People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-11-10


Dor of Oct 5, had thirteen notices to
laboring people to stay away"
from as many cities throughout
the country. For that matter every
city in the whole country might be in.
cluded in the list for laborers to "stay
away" from.
The Washington Post wants the
democrats and republicans to get to
gether and save the country. They
are getting together down at Wash.
ington, but not to save the country.
Is it possible for Cleveland and John
Sherman, Voorhees, ana Hoar, and
their followers to be any closer to-
gether than they are? What's the
Post ia king about, anyway
A
1t has been stated before in these
columns that Milwaukee, Wis, real.
lied profit Of s2S6, 126 by ownership
of her city water works over and
above the expenses Of running the
same, but we state it again to impress
it upon your memory. Nationalism is
coming.
As long as the government of Wash
ington takes its cues from Wall street
the great common people cannot ex.
pect any relief from the great burdens
weighing them down. Quit electing
corporation lawyers and tools of the
money power to congress if you would
have legislation in your interest
Get a copy of old Tom Bento
Thirty Years in the Senate" and read
the history of Andrew Jackson's fight
with the Urited States bank, and then
measure Grover Cleveland with the
grandeur of "old Hickory's" charac-
ter, and then call Cleveland democrat
ifyou will, but you dishonor the name
of democracy when you do.
The railroads of this country own
1000, 900 acres Of land, or enough TO
make six states as large as Iowa.
Foreigners own 21,OOO,OO acres OF
land. Every foot of these lands
should be repossessed by the govern.
ment Wemay not be ready for con-
fiscation, but it will come as sure as
two and two make four if armed revo-
luton is forced upon this country.
Reform is in the air! 1t is assuming
the form Of contagion and is spread.
ing. Even in monopoly-cursed, trust
ridden Pennsylvania-thc Pennsylva.
MIA railroad and Standard oil province,
the populists are holding meetings in
most OF the counties, and among the
green hills of Vermont the reform
echoes are being heard.
The Christian at Work, a Pharisee
sheet published in New York, is ter
ribly wrought up over the perversity
of the silver senators in refusing to
bow to the will Of Grover and Wall
street That p per is one included in
the ella named by James Buell. in the
famous bankers circular" which
said: at is advisable to do all in your
power to su'tain such daily and promi
nent weekly newspapers, especially
the agricultural and religious press {"
Talk OF an honest dollar when II
takes two days labor, three bushels
of wheat and fourteen pounds Of cot
ton to get it when one days labor,
one-half to one bushel of wheat and
from four to five pounds of cotton
would have bought the same dollar
some years ago Are the people TO be
always fooled in this matter? Mo-
by heavens no. The people are waking
Between the pension record Of the
republican nominee for governor Of
Iowa, and Gov. Boies' veto of the sin.
nocent purchaser BILL" the republi.
cans and democrats in that state are
having hard time in explaining mat
ters to the voters in the campaign .sI