The advocate., 1894-07-25
PEFFER OF KANSAS.


by Senator PETER the day previous were
read in the United States senate "a fol-
lows:
Be Il resOlUsd by the senate of the United States
First-That all public functions ought 10
be exercised by and through public
agencies.
SsOond-That all railroads employed in
interstate commerce ought 10 be brought
into one organization under the control
and supervision of public Off GERS; chat
charges for transportation Of persons and
property ought 20 DO uniform throughout
the country; that she wages Of employees
ought TO be regulated by law and paid
promptly in money.
Third-Thst all coal beds ought to be
owned and worked by the states or by the
federal government; and the wages Of all
persons who work in the mines ought 10 be
provided by law and paid in money when
DUE
Fourth-That all money used by the
people ought to be supplied only by the
government Of Che United States; that the
rate Of interest ought TO be uniform in all
the states, not exceeding the net average
increase of che permanent wealth Of the
people.
Fifth-That all revenues Of the govern
ment ought TO be raised By taxes on real
estate.
After colloquy with Mr.. Blackburn
in which Mr.. PETER refused to yield the
floor for the consideration Of the general
appropriation bill, the latter spoke to
the resolutions. He defended the action
Of the A. r. U. and in support Of 1t he
read President Dsbs' "appesl to the
public" Then he stated the position Of
the Pullman company and the railroad
managers in the matter, and followed
with criticism of the sermon Of the
Washington preacher who had upheld
the railroad managers and denounced
Populism and Coxeyism as unOrgsn.
izsd anarchy. Senator PETER then went
on to show the cause Of the labor
trouble, quoting from speech Of Senator
Voorhees, in the Record OF January Is,
1878:
Sir, IN the entire catalogue Of crimes
against human society not one can be found
80 awful in all it's consequences, both i'm
mediate and remote, as a government COM
mits when il deliberately destroys the
money Of its own citizens. Wherever, in all
the regions Of time suOh measures have
been accomplished, the horrors Of history
have taken place. No shrinksge in the
amount of money, no contraction Of the
currency in the hands Of the people was
ever enforced by law to any considerable
extent, except amidst broken lives, ruined
hopes, despair, lost honor, and all the vices
spEinging from the lowest depths Of poverty
and human misery. The worst Ingredients
Of war, pestilence and famine all 6oW from
the sct Of a government violently tearing
from the hands Of the laboring masses tho
money they 80 much need. Murder, theft,
robbery, prostitution, forgery, embezzle-
ment and fraud of every hue and mien
curse the land that is deprived Of q full and
sufficient circulating medium on which TO
give employment TO itS toiling men and
women. The social statistics Of mankind
will show that wherever the supply Of
money has been soant and labor poorly
paid, or left entirely idle, there ths gallOwS-
tree has borne most frequently its hOrrid
BURDEN there the iails and penitentiasieS
and all the haunts Of infamy have been
most crowded. The well-clothed and we'll
fed PhaEisee may Ostentatiously thank God