpson, with his usual impetu-
osity, knocked out a little reciprocity
scheme between the Democrats and Re-
publicans that will bring him into dis
favor with those who look to Congress
to provide for them all the rest of their
lives. A resolution was before the House
to make another door, and to appoint to
it as doorkeeper, at salary of 500 per
month, retired officer of the Union
army, who was already drawing ST, 100
per year on account of disability, The
Associated Press dispatch, which never
favors our men, reports the affair as be-
low:
The Farmers Alliance arraigned the
Democratic and Republican parties in
the House to-day on the charge of ex-
travagnncc in public expenditures, and
insisted that the leading parties were
ignoring the practical Legislation OF the
session in order to provide lucrative
positions for favored henchmen of the
dominant parties. Representative Simp-
son, OF Kansas, whose sobri4uet of
The Sockless Statesman" has given
him national reputation. was the man
to prefer these charges against dominant
parties, and his speech was one of the
most amusing and exciting incidents of
the day.
The question of expenditures came up
| under resolution reported by the Com
| mittee on Accounts to appoint Walter +.
Halleck, Union veteran, to the position
of assistant doOrkeeper Of the House.
After two or three Democrats and one cr
two Rcpubliaans had favored the resolu-
ton in speeches, paying high tribute to
Major halleck, Mr.. Fithian I'LL took
the floor, and insisted that it was
time the Democratic majority of the
House was brought to its senses.
Yesterday it had passed a resolution
giving two messengers to the minority
of the House. To-day, another resolu
ton was proposed for an assistant door
keeper, and tomorrow he supposed an
other resolution would come i'll giving
some place to some pet of some gentle
| man.
Mr. Butler Iowa) said that the
House was to determine to-day whether
its action should be based on the judg
| ment Of men or on the sentiment of the
pe ople who did not know the difference
| between wind and patriotism.
1t was at this junction that the Farm
| ers' Alliance leader from Kansas ar
raiSned the dominant parties. Abiding
| to the times this session when the reso-
! lutions for additional employees had
| been passed, he charged the two leading
parties with log-ro!ling on these occa
| sions and dividing the additional posi-
tions equally between the Democrats
| and Republicans. 1t appears, said
| Mr.. Simpson, that legislation is lost
| sight Of i'll this attempt to nauSurate II
| new system of reciprocity. The Demo-
! cratic and Republican parties have
Al.
| in voting each other additional employ
es. Why, Mr.. Speaker. l have a con-
| stituent of my own here from the State
| of Kansas who has done more for this
| country i'll regard to valuable service
| rendered in the war of the rebellion
! than any mar recommended to n posi-
| ton i'll this Congress. He actually
| saved the army of Gen. Pope from de
! structiOn in 1862 and saved the city If
| Washington from capture 10y the rebel
| army. He was L man in the emplo: of
the secret service. He went through
the lines into Richmond, entered the
rebel army, became a spy and got intelli
gence that would save the army of Pope
As soon as he obtained the Intelligence
| he deserted, came through the rebel
lines, swan the river, got across safely.
and informed Gen. Pope of the danger
which menaccd him, and he has evidence
to show for it, bearing the signatures of
Gems. Pope and Sigci on it. Notwith-
standing this fact, Mr.. Speaker, have
been unable to obtain even a messcn-
gers position for that man, simply be-
cause he does not belong TO the party in
power; simply because he is neither Il
| Democrat nor a Republ can. Yetthe great
Congress of the United States has been
consuming time, two or three days to-
| gether, in making positions for some
men because of the fact that members
on one side or the other want to get
their friends il Office. SO you have gone
on until the Who'll. city of Washington is
bcsieged by a hungry horde of political
partisans who are anxious to reach
down into the pockets of the tax payer
and take their money to pay political
followers and friends for political
service"
Mr.. Simpsons speech was interrupted
by frequent cries Of put him the
roll, amend the resolution" and "he
saved the Union, but the speech of the
gentleman from Kansas had the effect
of overwhelmingly defeating the reso-