People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-19
TO My CONGRESS:

TO My CONGRESS:
l only condescend to address you be.
cause the constitution makes it nv
duty, and then there are few things
/ want done, and don't want any
monkeying about it either, like there
was about that Sherman law John
and Hoke, and Walter and Dan, and
the other boys will tell you in detail
what | want done in their respective
departments. 1t makes me tired
to talk about it. We haven't been sail
ing very smoothly with some of our
foreign neighbOrs, but if we give them
what they want we won't have any
trouble. My advice is to do it, and l
want it distinctly understood that l
will back up my advice with the veto
power on all occasions. America for
Americans" sounds very nice, but it is
fraud. What Americans want is
office, and # you give them plf nty of
offices you can get them to do anything.
They are having HI of a time down
in Brazil, but as long as it don't inter-
fere with our regular allowance of
coffee | don't think we should inter-
fere. have instructed our naval Off
Ger in those waters to wait and see
which side comes out on top before he
salutes either 1t is always best to
stay with the top dog in fight.
Chill
The misunderstanding growing out
OF the late unpleasantness with Chilli
are sett led. 1t was too small an affair
for me to bother with and | turned it
over 10 commission. guess it's all
right.
- Chinese Legislation.
You fellows who voted for the Geary
Chinese law, requiring them to regis
ter, ought to be sent to the asylum.
You ought to have had sense enough
to know it would not suit the Chinese
In fact they opposed it so violently
that set the whole thing aside. After
this when you legislate for the China
men ask them what they want. l will
set all laws aside that don't suit me.
So you see the necessity Of euacting
such legislation as can approve of.
The African Slave Trade.
Niggers are still being sold in some
countries and we can't buy one to
save our lives. As our constitution
expressly prohibits bla.k slavery, l
suggest that Tom, Dick and Harry
and everybody else be compelled to
stop dickering in niggers. If it wasn't
for that dad busted constitution pro.
hibiting it, would buy niger my
self to take care of Ruth. Before ]
forget it, | want to say you must pass
some kind of law to yank poor
devil, who steals less than 5000,
back into this country when he leaves
it and goes to another. This will ex.
pedite things and make distinction
between stealing and a business
transaction"
Great Britain.
We are on excellent terms with
Great Britain. We have done every
thing she wants us to DO. We gave
her our seals, sell herour silver cheap
will buy her gold at good big price
let her bring lots of her goods here
free, and | am doing my best to put
that dad busted niger queen back OF
her throne TO p ease England. But the
dad bummed woman is so big and thu
throne is so little and lottery that
am having HI of a time of it.
don't believe she can sit on tn,
blasted, lettering thing if l get he
there. We are now, however, il
pretty good shape with foreign ma
lions. We are on speaking term
with all of them and on visiting term
with most OF them. Spain owes u
Sl,SOO,0OO. She has been owing
for about fifteen years. The othe
day wr Jte her postal card sayin,
We were getting short OF funds an
she would have to pay up. If sh
don't do it she needn't send any NOR
dukes of Veragua or princess Eula lie
over here to be entertained at publ
expense, that's all Turkey has GO
her back up against some OF our mi:
sionaries and wants TO expel ther
from that country. It's no use t
make any fuss over thing like thai
there's plenty of missionary wor
here at home to do, and there is n
probability OF any overproduction {
missionaries at home.
The Hawaiian Situation
The situation in Hawaii is perfect
plain to anybody who has not studio
it The affairs over there and here al
assuming shape that will likely prov
either satisfactory or unsatisfactory i
the end. Sometimes think it is an
then think it amt If the dipl
matte service we have had in the ma
ter had been successful the who
question might by this time ha,