People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-11
OUR BOSTON LETTER
HILLS SPEECH A BROADSIDE
AGAINST THE ADMINS
TRATlON.
Playing Role Of Mckinley Democrat
"A Large Protective Tariff Element
In the Democratic Party-The Mask
Torn from Both Parties-Cleveland'
Attempt to Establish a Monarchy

1hls startling statement is the first
intimation from our opponents that
the populists had reached the dignity
OF being either kite or tail.
This is the first instance on record,
when what was generally supposed to
be the tail, proves to be the dog, and
we are duly grateful to Mr. Hill for
making the discovery.
Figuratively speaking, Senator Hill
in his yesterdays speech, wiped up
the floor with Cleveland and his ad-
ministration, and charged what we
have often stated, that King Grover
selected his counselors from the re-
publican party-a humiliating admis-
sion OF one of two things, viz: that
there is dearth and lack of men of
commanding ability in his own party,
or that the views of leading republi-
cans are more in harmony with his
own than those of the statesmen of
democracy.
| claimed in previous letter that it
was impossible for the administration
and the party to agree on a single
proposition.
The vetoing Of the seignoriage bill,
a measure directly in the interests of
democracy, was not only bow to his
party but was boldly done, notwith-
standing the fact that a majority of
the democrats of both houses desired
its passage and enactment into law.
also claimed in a previous letter that
a strong protection element existed
within the democratic party, and that
its cry of tariff reform or free trade
was ell buncombe. Senator Hills
speech is so strongly in this direction
that he has been dubbed by the Boston
Globe as "a Mckinley democrat. Hill
is backed by strong manufacturing
element who are praising him for bis
protection views, and it is becoming
clearly evident t. all that the two old
parties are drifting together on the
tariff question just as they were
welded last fall on the money ques-
ton, that very little difference exists
between them on any question and
that both are engineered and operated
from the same headquarters.
Two grand things have been done
since Cleveland's Inauguration; the
masks Of tariff and financial hypocrisy
are torn from 10th parties, ard Cleve-
land has demonstrated the absolute
neeess ty of the Popu list party, and
that it was not born too soon, and has
a mission to perform as great as any
which ever inspired men.
Hill claims that the spectacle Of the
leader Of democracy attem pting to re-
store a monarchy to take the place of
republican government, even though
provisional one, was an exhibition
of executive weakness seldom seen
and his whole speech from beginning
to end was an acknowledgment that
the present administration has
tram2led under foot every principle
dear to democracy, and has brought
ruin to our country to a lamentable
extent
firmly believe that Cleveland and
his cohorts, while silently robbing the
already impoverished people have by
this very process made more votes for
the populist party than all the efforts
of Populist speakers combined with
press and publications
Retribulion can not fail 70 10 low in
the footsteps of such devastation, for
certainly the God of justice w Il right
wrongs wrought BY this murderer of
human happiness.
The spirit Of discomfort prevails to
such an extent that Judging from recent
elections the republicans are going to
thrash the life out of democracy itself
in the Forth, while tbs Populists an
initiate The disgraeed, distorted and
Inundated fragment of democracy in
the south and west.
1t is a well known fact that Cleve-
land is almost an outcast from the
ranks Of his party, and ostraeized by
society at Washington. His actions
have had such a repeling influence
upon people that he is hated as no
other President ever was. He is
snuboed wherever he appears in pub
lie, aud is Stunned in private. The
statesmen of his own party dislike to
visit him, congressman seldom see
him, and when they do they return
with angry countenances and heavy
hearts. He has no advisers except
those from New York, together with
John Sherman, Dan Voorhees, and the
members of his cabinet, and is a
lonely, discouraged, determined man;
discouraged because of his inability
to save his party and carry out his
program, determined to stay bought,
even though it goes to pieces, which
It is >Epidly doihg. His past life to-
5ether with ms present dissolute
habits ana tyrannical action have
tended to make him feared, dreaded