People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-08

Them from time lmmem0rlal, out
when placed in power, takes no steps
TO abate them, but has yielded wholly
to their dictates concerning all flnan-
cial legislation. Instead of giving us
an increase of the circulating medi-
um, it has cut of the only source Of
increase that existed, 1.-THE silver pur-
chase law) without providing any
thing in its stead, for which favor
the national banks are happy to ex-
uberance. The secretary Of the treas
ury has been wined and dined by the
Wall street gamblers and although he
has had lifetime record in favor of
free coinage Of silver, he tickles the
ears Of these gamblers by champion
ing the single standard idea. And it
will not be forgotten that this legis-
lation, which so pleased the bankers
and brokers, was secured by shame
less prostitution of the beStowal of
public patronage, by man twice
elected by US to the presidency and
whom Democrats had come to look
upon as the quinteSsence of political
purity, and the champion of the in
tereStS of the great common people.
| must say it is very disappointing to
me to hear Of him hObnOb6ing 10 per-
feet harmony with John Sherman and
his followers, who, in my opinion, are
for all the financial woes
from which this country is now suf-
fering. If thus disappointing to
me, how much more so must it be to
whose chief demand is for
larger volume of money. Certainly
our house is in rather poor order on
this score 10 invite POpulists to share
it with us, with any hopes of their
accepting the invitation.
~ If there has been any movement
toward restraining railway or other
corporations under the present admin
istratiOn, we have failed to discover
it. The fact is, the chief attorney Of
one of the largest railway corpora
tions has been made attorney general
and the antitrust law is dead let
ter. In the effort to reduce rates of
railroads in Kansas to a par with
Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and other
surrounding states, the influence Of
the few Democratic representatives
was cast with the Republicans
against it. So we have nothing to at
tract them on that score.
(3) The third point in the POpulist
platfOrm-''legislatiOn for the masses
instead Of the classes has been
fully answered in paragraph '(1.r
al The reduction Of the tariff, for
which we have shouted so long has
been Side-tracked for the passage Of
the bankers "thunderbOlt express
the repeal Of the silver purchasing
act.
Let us hope that this is only tenn
porary and that a good revenue tax
may be put on all individual incomes
exceeding $1,000. As for reducing tax
alton locally there is no escaping the
conclusion that the "Wellington ring'
is responsible for the defeat Of Jim
Heskett for county commissioner, the
man, who, Single-handed, has been
able to save the county about $1,000
per year during his term of office.
Some Of the ring make their brags OF
having defeated him. When Demo.
Gratis play fast and loose with the
people in such a manner, l, for one,
am wholly disguised and have not the
heart to ask PopuliStS to come to US.
Nor do / believe now that that party
is going to pieces. believe that in
the future the honest Democrats will
refuse tOfOllOw the leadership Of this
set of city pettifOggerS and that they
will cast their strength with the
party that most clearly champions
their ideas of reform, regardless Of
whether any of this corrupt gang get
an office or not. / know that what
the PopulistS are striving for is right.
The sentiments of fOur-t1fths of the
DEMOCRATIC party Is IN thorough har-
mOny with the demands of the Pop
ulists. To be sure 'every principle OF
the party worth preserving has been
appropriated from the Democratic
party" but that being the case and
the Democratic party having aban-
doned those principles, fair-minded
patriotic Democrats everywhere can
not consistently do otherwise than
support the POpulist party. l believe
in following principle rather than
name.
Thinking men will not be thrown
off their guard by this cry of san
archy. That pol-parrOt utterance
has long since lost its terror to people
who think for themselves. The COM
position of the Peoples party is the
very best blood in the natiOn-the
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