People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-11
The First Debate.


day and Hon. r. T. Simons, candi.
dates for representative in the South
district, came off at Avon Center
Tuesday night. 1t was a regular
Waterloo for the republicans.
The house was crowded. Several
went out from Wellington. both Pop
ulists and republicans. Mr.. Double
day opened in one hours speech in
which he showed the people how the
Populist legislature had passed the
many benefcent measures the peo-
| pie demanded and sent them to the
opposing house, where they either met
defeat or became laws by grace Of Pop
ulist votes, aided by a minority of the
republican votes. Such wholesome
law as the Australian ballot was saved
from slaughter upon motion by the
notorious corporation tool and slave
driver, Ed HOch, to indefinitely post
pone the same, by the POpu.iSt votes
supplemented by only ten republicans,
all the balance of the republi ans vot-
ing to indefinitely postpone the same
which meant death to the bill. Like.
wise the mortgage redemption bill.
the bill compelling responsibility of
railroads for loss of grain in transit.
and Others became laws by grace of
Populist votes, supplemented by re-
publican minority, while the respon.
sibility for the defeat of the school
book, the maximum freight rate bill.
the anti-lOttery bill, ETC.. rested with
the republicans. He compared this
record with that of the republican
party, who had given the people such
raft Of unjust legislation which they
never desired Or asked for.
He then showed how the POpulist
administration had saved the people
of the state over 100000 in money.
showing that that much less money
had been collected from the people
than previously under republican
rule.
When Mr.. Simons took the floor he
laid himself out for a great tirade
against anarchists by reciting the his
tory of the legislative war, but in his
excitement, after he had recited the
old thrice-threshed history, he forgot
to make the application. lie perhaps
had not heard that the republicans
had demonstrated their lack of faith
in that issue by turning down every
man that had anything to do with it.
The balance of his speech consisted in
reading the ante-cOnyentiOn letter of
Justice Allen and the fuSilades of a
number of disgruntled dissenters from
+ thepresent administration and shouted
corruption galore. He paid no atten-
tiOn to the legislative record which
Mr.. Doubleday had shown against his
party, thereby admitting its truth.
He hurried on like a steam engine
running wild, remarking that he could
not possibly get through in the time
allotted. He finally came to a close.
and when told by the chairman that
he still had a few minutes of time, he
meekly remarked, mo matter, guess
| will not use it,"
Mr.. Doubleday closed in ID minutes.
and after disposing satisfactorily of
the legislative embrOgliO, showed bow
joints, gamblers, etc, thrived under
republican administration in the
cities, cOnfessedly by the officials Of
the cities for the purpose of raising
revenue. Mr.. d. then stated there
were four joints in Caldwell, that his
honorable opponent was the city attOr-
ney and inquired why they were not
closed. Was there Doodle in it?
Mr.. DOubleday's time expired and
was followed by burst of pent up ap-
Dlause from the POpulists. Republi-
cans went home downcast and POpu-
lists were in their glory.
We hope the people all over the dis
trict will turn out and hear this de-
bate. 1t will do them good.
Rev. j. E. Owens of the NJ. E.
church south Of Corbin, Kansas, will