People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-07-27
Congress on My Hands.

81 expect to have session of con-
gress on my hands at that time
Cleveland's letter of June 25, 1893, &C
cepting an invitation to attend Will
ans ollege.
win Give the Country an Object Lesson.
mo. l shall not call an extra SEES
sion of congress. My only object in
converting that body would be to re-
peal the silver purchasing act, and
that can not be effected this year. 1t
Is my opinion that we shall expert
ence close times in money matters
during the year, and when congress
gets together next December it will
be more reasonable, more tractable.
1t sometimes takes hard times to bring
a people to realize their condition.
When the squeeze comes the men who
stand in the way Of legislation in
tended to preserve public confidence
will lose sight Of local theories and
sentiment and will be willing to join
the majority and general sentiment
Of those who know best what should
be done. propose to give the coun-
try an object lesson "-Grover Cleve-
land, Times-Star interview, March II,
1898.
Evidences of the Conspiracy.
Secretary Carlisle this evening met
q number of bankers at the resi-
dence of George LIZ Williams,
president Of the Chemical bank. The
conference lasted over an hour
There was the utmost good feeling
displayed and the secretary said he
was there to make frank open state
ment of what he believed to be the
financial policy of the government
n There is Getermlna-
ton also to show the miners of silver
the evils of the Sherman law on their
fortunes. President Clevelands ad-
Oisers have told him that the only
way to induce the western and south
western congressman and senators to
consent to repeal of the Sherman
law is to demonstrate to their con-
Stituents that they are losing every
day this law remains in effect This
work in that direction has been started
by number of the bankers in the
solid communities of the east They
are daily refusing credits to the south,
southwest and west. The Chicago
banks, 1t is,said, are carrying out the
same line of policy.
Secretary Carlisle, in his talk with
the bankers, made his stand very
clear. 1t is to be heroic treatment all
the way through of the Sherman law,
and possibly by the next session
of congress the silver mine owners and
adherents of silver in the senate and
house will be ready to consent to a re-
peal of the law. TIE bank presidents,
replying TO Secretary Carlisle, cor
daily informed him that they would
be ready at all times to cooperate
with him. Everybody shook hands
and there was harmony all round.
There was perhaps no organized con-
spiracy against the west in the great
financial centers of the east, but there
was general understanding all along
the line that the west should be forced
into line to help the east accomplish
what it had long desired = =.
Politics and finance were combined in
the scheme. The great money powers
of the east had secured the election of
MIR. Cleveland. They first spent a
large sum to secure his nomination,
and second, a much larger sum to Sc
cure his election. They knew he was
in full sympathy with their views and
they felt that now, if ever, they must
make the fight for gold monometal-
ism. Knowing. that Cleveland was
heartily with them, they desired
to create such public sentiment
as would make his triumph with con-
gress easy. First they were to press
the west for settlement of indebted
ness, and next they were to start the
scare over the export of gold. The
movement in gold began early in the
year. 1t was undoubtedly acceler.
ated, and every effort made to mag.
nifty its Importance BY New York
ananciers. The telegraph wires were
daily loaded, not merely with the
various amounts that were going
abroad, but with interviews with New
York men as to what the effect would
be, and as to what was the cause.
etc. IN. Y. Sun Dem April %.
The Proclamation.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, !
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 80, '9S.
Whereas, The distrust and appre
hension concerning the financial sit
uation which pervade all the business
circles have already caused great loss
and damage to our people, and
threaten to cripple our merchants,
stop the wheels of manufacture, bring
distress and privation to our farmers.
and withhold from our workmen the
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