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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
Defaulting County Clerk.

A special to the Wichita Eagle from,
North Edid says: "B V. Cummings.
county clerk of county l., was arrested
at KingfSher last night on the charge
of receiving money on false pretenses.
1t seems that Cummings was receiv-
ing money from people around Pond
Creek for land Office filings, claiming
that each evening he remitted the
money TO the receiver Of the land Of
fee. thereby getting in the filings much
quicker than ordinarily. The people
who had entrusted their money to him
not receiving their filings, made an in
vestigatiOn, which resulted In Cum
mingS' arrest. Cummings is a King
fisher man aud has hosts Of friends.
The amount Of money be has received
in this way reaches into the thousands.
Some place the amount at $4,000"
1t has since turned out that NJ
Cummins is no defaulter, and th'
above does him great injustice. II
is still sending in filings.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
WELLINGTON, KANSAS, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1893.

pieces, why in the name of true
America can't they evolve their ideas
from such leaders of their party as
Senator Cameron, instead of those
whose ideas are measured by their
hope Of political pIunder.
Senator Cameron adds:
The chief claim of our ma
tiOn to merit. in the eyes of us who
have a SHARE in its government and
in the eyes of every Republican citi-
zen, white or black. rich or poor,
whose opinion we regard, is that from
first to last. or all occasions and in
every form, America has asserted the
m1st emphatic possible negative to
the policy and methods Of the mon
eyed power Of England. From the
| day when the pilgrims founded Ply
mouth to the day when Penn founded
Philadelphia; from the day when tea
was thrown into Boston harbOr to the
day when Washington was inaugu-
rated president: from the day when
Jefferson imposed his embargo to the
day when the civil war ended, and
down to the day we passed the act
now under discussion. the chief inter.
est of Onr history in the eyes of Amer
lea and Europe has been its success.
Gul protest against the ideas and in.
tereSts of the m0neyed power of Eng.
land, whether that power was for the
moment embodied in church or king
in a landed ariStOcracy or trading
monopoly. You
know that our statute books are
crammed with legislation, all OF
which rests on direct negatiOn uf
British principles and practices. OuI
! form of 9, yernment WAS itself devils
ed on those lines. We have framed
our entire administrative system
down to minute details, in the same
spirit. We have fOStered and pro
tected the small landowner; we have
protected manufactures: we have
protected shipping; we have protect
ed our citizens and seamen; we have
so far as we could, under any and al
our party changes, even when W.
changed our methods, still preserved
the radical policy which, whether
under Federalist or Republican
Wing or Democrat, has always beer
to maintain negative on what w
thought, and still think, the mistake.
of the money power of England.
The reason for their attitude toward.
England is that, ever since America
was discovered, England has beer
controlled 10y its mOneyed interests
and all Americans, at all periCds O
their history. have believed that tn,
mOneyed interests of England wer,
selfish, cruel, and aggressive, as wei
as sOrdid, to a degree that made then
dangerous to all the world and fata
to the weak.
The VOICE would consider the is
sue pretty well defined by Senate
Cameron between our old-time en-
envy, England, and America. Patri
OTIS, On which side of the contest vii
you align yourselves?
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
NO. Z.

But he had voice enough left to an
nOunce that his song book contained
the one he had sung together witt
Home, Sweet Home" "Old Dos
Tray" and other new" songs. Tn
man with kodak Was somewhat of
kicker himself. He went and put OF
a big pair of wooden shoes and cam
out and looked all around for Elme.
Layne, but Elmer had hid under th,
preserved seats and the kicking
match didn't take place. \ fellel
came out with some canvaSSed hams
painted black and played like he was
a sailor The canvasSed hams sliC
around on the stage, beat the drums
and ate fresh fish. Said they were
seals. They didn't look like the seals
that Judge Naugle sticks on the
marriage license. Ed Cline said
three of 'em were pOrcuses. The
may have been porcupines for all NJ
and Eli know. Then one Of ther
sung one Of the old clowns new song
and they slid off the platform int
some chicken cOops and were carrie,
away to the water tanks. The mex
thing was something else, and the
came so thick and fast Me and L
couldn't keep track of 'em, and a ma
said they would give a concert
hour long and a mile wide for &
cents. Ne and Eli were satisfied (.
what we had got for nOthing-inclu,
ing the pictures-and went hon
with the other church member
The next morning the whole Quit
was gone and will probably attemI
to play the same scheme in Otht
towns. mention this that the PEE,
pie may be on the Lookout. Me anu
Eli are. Yours,
NE AND ELI.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06

