People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
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loan 1t To the poor at high rate OF
interest. II he did quit sitting
around answering letters and engage
in framing laws, it would only be to
see that there was a lOophole left for
the capitalist.
But to "sit around and pass a bill
to loan money to myself" is tame COM
pared to this utterance: Il do not
believe the government has power to
make money: and If it has it should
not be allowed to exercise such pow.
er." Think of it, We voters of the
big Seventh, that this man who as
pires to represent your interests in
congress believes that the govern
ment has not the power to make
money and il it has should not be al
lowed to use the power. These are
his exact words, uttered at the OPEN
ing Of the campaign in the auditor
ium at Hutchinson, September l,
1892.
Now, in the name Of humanity, il
the government has not the right to
make money, who has? II the indi-
vidual tries it he is pursued by the
blOodhounds Of the law and cast into
prison, a felOn. No one ever saw a
dollar made by God, then, II God does
not make dollars-money, and indi-
yiduals are not allowed to, stand up,
Chester |. Long, and tell the poor ig-
nOrant people who has. You, Ches-
ter l. Long, and Geo. T. Anthony
have repeated time and again that
''the government has not the power
to make money" Icall on you, then,
in the name Of the people of Kansas,
to stop your abuse and conceal your
virus long enough to tell who, or
what does make our money. You
howl and bray about money, but you
cannot even tell the people what
constitutes money. You say 1t is a
measure Of value. II that is the case,
will you condescend to tell us poor
deluded hayseeders what measures
the value in the money.
The facts are, Chester, you and Re-
publicans in general, have no more
idea Of what money is than you have
Of what constitutes fire or water. You
know money when you see it, fire when
you feel and water when you taste it,
If you ever debut know not what
constitutes either.
II, as you say, "the government
should not be allowed to exercise the
power to make money" then who
shoulda
Isn't it a fact, Chester, that you
want to 60 to congress in order to
have a hand in naming those favored
ones who shall have this power? No
doubt but that there would be big
money in it, and you might get in as
a partner. But. Mr.. Long, the peO-
pie Of this country are not yet ready
to farm out to Long, Anthony & Co.,
their preOgative Of making money.
To sum it up your case stands thus:
'If the people elect me to congress
first, Twill do nothing but sit around
and answer the letters of the old SOL
diers. Second, l will quit doing
nothing long enough to pass a bill to
loan money to myself and Others in
unlimited quantities. Third, when
asked for information about che con-
ditiOn Of things in Kansas, | will
keep still and say nothing. Ought
to have done that the other day.
Fourth, will introduce bill proyid-
ing government COW stables and pig
pens. Fifth, whether right or wrong,
/ will hesitate a long time before
making an issue between myself and
the old soldier, for each one has
vote: this is the way, old soldiers, he
proposes to buy your franchiSe) and |
was not a soldier, nor neither was my
father, for / was 700 young and he
was too Old" A bad case of discrep-
ancy, eh? Sixth, / do not believe
that the government should be allow
ed to exercise the power Of making
money. therefore l will see that the
government quits usurping the rights
of individuals and delegate the power
TO Long, Anthony & Co."
Now, ye voters Of the big Seventh,
this is the exact standing Of Chester
l. Long and what he has pledged
himself to do if elected to congress.
A more abject, crawling, cringing,
cOwardly tool Of the money power
does not exist than this same school
boy orator, c. |. Long.
Are you ready to sign away your
last right by electing such a man to
represent you? We believe that on
the sth day Of November the good
judgment Of the people, expressed by
their ballots, will say in Oyerwhelm-
ing numbers. NO. r. Z. BRAY.
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