Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-09-05
MORRILL, AS CONGRESSMAN.


from the Wellington Standard
Actions speak louder than words. 1t
is not what man says but what he
does that fixes his character. Major
Morrill, was for eight years in congress.
There was place to test him. He
must stand or fall by his record there.
His soft words now as he goes around
ON the stump seeking votes count for
nothing as compared with his real acts.
AS a congressman Morrill, was first,
last and all the time the tool of corpora
tions and Wall street. If bill to for
felt an unearned land grant was before
congress, MorriIl's vote was always on
the other side. If a bill seeking the
free coinage Of silver came up, Morrill's
vote was on the other side. And so il
was all the way through. What some
men on the republican ticket may do
or may not do may be matter of con-
lecture. But Morrill, has been tried.
There can be no conjecture about him.
The Congressional Record contains his
record. The following IS a portion OF
it:
On the bill for the forfeiture of Cal
ifornla and Oregon railroad lands, he
did not vote. See PIP. 1921, 1880, 1882.
vol. Is.
Neither did he vote on the bill to
amend the Chinese immigration law.
See p. 3777, vol. Is.
On the bill to extend the bonded Pc
Rod for distilled spirits, he voted yes on
the third and last ballots.
On the bill for the forfeiture of Ore
gon Central railroad land grants, he
voted no three times. See PIP. 1900,
1901, 4S09, vol. 10.
On the bill to secure to the United
States all the Indebtedness of certain
Pacific railroads, he voted no. See PIP.
ALL, vol. Is.
on the resolution of inquiry relative
20 star routes of the mail service, he
voted no. See PIP. 1875, vol. Is.
On the bill to declare Texas Pacific
railroad lands forfeited, he did not vote
when the final ballot was taken. See
p. 1886, vol. 10.
On the bill to establish a uniform
system Of bankruptcy, he voted no.
See .. 464, vol. 16.
On the bill to regulate pension at
torneys' fees, he voted no. See D.
1949, 16.
On the bill to prohibit the issue of
treasury notes of small denominations
he did not vote. See p. 26O, vol. 16.
On the bill to permit national banks
to issue notes up TO the par value of
bonds held by them he votes yes. See
p. 256, 741, vol. Is.
On the bill to transfer the bureau of
labor from the department of the in
terror to that of agriculture, and call
that then the department of agriculture,
and labor, he did not vote. See D.
1927, vol. II.
On the bill to restrict alien owner
ship of lands, three ballots being taken,
he did not vote. See p. 1881, 1884, vol.
II.
On the bill to aid common schools,
three ballots being taken, he did not
vote. See p. 1881, 1882, vol. II, and p.
77S, vol. Is.
On the bill to regulate interstate
commerce he did little better, voting
three times yes and once no. Or the
last two ballots being taken, he did not
vote. See p. 2421, 1916. 1919, 1887, 1915,
1852, 1855, vol. II.
On the bill for the free coinage of
silver, he voted no. See p. $500, vol. il.
On the resolution of inquiry relative
to free coinage of SILVER, he voted no.
| See p. 1l02, vol. II.
On bill to forfeit certain unearned
railroad lands, introduced by Senator
Plumb, he three times failed to vote.
See p. 1888, $685., 1899, vol. -.
On the various bills for the establish
ment of the department of agriculture,
he Systematically voted no, until the
| popular demand for it became very
pronounced. But he did not vote yes
until it could easily baYe been passed
without his vote.
AS to his pension record it is a mat
ter of common notoriety that he Is OF
all other men the man to blame for the
on-eXistence of service pension bill
lie was the person who had control OF
that bill and suffered it to die, because
the eastern money bags ordered it kill
ed. More than one Grand Army post
in Kansas passed resolutions denounc-
ing him for his conduct on that occa-
sion. Yet to-day Morrill,, with his rec
ord against pensions and his record
against silver, is put forward by the
republican party, and expects the old
soldiers and the free silver men to vote
for him.
| AT ANY rate the income tax is & law