The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-10-25
LONG AND CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON

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'How can we face the people y
Grover Cleveland president of the
United States and chief of the Demo
cratic party asked. He wanted to know
how it was possible for Democrats to
pass such bill as the Wilson bill after
the promises they had made, and then
90 b9ck before the people and ask for
further Endorsement.
1t was strong thing for president
to sa7. Yet he said it and he meant it.
In the Seventh district the Democrats
| agreed with Cleveland. They could not
see how they could face the people.
They are not facing the people. They
are making Congressman Simpson, the
Populist. face the people.
Mr.. Simpson is doing this. He is run
ming on two tickets. He is asking those
Democrats who agree with Mr.. Cleve-
land to vote for him and indorse the bill
which Mr.. Cleveland said was the result
of ''perfdy and dishonor. A great
majority of the Democrats or this DIS
trict are in favor of free coinage of
silver. Yet Congressman Simpson asks
the Democrats TO vote for him and in
the same breath he denounces Cleveland
for sending federal troops to Chicago.
For thirty years under protective
system this country prospered as no
country ever prospered before. Tins Is
a fact which you know to be true, as
you have seen i5 and participated to some
extent in that prosperity. The minute
the Democratic party came in that pros
perity collapsed. 1t is still in a col
lapsed state. The Democrats had threat
ened to overthrow the protective system,
and business became stagnant in expec-
tation of the change. No free trade bill
was passed. But the prominent Demo
Gratis declare the party will pass a free
trade bill if the people give them another
chance. The Wilson bill was not salts
factory to Mr.. Cleveland, but he said that
it would do as an initial step to free
trade.
There are conflicting convictions on
the part of Congressman Simpson, of
course, but nevertheless they ara of
minor importance. The people of this
district do not care what Congressman
Simpson thinks, or, what sort of deal
he has put up with the Democrats.
What they are interested in is simply
this: How can we get prosperity? How
can we bring good times around again?
The Democratic and PopuliSt deal in
this district is bad enough from stand
of principle, but it can be waived COM
fortably for the greater question of good
times.
Now the people of the United States
are going to say whether Mr.. Cleveland
shall go on in the direction CT free trade
or not. The one way they have of ex-
pressing themselves finally is at the bal
lot box. Those boxes will be open
week from next Tuesday. If Congress
man Simpson secures a majority of the
ballots in this district he will 90 TO con-
gress to aid the Democratic party in
forcing free trade upon the country. If
he does not secure a majority of the
ballots in this district, Mr.. Long, his OPP
ponent, will, and he will go to congress,
the friend of protection.
If you believe in protection; if ou be-
lieve that those thirty years of prosper
ity was not an accident; if you believe
that tinkering with the tariff means fur
ther business uncertainty; if you believe
that the credit OF Kansas should be re-
stored by complete Republican VIC
tory, vote for Chester Long.