place shall be considered and held to
be The residence Of a person in which
RI habitatiOn is fixed and t1 which.
' zen he is absent, he has the inten-
on Of returning. A person shall not
De considered or held to have lost his
resinence who shall leave his home
and 60 into another state or terri
tory, or county of this state. for tenn
pOrary purposes merely, 1 in
tentiOn of returning. Aplace
where a married mans faNy I resides
shall be considered an held to be his
residence"
Most Of the people from this sec
tiOn went temporarily into the Strip
for the purpose Of obtaining claims
for future homes with the intention
of returning and residing in Kansas
until next spring. Who will, and
will not, finally move to their claims,
cannot now be determined, and it
would be manifeStly unjust to de-
priye a person of their right to vote
upon the SuppOSitiOn that at some
future time they expected to move
from the state.
Let me again call your attention to
the fact that ChriSman had not only
nude a homestead entry, but had
also filed his affidavit. cOrioborated
by that Of two others, setting forth
the fact that he established his per-
SOnal residence upon the land and
has resided thereon since December
3, 1892, to the present time and asked
for and obtained a leave of absence.
That under the constitution he could
not be a member of the legislature
unless he was qualified voter of and
a resident in the county or district
for which he was elected. The su.
preme court held him to be a member
from the 5lst Tor ChautauQua county
district and he must therefore, under
that decision, have been a qualified
voter of ChautauQua county, not.
withstanding the fact that he had
made a homestead entry and sworC
to his residence being on his home.
stead in Oklahoma.
| think we will all be able to vote
under that decision.
Respectfully,
J. NJ. DOUBLEDAY.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
When we remember the abuse an

When we remember the abuse and
ridicule heaped upon the founders o;
the Peoples party by the old parties
who denominated them as crank
and calamity hOwlers, it is a satisfaC
tion to read, now and then, such ed
tOrials as the following in the oil
party papers. That the POpulist.
are right and were right is ever.
day becoming more manifest, and IL.
next presidential campaign will vii
ness the west and south making
gallant fight for president of the
own liking. We copy from receni
issue of the st. Louis Republic:
"Union of the west and south is
mOvement-a series of movements
rather than a conception. The asp .
rations of the people are in harmon
with their material interests. Ther
is feeling that the west and soutl
should act together, politically ant
commercially. The feeling might b.
present long time without solidify-
ing into strength, IL thousand minor
causes were not at work to produce
the practical result. Every bushel O
grain and every barrel Of flour tina /
goes from Nebraska to New 0rlean >
for shipment brings nearer the new
SectiOnalsm. Every pound of pork
sold by Kansas to Alabama helps e.
establish a business connection.
When the peoples party was organ
lzed It's members saw that it could
not be formidable unless the old sec
tiOnalism disappeared. The Popu
lists have upheld some unscientifl,
theories, but they have the honor O.
having driven the bloody shirt iron
the politics of the west. This new
sectiOnalism is only resuming the nal l.
ural course Of American progress"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
Stop Thief

