The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-29
FoG-uORN FBNsqONs BRAK.

WAS held Wednesday,, on the floor
OF Congress, between Fog-IIorn Fun
ston, tile republican member from the
SecOud district OF Kansas, and Jerry
Simpson which resulted in the dlsCom-
Iiturs OF Funston amidst The laughter
OF The House. Funston In AN excited
manner interrupted Mr.. Watson, of
Georgia, who was speaking. with the
statement, ~tHat tie TURNER'S of Kan
sas ere selling corn ut fifty cents and
have millions OF bushels 10 SELF Mr.
simpson III the conclusion OF Mr. Wat
sons speech took the hoCF and cor
rectsd tie statement OF Funston as
follows:
"Ny good 1zlzsla FRONT Kansas (AIr.
FunstOn), the last OF "a great party
| llaughterI, has eudeavored to enlIghten
This House in regard 10 corn in the
great state OF Kansas. lie says that it
/ is fifty cents a bushel, when / read in
/ New York papeFs that it only sold for
fOrty-eight cents in New y OK yester-
day and thirty seven cents in Kansas
City.
/ This gees to show how much repub-
/ lIcahs OF Kansas know about Kansas.
l say sir, that this gentleman has been
posing as a farmer. the representative
Of the agricultural class, and he stands
| up here to-day ana tells us that corn is
/ fifty cents per bushel in Kansas,
when as a matter OF fact he can buy
millions OF bushels at thirty cents.
There is a curious coincidence IN con
nectiOn with this question. 1t is this:
that as the number of republican repre-.
Is entatiYes from Kansas has q decreased,
the price of corn has gone TAP in Kansas.
| Laughter. Since the peoples party
has begun 10 rule, the price not only
OF corn bat OF nearly every other pro-
duct of the farm has advanced; and 1
think IT is well, when tie great party
that once stood for the rights ana lib
critics Of the people has now degenerated
into the hands and control OF men
| who know so little about the neces-
stiles of the country as my dIsting
uished friend from Kansas. 1 come
here representing one of ths largest
districts in Kansas. Our interests
have been neglected in this House
| heretofore. 4 OF thirty years past,
defy any gentleman on the right or
left TO point to one law that has been
passed in the interests Of the farm
ers or the IabOrers of this country.
1 am here as q protest against the neg
lect of this large mass OF people, and
[ desire chance TO put measures
before this House that this class Of
people wish to have enacted into law
Therefore I do not want to delegate
the power to a committee on rules,
who can hut the gag upon us"
BIr. Funston then got the floor
and said: II have peen somewhat
amused with my colleagues from Kan
sas ami Others claiming TO belong to
what they call the peoples party d.
During the lust week or two they hay e
been making d remarkable exhibition
of themselves. It seems that they do
not all agree. Now you yyiu lind one
gentleman lauding the principles of
the republican party, another lauding
the principles of the democratic party,
and others of them getting on the fence,
bOwlng to both sides of the House.
Laughter. But 4 must say that
the gentleman from the western dis
trict of Kansas has shown the nerve
OF true representative Of the party he
represents, for we know them in my
, state as 4 party that IS opposed to the
z republican party only"
3 MIR. Simpson: THAT is right"
Mr.. Funston: I'VE charged them
with being democrats, and they denied
that. but the gentleman before me, il
the first instance, made speech il
o which he went bag and baggage, boots
e saddle. horse and all INTO the demo
cratic party
e. a. a rr1.n a %
. take him in"
2 MIR. Funston: Now want to say
I TO him that while ne surrenders him
. self to the democratic party, he SHOULD
bear il mind that lie surrenfers no
only his magnificent self Iiaughterl
but he surrenders the great people
party that he represents. Yes, I wan
10 say to my colleague from kansas
when you deliver yourself into the La
of this democratic Delilah [ La lighter.
who will nurse you On hsr knees W int
3 she shears you of your locks, b.
3 careful that she does not also get fro n
B., you that other article on which you
e won your way 10 Congress Laughter.
q Now the gentleman UnintsntiOnall
misE presented me when 1 cOrrecLe,
4 tine gentleman from Georgia, when h
I said corn WAS burned ia KANSAS
said that there was rot word of trUtl
u in it. / do not believe there was eve
a DusheI Cf corn burned ia KansEs,
I said il is selling at forty cents Oushe
= Several members; Fifty cents"
e nj. Funston: well, gentlemen, j
o 1 said CITY cents, correct it mos
| cheerful and state tnat / meant 2
o say forty cents, but that is neither thi
: way uer that, say that these gentle
= men have not come here 10y making
: speeches upon ihe great political prin
! ciples, bat by an appeal TO the Preju
{ dIces OF the people OF the states MAX
ing them believe that they were burn
g ing corn and starving to de ath at tn
d same time Why, Mr.. Speaker, W
!, have millions OF bushels OF corn IL
sale, and / myself have within IN
last three month"; nQught several thou
, saud bushels al forty cents = bushe
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