The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-31
WHO LIES e?

WHU LlES
The Times has been accused Of lying when 1t
spoke Of the poverty plea Of the calamity crowd.
Is not Jerry Simpson pretty fair representative
Of this element? In the National WGtchmGn Of
May last, Jerry had an article in which this Oc-
Cured:
The poor privilege Of producing wealth is gra-
clOuBly granted, with the understanding that
they surrender the products OF their toll TO those
lords Of the nation, and thousands denied this
poor privilege go clothed In rags, wanting the ne
cessl1es Of life. Under these conditions life be-
comes fierce and terrible struggle. Men sell
their honor, women their virtue, children become
criminals and OuCcasJS In land where the forces
for producing wealth are SO enormous that II the
people could obtain access TO this vast st0reh0uSe
they could feed the world and then have abun-
dance left.
VIII the aStute editor Of che Arkansas City DIS
patch read this and tell US II there Is any poverty
plea In lt9 Not only Is there plea Of poverty,
but of such poverty as causes men to sell their
honor, women their virtue and children to be-
come criminals. How do the people Of Kansas
like the picture Of them which Mr.. Simpson has
presented to the world? Are her men willing to
appear as having bartered theirhOnOr? Are her
women willing to be presented to the world as
having sold their Virtue9 VIII the parents Of
Kansas endorse Jerry Simpsons declaration that
their children are criminals and outcasts?
The Times very we'll knows that
the language Of Mr.. Simpson admits
of no such Interpretation as is put
upon it. 1t very well knows that Mr..
Simpson was speaking Of the general
condition of the country, and not spe-
cially of the people of Kansas; and in
this attempt to put a false construC-
tion upon this language it is STOPPING
to the level of the Topeka Capital.
The Times has but recently been
an ardent advocate of Mr.. Ingalls, as
a candidate for congress, and we
would invite it's attention to the
speech of that gentleman in the
United States senate on January IA,
1891. In that speech Mr.. Ingalls,
said:
SO It happens, Mr.. President, that our society
is becoming rapidly stratihed, almost hOpelessly
stratlflsd, into condition Of superfuOusly rich
and helplessly poor. We are accustomed to
speak Of this as the land Of the free and the home
Of the brave. It will soon be the home Of the
rich and the land Of the slave.
A financial system under which more than one
half Of the enormous wealth Of the country, de-
rived from the bounty Of nature and the labor OF
all, Is owned by little more than 10000 people,
while 100000 American citizens, able and will
Ing to toll, are homeless tramps starving for
bread, requires adjustment
A social system which offers to tender, Virtu-
Gus and dependent women the alternative be-
tween prostitution and suicide as an escape from
beggary, Is organized crime, for which some day
unrelenting justice will demand stonement and
expIation.
Is there any poverty plea" In
this2 "Not only is there plea of
poverty, but of such poverty as causes
men to sell their honor, women their
virtue, and children to become crimi-
nails" How does the Times like the
picture drawn by Mr.. Ingalls,, and
how does it compare with that drawn
by Mr.. Simpsons Is that which is
herslded as crime in men who are
identified with the Peoples party a
virtue in the disciples of republican
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