The Kansas City Times, which is
owned by eastern mortgage cOmpan-
les and was selected by Wall street
influences to champion in the west
the herculean effort now being
made to reduce this country to the
gold standard, and thus make 1t a
mere dependency of England, is fran
tic over the "impudent and uncalled
for attacks upon the president by
Senator Stewart" and characterizes
it as the method of a coward" in
that he refuses to specify what Sena-
tors or congressman have been inhu-
enced by the presidents dispensing
power.
For Senator Stewart to be specific
would involve criminality and a great
interminable national scandal. from
an investigation of which would pro-
ceed whole lot Of "Scotch verdicts."
Besides, before a jury composed of
the people it is not necessary to be
specific in this case. The great COM
mon people do not split hairs. They
know that the present congress when
elected was largely in favor of free
coinage Of silver and a liberal expan-
sion of the volume Of money. They
have seen this sentiment reversed be.
fore their very eyes. Congressman
and senator's like Dan voorhees,, with
life long records in favor of this pol
icy, have faced about and "bOwed the
knee to Baal."
1t i'll becomes the Kansas CITY
Times to make believe of so much IN
dignatiOn. 1t has been aware all the
time of the tactics being used. At
the beginning of the session its Wash
ingtOn correspondent boldly tele-
graphed its readers that
Cleveland will do all he knows to
bring about what he believes the
country and the Democratic party
needs in the way of financial legisla-
ton. His belt is filed with cartridges
and every cartridge is cOnsulship or
a mission and they are all devoted to
the bringing down Of such congress
iOnal aid as the administration NAV
need to push its policy in money mat
ters in the house and senate.
Ha hos
plainly been saving this patronage to
bring recalcitrant congressman who.
seeing the straight and narrow path
OF correct finance, refuse 10 walk
therein, to their senses. He has
made no secret of this. and, it being
true, he will naturally reserve and
withhold appointments until he can
see which way the house and senate
cats are going TO jump. Before one
hears OF many big appointments one
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
The State Campaign.
Topeka Press.

AOpChd IcSss
There is a scheme on foot to have
George L. Douglass and j. NJ. Duns-
more stump the state together, begin
ming October |, but the plan will
probably not be carried out, because
of che action of the Republican state
central committee, in Its refusing, so
far, to do anything toward opening
the fall campaign.
Speaker DunSmOre has been put in
the field by the POpulist central COM
mittee and will speak from now on
until the close of the campaign. The
Republicans were going to begin their
campaign September |, bgV have as
yet done nothing. The cause of this
unusual apathy is that every promi-
nent politician on the state central
committee has different candidate
for governor and they are fighting to
see who shall be put in the field.
Nearly every one of them is opposed
to working for Douglass for governor,
and SO, recently, he has taken the
stump in his own behalf and will
probably make a good many speeches
before the close of the campaign. 1t
will be at his own expense, however,
as the central committee has. it is
said, refused him aid in any way.
There is a good deal of talk too.
about the whereabouts of the money
that came in here last winter as free
as water" to support the Republicans
in their fight for liberty" They
are in debt to the Western Union
about 500, the Postal Telegraph $50,
George W. Crane $50 and owe several
other bills, in all amounting to about
5000.
The Republican managers have an
idea that the POpuliStS are all split
up and won't get together in time to
do effective work if the Republicans
don't force them to do it by vig0r-
Gus campaign. The truth is, the Re
publican party in Kansas was never
so hOpelessly divided as it is at pres
ent,and there seems to he no prospect
of their getting together at all.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06

will have heard of the preliminary
vote on finance"
We thought and remarked at the
time this was bold declaration. but
notwithstanding, every administra-
tion organ in the country published
the same sort of reports and the most
remote corners Of the republic were
rife with them, not line of denial
came from the white house, or from
any one of the presidents friends.
Now, because the attention of the
people is called to the matter through
the senate, the authors of it raise a
mighty howl-all, of course, for pOlit-
ical effect.
Effort is made to belittle Senator
Stewart, because he represents the
little state of Nevada, land by the
way, we notice the Wellington Moui-
tor joining in this left-handed defense
Of a Democratic president, and from
some sources come the charge that
he, too, has gone crazy. 1t matters
not what state Senator Stewart halls
from. He is an American citizen
and a regularly elected United States
senator, with no suspicion of taint
encumbering his title to his senator
ial seat and when he has the courage
to "beard the lion in his den" and
sound the alarm Of tyrannical en-
croachmentS on the people, he is en-
titled to and will receive the strong
support of the people. The VOICE
would honor him for his courage if
his immediate constituency was no
larger than that Of a single township.
His indirect constituency is larger
than that Of any senator who chal-
lengeS this point.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
A Republican Speech.

