People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-10

Of the president and other high
officers and to get pay for past
services in gold value, thus going :
into the treasury full arms length.
II they were entitled to back pay on
account ofhaving received deprecated
currency in payment Of their salaries,
surely the soldiers were entitled to
the same consideration. OF all the
gang who got checks for this extra
money but one man was honest
enough to return it to the govern
ment-that man was old Thad Ste
veHs.
My third reason for leaving the re-
publican party is found in the wake
Of John Sherman's course, he being
the leader and ablest exponent of the
party. 10 charge the republican |
party, lit being in power at the time), !
with demonetizing silver at the in
stance Of John Sherman. At the
time it was so demOnet lied there was
no reason for the act resting on sense,
justice or sound public policy. In
behalf Of this l desire to call your at
tention to the words Of our monetary
committee Of 1876, which consisted Of
three senators and three representa-
tives clothed with authority to take
in three experts, "manifestly the real
reason for the demonstration Of sill
yer was the apprehension OF the cred
itOr classes that the combined pro-
ductiOn Of the two metals would raise
prices and cheaper money unless one
Of them was shorn Of the money
function. In Europe this reason was
distinctly understood"
My fourth reason for leaving the
republican party Il being an old SOL
dier) is founded on the fact that the
republican party refused to give us a
service pension bill.
| Now, old soldier, while this letter
is addressed to the general public,
this particular part Of it is particlarly
addressed to you.
Up to March 3, 1893, bOtl il uses Of
congress were republican, that is each
one had republican majority. The
executive chair Of the nation was
filled by republican president liar
riSOn). Now, it was known early in
| November, 1892, that the next con-
greSS, both houses thereof, would
have democratic majOritieS, and that
the next president would be a demo-
crat, or in other words, that on March
4, 1894, the republicans would step
down and out and the democrats
would step up AMI in. Now after
this knowledge was made certain by
the official returns OF the November
election of 1892, the republicans had
full control of both houses Of national
legislation for the space of about four
months, with Mr.. Harrison president
to approve any bill that the two re-
publican houses Of congress might
pass.
Now with this absolute power CON-
pletely in the hands of the republi-
can party to give US a service PEN
sion, and the knowledge that on the
4th Of the following March, the party
was going out Of power and would
perhaps never again have the com.
plete power as then to give us a ser.
vice pension, then to neglect it, in
logic amounts to a flat-foOted refusal,
land in the light Of reason arrays the
party against the measure to the
same extent as though 1t had resolved
against such measure in convention
assembled. 1t simply amounts to a
declaration by the republican party
that it will never give US a service
pension bill.
The fifth reason why | leave the
republican party is the indifference
manifested by it in regard to the i'm.
migration question.
Upon this question, when weighed
in the balance it is found wanting,
much short in every particular.
They held the power thirty years.
When the administration OF that
party commenced, en- foreign born
element had ever given US any trou-
Bile. Since republican rule COM
menced, the number Of dirty, ignor-
ant foreign mal-content dynamite
bomb thrOwers has increased by hun.
dreds Of thousands.
That these foreign, illiterate hordes
are menace to our institutions and
have been for a number Of years, is
confessed by nearly all-and yet the
republican party In thirty years rule
has done nothing to stop or even
check the filthy stream. When asked
to do something for their country
along this line, they frankly admit
that they think more Of this foreign
vote than Of their country? They
will tell you that "the party can't
afford to antagonize these foreigners