People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-04-06
makes US feel extremely weary.

makes US feel extremely weary.
Chas. Curtis, congressman from the
4th, district; yes, we have heard OF the
man. We believe that he is the same
fellow who wanted time to write hCmc
to see if the railroads would acc,p;
the bill before the house at one time
compelling the depOts to be built and
regular stops made at towns laid out
by the government in the Cherokee
Strip, before he would vote for its
passage,
The convention endorsed his work
in congress without one dissenting
vote. Now, if the convention or some
member thereof will tell a waiting
public what the work consisted Of it
will be thankfully received. However,
Curtis is just as good a man as the Re-
publicans have got and will serve the
purpose just as well as any other man
that we know Of if we must have a
Republican elected this fall on a gold
standard platform and who votes for
silver coinage. But the platform is
what makes one so weary and suffer
from that languid feeling mentioned
in so many patent medicine adver.
tisements. 1t endorses the national
platform of 1892 and commends the
administration of Ben Harrison. This
last object Of praise is a little stale
but it makes no difference: Republi-
cans are getting used to small con o..
atiOnS.
The resolutions start of in the
second paragraph: ave favor the
policy of just and adequate protect
ion to American labor and industry.
You know the rest upon this one point
as it has been Stereotyped for thirty
years. The fourth declaration Of
principle is; 1--WE favor honest money,
gold, silver and paper maintained at
equal value" This is done by demone.
tizing silver, and declaring by every
act In congress that the Republicans
are only in favor of gold for money.
The declaration is worded so as not
to conflict with the state platform
which will declare upon the money
question to suit HOch or Morrill,,
whichever happens to be the nominee
for Governor.
The eighth declaration says: The
nation can never repay the debt Of
gratitude due the veteran soldier Of
the late civil war; and we deny most
emphatically that the pension for
the veteran soldier is a gratuity CT
charity, but insist that it simply is
at patriotic payment Of an honest
obligation which should be regardtd d
as the most sacred claim against the
government.
Why, then, have you not long agU
paid the soldier the difference between
the deprecated dollar and the gold
dollar paid the bOnd-holders? Why
have not all these claims been settled
right when your party was in power:
This taffy has been chewed so long
that it is an insult tc offer it again to
the old soldier. YOupresume that the
old soldier is fool by thus year after
year dishing up this rot to catch his
vote.
"Wedenounce the corrupt and venal
practice Of the present state admins
tratiOn, and We appeal to the people
by the memories Of the glorious past
to redeem the state from its thraldom
and intrust the government o! this
state to public servants who are capa-
bic, honest and patriotic"
Ye Gods. What GALL Yes: this is
what is wanted worse than anything
else. This last paragraph tells the
whole story. The "Old Pie Eaters
want the offices again. They want
the people to put back the s..ac old
gang that has cost the tax-payc. over
a million and a half of dollars every
two years more than the present ad-
pinis,ratlon is costing. Think Of