AS an oasis in the desert comes the
speech of Senator Don Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, made on Monday, Sept.
%. Senator Cameron comes of fam
lily long known for its stalwart Re-
publicaniSm, representing a state bor-
dering on plutOcracy'S domain. SEN
atOr Cameron wears the title of the
silent senator" and seldom speaks.
His inherited patriotic Americanism
forced him to the front. He arose
and said:
Mr.. President, the senate will admit
that ] do not often occupy its time.
Nothing but conviction that our ac-
tiOn now is vital to the public inter-
est forces me to speak today.
| shall begin, by calling your closest
attention, not to my own views, but
to those of Mr.. Gladstone, the prime
minister of England, given officially
by him in the house of commons. on
the 18th of last February, when the
silver question was last debated. As
far as | know, this is the latest and
most formal, as well as most explicit.
statement Of the British government
on the subject.
England
Said Mr.. Gladstone:
Is the great creditor OF the countries OF the
world; OF that there can be no doubt what
ever; and 1t Is increasingly the great cred
itOr of the world. suppose there Is not A
year passes over our heads which does not
largely add to the mass Of British invest
ments abroad. ! am almost afraid to esti-
mate the total amount of the property which
the United Kingdom holds beyond the limits
OF the United Kingdom but OF this am well
convinced, that IL is not to be estimated by
tens or hundreds Of millions. One thousand
millions probably would be an extremely low
and inadequate estimate. Two thousand
millions, or something even more than that,
Is very likely TO be nearer the truth. | think
under these circumstances il is rather SER
ious matter to ask this country whether we
are going TO perform this supreme act OF
self-sacrlfce.
will not trouble you further with
Mr.. GladstOne's remarks. although he
went on to develop his idea in terms
even more forcible than those / have
quoted. Senators can read the de-
bate for themselves. | have no wish
to excite angry feelings against any
one, whether abroad or at ii-mc: but
you will observe that tn saLreme
act of self-Sacriflct. VlicL NJ. Clad
stone considers to br ...nitrtry to the
interests of England as tie great
creditor of the countries Of the world,
is the attempt to maintain or restore
to silver the function Of serving as
money.
We hope every old time Republican
and patriotic Democrat will catch
the full import of this. II England,
the creditor nation of the earth, con-
ceiyes it to be to her interest to main
tain the gold standard difficult pay.
mentsl as so boldly proclaimed by her
premier, then what policy must be to
the interest Of the nations which are
her debtors? Certainly the opposite.
And yet we have statesman ~ at
the head of the Wellington Monitor
who declarses such a policy to be an
appalling menace" So it may be-
for England.
II the people must be afflicted with
such false and incompetent mouth
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
An associated press dispatch say

The postOtlice department will coop
crate with the interior department H.
sustaining the government townsitts
against the determinations Of the rail
roads and the spectators in the Cher
okee Strip. Trains will be forced Ia
stop and to take and deliver mail ~
all townsites, and no postofices will IL
allowed 10 be established with the pui-
pose Of drawing trade away from such
tOwnsites."
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
The Army Bill

Is not the one that worries us, bg
the doctors bill. Keep a supply e.
Beggs' Family Medicines on hand anh
reduce your doctors bills 95 per cent
Sold by L. HAYES.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
THE TABLES TURNED.
Jewell County PopuIists Have the
Laugh on the Republicans.
Topeka Press, (MondayJ

