People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
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II is said that five senators have
changed their positions on the silver
question within the last few weeks.
Among the most prominent are Voor-
hees of Indiana and Gordon of Geor-
gia. The Washington Post says:
"What induced the change is a ques-
ton that does not enter into the con-
troversy." But the Post and the
senators, too, will find the people en-
tertainlng far different opinion of
this matter.
A few hundred yards from the cap
itol building in Washington is a ma
tional bank, A man occupies a seatin
the senate chamber who is said to
have stolen $4,000 from that bank.
1t is said murderer and bigamist
also occupy seats in that body. A
number of others, it is well known,
deliberately bought their seats. Is it
any wonder that Cleveland's patron
age and British gold can buy votes to
down silver?
When the Catholic congregation at
Long Island City, n. Y, had their
church burned recently the Baptist
church rendered their building to the
Catholics and it was accepted. The
"brotherhood of man" is beautifully
exemplifed in this true Christian prin-
ciple.
There are 81, 34s families in the state
of New Hampshire. OF this number
3S 526 or All per cent are renters.
Only 1887 per cent aie farmers, hence
there should be no ''over-productlon."
On the farms and homes the mort
cages amount to S9,264, 1873, 81, 2l9, 27S
being on farms, and IS, O44, 9O5 on town
and city homes. The average debt on
encountered farms is STAG; on each
home SS73 New Hampshire is near
the sea board, and yet her people are
afflicted with the same disease that has
bankrupted millions of farmers.
Grover Cleveland may have lost
some of his jawbone but up to the
latest accounts his cheek had not been
disturbed.
Congressman Cannon of California
is the Judas of the peoples party. He
shot up like meteor and fell like a
stick. He voted with the gold bugs.
With few exceptions the Associated
Press of this country and particularly
the metropolitan dailies, are subsi-
died by the moneyed influences, and
is the most rotten element in the gov
eminent The meanest monopoly
the she devil of the whole
lot, the Associated Press, claims
the least attention from the
people. One good honest blast rom
each of the great dailies of this coun-
try would send the foul conspirau RS
now seeking the enslavement of the
people scurrying to their holes.
The old saying, money talks" is
being beautifully exemplifed n con-
gress. 1t talked" many members in
the house into supporting Cleveland's
Wall street gold bug policy contrary
to their better judgment, their pledges
and the wishes of their constituents.
Judas conscience Smote him and he
went and hanged himself None of
the congressman who betrayed the
people by their vote against silver
seem as yet to be conscience stricken,
and not one as yet has hanged himself.
Last month Gen. Weaver spoke in
Detroit, Mich. About o'clock in the
evening it began to rain and continued
until the meeting was over, but de-
spite the rain 1000 men and women
assembled to hear this great champion
of the people. The people are anx-
iously lnquiring the way out.
7. NJ. Patterson, owner of the Rocky
Mountain News of Denver, is in Wash
ington, and recently sent a letter. to his
paper announcing his political allegi-
ance hereafter to the peoples party on
account of the free silver issue. Pat
terson has been friendly to the peo-
pies party, but never before fully
identified himself with the party.
The national debts of the world ag-
gregate more than $4,000, coo, 900,
of which more than one-half is owned
by the Rothschild family.
Every man who took silver dollar
knew it would be redeemed" said
Congressman McCreary of Kentucky in
the late debate in the house, "even if
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