The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-10

| Club OF New YORK tlty you nciN
mously elected an honorary methoel
with the privilege OF life members SUI
on receipt OF So IN gold. silver, u.s. So,
tender paper. or postage stamps from ~
10 cover cost and mall charges OF manu-
some illuminated ceruhcate).
This is a distinction not yet accoruee
| TO any other member of the United Stale'
| senate. with the exception OF our heroic
and hirsute friend from Kansas Mf
| PETER.
the legislative body or which you are
a shining ornament has earned the maze
dictions OF the proletariat' ana IL, III
/ the Judgment Of the Jack Cade Club
! apriy and accurately described as
miuioneire's club. Nevertheless. should
the virus injected INTO II by statesmen
| OF your stamp leaven the mass, the ed
| eral Senate may escape the doom now
| impending over the British House OF
What the Jack Cade CLUB especially ad-
| nires sir, in you and your Kansas col
| league Is your unfettered reach OF
| thought your contempt for established
| theories affecting finance and commerce.
| and your ineifabe scorn for the hireiinB
! capitaistic press.
| Inasmuch as that same venal and vi
| porous press has entered into conspi-
| racy OF Silence regarding the Jack Cade
club, It's fundamental tenets and its mis-
sion, 1 take the liberty Of cOnclsely IN
forming you on the subject.
Our club is named after that early
reformer and martyr, Jack Cade, on
whose achievements and policies even
Shakespeare sought TO cast ridicule and
OblOquy. Our club nonors the martyr
memory and endorses his platform OF
fundamentals. what could be more CO.
gent, terse, inspiring. and timely at this
hour than his declaration 10 the mob
on Blackheathl said he:
There shall be in England seven half
penny loaves sold for penny: the
three-hooped pot snail have ten hoops;
and 1 Will make II felony 10 drink small
beer. All the realm snail be IN common,
and in Cheapside shall my paIfrey go
10 grass
Sir, the spirit or that magnetic and
fearless refOrmer breathed in your speech
the other day when you affirmed that
the struggle for American independence
was failure II this country could not
establish It's own financial system without
the consent OF Great Britain" or, infer
emily, any other foreign power
Hurrah for you! That's the talk 20
take the wind out OF the sails or the
frowsy anarchists. The Jack Cade Club,
being severely logical, would IKE 10
see a law enacted forbidding the sale of
American wheat abroad at less than II
a bushe or American cotton at less
than ten cents pound. III we cannot
fix the prices for our own commodities,
the battle for independence was fought
in vain.
Adhertng closely 10 your invinciDle line
OF argument, the Jack Cade Club earnest
ly requests the introduction OF bill by
you which shall contain the following
/. That every yard OF foreign cloth i'm
ported here shall measure forty inches
In length.
2. That thirty-three Hneal inches shall
constitute a yard I'm the measurement
of our textile fabrics sent TO other coun-
tries.
3. That similar ratios Of increase or
decrease apply 10 all standards Of weight
or measure. according 10 the destination
of the material-that is. whether meant
for our own or for foreign markets
Obstuse and hidebound votaries Of an
effete political economy may say that |
the foreigners won't submit to such |
a discrimination, and that we cannot force |
them to do so. Rubbish If we cannot !
10 as we blank please "the struggle for |
American Independence was failure"
on the desk OF the President OF the |
lack Cade Club is glued this golden ex-
ract from your caustic speech I'm the |
senate week ago.
Nor can any man crowd me into 81
ence when I choose to speak. This is an
arena in which / have the honor TO be
me Of the ambassadors Of a sovereign |
State, whose suffrages shall not be taken
rom her without her consent, and where |
have got the right Of full and free
peech.
And although It may make the ears
II charlatans sore TO listen TO me, al
hough my words may burn them like
finders, yet II Is nay duty, here in the |
presence of God and in this august pres
nce-it is my duty TO the State whose am |
,assadorial credentials i hold-to stand |
iere and defend the constitutional rights
# my constituents as long as in my judg-
nent the defense Is appropriate, requis-
te, and necessary"
That's the sort Of hot shot to give
EN-, although perhaps the word ambass-
dor was not the best T. choose How
Yer, we cannot forget that the mar |
yred Cade dubbed himself Earl Mortf-
er. also king" That was done for
purpose.
Persevere, sir, in your patriotic aims.
let us demonstrate to the effete mon
rchies that we can make a thirtv-threc-
leather dollar.
Don't forget that the Jack Cado Club
with you In fundamentals. and that
the. struggle for American independ- |
rec was not "a failure"
Praying That your craftsmanship may |
e always commensu ate with the lung
over OF the best OF them, / remain.
steemed sir, very respectfully yours.
PUBLIUS KLOOTZ MSNAGGS.
Corresponding Secretary
p. S.-Kindly remind Senator PETER
nat his life membership certificate Is
eady, and will be forwarded on recent
I - in cash, Treasury notes. postal or-
err or negotiable paper Of any sort. n
document on which posterity win
axe axe with wonderment-New York