lOpcht IISSss lAlOuudyJ
Among the visitors at the state
house today was Hon. NJ. II. Sullivan,
the PopuliSt attorney of Jewell coun-
ty, whose home is at Mankato. He is
here TO attend to some business in che
supreme court, and will then proceed
to st. Louis, being a member of the
Kansas delegation TO the bimetallic
convention.
Mr.. Sullivan tells a good story on
the Republicans Of his county, which
happened Saturday night. They had
challenged the Popullst speakers to
meet them in joint debate at a point
in the northern part Of the county,
but issued their challenge so late they
thought their opponents would be
unable to rustic up any good men.
In this they reckoned wi thOut their
host. The POpulists secured other
speakers and reached the meeting on
time. There was large attendance,
about equally divided between the
two parties, out to the chagrin Of the
Republicans, their speaker failed TO
materialize and the POpulist speakers
had the crowd all to themselves. 1t
is needless to say they mlde the most
Of their unexpected advantage.
E. L. Cline, formerly Of the VOICE
and Conway Springs Star, will issue
the first number Of the Pond Creek
Pioneer this week. Pond Greek is
the railroad town above Enid and is
located on a fine site, surrounded by a
good country. The Pioneer will be a
5-column quartO and as neat and like
ly as any OF the new papers in the
Strip.
Use Leonard's Mexican Barbedwire Linlment
for barbedwire cuts, old sores, screw
worms, etc. Sold at all drug stores.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06

Use Lsonard's Mexican Barbedwire Lnlment
for barbedwire cuts, old sores, screw
worms, etc. Sold at all drug stores.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-26
A REVIEW OF THE WEEKS
DOiNCS.

Fife Hornbacl, aged - years, com
mitted suicide at Columbus, Ind. She
said her future was "all dark"
The Pennsylvania railroad shops In
Altoona, Pa. have been ordered Ia
work half time. The shops employ
between 5000 and 5, 100 men.
The Roxbury Carpet company OF
Boston has notified its employees that,
beginning Aug. rs, the factory will be
shut down one month for lack OF or
icrs.
The Canadian Pacific railway earn
ings for the week ending Aug a we q
SIi7,O00, and for the same period last
year $4,000, an increase OF 81 600.
Patrick Mulligan. farm hand, is
under arrest at Mount Holly, \. j., to
answer for the murder OF George
Henderson, who was found with his
throat cut
The boiler OF the Wellington roller
mills at Lexington, Mo. exploded,
killing engineer Richard johnson and
boy named Frank Albin.
James Lees Sons of Br dye oort. Pa
have paid off all employees and shut
down the wooden mills for an indcfn-
itt HNt ioN' Hhb Wv 't'-' huh'7-
The employees Of the American wire
works ut Cleveland, Oh o, were noti-
fed that their wages would DC reduced
l0p.r cent They will not strike.
Five prisoners escaped from the
county jail at Grand Rapids, Mich.
They are George II. Wilson, Tony
Pulaski, Ernest French, Philip White
and Clarence Hall.
The Naumlicag mills at Salem,
Mass, will be closed for two weeks for
repairs and improvements, but will
start again with increased capacity
Sept /.
The Norristown wooden mills, Nor
riston, Pa, employing l75 hands and
Ramboe's Regars glove knitting mills,
200 hands, principally women and
girls, have suspended operations. 49,
The executive committees of the
typographical unions OF Minneapolis
and St. Paul are considering PROPOSE
tions from all employing printers or
CARNATIONS for a reduction of the
scale seven and FIVE cents per loo
ems.
Gov. Lewelling Of Kansas has re-
ceived letter from Gov. Fishback of
Arkansas announcing that he will
send delegates to Chicago Sept l2
with the Kansas delegates to work on
n plan to divert western exports from
the east to the Gulf of Mexico.
At Cincinnati the Sons OF Veterans
granted authority TO the division of
New York to confer the gold cross on
w. S. Oberdorn for services in uniting
the order. The gold cross was also
conferred on Col. M. ID. Friedman,
Alabama and Tennessee division.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-26
Supposed suIcid. Mt Madison.

MADISON, Wis. Aug. 1.-THE wife
OF Charles Irwin, printer now at
work somewhere in Chicago, was
drowned in Lake Mendoza yesterday
under circumstances which lead
TO the belief that she committed sui
eide. She went out in rowboat,
and short time afterward the boat
was picked up with her hat, parasol
and handkerchief therein. Wrapped
in the handkerchief was letter from
her husband, promising to send money
tomorrow. Mrs. Irwin was about is
years old She told the chief Of police
. few days ago that she was out of
Wss subjected to insults