People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
A TOUR OR CONQUEST.
GENERAL WEAVER'S TRIP TO THE
PACIFIC COAST GRAPHICALLY
DESCRIBED BY HIMSELF.
The Eight States Visited are Absolutely
Sure for the Peoples Party in
November,

''VWSo' IL SuOMS Il WOuueTlul dWdk-
enlng OF sentiment and gives new en-
couragement to the patriots who are
battling for the right. California is
a new acquisition to our rapidly grow
ing column. 1t is one Of the worst
monopoly ridden states in the union
and being so far from the other states,
she is bled to death by extOrtions.
There is no Disgusting the rapid de-
velopment of the Peoples party there.
Gen. Weaver wrote as follows:
1--WE commenced at Denver on the
18th Of July and remained in Colo
RADIO eight days visiting nearly all the
principal centerS Of population. Pub
lie sentiment is completely reyolu-
tiOnized and the old parties have but
few adherents in that state. Three
out of every four votes will be cast for
the national ticket Of the Peoples
party. Public sentiment in our favor
Is simply overwhelming and irreSiSt.
ible and has swept within its folds all
classes Of people. From Colorado we
proceeded to Nevada. Pubic senti-
ment is practically unanimous in that
state. Fully ninety-Six per cent of
the people are in our favor and there
will be but one electoral ticket before
the people. We were compelled to
speak eight times in one day while in
Nevada. We touched at all the prin-
cipal points in the state, holding a
night meeting at Reno, which was
addressed by Senator Stewart and
other leading lights Of the state, in
addition to the speeches made by Mrs.
Lease and myself. Our next appoint
ment was at Los Angeles, CAL, where
the meeting numbered from seven to
nine thousand people assembled from
every part of southern California. At
this meeting began to be manifest
the peculiar psychological phenomena
which characterized the early Repub-
llcan meetings in 1860. The people
are deeply in earnest, and their devo-
tlOn to the cause partakeS largely of
religious phenomena. Their COnyic-
tlOnS of right and justice have been
awakened and they are ready to make
any sacrifice necessary to secure VIC
tory. The people travel hundreds of
miles to attend these meetings, often
driving hundred miles in. their wag-
Ons across the dusty and parched
country. Our next meeting in Cali
fOrnia was at Fresno, where we met
fully six thousand people at an open
air meeting. The following day we
were at Oakland, on the opposite
side of the bay from San Francisco.
where we held a meeting four to five
thousand strong in the afternoon.
AT night we addressed meeting in
Mechanics Pavilion in San Francisco:
the seating capacity Of the building
is 1900 and it was crowded to its ut
most capacity. The trades unions of
that city have UNANIMOUSLY resolved
to support the Peoples party candi-
dates, which alone means fully 1900
votes. The next night we spoke at
Sacramento, to the largest audience
that has assembled in that city for
many years. We took the train from
San Francisco to Portland, Oregon,
where we held two meetings, one in
the afternoon, composed of farmers
three thousand strong, and another
at night which could only be counted
by acres. Governor PennOyer
was called away on official
business, but he wrote me a
letter, Of which the following is a
copy:
PORTLAND, ORE, Aug. II, 1892
General J. B. Weaver, Portland, Oregon
My DEAR GENERAL: Official business will
call me to Salem the day you speak in Port
land. | write this TO show you that AN
with you In the fight, heart and soul. Unless
am greatly disappointed shall soon speak
In your behalf before larger audience thar
any that could be gathered at Portland
Give my regards to your wife.
Very Respectfully.
SYLVESTER PENN0YER.
From Portland we proceeded north
to Tacoma and Seattle. We expected
simply to meet few friends at Ia.
coma, but to our surprise we were
met by crowd Of 5000 people, and as
5hey rushed up the hill cheering and
swinging their hats and running at
the top Of their speed, Mrs. Lease re.
marked, This rivals Carlyle'S deScrip.
tiOn of the storming of the Bastile.
The enthusiasm of the meeting battles
description. We left Tacoma at
and arrived at Seattle at 5 o'clock
and we were met by an innumerable
crowd Of enthusiastic people which
filed the plaza and the streets lead
ing to it to an extent that made ii
almost dangerous to alight from the
cars. 1t was with great difficulty
that we reached our carriages and
were finally driven to the place OF
speaking. Two meetings were held
at the same time, one addressed by
Mrs. Lease and one by myself. After
each had spoken an hour we alter.