People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-17
perity and happiness.

spread over the country. 1t is ad
mitted by all that this country is in
condition.
why does this condition exist, and
what is the remedy?
There are various suggestions
one party says it is lack of confidence.
Ladies and gentlemen, there has
been too much confidence, you have
put your trust in politicians, and
they have Systematically robbed you.
Another party says the trouble is
change OF administration. But please
remember whenthe Peoples party met
in convention at Omaha and proph-
eSicd that the country was on the
verge of ruin. That is how we got
our nickname calamity hOwlerS." We
knew it was coming long time be.
fore anybody had any idea that the
democrats were coming into power.
1t is strange that the loss of conf.
dence in a party should manifest
itself before the party had done any
thing.
Whose legislation are we living
under: 1t is not the democrats
their record is blank-and it certainly
is not the fault of the POpulists.
"Others say the trouble is the
speculative idea in the minds of the
people. How much have any of you
farmers gambled? Who made the
laws that allow the money brokers to
gamble: They say 0, stop your wild
SpeculatiOnS and don't be so extrava-
gant-Of course this is 10 order to use
up the great OyerprOduction.
He read extracts from speeches and
letters of John A. Logan, Jas. A. Gar
fell, Daniel Webster, Andrew Jack
son, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham
Lincoln.
Now" he says, "all these great
men might have been miStaKen-but
it is remarkable that they should all
be mistaken the same way. They all
say that the concentration of power
in the hands of amOneyed ariStocracy
and contraction of currency are the
greatest dangers that menace this
republic.
Were these men patriots? Did
they know anything about govern
ment? Were their examples worth
fOllowing-and have you followed
them?
WAS Abraham Lincoln telling
these people the truth when he said
contraction Of money was one Of the
most heinOuS crimes a government
could commit? Was he telling the
truth VIXEN he said as result Of the
war corporations were enthroned?
We predicted at Omaha a sham
battle on the tariff. and we have had
it.
Government is simply an associa-
tlOn OF people for the benefit OF all.
If this is not government, the sooner
it becomes so the better.
"The credit Of any man can be
strengthened only when he performs
every jot and little Of his contract.
The speaker reviewed the silver
legislation up to the repeal Of the
Sherman law, and requested the aud
fence to bear in mind what the repub-
llcans had done, and what they pro-
pose to do-if we can find out.
do you know what the Kansas re.
publicans propose?
The Topeka Capital says their plat
form means a gold standard. The
AtchisOn Champion says it means the
restoration OF silver.
'"There is but one good definition
that Of John j. ingalls,, that IL means
"all things to all men," Did you ever
know Of better lexicon than Ingalls,?
1.-THE Capital says that in seven re.
publican congressional conventions
there was not single declaration for
free coinage; that there is not a re.
publican speaker on the stump that
favOrs free coinage; nor one republi-
can paper in six that advocates free
coinage at a ratio Of 16to1.
They will profess love for silver,
and talk about congress regulating
the parity and all that.
"As debtors you have agreed to pay
4l2 grains Of silver. Who has a right
to make you pay more?
They want an "hOnest dollar il
as big as acart wheel. They call it a
commodity.
Wheatis also a commodity, 50 lbs to
the bushel. Do they want to make a
bigger bushel because wheat is cheap?
Silver is cheap because they have
stopped coming it into money. II
they should declare that it should no
longer be used in the arts, wouldn't
1t get still cheaper:
Suppose law were passed prohibit
inc the use Of wheat for anything but
wheat would be cheaper