People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-07-20
POLITICAL HASH.
SERVED HOT AND COLD TO
SUIT OUR READERS.
What Il Being Said. Thought and Done,
Here, There and Everywhere.

The farce of adopting platform for
the people and nominating the candi-
date for Wall street has become so
common and successful that some of
The gold bug papers seem to think it
necessary to any longer keep it secret.
The republicans of Kansas adopted
tree silver plank in their platform.
Commenting on this, the Kansas City
Star, which is a gold bug paper says:
1.-THE republicans of Kansas in the
state convention were wiser than
their committee on resolutions. The
silver plank of the platform was glo-
riously Offset by the nomination of a
:ongressman-st-large who is q pro-
nounced hard money man, and who is
IN record in hundred speeches
against inflated currency and fat
money. If Dick Blue stands for
anything in Kansas politics he stands
,or honest money against the rsdun
asnt hyperbolic nonsense which was
embodied in the silver plank of the
republican platform. There were
plenty Of free silver candidates to
choose from. But the convention
Eood-naturedly put hard money man
IN the ticket with Mr.. Morrill,, who is
something of a gold bug himself"
The New York Sun, which by the
way is good democratic paper, seems
20 be at sea just now without either
compass or rudder. 1t evidently still
retains its field glasses. 1t says:
There is room for only two great
political parties in the United States.
There has never been room for more.
There is the republican party, repre-
renting principles of which protection
s for the moment the chief; and there
IS the democratic party, representing
what? At present principally pro-
lection, which is the republican, and
The income tax, which is Populist.
Is there to continue to be a democratic
party to be resolved into republican
md Populist elements? Are the two
great parties to be the republicans
md the PopulistsP
I'm the White House, in congress, in
:he south and the west, democracy is,
or the time q. least, practically
merged into Populism. Is this fusion
lr TRANSMISSION to last? Or will the
democratic party recover its senses
md its courage, put by the wavering
:ounsellors of disgrace, and become
iruly democratic again?"
We admit that by the way the dem.
Dcratie party is foundering around
lust now there is no telling just what
nay happen or who will get hurt,
but it is evident that if the party ever
loes get out of the dirty slough it has
permitted itself 10 fall into, it will be
lsorry looking plight for a time at
east.
A writer in the North American
Review, with the statistics Of twenty.
Jour states before him, says the United
States is the largest tenant farmer ma.
ion in the world. Of the $500, OOC
adults engaged in agriculture about
sne-third are so heavily mortgaged
hat the interest they must pay tc
avoid foreclosure is about equal Il
railing rent We have more tenant
armers than England, Ireland, Scot
and and Wales combined Illinoi.
stands first with SO,245. Texas come.
lext with 66,596. Old settlers will re
member hatprevious to 1873 farmers
Is well as others, were nearly fret
rom debt. Mortgages and tenant,
we're almost unknown. Then law
contracting the currency and demone
izing silver began to be felt, anC
lebt was made necessary. AS re
mlt, unless class legislation is re
oealed, and we have more money II
circulation, we are doomed, like Ire
and. to be a nation of landlords an,
ienants, masters and slaves.
On the 18th of last October Johl
sherman said: Break down the bar
fier now maintained by the senate o
the United States; check this wipe
alled obstruction 10 the will Of tn